Whatever it is that you loved about this video store? Tell me I'm interested to know. Mine was a little mom and pop store called Video Plus, and it had a fantastic car section because I'm a horror film geek, and it had just these amazing Grindhouse underground slasher films that really gave me my film education. And what was neat about it is it was attached to an old, iconic 99 cent one screen movie theater called the Forest Theater, which is kind of iconic in Connecticut now
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 4:06
There was a couple of other movies I had watched because of that, from being able to rent and the convenience of it being delivered to your home and you watch it, send it back. It was definitely nice for me, especially as an introvert. So I kind of circumvented the whole process of actually having to go into the store. And I wasn't really. I remember I used to tease my friend a lot. He was more of a movie Neald and junkie than I was at that time
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 4:40
I would get the director commentary and all that kind of stuff, whereas the streaming services don't offer that. They just offer the straight movie. So it's an interesting time. It's sadly missed. I'm sure other people miss it too. Having grown up in the talking talking video store culture. What remember going to Video Plus and enjoying myself there? And those are good memories. There are actually two video stores still alive in Connecticut
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 4:04
All right. So my favorite video store in the 80s was a local place, mom and pop business near me called Video Emporium. And the way they ran their store, they had these walls that were made of Velcro backing, and the boxes would be placed on there on Velcro. And then underneath the boxes, you didn't take the box. You took a poker chip. So if the box had a few poker chips underneath of it, that meant there was a copy there
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 2:47
I think that's just a system that's missed today, unfortunately. So that's cool that you have those three places. And I've had several mom and pop video stores here that I used to attend, and I miss greatly. And the streaming has just taken over everything. Amazon rules the world, and that's just the way it is. But I cherish those memories of the video store era. I really do. I miss them greatly. Bye
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 2:36
And I always liked Hollywood video more so than blockbuster because they tapped into the indie film market a little bit more so than blockbuster blockbuster. You could always count on the new releases. But Hollywood video, they had the new releases. But they also had lower budget films and indie film section in mind. So that's why I enjoyed that. And I always found the Hollywood video clerks to be more friendly and like to talk and chat about film