It's the new drive-in

I know, I know - two posts in one day - try to contain your excitement. But the topics are sufficiently different to merit separate headings.

Yesterday I went to Blockbuster Video - the first time I have gone to a video rental store in almost two years. Since I subscribed to Netflix, I really haven't rented any videos that weren't mailed to me. Besides the fact that they completely changed their rate structure, I was really taken by the fact that they were now renting a ton of DVDs of films that never saw a theatrical release. And not just a few sprinkled in here and there. I mean a large percentage of their titles were direct to video - mostly cheaply made horror and action films. Wow. I had no idea such idea such fine films even existed. I'm blanking on most of the titles, unfortunately. People must rent them, though.

The thing is, some of these films really do make it to the theaters. Like "The Condemned" (an adrenaline charged action-thriller!). Or who could forget "DOA: Dead or Alive" (it's based on a video game AND it's got chicks with swords - how can you go wrong?). Seriously, though, for each of this type of movie there were probably two that had never made it to the multiplex. It's like a whole new world of schlok I was unaware of.