A Profile of the Alaskan Blockbusters and Their Loyal Employees

[ellie_andrews]

There’s just one Blockbuster left in America. @justinheckert traveled to the last three in Alaska on the eve of their closing to explore the end of an iconic part of cultural memories: https://t.co/HrHe3erKd6
- The Ringer (@ringer) July 19, 2018

* writer travels to Alaska to document the closing of a culture icon

Comments

[lunadonna]

Blockbuster always sucked, Hollywood video was superior. I too miss pizza and movie night, especially with Pizza Hut Cinnamon sticks! My mom and I always rented horror movies so I’ve probably seen every horror movie that came out in the early 2000s lol. Funny, I used to genuinely enjoy/get creeped out at even the stupidest d-list horror movies but now I can’t watch any horror movie on Netflix without turning it off 10 minutes in out of boredom.

[sastra_fuss]

Hollywood video was the spot, but then 2 people were murdered in the one my parents used to take us to and we never went back

[cuteej4]

Holy shit. Lol

[ellie_andrews]

i always liked hollywood video bc they had a "classics" section which i had never seen before lol

[leomonade]

my mom helped close down a hollywood video (thanks mom) and we got all their computers and monitors LMAO

[cuteej4]

Wtf. I need to hear this story.

[leomonade]

i dont remember what happened tbh but i was salty i didnt get all the games instead LMAO

i didnt try to turn on the computers tho - i should have. my mom turned up one day with them all in the back of her pickup LMAOOOO

my dumbass didnt keep the monitors because i was like “these are 4:3”

[leomonade]

im thinking rn how stupid the managers must have been to give us computers with so much billing and personal information LMFAO

[leomonade]

wow i could have billed all the people with late fees lmaoooooo

[reach_the_end]

I was all about Movie Gallery (~play on!~).

[starsaregas]

I loved our Hollywood Video as a teen, because they had all sorts of Foreign and Indie Horror movies that I couldn't find anywhere else at the time!