In 2006, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing new competition from other stores and foreign imports.[4] While a majority of stores closed at this time, some independent franchises continued including locations at Rhode Island's Warwick Mall, which closed in 2012, and at Florida's Volusia Mall, which closed in 2016.
Why would you lie when a simple Google search proves you wrong?
Having grown up through the 80s and the early 90s, I'd have to say the 80s were a bit better, looking back. I know there's a large part of nostalgia since I was 5 in 1980 but "coming of age" in the 80s was unique. The 90s were fun though, no doubt but there was this sense of imagination during the 80s, this odd mixture of analog and digital. The future was going to be fricking awesome.
millenials get all nostalgic for blockbuster for some reason but the mall was the true kino to fill that gap between becoming a teenager and your first friend getting their license >get parents to drop you off >meet friends >drink, smoke, frick around >maybe see a movie or dick around in the arcade >teenage girls everywhere, mostly unknowns from other schools >shoplift for kicks >eat junkfood >explore the employee walkways and loading docks until kicked out >pull dumb pranks like setting off stinkbombs in the foodcourt >call parents to pick you up a few hours after unsupervised teenage freedom >repeat until friend gets drivers license
Yup those were the days. Also the mall had pet stores so you can hang out with girls while playing with puppies or ferrets, or whatever. b***hes love pets
I once chatted up a girl because she was autistically throwing her water bottle up in the air and catching it. It was the sort of thing I would do if I were bored in a mall so I found it endearing. I came to find out the two people sitting on the bench right next to us were her parents and she was 15. I was like 25 at the time. Her parents didn't say anything, probably because the conversation was polite and not sexual. They were probably happy their weird daughter was getting attention from a boy. She was cute and seemed smart. I knew I should have bought a ring from one of the israeliteelers are proposed on the spot. Alas.
Does it have to be malls in particular or are random stores, houses, etc with an 80's/90's vibe ok?
My own aesthetic autistic fixation is 80's and 90's classroom decor. Especially Halloween and Christmas movies. But I didn't remember to back up my VLC screencaps last time I reinstalled my OS. Feels bad man.
>Shopping used to be a societal event in a nice building. >Now shopping is soulless as clicking some buttons on a keyboard and mouse.
Tell me friends, will there ever again be another mall kino period?
The mall WAS the product. You didn't have to buy anything to hang out with your friends and do stupid shit in a nice environment. It's really impossible to explain unless you lived it in it's prime.
>go see a movie with your pals >play arcade games while you wait for your showing >get a burger afterwards and talk about the movie >walk around the shops >buy magazines, games, music and movies >you all show each other what you bought on the bus home
Life was more interesting when everywhere was different. The internet made everywhere the same. Making a new connection with an actual person is what advanced your knowledge and opportunities. Felt good man.
I actually think that contributed to the decline of malls to some extent. You could go to malls and see a few of the same chains, but there were a lot more regional stores so going to different malls was a different experience. Gradually those went out of business or got bought out (and rents went up) so only the national chains occupied mall space. Now 95% of malls are the same no matter where you go, the only really different ones are the really upscale malls where I can't afford to shop at anyway.
i doubt thats the 80s. has more of a 94 vibe
Wicks and Sticks went out of business in 91.
In 2006, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing new competition from other stores and foreign imports.[4] While a majority of stores closed at this time, some independent franchises continued including locations at Rhode Island's Warwick Mall, which closed in 2012, and at Florida's Volusia Mall, which closed in 2016.
Why would you lie when a simple Google search proves you wrong?
I assumed you would be too lazy to google and just move on.
Fricking 80s, man, best shit ever. Bet your ass, man.
Guns N' Roses fricking rules. Crüe. Def Lep.
Then that Cobain pussy had to come around and ruin it all. Like there's something wrong with wanting to have a good time.
I'll tell you something. I hated the fricking 90s.
90s fricking sucked.
>I'll tell you something. I hated the fricking 90s.
>90s fricking sucked.
Same anon same
Having grown up through the 80s and the early 90s, I'd have to say the 80s were a bit better, looking back. I know there's a large part of nostalgia since I was 5 in 1980 but "coming of age" in the 80s was unique. The 90s were fun though, no doubt but there was this sense of imagination during the 80s, this odd mixture of analog and digital. The future was going to be fricking awesome.
Cinemaphile is dead when 50 year old boomer Trump tourists just admit who they are.
>Trump tourist
I've been here since 2008, Black person.
Back to tik tok zoomie
>The future was going to be fricking awesome.
Did it meet your expectations?
All downhill after 1989
Jingle all the way
i just went to the mall and it was full of jailbait. it's not over, bros.
millenials get all nostalgic for blockbuster for some reason but the mall was the true kino to fill that gap between becoming a teenager and your first friend getting their license
>get parents to drop you off
>meet friends
>drink, smoke, frick around
>maybe see a movie or dick around in the arcade
>teenage girls everywhere, mostly unknowns from other schools
>shoplift for kicks
>eat junkfood
>explore the employee walkways and loading docks until kicked out
>pull dumb pranks like setting off stinkbombs in the foodcourt
>call parents to pick you up a few hours after unsupervised teenage freedom
>repeat until friend gets drivers license
Yup those were the days. Also the mall had pet stores so you can hang out with girls while playing with puppies or ferrets, or whatever. b***hes love pets
I have no respect for people with no shopping agenda.
I heard that guy likes to have sex in an uncomfortable place
Everyone hated mallrats. Get a real hobby ya bum.
Is that the Denver airport?
I once chatted up a girl because she was autistically throwing her water bottle up in the air and catching it. It was the sort of thing I would do if I were bored in a mall so I found it endearing. I came to find out the two people sitting on the bench right next to us were her parents and she was 15. I was like 25 at the time. Her parents didn't say anything, probably because the conversation was polite and not sexual. They were probably happy their weird daughter was getting attention from a boy. She was cute and seemed smart. I knew I should have bought a ring from one of the israeliteelers are proposed on the spot. Alas.
tell us more, wtf were you tlaking about if it wasnt sexual or flirting
first thing that comes to mind is Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure
Total Recall.
Mallrats
Chopping Mall, Dawn of the Dead OG and remake, Mallrats, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and Bad Santa.
The last seven minutes of Superbad.
Jackie Brown
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jackie Brown
Career Opportunities
None of the roastoid near-wall bawds in modern Hollywood can compare with prime JCon
>near-wall can't compare to prime
Yes, that's usually how that works
Does it have to be malls in particular or are random stores, houses, etc with an 80's/90's vibe ok?
My own aesthetic autistic fixation is 80's and 90's classroom decor. Especially Halloween and Christmas movies. But I didn't remember to back up my VLC screencaps last time I reinstalled my OS. Feels bad man.
>My own aesthetic autistic fixation is 80's and 90's classroom decor.
I can relate to that.
T2. The "Galleria" scene.
>80's mall
>teletubbies in bottom shop window
unironically mallrats
better call saul
Cluess
valley girl at ridgemont high.
>Shopping used to be a societal event in a nice building.
>Now shopping is soulless as clicking some buttons on a keyboard and mouse.
Tell me friends, will there ever again be another mall kino period?
only if enough Aryans survive the collapse to rebuild civilization yet again.
>getting nostalgic about consuming product
The mall WAS the product. You didn't have to buy anything to hang out with your friends and do stupid shit in a nice environment. It's really impossible to explain unless you lived it in it's prime.
>go see a movie with your pals
>play arcade games while you wait for your showing
>get a burger afterwards and talk about the movie
>walk around the shops
>buy magazines, games, music and movies
>you all show each other what you bought on the bus home
It truly was paradise
Time Cop with JCVD
There's a button that ensures the internet never got invented and never will
Do you push it?
Life was more interesting when everywhere was different. The internet made everywhere the same. Making a new connection with an actual person is what advanced your knowledge and opportunities. Felt good man.
I actually think that contributed to the decline of malls to some extent. You could go to malls and see a few of the same chains, but there were a lot more regional stores so going to different malls was a different experience. Gradually those went out of business or got bought out (and rents went up) so only the national chains occupied mall space. Now 95% of malls are the same no matter where you go, the only really different ones are the really upscale malls where I can't afford to shop at anyway.
I push it fifteen times
no
the israelites need to lose more than I need my fix
Night of the Comet obviously.
Commando has THAT mall scene so yeah.
Camera Store
I would give ANYTHING to return
>I would give ANYTHING to return
And we took it for granted
How could we know the internet would ruin everything
Whats truly sad about this pic is its already true, Cinemaphile is a corpse of itself
Don't mourn the death. Celebrate the life.
>amerisharts get nostalgic over malls and parking lots
I remember going to the mall late at night in the year 2000 and Porcelain by Moby would always play.
deep space 9
>go to mall
>only thing that interests me is the Lego store
Are there any cool stores to check out anymore?
We have a Lego store downtown in my city.
The Grove Arcade in Asheville, North Carolina
Wow, I've been there.
Its time