http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/22/blockbuster-to-close-300-stores Comments On: Blockbuster to Close 300 Stores by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by watchout5]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:44:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ryanmm]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:18:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:09:43 -0800 The Stranger
It's hard to stop successful things from overcoming less successful ones.
Posted by giffy]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:12:04 -0800 The Stranger
Not that it would have worked out like that. Big conglomerations have been driving away all local business for decades now, and if it wasn't Blockbuster, it would have been someone else, likely just as predatory but possibly not as censorious.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:52:17 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by beef rallard]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:39:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MarkyMark]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:11:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by redemma]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:58:39 -0800 The Stranger redbox was created by mcdonaldsThat figures... it's like shit icing on the shit cake.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:52:58 -0800 The Stranger
If a store with the selection of Blockbuster cannot compete with Netflix then how to do you think some smaller store would?
Posted by giffy]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:48:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:18:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:35:19 -0800 The Stranger
You might be able to say something about increasing awareness, but that only works if it's clearly part of a concerted campaign. With you, it just seems like whining.
Posted by dak7e]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:29:11 -0800 The Stranger
The Blockbuster Video in my hometown blew away years ago. When that left, I assumed that meant Blockbuster had filed Chapter 11, since the only competition they had in town was (and still is, I think) the video rental department in grocery stores.
Posted by Knat]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:27:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by T]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:27:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Drew2u]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:22:15 -0800 The Stranger
Haven't rented a DVD in years. I have a Roku box instead. This is not an option for those without a high speed internet connection however.
Posted by Frank Blethen's vodka distiller]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:17:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by raku]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:16:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by eastcoastreader]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:12:19 -0800 The Stranger
That said, I think we're ultimately going to be shifted from an all-you-can-watch mode back to the old pay per film. The content providers must long for the days when each film would bring in 3.99 or 4.99 rather than settling for the share of the monthly fee that Netflix gives them.

You can already see it in the wizened offerings of Netflix and Amazon Prime. Like, hey, you could watch this crappy old video (such as Blindside which I watched last night, and whose most notable aspect is that it might have been the inspiration for the SNL a-hole couple characters ), but don't you really want to see this movie from 3 months ago for $3.99? And another...and another...
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:12:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by i proved my own point]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:09:15 -0800 The Stranger one @10 that's not what they meant at all how the hell did you connect that to choosing to walk into a store to give them your business to keep them open and
@12 redbox was created by mcdonalds
Posted by hyperfocusingisbad]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:08:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by zobot]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:56:43 -0800 The Stranger
It sucks that there are no other options for a lot of people in rural America, but Blockbuster is the reason for that, and their selection was never better than limited. Good riddance.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:42:42 -0800 The Stranger
I'd happily use the internet for watching everything if it didn't buffer and buffer and buffer ad nauseum forever. Fuck that.

DVDs from the library are great - IF you can actually find one that isn't scratched to hell. Good luck with that.

It seems to me that people value cheapness over quality. They don't seem to care if they have to watch garbage filtered through garbage, as long as it's FREE FREE FREE! It's kind of pathetic actually. It's like saying, "why buy a steak when McDonald's is only a buck, and it's practically the same thing."
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:26:58 -0800 The Stranger