Danielle Clarke and Jackie Conley from the No More Late Fees podcast are featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. They share what it was like working at Blockbuster: Did they incur late fees themselves? How was the transition from VHS to DVDs? What was the movie everyone wanted to see?
We really dive into our “hard opinions on random things”, like being Team Subtitles™️. We discuss physical media collections, how getting rid of all our DVDs was actually a huge mistake, the business aspect behind streaming, how streaming was positioned toward consumers in the 2000s as an “infinite” content library, and how we may actually have less options, access, and availability now than we did in Blockbuster stores.
We explore my favorite genre of 90s-00s movies and ultimate comfort: Gen X Ensemble Casts!! Everything really connects back to Can’t Hardly Wait and the Buffyverse, doesn’t it? We talk about how many movies (including CHW) haven’t aged well with time and how we perceive dated movies differently when we have firsthand nostalgic ties to it.
About our Guests Danielle Clarke and Jackie Conley from the No More Late Fees podcast are two best friends and ex Blockbuster employees rewatching some of the best and worst movies from the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
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Doll Artwork by @hmdraws_
Theme Music by @egmusicnyc
Intro Video by @valentinareyes9
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