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There are two video rental joints of note here in town (Austin), but they also both focus on obscure and hard-to-get stuff. I doubt they'll be able to stay up and running forever, though...
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Before this thread gets too far off the rails, most of the video rental discussion sort of gravitated here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3668749 I do believe Family Video is opening stores pretty regularly in the midwest. They must be doing something right.
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Feb 2, 2015 19:05
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I was going to make some response that Wild and Wooly video in Louisville was around for ages and seemed to survive the arrival of Netflix just fine by specializing in niche movies, but when I went to check their website I saw an announcement that they're liquidating the store and the owner's going off to become a Pilates instructor. Welp.
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Feb 2, 2015 19:20
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Erebus posted:I was going to make some response that Wild and Wooly video in Louisville was around for ages and seemed to survive the arrival of Netflix just fine by specializing in niche movies, but when I went to check their website I saw an announcement that they're liquidating the store and the owner's going off to become a Pilates instructor. Welp. That depresses the gently caress out of me as it was a pretty good store, but then it wasn't as good as the giant video store above the comedy club in the Baxter Mall that also rented porn (which was gone before that). This is the worst movie poster for a horrifying movie http://imgur.com/H4O09c2
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Feb 2, 2015 20:54
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Allen Wren posted:There are two video rental joints of note here in town (Austin), but they also both focus on obscure and hard-to-get stuff. I doubt they'll be able to stay up and running forever, though... I Luv Video will probably survive for longer than most simply because their collection is so wide reaching, they have bunches of things that have/will never be released on DVD/Blu, and Austin is dripping with irony.
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Feb 2, 2015 21:55
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sbaldrick posted:This is the worst movie poster for a horrifying movie I can almost guarantee that that's a dvd re-release cover. Basically any time they re-release an animated movie for kids that might not be 100% bright and shiny all the time?  I mean, come on.  
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Feb 2, 2015 22:02
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There is a video store down the road from me that I go to quite often just because they have more obscure/cult-like stuff that would never end up on Netflix. I love browsing through their collection every now and again.
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Feb 3, 2015 00:41
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The last real video store in Minneapolis was a place called Filmzilla, which from what I understand was your obscure, hard do find movies place. It closed last year and is a laundromat now.
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Feb 3, 2015 01:28
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"...delicious".  Some how I feel like that is the wrong adjective to describe this movie.
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Feb 3, 2015 02:18
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Feb 3, 2015 02:34
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Carrol Jo Hummer might just be the worst name for an action hero I've ever heard.
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Feb 3, 2015 02:37
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Mister Chief posted:Carrol Jo Hummer might just be the worst name for an action hero I've ever heard. A FANTASTIC name for a porn actress, though.
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TheJoker138 posted:The last real video store in Minneapolis was a place called Filmzilla, which from what I understand was your obscure, hard do find movies place. It closed last year and is a laundromat now. Madkal posted:There is a video store down the road from me that I go to quite often just because they have more obscure/cult-like stuff that would never end up on Netflix. I love browsing through their collection every now and again. zenintrude posted:I Luv Video will probably survive for longer than most simply because their collection is so wide reaching, they have bunches of things that have/will never be released on DVD/Blu, and Austin is dripping with irony. Erebus posted:I was going to make some response that Wild and Wooly video in Louisville was around for ages and seemed to survive the arrival of Netflix just fine by specializing in niche movies, but when I went to check their website I saw an announcement that they're liquidating the store and the owner's going off to become a Pilates instructor. Welp. Allen Wren posted:There are two video rental joints of note here in town (Austin), but they also both focus on obscure and hard-to-get stuff. I doubt they'll be able to stay up and running forever, though... Seems like there is a good business opportunity to rent niche stuff online/via mail, if for no other reason than to help out all the people not in driving distance of one of the few remaining quirky video stores.
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Feb 3, 2015 04:00
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Speaking of Blockbuster, remember when they had their own streaming service? Which they then made exclusive to Dish Network subscribers?
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Feb 3, 2015 04:23
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Basticle posted:
The Japanese translates to "Roaring Truck '76" I was thinking this was a reference to another title like the Japanese title of Convoy, but no, that's the actual title.
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Feb 3, 2015 04:25
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Allen Wren posted:I can almost guarantee that that's a dvd re-release cover. Basically any time they re-release an animated movie for kids that might not be 100% bright and shiny all the time? I don't blame them. I set foot inside a video store over the weekend because sometimes they're selling off old stock and Netflix isn't feasible here. It was the saddest collection of sun-bleached box covers I've ever seen.
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Feb 3, 2015 06:23
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Maxwell Lord posted:Speaking of Blockbuster, remember when they had their own streaming service? The funniest thing was when Blockbuster Direct, the Redbox-ish company, had to give a press conference explaining that they just license the name and weren't actually going bankrupt.
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Feb 3, 2015 08:07
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... of people taking the piss out of his surname! Or asking if his parents wanted a girl!
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Feb 3, 2015 09:23
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Young Freud posted:The Japanese translates to "Roaring Truck '76" I was thinking this was a reference to another title like the Japanese title of Convoy, but no, that's the actual title. Speaking of Convoy, I always figured that the third Bay Transformers movie was named after a line in the song Convoy because Convoy is also Optimus Prime's name in Japan. Official Bates Motel season 3 poster:  Creepy, yes, but I think most people are already aware that this has something to do with Psycho. The MSJ fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Feb 3, 2015 |
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Feb 3, 2015 09:25
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Yeah, the extra Psycho. just dangling there is pointless. It feels like it's trying to go renaissance painting with the composition, but the Psycho. ruins it.
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Feb 3, 2015 09:27
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Antti posted:Yeah, the extra Psycho. just dangling there is pointless. It feels like it's trying to go renaissance painting with the composition, but the Psycho. ruins it. It almost feels like he's whispering it. Yes, we get it, you're the psycho, you don't have to keep telling us! Psycho.
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Feb 3, 2015 09:38
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Someone mentioned Microwave and his stepmom again in another thread and that's all I see when I look at that Bates Motel poster now. This was overshadowed by the 50 Shades parody, but Spongebob has 2 other posters:  
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Feb 3, 2015 09:42
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corn in the bible posted:if that happened then its because he thought the movie was real things that were happening in the nation, because he was loving insane and literally thought he was living in a tv show From what I've heard it was the Able Archer incident- wherein the USSR mistook NATO wargames for actual troop buildup and was ready to go to war but the games ended just in time- that made the Administration take a softer tone.
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Feb 3, 2015 18:16
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Maxwell Lord posted:Speaking of Blockbuster, remember when they had their own streaming service? When Netflix was by-mail only, the Blockbuster version was a pretty decent deal for me because I could return my mail-ordered discs back at Blockbuster, they would scan them and immediately start sending my next order. In the meantime, I could rent up to 3 movies from the brick and mortar store for free, and it would turn in to this never ending cycle until they stopped the deal and shortly-after closed said Blockbuster near my house. I don't know what they were thinking with that Dish Network move.
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Feb 3, 2015 19:39
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Allen Wren posted:I can almost guarantee that that's a dvd re-release cover. Basically any time they re-release an animated movie for kids that might not be 100% bright and shiny all the time? 
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I had several moments of wondering 'did those guys not check their Roman numerals before releasing that' before I actually looked at the rest of it. Also, I'm kinda hoping the double entendre on his crotch wasn't intentional, because it's pretty lame.
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Feb 3, 2015 21:19
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I can't wait for another movie about male strippers with no full frontal male nudity!
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Feb 3, 2015 21:39
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Well, that means people would have to look at dicks, and that's gross and gay to John Q. American.
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Feb 3, 2015 22:00
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Hasters posted:I can't wait for another movie about male strippers with no full frontal male nudity! Well, thankfully the 2001 George Clooney remake of this never happened:  Poster Six-Pack: All Around the World Edition! 2019: After the Fall of New York. Starring post-apocalyptic Darryl Hannah, apparently.  France tries desperately to make Invasion of Astro-Monster look exciting. It's not.  "Prickly Pearls", from 1980. I'm not even going to try to guess what's going on here.  Japan's take on Phantasm. 'Nuff said.  Toxie becomes a melted Wizard of Oz Scarecrow in France.  French poster for Italian flick "Tex and the Lord of the Deep". You're not even trying to be subtle, are you Fance? 
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Feb 3, 2015 22:11
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Is the implication here that it's now a Step Up spinoff?
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Distorted Kiwi posted:2019: After the Fall of New York. Starring post-apocalyptic Darryl Hannah, apparently. Everything on this poster pretty much appears in this movie. The ape man is both underwhelming in execution and awesome, because it's George Eastman/Luigi Montefiori.
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Distorted Kiwi posted:Japan's take on Phantasm. 'Nuff said. I know I'm remiss in never having seen the film, but that gravestone on the poster: 1999-2071? What? Is there something in the movie about death in the future?
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Stole this from Reddit: Alternate versions of Oscar Nominated Films' Posters This is my favorite          
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Feb 4, 2015 03:18
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I'm going to assume that was from RIPT Apparel. I entered one for that contest, and they rejected it at the last minute.  Maybe they were right. I don't know. It's an "oh well" thing.
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Feb 4, 2015 03:27
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Distorted Kiwi posted:
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Feb 4, 2015 06:55
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Maxwell Lord posted:You take that back Did we watch the same movie? It's main redeeming quality it's it's marginally more exciting than Terror of Mechagodzilla. (AKA: "Is Godzilla Even IN This Godzilla Movie?") (Pictured below: More action than 98% of Tedium of Mechagodzilla  (Edit: Man, Godzilla is tripping BALLS on that poster)
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Distorted Kiwi posted:Did we watch the same movie? It's main redeeming quality it's it's marginally more exciting than Terror of Mechagodzilla. (AKA: "Is Godzilla Even IN This Godzilla Movie?") The little Godzilla logo in the upper left hand would make fantastic avatar material
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Feb 4, 2015 11:02
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Distorted Kiwi posted:France tries desperately to make Invasion of Astro-Monster look exciting. It's not. That overpass can't catch a break. 
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Distorted Kiwi posted:Did we watch the same movie? It's main redeeming quality it's it's marginally more exciting than Terror of Mechagodzilla. (AKA: "Is Godzilla Even IN This Godzilla Movie?") I'm pursing my lips and slowly shaking my head like a disappointed father right now.
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