Image Courtesy of Blockbuster. Long before Netflix, there was Blockbuster Video. The very first Blockbuster Video Store opened on October 19, 1985, in Dallas, Texas. It was opened by David Cook as a lone video rental store, but the origin of Blockbuster Video actually has ties to two different businesses. One was a failed business by Cook: Cook Data […] The post On This Day in 1997, Streaming Changed Forever (& Blockbuster’s Death Sentence Was Signed) appeared first on ComicBook.com .