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Post by doctorz on Aug 21, 2006 22:12:19 GMT -5
So, you waltz into your local Blockbusters, or whatever, and pick up the DVD of Roadhouse, The Fifth Element or Startrek V that no one has touched for a couple of years and you get the double take from the cashier who blurts out:
(Roadhouse) "Uh, still one of the best in my book, I guess. This is a real old movie. Did you mean to rent this?"
(StarTrek V) "You mean you haven't seen this one yet?"
Sweartogod.. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Aug 21, 2006 23:55:52 GMT -5
Fifth Element is the only one I've gotten the guts to pick up yet. Now I'm too scared to get the others.
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Post by gammer on Aug 22, 2006 7:01:48 GMT -5
When I went to rent Star Trek V, the kind lady says: "Oh, and I see you have a 50 cent late charge on...'Road House'?" She said it loud enough for everyone to hear and she said it like...'you liked it that much that you kept it for another day?' I felt like melting under the counter after that.  |
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Post by Isaac on Aug 22, 2006 9:59:28 GMT -5
To be totally honest, I have never gotten any kind of weird reaction from any video store employees while attempting to rent any of the films RiffTrax has done (except for Star Trek V, which I got from my local library. I was extremely glad that I didn't have to PAY for that one).
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Post by Wild Rebel on Aug 22, 2006 10:03:36 GMT -5
(StarTrek V) "You mean you haven't seen this one yet?" As in, "Because if you've seen it once you wouldn't want to see it again...."? (or own it like I do)  |
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Post by Agent for C.R.O.W. on Aug 22, 2006 10:59:36 GMT -5
Ahhhh....thank goodness for netflix. No questions asked. Although i'm sure the people stuffing the envelopes are sneering.
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Post by Sandor on Aug 23, 2006 23:20:34 GMT -5
Ahhhh....thank goodness for netflix. No questions asked. Although i'm sure the people stuffing the envelopes are sneering. You can be one of the first to (possibly) hear a rifftrack of me and my friend's for The Crow: Wicked Prayer. |
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Aug 24, 2006 13:18:56 GMT -5
Guys, guys, you don't know how to win religious converts: turn the weird looks from weird behavior into a chance to tell people about WHY you're doing something. You may win new fans for MST3K and/or Rifftrax.
"You have a fifty-cent late fee on....Roadhouse?"
"Well, you see, there's this guy named Mike Nelson. Have you ever heard of MST3K? Well, Mike's kinda continuing that in a new business move...."
Etc., etc.
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Post by hopesfall on Sept 11, 2006 3:44:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I told the guy I rented Roadhouse from about it and he picked it up the next day.
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Post by mightyjack on Sept 12, 2006 23:47:57 GMT -5
Nobody has said anything and seriously, I'm going home and laughing my ass off so why should I care what anyone else says or thinks.
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Post by GProopdog on Sept 14, 2006 16:40:57 GMT -5
Meh
the people at the Hollywood video I frequent usually don't bat an eye when it comes to certain movies being rented (though, in an somewhat off-topic story, I remember about two years ago when my younger cousin wanted me to rent "An American Tail" for him, so I got that and another movie, I think Clue, and gave it to the girl at the counter. After she saw me renting AAT, she gave me a look and said "Aren't you kinda old for this?" Very embarrasing, even though I knew it wasn't for me.)
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Post by ashkenaz on Sept 14, 2006 17:08:25 GMT -5
I haven't gotten any reactions.
One time i bought a Dario Argento movie called Opera and it didn't work so i returned it (to blockbuster) and the guy said very loudly in front of his friends "Don't worry, we'll get you your money back on your torture movie." There were people behind me as well that started to give me strange looks. After he gave me the receipt i said to him" Yeah very funny a$$hole now f*%k off" and left.
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Post by Shep on Sept 14, 2006 20:11:15 GMT -5
I haven't gotten any reactions. One time i bought a Dario Argento movie called Opera and it didn't work so i returned it (to blockbuster) and the guy said very loudly in front of his friends "Don't worry, we'll get you your money back on your torture movie." There were people behind me as well that started to give me strange looks. After he gave me the receipt i said to him" Yeah very funny a$$hole now f*%k off" and left. Man, what a jerk! I haven't seen "Opera" yet (only the trailer--which looks terrific), but I love Argento's work. "Deep Red," "Suspiria" and "Phenomena" are some of my favorite horror flicks of all time. |
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Post by Kor on Sept 19, 2006 9:02:26 GMT -5
I already own ST:V and I was able to get XXX and Roadhouse from friends. The only one I have rented so far was Fifth Element. No wierd reaction when renting it, but when I returned it, the guy staired at it for a second and then shouted "Korben Dallas! That's the guy Bruce Willis plays, right?" Apparently he was a fan of the movie, go figure. Another weird thing, none of my Blockbusters even carry Cocktail.
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Post by gammer on Sept 19, 2006 10:43:04 GMT -5
No weird here.
I went to 4 different Blockbusters before I found one...in the comedy section.
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