Video Store People Need to Die

sweetstarfire · Post by **sweetstarfire** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 3:10 pm

If you can't tell by the title, this is a huge rant against my video store. The ratings for their tiny pathetic selection of anime are fucked up big time. I went over there with my friend cuz we were bored and thought "why don't we rent some movies?"

So anyways we go over their and we decided to get the first DVD of X and Full Metal Panic, which I was told is good. We were also looking around at the other videos. Macross was Youth Restricted Viewing or whatever (which made me laugh cuz its not that bad), X wasn't and Full Metal Panic was. So even tho I wanted to see FMP I couldn't cuz I'm 17 not 18. In fact, the whole ratings system is backwards and it pisses me off.

We ended up cheating by peeling the sticker that said restricted off of Rahxephon and renting that and X. I swear I'm surprised that Pokemon isn't restricted, or DB/DBZ/DBGT which they had an almost sickening amount of in stock. Now for the ultimate laugh: Hellsing, all of the volumes, is not restricted!!

We could have rented it even tho we're under-age except I've seen the first 8 episodes already.

agelesslorg · Post by **agelesslorg** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 3:26 pm

that happens at my hollywood video

TallonKarrde23 · Post by **TallonKarrde23** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:08 pm

FMP barely even has cursing in it, let alone anything bad

No nudity, not really much blood, barely any vulgar words....meh whatever. Thats why i do something called "BUYING" things but meh maybe your poor

sweetstarfire · Post by **sweetstarfire** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:34 pm

Yes i'm poor and there's also the fact that I have nowhere to buy things from. Nobody sells anime where I live and I can't use e-bay

oh well. Some anime is better than none, even if i have to rent it.

Harlock7876 · Post by **Harlock7876** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:37 pm

sweetstarfire wrote:So even tho I wanted to see FMP I couldn't cuz I'm 17 not 18. In fact, the whole ratings system is backwards and it pisses me off.

You can drive a motor vehicle, but no bad words and boobies for you!

sweetstarfire wrote:We ended up cheating by peeling the sticker that said restricted off of Rahxephon and renting that and X.

You realize you're going to Hell for this. REPENT, BLASPHEMOUS HEATHEN!

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:00 pm

sweetstarfire wrote:Yes i'm poor and there's also the fact that I have nowhere to buy things from. Nobody sells anime where I live and I can't use e-bay oh well. Some anime is better than none, even if i have to rent it.

Okay, the world's smallest violin is playing JUST for you. Didn't anyone tell you that you can't always get what you want? Spoiled children... Until I got a better job recently I had to walk uphill through the snow - I mean, save up to buy everything I got. You know, months, to buy one DVD. Enough whining. If you want it badly enough, save up and for the love of god STOP WHINING.

As for where to buy or rent anime:

- Netflix. You sign up, you rent by mail, you send them back. I have heard many good things about this.
- Amazon, where I happen to buy 90% of my anime, because I am lazy and like buying junk at 2 o'clock in the morning.
- Rightstuf has both a website (dot com) and a print catalog, to order things by mail.

Anyone in the States can take advantage of those, even if they live where anime isn't available at every mom-n-pop podunk video store.

And while I'm bitching a blue streak, all o'ya should be grateful that anime is as mainstream as it is now. Before our time people couldn't get this stuff in any normal store, ever. It was fuzzy fansubs or nothing. So there.

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:04 am

sweetstarfire wrote:Yes i'm poor and there's also the fact that I have nowhere to buy things from. Nobody sells anime where I live and I can't use e-bay oh well. Some anime is better than none, even if i have to rent it.

Anime Rentals:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... hp?t=23166

Jnzk · Post by **Jnzk** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:13 am

SarahtheBoring wrote:And while I'm bitching a blue streak, all o'ya should be grateful that anime is as mainstream as it is now. Before our time people couldn't get this stuff in any normal store, ever. It was fuzzy fansubs or nothing. So there.

It's still like that here. Thank god for Internet shopping.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:23 am

I am over the age of 18, and my local blockbuster has a selection of great anime, and lots of it. (Excel Saga, Eva, Spriggan, Berserk, VHD, VHD: Bloodlust, X, Escaflowne the Movie, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Grave of the Fireflies, and at least a dozen others.)

It doesn't have anything to do with the thread, I just wanted to brag.

Youkai_Lady · Post by **Youkai_Lady** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:58 am

Yeah renting is great I always like to watch something first before I spend a s*** load of money to buy it

I mean come on anime is expensive

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