Nelson writes:
Been meaning to drop this back…
Mmf.
UPDATE:
@broadsheet_ie this is the sign on the Artane branch of Xtravision pic.twitter.com/Ns4mk10ZTl
— Some Dad (@_SomeDad) February 3, 2016
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Everything. As It Happens.
With the late fees on that you might actually save them from bankruptcy.
Late fees never went above 25euro.
euros! pfft! i paid well over that in punts a few times :)
Brilliant…remind it aswell, save yourself the 25p fine
Too late, too late will be the cry when the man with the VHS tape has passed you by.
Be kind, rewind.
Great fecking movie.
it’s been emotional.
It was YOU! You put them out of business.
Stay away from Blockbusters before it is too late …. ooohh
I liked that movie when it came out, but I watched it recently and for some reason all the characters annoyed the crap out of me and I didn’t like it at all.
Snatch was a much better movie afaic.
I would say that Sting should stick to the music, but I don’t rate him at that either.
A life without love is like a year without sumner. ~Swedish Proverb
You have turned old and cynical, my friend. Welcome to the over 30’s club.
that takes me back.. Betamax was still the odds on favourite
too many of Richie’s characters were over-tuned. All had a short watchability half-life.
His Sherlock movies already don’t age well
(Not that they were even much great shakes to begin with)
ah memories of us all chipping in to make up the £1.50 for the latest rental
didn’t it cost the video shops something like £70 to buy one tape or something?
Yeah, the rental copies cost that much – they don’t the huge “cannot be rented” warnings written on the back like consumer DVDs do to this day.
i thought it was the ‘alternative’ version “lots of c*cks and two smoking barmaids”
oh, thank you
I couldn’t watch it.
I hated Vinnie Jones and the Wimbledon ’88 cup final team and always will.
ALWAYS!
ah bertie, what about the iconic photo of gazza’s ball-grab?
If you haven’t seen the Gascoigne movie Scottser, it’s well worth a watch.
Here he is talking about that incident.
https://youtu.be/FyCw5RLDyYw
And I still hate Vinnie Jones!
End of an era, quite sad really I loved the ritual of going to the video club ever since I was a kid….
Oh well
Was listening to the radio earlier, and one of the presenters recommended listeners rented a particular movie (semi-obscure). Then they realized – how? If it’s not on poxy Neflix, you’re screwed.
We’ll miss Xtravision yet.
Bleedin’ NPR.