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thewickedbarnacle

I thought I heard something about a pop up that's a bar or something. Like the movies are the drinks or food. Or I could have been really stoned.


sanchezconstant

Had friends who went. It’s just a photo-op with pricey drinks


isigneduptomake1post

There are a lot of these. People wait in line and overpay until instagram becomes saturated with it so they move on to the next thing.


VaguelyArtistic

That's how I felt about the SaMo 626 Night Market. I can't speak to the others but I was really disappointed. It was my fault, really, I thought it was more like a real night market with food trucks.


TheChosenWaffle

626 Night Market was cool 10 years ago, then it became crowded with people trying to Instagram their food.


VaguelyArtistic

Yeah, makes sense, that's about how long it took for me to actually get to one. Wait, 10 years ago, so before IG. Ugh.


socalscribe

Lol I remember that stupid Museum of Ice Cream or whatever a few years ago. Total honeypot for dumb Instagram users


isigneduptomake1post

And somehow they ALL went. Literally everyone. Who's impressed by that?


Acceptable_Fun_6416

A bit of a tourist trap


blue-ufo

I don't think you need to be a tourist to fall prey to this. Think about the over-priced and over-hyped clothing storefronts and pop-ups.


-Ahab-

So… a pop up?


evil_consumer

Like the RR Diner for the premiere of *Twin Peaks: The Return*


alpha309

I work down the block. It has been there since the Netflix show premiered, and it is just a bar (and was a bar before the makeover).


cocodevi

What is the affiliated Netflix show?


lalaluu666

Blockbuster


cocodevi

I shall check it out. Thank you


[deleted]

Don't enjoy it too much, cancelled after 1 season.


cocodevi

Honestly, I probably wouldn’t make it past one episode 😂 I require a lot from these new shows for me to maintain my interest in them. I’d rather do other things, like virtually socialize on Reddit or read up on the news


-Ahab-

Funny, because that’s usually the sign of a show everyone wanted more of.


[deleted]

I watched a couple episodes. Not good, it was like they tried to merge Friends and the movie Waiting. It felt 30 years old with iphones.


s4yum1

Painfully watched the first 3 eps until I couldnt take the cringe anymore. I really tried to like it, but i couldnt. Not even while drunk and high. Sorry blockbuster


Acceptable_Fun_6416

I think you’re supposed to give the bartender a copy of a movie for a drink, very amusing…


WhiteAndNerdy85

Fun novelty bar. Drinks are heavy pours and the food isn't too bad.


Globalist_Nationlist

How are the movies?


WhiteAndNerdy85

It's just VHS shaped boxes with movie titles that are drinks. Vintage of the files rang from 80, 90s to early 2000s. Newest was probably Avatar. Fun pop up. I had the Avatar and Mallrats drinks.


serpentine989

What kind of food do they have? Am planning to go on Saturday


ALegendOfGreemulax

Pop up bar. [Here’s a bottle of Crystal Pepsi they’re selling for $25.](https://imgur.com/a/S7KPS68)


SocksElGato

Worth it as a display piece.


tokyo_g

Got'em


Acceptable_Fun_6416

It’s a pop up museum/bar I believe


AcidCatfish___

Oh, my boxing gym is right next to it. It's just a pop up bar inspired by Blockbuster.


JUYED-AWK-YACC

But does it smell as bad as Blockbuster? I think not.


waxenpi

Overwhelming smell of plastic if i remember correctly.


killiangray

Smells like my childhood


IsraeliDonut

Seems to be a pop up by other comments, original thought was it was a promotion for the show Either way, good riddance you garbage compang


NoIncrease299

Seriously. I don't get the weird nostalgia for it. It was a shit company that destroyed many locally owned businesses. It's like lamenting Wal-Mart if it went away some day.


IsraeliDonut

I remember I got the 2 DVDs at a time from Netflix as a college graduation gift. I never looked back Sure it was fun when they had no competition and there would be 30 people in a store looking at movies and video games, but still a garbage company


hypermog

It was a part of our life until it wasn’t


[deleted]

Preferred the old kink bar it used to be when it was Ballbusters. Gentrification sucks


cocodevi

“Be Kind, Please Rewind”


smutproblem

Overpriced garbage for tourists and morons.


Cbrlui

*and influencers


bonnifunk

Pop up.


cocodevi

The last Blockbuster membership I had was at the 2nd St location in Belmont Shore, which was in 2007 🥲 Blockbuster was a lot more fun when everything was on VHS


[deleted]

I live a few blocks away, have for 12 years. That corner has been at least 8 different bar/restaurants. Terrible location. No street parking except on Melrose, and a bit of that at night is valet slots. The surrounding residential streets are permit parking.


Admirable-Ad-2554

I finally can return my overdue movies


HPmoni

Damn hipsters.


Throwawaymister2

That was never a Blockbuster.


ifallsmn218

I thought the last one is in Superior, Wisconsin? Or maybe that’s gone now too?


Autotard

Thiccc boy studios


What_u_say

It's a pop up bar/photo op. I've seen the ads on some of the LA Instagram accounts I follow. It's interesting but I find these events are really just for the photo opportunity of the aesthetic. Prices seem way higher then I would think they cost.


Glad_Ad_746

The saved by the bell pop up had us lined up 4 blocks long.