Everyone knows that Satan loves Hollywood. The corruption and the sin are half of what makes Hollywood so exciting. Unfortunately, the true Satan has risen up and shown its face. What will probably surprise some of you is that Satan does business within two miles of most people’s houses.

What Evil am I speaking of? Blockbuster Video is Satan. Remember, you read it here first. Because in the next 666 days, months, years, you will begin to notice what we at Filmdudes have known for years. Blockbuster is evil.

Corporate profits are great; they make the world go round. My problem is that Blockbuster is infringing on my rights as a consumer. They don’t carry movies they find artistically questionable or movies from certain distributors. These facts are discussed by the man in the blue suit; he is censoring your viewing by way of what does and does not end up at your video store.

I am not saying that they must carry porn to meet my expectations but rather they should offer a full selection of releases. If it was showing at my cinemaplex, I should be able to rent the damn thing.

I will drive miles out of my way and pay more money to rent videos from the local video store. You remember the place, the store where the employees actually watch the videos they rent. If the guy at my local video store does not have three tattoos and a pierced nose I probably am in the wrong store. You also need to have that great back room full of porn that is separated from the rest of the store by hanging beads. Now that is my kind of video store. I don’t rent much porn, but if I have a craving for some perversion I want it accessible.

Hell forget porn, you can’t find decent a director’s cut at Blockbuster. Blockbuster would rather have 90 copies of Big Mamma’s House than a few director’s cut movies on their shelves. Push the crap and make sure you sell them some candy on their way out.

A few weeks ago I watched the Blockbuster Music and Video awards. If this doesn’t justify everything I have written, nothing will. It was a 2 hour long commercial dressed up as a bad awards show. Every presenter made a pro-Blockbuster statement as part of their acceptance speech. It was the biggest parade of whores you have ever seen. Forget thanking you family or associates, thank Blockbuster for the paycheck.

It seem that Blockbuster is no long content to rent you a movie. They now seem to want to shape your tastes and viewing aesthetic. We the consumers must walk away from the beast and rent our videos somewhere else. Make the extra effort; find a local store to rent from. You will probably like it. The employees will give you good advice and you will probably become a bigger film fan than you already are. Vote with your dollars and vote no on Blockbuster..