BLOCKBUSTER Revival: Is It Coming To Your Town?

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Blockbuster can indeed return, in a way.

Though it might be a bit smaller than you remember.

But it’s a start!

Is it coming to your town?

That depends on you.

With the rise of the demand for physical media, things may be shifting away from streaming.

You see, people are converting old newspaper boxes or creating a booth thats filled with movies and games.

It’s using the old “Take a movie, Leave a movie” lending library system.

People all across America are loving this idea!

And it’s even happening in Canada and England.

Are liberals involved? Sure. But this can be one area that helps bridge that gap between us, since both sides of the political spectrum love movies.

We may be divided over current state of Star Wars but we can connect over how great the classics were.

And with dozens and dozens of headlines popping up all over about this, its clearly showing that there’s no slowing this movement down!

Mocoshow reports:

Alex Gordon, like many of us, grew up with the familiar sight of a Blockbuster video store in his neighborhood. So when he stumbled upon a Blockbuster-themed “little free library” for movies in Washington, D.C., he couldn’t resist capturing a few photos.

This nostalgic “Blockbuster” is cleverly situated at the intersection of 15th and Q St. NW in D.C. The setup features a sign adorned with the iconic Blockbuster slogan, “BE KIND, PLEASE REWIND,” and adds a modern twist: “IF YOU TAKE A MOVIE, PLEASE RETURN AFTER VIEWING OR DROP OFF ANOTHER DVD TO HELP KEEP OUR MOVIE LIBRARY STOCKED. THANKS, AND ENJOY THE MOVIES!” While the box currently lacks any DVDs, it is decorated with miniature posters of classic films that many will remember renting from their local Blockbuster stores.

The concept of a free Blockbuster-style library isn’t entirely new to the area. In June 2020, at the height of the pandemic, a similar initiative called Free Blockbuster DMV emerged with boxes in Alexandria and D.C. The Instagram account @FreeBlockbusterDMV began sharing posts in June 2020, amassing a few hundred followers before becoming inactive in December 2020. However, this latest box appears to be an independent effort.

Alex’s social media post about the discovery sparked a wave of nostalgia among his friends. Some even offered to contribute their old DVDs to help stock the new “Blockbuster” location. One friend commented, “I’m doing spring cleaning. I’ll just drop off a bunch to refill it and see how long they last,” while another simply expressed, “I miss Blockbuster.”

Here’s one in DC:

Some are reusing old newspaper boxes.

And some are getting fancy, and even putting snacks in them.

 

For more information, go to FreeBLOCKBUSTER’s website.

So, if you don’t live in Bend, Oregon and can’t visit the last Blockbuster, and you live in a high-trust neighborhood, maybe a small local box is just the thing.

(Fill it with non-woke movies, of course. You can always pick up a few $3 or $5 movies at Walmart or local thrift shops)

 

And if your old DVDs have scratches, a $20-ish Skip Dr can fix that. Anyone having flashbacks yet?

The origin story:

For those of you unfamiliar with term “high-trust society” have a look:

And here’s a great example of why we don’t have many high-trust societies:



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