{"id":506353,"date":"2022-11-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-blockbuster-review-netflix-comedy-cant-scape-its-own-irony\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:00:00","slug":"watch-blockbuster-review-netflix-comedy-cant-scape-its-own-irony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-blockbuster-review-netflix-comedy-cant-scape-its-own-irony\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Blockbuster&#8217; Review: Netflix Comedy Can&#8217;t Scape Its Own Irony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c33e71b4c2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c33e71b4c2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-blockbuster-review-netflix-comedy-cant-scape-its-own-irony\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Blockbuster_Review_Netflix_Comedy_Cant_Scape_Its_Own_Irony%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Blockbuster&#8217; Review: Netflix Comedy Can&#8217;t Scape Its Own Irony&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-blockbuster-review-netflix-comedy-cant-scape-its-own-irony\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Blockbuster_Review_Netflix_Comedy_Cant_Scape_Its_Own_Irony%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Blockbuster&#8217; Review: Netflix Comedy Can&#8217;t Scape Its Own Irony&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Blockbuster_Review_Netflix_Comedy_Cant_Scape_Its_Own_Irony%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Blockbuster&#8217; Review: Netflix Comedy Can&#8217;t Scape Its Own Irony&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Blockbuster_Review_Netflix_Comedy_Cant_Scape_Its_Own_Irony%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Blockbuster&#8217; Review: Netflix Comedy Can&#8217;t Scape Its Own Irony&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Though \u201cBlockbuster\u201d ostensibly takes place in a Michigan s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> mall, it im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely feels stuck in an uncanny valley of Netflix\u2019s strategic making. It\u2019s not the fault of the show itself \u2014 a workplace comedy set in the last Blockbuster video store\u00a0\u2014 that the biggest streaming service on the planet bought it, but without being set in the past, it has a hell of a hard time getting out from underneath that shadow all the same. Unable to criticize the very entertainment model putting brick and mortar rental places out of business, but trying to sell a scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y story of comeback kids all the same, \u201cBlockbuster\u201d quickly gets stuck in a low gear that never quite lets it live up to its potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Which is a shame! Even before watching a single minute of the show (which premiered Thursday Nov. 3 on Netflix), it was exciting to imagine what it might do with all the talent on deck to bring it to life. There\u2019s creator Vanessa Ramos, a veteran writer of\u00a0 \u201cSuperstore\u201d and \u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine,\u201d which both found several seasons worth of material in the everyday indignities and triumphs of being part of an office that overzealous managers would call a \u201cfamily.\u201d Leading the cast are \u201cFresh Off the Boat\u201d star Randall Park (as the aforementioned overzealous manager) and \u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine\u201d alum Melissa Fumero (as his righthand woman\/longtime crush), supported by familiar faces like Tyler Alvarez (\u201cAmerican Vandal\u201d), JB Smoove (\u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm\u201d) and Olga Merediz (who has too many supporting credits to name, making her inclusion as a regular cast member\u00a0even more of a pleasure to see). Rounding out the Blockbuster staff are Madeline Arthur and Kamai Fairburn, who bring some welcome wild card energy to otherwise predictable scenes. Everyone involved is demonstrably committed to the pleasant low-stakes and jocular dynamics at play, even when they fall flat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    For as hard as its upbeat music and capable actors try to sell it, \u201cBlockbuster\u201d struggles to land on a comedic tempo all its own. Each character ends up talking in the same self-referential way that smooths out any meaningful differences between their personalities. Plus,\u00a0without the necessary editing that airing on a broadcast network would\u2019ve imposed, each episode the Netflix show drags on several minutes too long for its material, dragging out\u00a0scenes and jokes that would\u2019ve been sharper given a more discerning eye. There\u2019s no telling whether \u201cBlockbuster\u201d would have found its voice on a network like NBC, where the show was first developed. But the final product\u2019s attempts to find a halfway point between its obvious broadcast rhythms and new streaming home make clear the problems of trying to make the show fit on a platform that clearly doesn\u2019t suit it \u2014 a clash that extends beyond how the show works (or doesn\u2019t) on a granular comedic level, too. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Even though the pilot episode throws out jokes that could\u2019ve used a couple more passes, it at least promises some kind of mission statement for the show to come. After reeling from the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that the corporate structure of Blockbuster is no more, Timmy (Park) rallies himself and his employees to take heart, insisting that \u201chumans need to interact with each other.\u201d As real live film enthusiasts, he argues, they can provide a service that no streaming service truly can. After this point, though, the show quietly drops this thread\u00a0\u2014 or even any real suggestion that the last Blockbuster might follow in its doomed parent company\u2019s footsteps \u2014 for so much of the 10-episode season that you\u2019d be forgiven for wondering if it was suddenly taking place in an alternate universe. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Maybe a broadcast iteration of \u201cBlockbuster\u201d wouldn\u2019t have taken Netflix too hard to task, either; maybe it also would\u2019ve included a B-plot about the hot new streaming K-drama \u201cTrout Royale.\u201d But it still would\u2019ve had the room to follow its own premise to more logical conclusions instead of indulging the fantasy that twentysomething teachers would go looking for a \u201cTitanic\u201d DVD in 2022 instead of finding a Disney+ login, or that harried moms would come to blows in a Blockbuster instead of just resorting to a tablet. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    There are versions of \u201cBlockbuster\u201d that might have worked better, at least narratively speaking. It could\u2019ve let the show\u2019s Blockbuster store adjust to reality (maybe they could try renting <em>only<\/em> DVDs of titles not on streaming, hijinks ensue, etc). It could\u2019ve ditched the 2022 setting and taken place in the past, even if a more recent one (the late aughts would do!). Even better, demonstrating any hint of self-awareness about the ironic place it occupies on its network would go a long way. As is, though, Netflix\u2019s \u201cBlockbuster\u201d remains as conflicted as the inherent oxymoron that is the phrase \u201cNetflix\u2019s \u2018Blockbuster.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    <em>\u201cBlockbuster\u201d is now available to stream on Netflix.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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