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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
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#27777: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:08:36 AM

You've all heard the news that...(mouth twitches) Blockbusters is no more. So...shall we have a memorial right now? Any stories involving the great...no....memorable...ummmm....video store?

Never really cared about it to begin with. My only experience with them is that I dimly remember my Dad renting the original Star Wars on VHS to show me as a kid.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#27778: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:09:12 AM

@Marcen Meh, I don't really go to Blockbusters that often anyway.

@Story Makes sense considering she is the queen of the Changelings. I wonder did she cause any trouble for you guys?

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#27779: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:10:35 AM

Well using the same avatars as other posters did make things confusing.

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#27780: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:14:36 AM

I used to have a Blockbusters near me. In fact, I'm at the library right now and a few steps away used to be a Blockbusters...which is now a dollar store. I only bought one thing from there and that was God Of War for PS 2. I passed by there for the monthly magazine...wait, I bought a movie called Watching The Detectives for 2 dollars. Now, whenever I pass by the dollar store, I see the video slot, proving that Blockbusters used to be there...now all I have are memories...anypony else have any good memories?

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#27781: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:15:33 AM

@Story Again I ask did she cause any trouble for you guys besides that?

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#27782: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:16:01 AM

I don't have any memories of Blockbuster specifically, but I do have some nostalgia for those old VHS tapes. Remember the message at the start about it being reformatted to fit your screen?

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japaneseteeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#27783: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:16:33 AM

I remember how much of a pain it was to have to rewind everything.

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#27784: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:20:18 AM

Neither do I, the memories I recall of Blockbusters is that I rented out a couple of movies on the odd occasion. Just recently I rented out Team America, The Hangover and remember buying the original Karate Kid a few years back along with renting out Pinocchio making one the infamous moments in my life which I don't want to go into. Not the renting Pinocchio thing but something else.

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#27785: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:25:33 AM

I don't even know what everypony is talking about. Can you tell an ignorant foreigner what is Blockbuster?

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#27786: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:27:09 AM

@Lumin Blockbusters was a video store that, what I'm hearing right now, is a not-very good store that recently went out of business.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#27787: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:28:51 AM

@Marcen It's more easier to get movies and TV shows on Netflix nowadays.

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japaneseteeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#27788: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:30:58 AM

It's not so much that it was a bad store so much as it just couldn't adapt enough. Back in the days before video streaming was possible, renting was the only way to watch movies at home without buying them. Then Netflix got popular, and made it far easier and more convenient (you didn't have to drive to the store any more), and Blockbuster started to die out. Then streaming got big and it basically couldn't keep going. It wasn't able to make the jump to digital distribution and the niche got filled by stuff like Netflix and Hulu before it caught up.

edited 12th Dec '13 8:31:46 AM by japaneseteeth

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#27789: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:32:11 AM

So Blockbusters went kaput? I'm honestly surprised it took them this long. Ever since video streaming services like Netflix started popping up, they've basically disappeared.

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#27790: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:35:51 AM

Again I ask did she cause any trouble for you guys besides that?

No. What actually happened is that CDRW got temporarily banned for making a sarcastic comment in OTC and the mods told him to stop using sockpuppets, IIRC.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#27791: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:36:07 AM

Yeah things like Netflix, Hulu and whatnot are now the go to services when it comes to renting/buying movies and TV shows. And seeing as Blockbuster can't really keep up with them it was only a matter of time before they had to shut their business down.

@Story I guess. But again that happened when I wasn't a member so yeah.

edited 12th Dec '13 8:37:22 AM by Starscream759

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#27792: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:36:59 AM

The Blockbuster that used to be around here has been closed for a really long time, so the news that the last few holdouts are finally done doesn't surprise me. I tended not to rent too much from, though. I rarely watched movies and wasn't really on the fence enough about a video game to need to try it through them first. I don't even remember if I snagged anything from them when they had their big closing-down liquidation sale.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#27793: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:38:44 AM

My family used to rent from them fairly frequently many moons ago, so I guess I'll miss them, if only in a nostalgic sense.

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#27794: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:42:27 AM

We (possibly) all could agree that video renting was nostalgic. We all will (kind of) miss it.

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Powah Since: Oct, 2013
#27795: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:46:03 AM

In Ireland we have Extravision, which is still going in a massively decreased capacity. Once there used to be one in every neighborhood. Now I count three in my city.

IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#27796: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:46:12 AM

How long until we get to tell those that are too young to remember Blockbuster to get off our lawn? [lol]

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#27798: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:53:48 AM

@Marcen I suppose.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#27800: Dec 12th 2013 at 8:55:48 AM

I hate nostalgia these days. Mainly because most of it stemms from video games and cartoons, which I can only enjoy the latter, so it just gets me frustrated rather than the warm fuzzies.


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