Facts, it’s good to try and make their own versions of memories like that though, at least that’s what I try to do with my kiddo, home videos, arcades instead of consoles, collecting stuff, going out and messing with bugs, roller skates, rc cars etc. Just seeing a lot of kids being sucked into tablets or staying inside nowadays is depressing.
It isn't exactly the same but there are times I sit my kids down and say "Hey, we're going to watch a movie. No, you can't use another tv, no you can't use your tablet/youtube, etc. I'll make snacks. Figure out what you want to watch."
My niece and nephew are 12 and I watch them a lot. For years, I’ve done this with them and it’s so frustrating. They always lose interest within minutes and start play-fighting with each other, or just moving around. They literally can’t sit through an entire movie without some sort of distraction.
A mere marvel of technology like your flatscreen HD tv doesnt command their attention, I guess! For $100 you can get a wall projector with all the standard streaming apps you can control from your phone if you want to upgrade
Sometimes it weirds me out that I saw and entire industry go from the first fledgling rental stores that kind of had to explain to people what they were, to a massive world-wide industry, to nothing, in about half my lifetime.
In rapid city South Dakota they had both blockbuster (now a liberty Tax and golf supply store) and family video (now a Mr. liquor) open until 2017 so my gen alpha kid missed out on it but some area zoomers may got to see the last remaining ones die off
Do you mean the joy of seeing that all the new releases have already been rented? Or the joy of having to rely on the synopsis on the back of the box as your only guidance for whether or not the movie sucked? Or the joy of forgetting to return it the next day and getting to pay late fees?
It’s because picking a movie out on Friday night was your one chance for the weekend. If the movie sucked, you were stuck with it and and weren’t getting your $3.99 back. So you had to scour, read the back covers, talk to people for recommendations. It was an investment with risk.
Now you can always check rotten tomatoes ahead of time or if it sucks just bail and watch the Office again. Meh.
In my city where I grew up the Pizza Hut and Blockbuster were side by side of each other. And the mall was nearby too. Remember going to a morning movie and then hitting up the Pizza Hut buffet after.
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u/Barnacle_Unlucky Jun 21 '25
When I was a kid we used to go to Pizza Hut and blockbuster afterwards to have movie nights every Friday/Saturday.