Talk:Blockbuster (Bend, Oregon)

Merge?
Another editor has proposed merging The Last Blockbuster into this article. I'm not sure this is necessary. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 13:12, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Since the proposer didn't start a discussion, I don't know what their reasoning is, but I could see an argument that the documentary isn't really stand-alone notable. The Last Blockbuster is fairly short, unlikely to expand, and wouldn't make this article overly long. Schazjmd   (talk)  15:00, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I disagree. The film article can be expanded:


 * https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/movies/the-last-blockbuster-review.html
 * https://www.slashfilm.com/the-last-blockbuster-documentary-on-netflix/
 * https://www.nme.com/news/film/netflix-is-releasing-a-documentary-on-the-last-ever-blockbuster-video-store-2897027
 * https://www.pjstar.com/story/entertainment/2021/04/04/last-blockbuster-netflix-documentary-offers-nostalgia/4809782001/
 * https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/bends-blockbuster-popular-netflix-show-76774655
 * https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/the-last-blockbuster-is-a-fond-farewell-to-the-nearly-defunct-video-chain/
 * https://www.kpcw.org/post/friday-film-review-last-blockbuster#stream/0
 * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-last-blockbuster-netflix-oregon-b1817869.html
 * https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/12/review-the-last-blockbuster-movies-for-the-rest-of-us-with-bill-newcott/
 * https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-last-blockbuster
 * I understand some of these sources discuss the store, but they could also be used to flesh out this entry.
 * Opposed to merging at this time. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:11, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I accidentally opened the discussion at the other article. My reasoning is, even though the film discusses some of Blockbuster's history, it primarily concerns and ties into the last remaining store. It could easily be a subsection there. Not a big deal to summarize an overview and reviews into two paragraphs, as they add insight into the store as well. Wikipedia isn't a database (e.g. IMDb) and doesn't need an article for every movie unless it meets a significance threshold. The fact the film has been variously reviewed isn't enough. The only loss I can see is that we wouldn't have a separate page with a poster and categories, but both of those could be migrated—with the odd stipulation that the store name, not that of the film, would show up on category lists, but this hardly poses a problem. UpdateNerd (talk) 02:09, 29 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Oppose, they are independent of each other as the sources above demonstrate. I've seen more mediocre articles that have had stand-alone for years. The Last Blockbuster is not one of those. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 18:13, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

I see you've merged the articles, but perhaps too soon given the opposition votes above? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:37, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I've restored both pages until a consensus is reached. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 01:54, 6 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Oppose, notability is achievable independently for both the store and the documentary. The page about the store could include a link to the documentary article and vice versa, but I do believe they are independently notable. Wal-Mart has a documentary, which has its own wikipedia page Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price -- Yes, this documentary could be contained within the Walmart article, but that would make it overly convoluted for no reason, since both Wal-mart, and this documentary, achieved independent notability. For all we know a second documentary will be made about the last blockbuster, would we then merge that documentary into this article as well? That'd just make it harder to find the documentary, and harder to find this page.. I think the articles above are sufficient for WP:RS notability, but we can surely find more. -- Moreover, the documentary itself has it's own "take" on the last blockbuster, just like that Walmart documentary has its "take" on walmart. DrDrago1337 (talk) 04:05, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Pacific Video
Blockbuster did not obtain Pacific Video. It was first bought out by Lady Di's Video owned by Diane Kohler. 72.35.133.229 (talk) 15:17, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Do you have a source for that info? Schazjmd   (talk)  15:20, 17 December 2022 (UTC)