Blockbuster Filing for Bankruptcy Next Month

f*cking Lame. I like Blockbuster. Redbox blows

Wasn't blockbuster supposed to go out of buisness 10 years ago.

What's blockbuster?

NO f*ckING sh*t, NOSTRADAMUS.

Let me guess ... Blockbuster is gonna close stores, next ... right ?

Oh wait. THEY ALREADY f*ckING DID.

Alex, who the f*ck did you get to predict this ? Sandra Brown and Miss Cleo ?

otis writes:
on August 27th, 2010 at 9:48:05 PM

What's blockbuster?


@otis

The JC Penneys of video rental.

Don't worry. You won't know who JC Penneys is either.

Or Service Merchandise.

Or Circuit City.

Or Montgomery Wards.

Or any other US company created with a finite lifecycle.

GrandpasWeiner writes:
on August 27th, 2010 at 9:01:31 PM

f*cking Lame. I like Blockbuster. Redbox blows


@Papa's Weiner


Like a Thailand, underage prostitute in a hotel doing David Carradine, Paps.

And they do it well.

I think the definition of Blockbuster is a movie that makes a lot of money right?

Or when Lohan f*cks all the married guys on one city block.

Would'nt that be a c*ckiller, ranger?

I live in CT, and all the stores are closing, but the Express Machines keep popping up all over the place. Netflix put em out of business...not Redbox.

O well, what can you do?

that's what they freaking get, they use to charge $5/night for new releases and they expanded faster than they could handle. It's not netflix or redbox's fault that blockbuster sucks

Bah, that's a f*cking good comeuppance. I remember in high school always feeling like i was getting f*cked over when I would rent a movie. and then the late fees were the WORST. they raped their customers and didn't think twice about it.

Netflix FTW. blockbuster can go suck a bag of d*cks and rot in hell

Internet killed them.

Only reason I ever go to blockbuster is cuz of video games. I have netflix for movies(which is great BTW). Blockbuster is pretty dam over charging and are d*cks with the late fees. So I'm planning on getting gamefly(anybody suggest it?). f*ck blockbuster they dug up their own grave

Only place within 15 miles to buy blurays,if that goes im f*cked for release day purchaces.

So, is this just American stores or are European stores gonna get hit too? If so, I'm f*cked.

I read that stores in Britain were doing OK?last year...

If Blockbuster had gone into the movies-by-mail when Netflix was getting started, they would have faired better then they are today.

It was nice knowing you Blockbuster. Guess my membership card is now a relic.

blockbuster was cut off from me a while ago, i won't miss it.

Blockbuster are dumbasses. They had years and all the money in the world to set themselves up like Netflix. And now they're the dinosaur.
They never carried anything but the most popular stuff, no cult classics or good horror.

It's funny cuz when sh*t like this comes up in the news, we usually get some sort of press release in my store. This time, not a damn one. I really don't care. Blockbuster f*cked themselves (store wise). Tried to become a version of Circuit City by buying tons of video games systems that no one bought from us and then start allocating electronics that, again, no one buys from us. That was a huge waste of money. And honestly, them not charging late fees anymore f*cked them. They should've kept it. The $1 a day thing is not a big deal but people are spoiled bitches so they complain. The online prog. BB has isn't bad though, you can get games now through it. Although, they have to be like 90's past release to be available online. But still, thats pretty f*cking sweet i think. The stores will be done by this time next year....Guarantee you.

@faded - good post.

You bring up a very good point Rabid. One of the main reasons why I like Netflix is that I can rent hard to find doc*mentaries from their site, not Blockbuster.

blockbuster you are the weakest link...goodbye

it was only ever a matter of time. I haven't darkened the door of a Blockbuster since...well a long time.

Thanks Ranger. If I'm good at anything it is knowledgably bashing the company I work for lol.

lol. Well... it's nice to see a post from an 'insider.' I didn't know they went 'off message' stocking gaming machines, etc. No doubt the few at the top have golden parachutes and made their fortunes. I remember when BB boasted (and rightfully so) opening a new store every 24 hours. Great for them! They were at the right place(s) at the right time and capitalized on it. But posters like Horror, Rabid etc. hit the nail on the head about they sitting on their ass for too long, and Redbox and Netflix grabbing the market while they were snoozing.

For every season, turn, turn, turn, turn...

Yeah Ranger, for some unbelievably dumb reason they thought that they could become Blockbuster Entertainment and offer everything from gaming systems, mp3 players, video cameras ontop of movies. Big mistake. You get allocation for that many electronics and they don't sell, that money goes down the toilet. And those you mentioned are right (horror and rabid) as well as others, they sat on making waves too long. They didn't want to admit they were f*cking up, so they waited years after to try and compete against the others. BB's online is over priced but I guess they have a good thing now with offering video games. But yeah, oh well.