Ah, the wonders of crap!
Mar. 22nd, 2002 07:08 pmStopped at a new store entirely on the way home from work today: Dollar Video. Rental prices: $1 for a VHS tape, $2 for a new release, $2.50 for a DVD. You have to return it by closing time the next day. It's a grungy looking store and the tape boxes are all faded, but they're reasonably up to date.
Given my penchant for stuff that could probably be best described by Bart Simpson as "crap-tacular", this is an ideal store for me. Oh, sure, I'll have to go to Blockbuster for some things. I mean, the DVD selection is tiny, and that's how I prefer my crap, but even so. Means I can rent the version of Dungeons and Dragons that supposedly makes something vaguely like sense and not feel vaguely guilty about spending the price of a good magazine on it.
Tonight's rentals were Atlantis: The Lost Empire (not crap) and Kiss of the Dragon (reputedly crap). I have until 11 PM tomorrow night to give 'em back. This works for me. Assuming the rentals aren't cheap because the DVDs are of poor quality (they appear to be the actual studio releases, I'm just worried about overuse or scratches by prior customers), I'll be stopping off at $Video on a fairly regular basis, I think. At least until I run through their DVD collection, anyway.
Given my penchant for stuff that could probably be best described by Bart Simpson as "crap-tacular", this is an ideal store for me. Oh, sure, I'll have to go to Blockbuster for some things. I mean, the DVD selection is tiny, and that's how I prefer my crap, but even so. Means I can rent the version of Dungeons and Dragons that supposedly makes something vaguely like sense and not feel vaguely guilty about spending the price of a good magazine on it.
Tonight's rentals were Atlantis: The Lost Empire (not crap) and Kiss of the Dragon (reputedly crap). I have until 11 PM tomorrow night to give 'em back. This works for me. Assuming the rentals aren't cheap because the DVDs are of poor quality (they appear to be the actual studio releases, I'm just worried about overuse or scratches by prior customers), I'll be stopping off at $Video on a fairly regular basis, I think. At least until I run through their DVD collection, anyway.
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Date: 2002-03-23 08:42 pm (UTC)Man, all I remember about the D&D movie is curling up on the couch and making raucous fun of it... usually to the tune of, "Duh, they should've had a cleric!"
-- Lorrie
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Date: 2002-03-23 09:05 pm (UTC)Definitely crap-tacular.
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Date: 2002-03-23 09:34 pm (UTC)And I wholeheartedly agree with craptacular. Anyone got a Rod of Moving Control? All these boxes would go away so much sooner if they could fly around the room, disgorging and unwrapping their own contents.
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Date: 2002-03-23 09:48 pm (UTC)That was not a respected, kindly treated dragon.