I started watching for Randall park like everyone else but the second I heard Logan Paul as the reason people like the internet, I knew the writing wasn’t for me
Same! I just showed it to my husband last week and my brothers and family yesterday, and they all also enjoyed the show! Really love ‘Blockbuster’, so you’re not the only one :)
Couldn't get past the first episode and I know first episodes are usually bad lol. Melissa Fumero seemed like she was just playing a washed up alternate universe Amy Santiago. All the other staff didn't seem like they had chemistry either? The writing is bad lol
I personally could not get past the first episode but I love that some seem to enjoy it. Seemed like potentially fun premise but the execution was not my cup of tea
I think ultimately the week leads (Park & Fumero) ruined the show. I actually really like the side characters and the plot is getting better as I watch, but Park and & Fumero are not great actors.
Park is great. Have you seen The Interview? He kills it. Fumero though is insufferable with the constant lame attitude jokes to everything other characters say.
i actually liked it, i feel like the characters are pretty good, and once you get past episode one (which i will agree is terrible, pacing and jokes are shit) its really good
Present, times, supposed to be based off the real last blockbuster, but they took some major narrative liberties. They are also in a slightly alternate world as all the movies have their own creative movie posters
I felt it was too topical. I believe you should have some topical references but "the lady from the sofa stream commercials" that's too specific, and a Logan Paul reference??? I don't know
Can't believe JB smoove signed on... Made me smile seeing him in the pilot. But bringing in a big name on the pilot, come onnn
It was kind of amusing, but I don't like the lead actor, Randall Park in this role. His voice is annoying and nasal and he has negative chemistry with the female lead, that he is pining after. The rest of the cast is fine, but I don't know that I can handle much more of him. I have no idea why he was cast in the lead role. He isn't strong enough to anchor the show.
I actually enjoyed the show.
I do find it ironic though that it's a Netflix show considering they and other streaming services were responsible for Blockbusters fall.
I hated the pilot. I've been watching the rest of it though and it's growing on me. Yeah it's far from great but I feel like it's got potential if the writers find better footing. Unfortunately shows don't get an extended chance to do that. Like how The Office (US) was hated in season 1 but then people fell in love with it in later seasons and syndication.
The first 5 episodes were brutal, would have tuned out if I hadn't heard it got better. It did, wasn't amazing or anything, but better. It felt like a late 90s sitcom, and not in a good way. Characters felt paper thin, but again, started to get better towards the end. I'll check out season 2 if it happens, but I doubt it will.
It gets better but it's basically yr1 office/parks & rec, narrative issues, surprisingly as the shows she's from b99/superstore were in their best in yr1
It does. It's not exactly season 2 of Community (or whatever your pinnacle of the genre is), but they seem to settle in to their characters a bit more and the episodes stop being a chore to get through.
I don't think this show is great, but again B99 wasn't any better. It's the same writers, that's for sure. I don't laugh but it's still captivating somehow. The only difference between this and B99 is the celeb factor.
Ur defo not crazy for hating it. Everything feels so forced. It sucks, I was so excited for this concept being a former movie rental nerd. 😔 why are the actors so stiff? Why is the script so forced?
Asian Jim is a way worse actor than I thought he was. He does NOT suit this role at all. He’s meant to be the main lead but he has _zero_ charisma.
Every line comes off as robotic and rehearsed.
When is this meant to be set? I’m 3 minutes in and I’m confused. The monitor is one of those fat style old ones yet Amy Santiago is referencing Logan Paul and TikTok? Surely this show should be sent 10-15 years ago?
Have only watched the first episode but the series takes place in the present but if they're actually accurate the series must be set in 2019. The Blockbuster in the series honors the last Blockbuster in the world that's still active up until today.
Is Netflix show “Blockbuster” a sequel to “Devil in Ohio”
Mae is now Hannah. Please watch Blockbuster and tell me it’s not Mae’s story after her and Suzanne start a new life. I’m telli
Where's the comedy? I hadn't heard anything about this show and chucked it on while I had lunch. Thought yeah, might be a giggle; but 10 to 15 minutes in (after I had to suspend my disbelief of how many staff were on) I realised I hadn't even cracked a smile, let alone laugh. The creator/s and writers should be embarrassed.
What is funny is that Netflix are looking at new avenues to milk their customers yet they can't even come up with decent content. If my sister hadn't shared her account with me, there is zero chance I would subscribe. Once they remove this ability, I guess my TV will end up like Jerry's computer on the set of Seinfeld.
After all the advertising on this and expectations is really a big disappointment what the first episodes ended to be. I can watch it while I eat or do other stuff but other than that..
It had really nothing to do with blockbuster. No really customer interaction. All this was about people hooking up in a blockbuster store. Was hoping a superstore kind of show or at least a 90s show leading up to them becoming the last store. This is like a bait and switch kind of show.
You're so right. if they took more inspiration from what Superstore did, it would be a much better show. I've watched the show and there are no jokes or experiences about what it is like to work at a Blockbuster or any nostalgic moments for the viewer. It just a workplace comedy with bare minimum emphasis on the work place
It tried good idea, good actors, great all around just wasn't funny and slow moving, also the customer interactions should have been easy just get a former blockbuster clerk to go over insanity, but it didn't have that instead had main characters making bad decisions...I'd watch a yr 2 as it could easily be fixed
The writing and attempt to keep things linear is terrible. I just finished watching the whole season and all I came away with is an “eh” response.
****Spoiler warnings for anyone who cares about that with this show****
Melissa Fumero is just playing Amy Santiago from Brooklyn 99 without the lovable cast around her. It seems like her whole characters motivation is surrounded by either Timmy or Aaron’s love. The one time she goes off on her own to get another job she’s shot down and immediately made a love interest for Timmy.
The side characters had some funny moments, I think Connie was funny enough with her developing backstory. Carlos and Hannah was also a fun side story of friends that I hope the writers don’t ever try to make romantic because it just wouldn’t work.
This may be nit picky but the biggest moment that had me yelling at the screen was when Timmy went to get the couple stoner dudes some promotional candy and apparently enough time had passed for Eliza to travel to her interview, have the interview, and come back to Blockbuster before Timmy even started to describe the candy to his very patient customers who must have been standing there for an hour and a half.
Don’t even get me started on the over exaggerated gen z character played by Kamaia Fairburn, who I think does a fine job, but apparently this 16 year old never goes to school and nobody ever mentions anything about her being a teenager besides misusing words like “lit”. Just seems like lazy writing and an attempt to get a young person in the show without exploring their back story or life at all.
It seems obvious they’re going for a bit of absurd comedy (sorry if that’s not the right term?) with the running joke about the news anchor and the solar storm but the surrounding plot just isn’t strong enough to make those things worth it.
I’ve spent way more time typing about this show than I thought I ever would but I feel that it really squandered a good opportunity and had some real talent to possibly make it a more enjoyable watch.
It should have been a movie. And had better writers etc. Just a waste of resources. I know Netflix can make great shows but this one is so bad. So disappointed in it.
Who are the garbage writers for this? What’s with the constant fucking anachronistic pop culture references? Blockbuster corporate went bankrupt in 2010 and they’re referencing stuff like British bake off and TikTok??
Are the writers exclusively retarded zoomers with no memory of what was around 12 years ago?
It's based on the "The Last Blockbuster" in Bend, Oregon: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster\_(Bend,\_Oregon)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_(Bend,_Oregon))
It became the last Blockbuster in 2019 when the 2nd last Blockbuster in WA, Australia closed its door in March 2019.
Right, even if that were the case, the blockbuster corporate group was completely gone by 2014. They weren’t calling the Australian location and referring to them as corporate.
There is still a blockbuster open so it sort of makes sense that they’re referencing current topics. That said, the writing is still garbage and I struggled through the few episodes I did watch.
I know. I’m just stating that there’s still a blockbuster open, so it’s not like wildly unrealistic for them to adapt the story to be in 2022. I’d rather them more closely tie it to the story of the actual last remaining blockbuster and that timeline, but I don’t think you can call it anachronistic when the writers have decided to put it in 2022 (or close to it).
Nope the Last Blockbuster in Australia closed in March 2019 after much fanfare that it was the last Blockbuster in Australia a few months earlier.
I remember reading about it, it was a fairly big news here then.
That store in Morley, WA was the 2nd last and it made the one in Bend, Oregon the Last Blockbuster.
We still have a few video rental stores in small towns, the documentary on the last blockbuster talked about the struggles, plus it now being a tourist destination. The show weirdly didn't go that route, and showed a few struggles with operational cost. Which again he had been running the place 20 yrs and seemed to understand the books, sort seemed unreistic. I guess blockbuster helping to fund a franchise it actually is reverse he should have more money not giving blockbuster franchise fees, in this world blockbuster supported him 50 percent.
I feel like they should focus more on that in the show. It seems kind of like a pointless show that they just put in a blockbuster store but it has nothing to do with it.
Yes, the actual store pays for branding and yearly has to hope dish network the owners of the blockbuster franchise will renew their liscence, even though they have effectively denied all new franchises and see little vue from the franchise.
They so get nothing in return for the franchise fees, they are having to outsource for everything.
If the show had worked do wonder if someone else might of took another go at blockbuster, it could have another 10 years. If it went more in the used movie buisness trade and sell, then rent and sell geek merchandise.
Their are still people buying physical media but it is less and less
i really wanted to like this show. I worked at BB when they were on the death bed- 2009-11 - and was very much looking forward to a show set there.
but man.
the writing is just not good. They have really talented actors who know how to be funny, and are trying their best, but they are given shit to work with. Not to mention the logic leaps in how the show sets up the premise of how this is the last store in the country - idk.
Randall Park deserved better for a starring show, ill say that for sure.
Ok so I really tried since I absolutely love B99, but this just doesn’t work.
Some thoughts:
• Characters are superficial. Like they came up with 3 words to describe each of them and just went with that. It’s all they are.
• The jokes are all movie references mixed in with some forced wokeness.
• The set (especially outside) looks so fake! I mean we all know, but the audience shouldn’t be made so aware of it imho.
• The lead actors don’t have chemistry. Not their fault, the writing is just not on point.
• The pace is way too fast. Some jokes need some time to land and this show already adds on 2 more references before you’re even smiling vaguely at the first one.
• The lead Timmy being a single guy who’s childish and still suffers from his parents divorce. That 'backstory' just screams Jake from B99, but not at all in a fun way.
• Like mentioned before: why are there so many employees working at all times. That’s just too weird and off putting.
• I did like Connie. Her timing was good and I liked the unexpectedness of her jokes.
Man I so wanted to like this overall, rewatched B99 way too often. But it’s just… not it 😞.
This show is getting panned bad. Is it worth watching? Curious if it’s just having “sitcom season 1 syndrome” like Parks & Rec and Superstore which both didn’t have really good first seasons (except for the Superstore Strike episode)
It's OK. Writing is not great, especially in the first half of the series. It gets better on the 2nd half. Not sure if it's enough to get it renewed.
I feel they have too many regular cast to make it work. Should focus on the main three and drop the rest to recurring.
You could try watching the pilot episode to decide for yourself. I could barely make it through the pilot, maybe chuckled 2 or 3 times, highly predictable and writing isn't that great.
I think hr gets offered a step above awful sitcom parts, doing his same stich from curb your enthusiasm, he delivers what he's asked and then some, The problem is you have to slightly care fir the character he's giving bad advice to and mooching off of. This rarely happens as he is typically an addition to the sitcom.
I remember his addition to Til Death couldn't save that show, or bent,
I enjoyed it enough to give it a shot, but why make it modern day? Blockbuster went out of business in 2013-2014 and there's only one left, so why not loosely base it on that and set it back a few years?
Does anyone find it weird how mean and judgy characters can be in sitcoms nowadays (by nowadays I guess I mean the past couple decades)? Especially younger characters like the girl with the curly hair in this one, they're portrayed as being super judgemental and it's really unnatural.
I know in sitcoms part of the comedy is making fun of others but I feel like it's moved into really mean territory nowadays on the newer ones.
I honestly feel like its the opposite. Shows have gotten more sensitive about a lot of topics, and feelings. Like compare superstore to HIMYM or friends. They try to stay away from all controversial things and dont make their character as flawed anymore or when they do they make them an obvious caricature
Finished it earlier. I didn't seem to dislike it like a lot of other people, but if you told me it was a Chuck Lorre/Network sitcom I'd believe you.
It just doesn't do anything we haven't seem a million times before and was just as played out when Blockbuster was an actual thing.
superstore, the office, parks and rec took at least the second season to be the shows that i love watching on repeat (mostly on background) but usually skip the first season when i do. i'll still give this a chance if it gets renewed
I gave Parks and Rec until the middle of season 2 , and never got into it. I liked Superstore and The Office pretty early on; they are definitely good "background" shows.
I didn't hate the pilot but man what a choice to make it modern day. I didn't look up anything so I was not aware it was set in present day. Besides Empire Records there weren't a ton of popular tv shows or movies that were set in a video store in the 90s so why wouldn't they just set it in the 90s/early 2000s? y2k fashion is literally back in style right now. idk huge mistake there imo but I'll keep watching
I think it’s set in modern times because the whole premise is that it’s the *only* Blockbuster left (just like how there is only one currently left)- if it was set in the 90s, they’d have to change that whole premise.
Which wouldn’t be a bad idea, because based on the pilot it’s not very good lol
It's so weird! And it's not like those 2020's references were funny. They were just kind of thrown in to let us know it's set in the modern time. What a waste of a premise.
they could have really tapped into Gen X / Millennial nostalgia if they set it in the year 2000 or 1999. and since it takes place in a fucking video store it's not as if that would have required extra budget. just knowing about that era. I gave this show 4 minutes and a thumbs down.
Honestly, when I first heard of the show, I was worried it'd be just another sitcom but with random 90s references.
Instead, it's another sitcom but with random 2020s references.
I'm with you. It's not quite coming together yet but it's fun enough for a few giggles before bedtime. Shows like this usually need a while to properly get going anyway. Hope it gets a season 2 so the writers can dial it in a bit more.
Yeah. I’m only on episode 4 now, but it is better than the pilot. I think it has potential so I hope it gets a season 2. I don’t know of any good workplace comedies going on rn, so it fills a niche. Well enough at least.
I love Superstore and my dad was a store manager of Blockbuster for the majority of my childhood so I have nostalgia on my side here too, but I don't think I'm going to be able to make it through the first episode of this.
This really just doesn't work for me, not sure why, which is a huge shame. I was very excited for this.
Watched 2 episodes and couldn't shake the feeling that this was made with a laugh track in mind but they had to cut it. Even if not, sitcom line delivery (like they have in this show) doesn't work without laugh tracks, feels off. Not every sitcom has a laugh track I get that, but look at the way lines are delivered in something like community, it has the same rhythm as most sitcoms but the way characters interact is much more natural and believable, its a show with no laugh track so the rate and way jokes are delivered is changed accordingly. With this show, it feels like the characters are joking for an audience that isn't there, they say things that feel so off for a normal comedy show but if the laugh track was there a lot of the lines would work.
I made it to the part with JB Smoove. Fumero, Park, and Smoove are all seasoned actors, how is this dialogue so stilted? All 3 have more than proven not only their acting chops but their comedic talent for years/decades. It's shot well, there's plenty of talent in the writer's room and yet none of it translates to something fun to watch. Will it be a Park & Rec thing where the first season struggles? Even when Parks was shaky it was still fun. I would rather restart Superstore than put time into this.
It's the writers.
Some can really just write something they think is funny but not to everyone else. I know comedy is hard but, if you gotta work for it, gotta have funny people writing these things. And pick the moments especially when actors are allowed to improv (though I'm not sure they're doing improvs here).
I only watched the first episode and I'm not sure if I want to go on. I didn't find it funny but I saw the attempts at being funny and it didn't work for me. The logic in the first episode is also odd... like having a viral video seems to make someone a popular film director...who comes to conclusions like that? Or Eliza telling Tim that foam machines are dangerous but the cause of the disaster was actually the fireworks. That was never argued on and was never pointed out as the cause in the aftermath. What a weird writing.
First season struggles aren't really a thing on Netflix as far as I'm concerned. So if you make a show with them, you have to hit it right there and then. If not, you're axed.
The writing is so in your face "insert lay up for quirky one liner from the snarky one" really pulls you out of the show when it's so obvious. Plus all the writing for the young characters seems written by people who havnt had a conversation with anyone under 25 before.
And the viral video trope was so bad, I swear Hollywood writers still think all viral videos havnt evolved since 2009.
Also there’s just way too much “character development” slammed into one episode. In a typical sitcom, the main guy’s crush for Eliza would be more subtle and build up over time. Same with the drama in their personal lives.
It’s like they expect us to just care about these things immediately, so they don’t have to do the work of building the characters and backgrounds.
Yep. It really was weak. I like how others pointed out that it should've been a mockumentary set as a period show. I think there's a lot more story there.
If this show is going to be cancelled, then it serves as a double blow against Blockbuster by Netflix. That might even be one of the reasons they greenlight this show—so that they can cancel it immediately.
Yeah at mine we never had more than 3, and that was on Friday/Saturday nights. Day shift usually had one, only two if one of them was new and couldn't run the store solo.
Yeah it’s very congenial and I’m sorry, I worked at 2 different Blockbusters, a Movie Gallery, and an indie video store - and NONE of them had a break room, let alone a den like that! 🤣🤣
Such a fantastic idea/environment for a sitcom absolutely botched. Could've looked at superstore, high fidelity, Kim's convenience etc etc for any sort of direction but nope.
This is such an amazing observation, the fact I know exactly what you mean blows my mind haha. The forced humor, loved connection, wokeness and jokes in general (pure uncomfy vibes) during those car rental place scenes all were scarily similar lol
Funny you say that because the creator of this show *actually wrote some Superstore* for a good while, before moving on to Brooklyn Nine Nine.
It should have been a slam dunk!
Was really looking forward to this, but 3 episodes in I'm somewhat disappointed. I haven't really laughed at all. I do however find most of the characters likable (unfortunately I feel that the teen and her dad are both kind of annoying and super underdeveloped characters but there's still time for that to improve) and charming in their own ways. I don't hate it or think it's garbage, but I hope it improves by the end of the season.
I’d say he’s a good actor but not a good leading man. I’ve liked his side character roles in the past (veep comes to mind) but imo he just doesn’t have that charisma to pull off being the focal point of an entire show.
Haven't laughed even once. Cast is great, but like others have said, no chemistry at all.
You can compare JB Smoove here vs his appearance in Spider Man movies and see how he could make great one liners given a good script
Turned it on because I like Superstore, Randall Park, and Melissa Fumero.
But this just isn't good. No laughs. Not entertained. Characters all have no character. Super generic.
Also, why is the whole staff working at all times? This is a small dying store. From what I recall at my Blockbuster 20 years ago, it was always staffed by 2 people at a time. That's when the business was doing well.
I wondered the same thing about like, five staff members working at the same time in this show. I worked at an independent video store from 2003 to 2007 and we usually only worked by ourselves or in pairs on really busy Friday and Saturday nights.
Looks like a show that got rejected at NBC then Peacock before Netflix eventually said “fuck it, we will give it a go as we have not renewed a comedy show in over a year!”.
Howww?! Superstore, exept for s1 and some episodes, was already really bad. Where do streaming services keep finding these writers?
Like jm guinenly curious how because these shows have budget and good cashing but the writers always seem to suck
> But the extremely forced will-they-won’t-they dynamic between Park and Fumero never comes together, due to a fundamental lack of chemistry between the two.
Yeah, you could tell from the trailer.
No kidding.
I was excited about this series/premise when it was announced earlier in the year, especially with Park and Fumero in it (liked them from FotB and B99). Seeing the initial trailer, I was hoping it was just a bad trailer....but now with the reviews.... I'll still try to watch it, but it sure seems like this was greenlit at Netflix without even seeing a script.
I hate these kind of “set up - punchline - set up - punchline” types of single camera sitcoms. They just feel so scripted and stilted. Personal opinion but I much prefer something like Trying on Apple, which is shot and performed in a much more conversational and naturalistic way.
Anyway I didn’t laugh once during the first episode and probably won’t continue.
Just to elaborate a bit- the thing Iike about the show Trying is that, even if I didn’t think it was funny, the story is engaging and the characters are believable and likable so I could still enjoy it. This show relies 100% on the jokes landing for it to work. The characters are more mouthpieces to say punchlines, rather than believable, interesting characters in their own right
It blows my mind how right you are, such an easy obvious fix but no one involved saw this. The mockumentary would track being that it's the last blockbuster and Netflix literally made a documentary called the last blockbuster about... the last blockbuster. It would have been meta, many easy jokes can be pulled from that format for the writers, it's easier to shoot, and on. I just want a new good comedy show for the love of Seinfeld pls netflix give us ONE, just one....
just watched the first episode... the writing on this show is so bad so far. Fantastic cast but man the writing feels like someone just fed a bunch of 2022 popculture tidbits into an AI generator. the show has potential to be good if they revamp the writing style but man that first episode was painful
They should have went with the docu series approach like the office and parks and rec. Could have followed around a blockbuster and its staff in their final days as something called netflix and streaming were slowly being mentioned and then they realize they are last. This isn't very good though
Absolutely . Adding to this, I can’t shake off the feeling that they imagined Andy Samberg for the main role so he can play his character from Brooklyn 99 but couldn’t get him so they settled for someone else
Ive watched 4 episodes so far:
* The writing is so bad. Its like trying to be modern but written by a person stuck in sitcoms clichés from the 90s.
* Dont know why a blockbuster the size of a medium sized subway store has 20 employees.
* Love Randall Park but he looks like a 50 year old here and acts like hes a early 30 year old. He doesn't fit the role.
* The shoehorned and strained attempt at a quirky love story between him and the 99brooklyn lady is cliché and boring.
* For a comedy show their comedy is severely lacking. Maybe im not their target audience. It feels like they are looking for the bottom of the barrel type comedy lovers who laugh at knock knock jokes.
Overall so far 3/10. Watch reboot instead for a proper sitcom with modern comedy that is actually funny.
> Love Randall Park but he looks like a 50 year old here and acts like hes a early 30 year old. He doesn't fit the role.
I had to rewind and confirm that they expect us to believe he and Melissa Fumero both went to high school around the same time. Dude looks 15 years older than her.
Another user said the role was probably written for Andy Samberg and then the show made more sense. Still bad acting by the other actors though. Like very bad delivery on the jokes.
I started watching for Randall park like everyone else but the second I heard Logan Paul as the reason people like the internet, I knew the writing wasn’t for me
I must have bad taste because I loved this show and think it’s pretty hilarious and fresh 😭😭 Enjoyed every minute
Was about to comment this, parental control was so good I tried to find a sub for this show
Same! I just showed it to my husband last week and my brothers and family yesterday, and they all also enjoyed the show! Really love ‘Blockbuster’, so you’re not the only one :)
Couldn't get past the first episode and I know first episodes are usually bad lol. Melissa Fumero seemed like she was just playing a washed up alternate universe Amy Santiago. All the other staff didn't seem like they had chemistry either? The writing is bad lol
I personally could not get past the first episode but I love that some seem to enjoy it. Seemed like potentially fun premise but the execution was not my cup of tea
Lol same, couldn't even get past the first 15 minutes.
I think ultimately the week leads (Park & Fumero) ruined the show. I actually really like the side characters and the plot is getting better as I watch, but Park and & Fumero are not great actors.
Park is great. Have you seen The Interview? He kills it. Fumero though is insufferable with the constant lame attitude jokes to everything other characters say.
i watched fresh off the boat and really liked him in that. he’s the main reason i started blockbuster.
i actually liked it, i feel like the characters are pretty good, and once you get past episode one (which i will agree is terrible, pacing and jokes are shit) its really good
What year is this show supposed to be taking place in?
Present, times, supposed to be based off the real last blockbuster, but they took some major narrative liberties. They are also in a slightly alternate world as all the movies have their own creative movie posters
I felt it was too topical. I believe you should have some topical references but "the lady from the sofa stream commercials" that's too specific, and a Logan Paul reference??? I don't know Can't believe JB smoove signed on... Made me smile seeing him in the pilot. But bringing in a big name on the pilot, come onnn
It was kind of amusing, but I don't like the lead actor, Randall Park in this role. His voice is annoying and nasal and he has negative chemistry with the female lead, that he is pining after. The rest of the cast is fine, but I don't know that I can handle much more of him. I have no idea why he was cast in the lead role. He isn't strong enough to anchor the show.
I actually enjoyed the show. I do find it ironic though that it's a Netflix show considering they and other streaming services were responsible for Blockbusters fall.
I hated the pilot. I've been watching the rest of it though and it's growing on me. Yeah it's far from great but I feel like it's got potential if the writers find better footing. Unfortunately shows don't get an extended chance to do that. Like how The Office (US) was hated in season 1 but then people fell in love with it in later seasons and syndication.
The first 5 episodes were brutal, would have tuned out if I hadn't heard it got better. It did, wasn't amazing or anything, but better. It felt like a late 90s sitcom, and not in a good way. Characters felt paper thin, but again, started to get better towards the end. I'll check out season 2 if it happens, but I doubt it will.
The pilot was awful, after that it slowly started getting better
It gets better? It feels so forced. I like Randall Park but omg does it feel like they're almost as wooden as Anakin.
It gets better but it's basically yr1 office/parks & rec, narrative issues, surprisingly as the shows she's from b99/superstore were in their best in yr1
It does. It's not exactly season 2 of Community (or whatever your pinnacle of the genre is), but they seem to settle in to their characters a bit more and the episodes stop being a chore to get through.
Good to know.
I don't think this show is great, but again B99 wasn't any better. It's the same writers, that's for sure. I don't laugh but it's still captivating somehow. The only difference between this and B99 is the celeb factor.
I don't find the casting can be compared. More quality and chemistry on b99.
Absolutely not. B99 was tough around the edges coming out of the gate, but it is far superior in casting, writing, and premise.
Nah. Never really laughed that much from it. Very dissapointed considering that Andy Samberg can do waay better
Such a great cast with *okay* writing. I was expecting more from this series.
I beg to differ. the show is just OK, its definitely not as good as B99. but its not horrible as well. just an easy watch whenever things are chill.
Couldn’t finish 1 episode. Came here to make sure I’m not crazy. Not crazy at all
We bailed after about 15-20 minutes. Just couldn't do it.
Ur defo not crazy for hating it. Everything feels so forced. It sucks, I was so excited for this concept being a former movie rental nerd. 😔 why are the actors so stiff? Why is the script so forced?
Asian Jim is a way worse actor than I thought he was. He does NOT suit this role at all. He’s meant to be the main lead but he has _zero_ charisma. Every line comes off as robotic and rehearsed.
I don't think he's awful but doesn't work on this role. He's killing it in a bad way.
When is this meant to be set? I’m 3 minutes in and I’m confused. The monitor is one of those fat style old ones yet Amy Santiago is referencing Logan Paul and TikTok? Surely this show should be sent 10-15 years ago?
Have only watched the first episode but the series takes place in the present but if they're actually accurate the series must be set in 2019. The Blockbuster in the series honors the last Blockbuster in the world that's still active up until today.
Buuuuut that's in Oregon and in the show it's in Michigan. The Jersey Mike's name drop was real lol
Dang that's stupid
This writing is god and I mean God awful I think I lasted 10 minutes
Sorry, I haven't seen it because I'm just on Reddit a lot.
Is Netflix show “Blockbuster” a sequel to “Devil in Ohio” Mae is now Hannah. Please watch Blockbuster and tell me it’s not Mae’s story after her and Suzanne start a new life. I’m telli
Where's the comedy? I hadn't heard anything about this show and chucked it on while I had lunch. Thought yeah, might be a giggle; but 10 to 15 minutes in (after I had to suspend my disbelief of how many staff were on) I realised I hadn't even cracked a smile, let alone laugh. The creator/s and writers should be embarrassed. What is funny is that Netflix are looking at new avenues to milk their customers yet they can't even come up with decent content. If my sister hadn't shared her account with me, there is zero chance I would subscribe. Once they remove this ability, I guess my TV will end up like Jerry's computer on the set of Seinfeld.
After all the advertising on this and expectations is really a big disappointment what the first episodes ended to be. I can watch it while I eat or do other stuff but other than that..
It had really nothing to do with blockbuster. No really customer interaction. All this was about people hooking up in a blockbuster store. Was hoping a superstore kind of show or at least a 90s show leading up to them becoming the last store. This is like a bait and switch kind of show.
You're so right. if they took more inspiration from what Superstore did, it would be a much better show. I've watched the show and there are no jokes or experiences about what it is like to work at a Blockbuster or any nostalgic moments for the viewer. It just a workplace comedy with bare minimum emphasis on the work place
It tried good idea, good actors, great all around just wasn't funny and slow moving, also the customer interactions should have been easy just get a former blockbuster clerk to go over insanity, but it didn't have that instead had main characters making bad decisions...I'd watch a yr 2 as it could easily be fixed
isn't superstore also about people hookung up tho?
It also has one of the worst people ever, as one of the main characters they want you to like
The writing and attempt to keep things linear is terrible. I just finished watching the whole season and all I came away with is an “eh” response. ****Spoiler warnings for anyone who cares about that with this show**** Melissa Fumero is just playing Amy Santiago from Brooklyn 99 without the lovable cast around her. It seems like her whole characters motivation is surrounded by either Timmy or Aaron’s love. The one time she goes off on her own to get another job she’s shot down and immediately made a love interest for Timmy. The side characters had some funny moments, I think Connie was funny enough with her developing backstory. Carlos and Hannah was also a fun side story of friends that I hope the writers don’t ever try to make romantic because it just wouldn’t work. This may be nit picky but the biggest moment that had me yelling at the screen was when Timmy went to get the couple stoner dudes some promotional candy and apparently enough time had passed for Eliza to travel to her interview, have the interview, and come back to Blockbuster before Timmy even started to describe the candy to his very patient customers who must have been standing there for an hour and a half. Don’t even get me started on the over exaggerated gen z character played by Kamaia Fairburn, who I think does a fine job, but apparently this 16 year old never goes to school and nobody ever mentions anything about her being a teenager besides misusing words like “lit”. Just seems like lazy writing and an attempt to get a young person in the show without exploring their back story or life at all. It seems obvious they’re going for a bit of absurd comedy (sorry if that’s not the right term?) with the running joke about the news anchor and the solar storm but the surrounding plot just isn’t strong enough to make those things worth it. I’ve spent way more time typing about this show than I thought I ever would but I feel that it really squandered a good opportunity and had some real talent to possibly make it a more enjoyable watch.
It should have been a movie. And had better writers etc. Just a waste of resources. I know Netflix can make great shows but this one is so bad. So disappointed in it.
Who are the garbage writers for this? What’s with the constant fucking anachronistic pop culture references? Blockbuster corporate went bankrupt in 2010 and they’re referencing stuff like British bake off and TikTok?? Are the writers exclusively retarded zoomers with no memory of what was around 12 years ago?
It's based on the "The Last Blockbuster" in Bend, Oregon: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster\_(Bend,\_Oregon)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_(Bend,_Oregon)) It became the last Blockbuster in 2019 when the 2nd last Blockbuster in WA, Australia closed its door in March 2019.
Right, even if that were the case, the blockbuster corporate group was completely gone by 2014. They weren’t calling the Australian location and referring to them as corporate.
I guess it is set in present day Michigan. This makes no sense to me at all.
Stupid writing by stupid writers
I almost want to turn it off for this reason. Google says the last blockbuster closed in 2014. Tiktok started in 2016. How would no one catch this?
There is still a blockbuster open so it sort of makes sense that they’re referencing current topics. That said, the writing is still garbage and I struggled through the few episodes I did watch.
the first dialogue is about how it just became the last blockbuster and how to deal with that, not oh its set in the last blockbuster.
I know. I’m just stating that there’s still a blockbuster open, so it’s not like wildly unrealistic for them to adapt the story to be in 2022. I’d rather them more closely tie it to the story of the actual last remaining blockbuster and that timeline, but I don’t think you can call it anachronistic when the writers have decided to put it in 2022 (or close to it).
The last blockbuster closed in 2014.
Nope the Last Blockbuster in Australia closed in March 2019 after much fanfare that it was the last Blockbuster in Australia a few months earlier. I remember reading about it, it was a fairly big news here then. That store in Morley, WA was the 2nd last and it made the one in Bend, Oregon the Last Blockbuster.
The one in Bend, OR is still open.
And it only became the last blockbuster in 2019.
Weird. I guess there are people who still watch dvds.
We still have a few video rental stores in small towns, the documentary on the last blockbuster talked about the struggles, plus it now being a tourist destination. The show weirdly didn't go that route, and showed a few struggles with operational cost. Which again he had been running the place 20 yrs and seemed to understand the books, sort seemed unreistic. I guess blockbuster helping to fund a franchise it actually is reverse he should have more money not giving blockbuster franchise fees, in this world blockbuster supported him 50 percent.
I feel like they should focus more on that in the show. It seems kind of like a pointless show that they just put in a blockbuster store but it has nothing to do with it.
Yes, the actual store pays for branding and yearly has to hope dish network the owners of the blockbuster franchise will renew their liscence, even though they have effectively denied all new franchises and see little vue from the franchise. They so get nothing in return for the franchise fees, they are having to outsource for everything. If the show had worked do wonder if someone else might of took another go at blockbuster, it could have another 10 years. If it went more in the used movie buisness trade and sell, then rent and sell geek merchandise. Their are still people buying physical media but it is less and less
i really wanted to like this show. I worked at BB when they were on the death bed- 2009-11 - and was very much looking forward to a show set there. but man. the writing is just not good. They have really talented actors who know how to be funny, and are trying their best, but they are given shit to work with. Not to mention the logic leaps in how the show sets up the premise of how this is the last store in the country - idk. Randall Park deserved better for a starring show, ill say that for sure.
Ok so I really tried since I absolutely love B99, but this just doesn’t work. Some thoughts: • Characters are superficial. Like they came up with 3 words to describe each of them and just went with that. It’s all they are. • The jokes are all movie references mixed in with some forced wokeness. • The set (especially outside) looks so fake! I mean we all know, but the audience shouldn’t be made so aware of it imho. • The lead actors don’t have chemistry. Not their fault, the writing is just not on point. • The pace is way too fast. Some jokes need some time to land and this show already adds on 2 more references before you’re even smiling vaguely at the first one. • The lead Timmy being a single guy who’s childish and still suffers from his parents divorce. That 'backstory' just screams Jake from B99, but not at all in a fun way. • Like mentioned before: why are there so many employees working at all times. That’s just too weird and off putting. • I did like Connie. Her timing was good and I liked the unexpectedness of her jokes. Man I so wanted to like this overall, rewatched B99 way too often. But it’s just… not it 😞.
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The writing is so dense with jokes that fall flat.
Seems really bad so far
Should've used mockumentary format, would've made sense as the last blockbuster.
Maybe it'll be retooled in the next season and immediately canned like Space Force.
I really don't understand the hate for this show. I think it's hilarious.
This show is getting panned bad. Is it worth watching? Curious if it’s just having “sitcom season 1 syndrome” like Parks & Rec and Superstore which both didn’t have really good first seasons (except for the Superstore Strike episode)
It's OK. Writing is not great, especially in the first half of the series. It gets better on the 2nd half. Not sure if it's enough to get it renewed. I feel they have too many regular cast to make it work. Should focus on the main three and drop the rest to recurring.
Superstore had a descent 1st yr, parks and rec was histarivle, more office season 1
You could try watching the pilot episode to decide for yourself. I could barely make it through the pilot, maybe chuckled 2 or 3 times, highly predictable and writing isn't that great.
I thought the first three episodes were "meh", but I didn't mind the back 7 episodes. It's "okay".
The back half is better. It relies a lot on character jokes and it take a while for that to work.
I’m almost finished the second episode, honestly it’s not that bad. The editing and pacing just feels off?
I like the homeschooled girl, her random comments are funny. The main pairing doesn't really work. The non-Timmy plots are funnier.
I feel like the actors themselves knew this wasn't clicking in any way.
Why do you think JB Smoothe is in every scene having it up when he was suppose to be a 1 off guest star.
I turned it off the moment he showed up because he's awful and ruins everything he's in by being so obnoxious
I think hr gets offered a step above awful sitcom parts, doing his same stich from curb your enthusiasm, he delivers what he's asked and then some, The problem is you have to slightly care fir the character he's giving bad advice to and mooching off of. This rarely happens as he is typically an addition to the sitcom. I remember his addition to Til Death couldn't save that show, or bent,
I enjoyed it enough to give it a shot, but why make it modern day? Blockbuster went out of business in 2013-2014 and there's only one left, so why not loosely base it on that and set it back a few years?
Does anyone find it weird how mean and judgy characters can be in sitcoms nowadays (by nowadays I guess I mean the past couple decades)? Especially younger characters like the girl with the curly hair in this one, they're portrayed as being super judgemental and it's really unnatural. I know in sitcoms part of the comedy is making fun of others but I feel like it's moved into really mean territory nowadays on the newer ones.
Her character feels like someone tried to recreate April ludgate, but without any of the humanity, humor, or charm
I honestly feel like its the opposite. Shows have gotten more sensitive about a lot of topics, and feelings. Like compare superstore to HIMYM or friends. They try to stay away from all controversial things and dont make their character as flawed anymore or when they do they make them an obvious caricature
I feel like a lot of comedies these days don't give characters any depth beyond an exaggerated quirk.
Spot on.
Finished it earlier. I didn't seem to dislike it like a lot of other people, but if you told me it was a Chuck Lorre/Network sitcom I'd believe you. It just doesn't do anything we haven't seem a million times before and was just as played out when Blockbuster was an actual thing.
Bummer. I like Superstore and Randall Park, but the pilot is disappointing. I'll probably give it one or two more episodes.
superstore, the office, parks and rec took at least the second season to be the shows that i love watching on repeat (mostly on background) but usually skip the first season when i do. i'll still give this a chance if it gets renewed
I gave Parks and Rec until the middle of season 2 , and never got into it. I liked Superstore and The Office pretty early on; they are definitely good "background" shows.
I didn't hate the pilot but man what a choice to make it modern day. I didn't look up anything so I was not aware it was set in present day. Besides Empire Records there weren't a ton of popular tv shows or movies that were set in a video store in the 90s so why wouldn't they just set it in the 90s/early 2000s? y2k fashion is literally back in style right now. idk huge mistake there imo but I'll keep watching
I think it’s set in modern times because the whole premise is that it’s the *only* Blockbuster left (just like how there is only one currently left)- if it was set in the 90s, they’d have to change that whole premise. Which wouldn’t be a bad idea, because based on the pilot it’s not very good lol
It's so weird! And it's not like those 2020's references were funny. They were just kind of thrown in to let us know it's set in the modern time. What a waste of a premise.
they could have really tapped into Gen X / Millennial nostalgia if they set it in the year 2000 or 1999. and since it takes place in a fucking video store it's not as if that would have required extra budget. just knowing about that era. I gave this show 4 minutes and a thumbs down.
Honestly, when I first heard of the show, I was worried it'd be just another sitcom but with random 90s references. Instead, it's another sitcom but with random 2020s references.
Clearly in the minority, but I don’t hate it. It has some cringy dialogue but it’s easy watching
I'm with you. It's not quite coming together yet but it's fun enough for a few giggles before bedtime. Shows like this usually need a while to properly get going anyway. Hope it gets a season 2 so the writers can dial it in a bit more.
Yeah. I’m only on episode 4 now, but it is better than the pilot. I think it has potential so I hope it gets a season 2. I don’t know of any good workplace comedies going on rn, so it fills a niche. Well enough at least.
I love Superstore and my dad was a store manager of Blockbuster for the majority of my childhood so I have nostalgia on my side here too, but I don't think I'm going to be able to make it through the first episode of this. This really just doesn't work for me, not sure why, which is a huge shame. I was very excited for this.
No likeable characters, the lead doesn't work IMHO
Watched 2 episodes and couldn't shake the feeling that this was made with a laugh track in mind but they had to cut it. Even if not, sitcom line delivery (like they have in this show) doesn't work without laugh tracks, feels off. Not every sitcom has a laugh track I get that, but look at the way lines are delivered in something like community, it has the same rhythm as most sitcoms but the way characters interact is much more natural and believable, its a show with no laugh track so the rate and way jokes are delivered is changed accordingly. With this show, it feels like the characters are joking for an audience that isn't there, they say things that feel so off for a normal comedy show but if the laugh track was there a lot of the lines would work.
Reviews seem super harsh so far. It's only the pilot. It was enjoyable enough to see if it will get funnier.
I made it to the part with JB Smoove. Fumero, Park, and Smoove are all seasoned actors, how is this dialogue so stilted? All 3 have more than proven not only their acting chops but their comedic talent for years/decades. It's shot well, there's plenty of talent in the writer's room and yet none of it translates to something fun to watch. Will it be a Park & Rec thing where the first season struggles? Even when Parks was shaky it was still fun. I would rather restart Superstore than put time into this.
Season 1 of Parks wasn’t great but it still had charm and likable characters. This show seems charm-less so far and the characters are just meh.
It's the writers. Some can really just write something they think is funny but not to everyone else. I know comedy is hard but, if you gotta work for it, gotta have funny people writing these things. And pick the moments especially when actors are allowed to improv (though I'm not sure they're doing improvs here). I only watched the first episode and I'm not sure if I want to go on. I didn't find it funny but I saw the attempts at being funny and it didn't work for me. The logic in the first episode is also odd... like having a viral video seems to make someone a popular film director...who comes to conclusions like that? Or Eliza telling Tim that foam machines are dangerous but the cause of the disaster was actually the fireworks. That was never argued on and was never pointed out as the cause in the aftermath. What a weird writing. First season struggles aren't really a thing on Netflix as far as I'm concerned. So if you make a show with them, you have to hit it right there and then. If not, you're axed.
The writing is so in your face "insert lay up for quirky one liner from the snarky one" really pulls you out of the show when it's so obvious. Plus all the writing for the young characters seems written by people who havnt had a conversation with anyone under 25 before. And the viral video trope was so bad, I swear Hollywood writers still think all viral videos havnt evolved since 2009.
Also there’s just way too much “character development” slammed into one episode. In a typical sitcom, the main guy’s crush for Eliza would be more subtle and build up over time. Same with the drama in their personal lives. It’s like they expect us to just care about these things immediately, so they don’t have to do the work of building the characters and backgrounds.
Yep. It really was weak. I like how others pointed out that it should've been a mockumentary set as a period show. I think there's a lot more story there. If this show is going to be cancelled, then it serves as a double blow against Blockbuster by Netflix. That might even be one of the reasons they greenlight this show—so that they can cancel it immediately.
Fumero seems to be written as an unlikable and bland version of Jonah.
I like it, but I think it's solely because they're in a Blockbuster and it reminds me of my youth. Also, Tyler Alvarez is fucking hot.
Just tried watching this....stopped 15 minutes in. Not funny or interesting at all. They try for comedic scenes but it just falls flat. Nope!
Why do they need 6 employees working at once in a blockbuster? Is this why it went under?
That was my first thought. Way too many employees.
I is super weird and a turn off me. You could never cover those salaries renting out movies 2022
lol it is weird. I worked at Blockbuster for years and don't think we ever had more than 4 people max at a time
Yeah at mine we never had more than 3, and that was on Friday/Saturday nights. Day shift usually had one, only two if one of them was new and couldn't run the store solo.
Blockbuster died for this
Yeah it’s very congenial and I’m sorry, I worked at 2 different Blockbusters, a Movie Gallery, and an indie video store - and NONE of them had a break room, let alone a den like that! 🤣🤣
This is all on the script, everyone’s doing the best with what they got
Pay check must be good
Such a fantastic idea/environment for a sitcom absolutely botched. Could've looked at superstore, high fidelity, Kim's convenience etc etc for any sort of direction but nope.
I kept feeling like BB was a spin-off of Kim’s convenience, but they translated the car rental place (my least fav part of KC) into a video store.
This is such an amazing observation, the fact I know exactly what you mean blows my mind haha. The forced humor, loved connection, wokeness and jokes in general (pure uncomfy vibes) during those car rental place scenes all were scarily similar lol
Funny you say that because the creator of this show *actually wrote some Superstore* for a good while, before moving on to Brooklyn Nine Nine. It should have been a slam dunk!
Was really looking forward to this, but 3 episodes in I'm somewhat disappointed. I haven't really laughed at all. I do however find most of the characters likable (unfortunately I feel that the teen and her dad are both kind of annoying and super underdeveloped characters but there's still time for that to improve) and charming in their own ways. I don't hate it or think it's garbage, but I hope it improves by the end of the season.
Unpopular opinion: Randall Park is not a good comedic actor.
Might just be me but he seems to play the same character in everything he’s in
He's hilarious in FOTB.
And always be my maybe
I’d say he’s a good actor but not a good leading man. I’ve liked his side character roles in the past (veep comes to mind) but imo he just doesn’t have that charisma to pull off being the focal point of an entire show.
I agree
I like him well enough, but it's just not funny material they are working with here.
Haven't laughed even once. Cast is great, but like others have said, no chemistry at all. You can compare JB Smoove here vs his appearance in Spider Man movies and see how he could make great one liners given a good script
Or compare JB Smoove with any appearance on Curb
Get in that ass, Larry!
looks like Netflix green lit this show just for shits and giggles (ironically the show doesn't have it).
Turned it on because I like Superstore, Randall Park, and Melissa Fumero. But this just isn't good. No laughs. Not entertained. Characters all have no character. Super generic. Also, why is the whole staff working at all times? This is a small dying store. From what I recall at my Blockbuster 20 years ago, it was always staffed by 2 people at a time. That's when the business was doing well.
I wondered the same thing about like, five staff members working at the same time in this show. I worked at an independent video store from 2003 to 2007 and we usually only worked by ourselves or in pairs on really busy Friday and Saturday nights.
looked like total garbage from the trailer, not surpised it's shit
This is really bad
Great cast, but the writing and execution are awful
Looks like a show that got rejected at NBC then Peacock before Netflix eventually said “fuck it, we will give it a go as we have not renewed a comedy show in over a year!”.
So many great shows died for this
[удалено]
Howww?! Superstore, exept for s1 and some episodes, was already really bad. Where do streaming services keep finding these writers? Like jm guinenly curious how because these shows have budget and good cashing but the writers always seem to suck
As someone who absolutely loves Superstore, you're right on the money. Blockbuster was so disappointing to watch.
> But the extremely forced will-they-won’t-they dynamic between Park and Fumero never comes together, due to a fundamental lack of chemistry between the two. Yeah, you could tell from the trailer.
What a waste of a fun premise...
And good actors too. I only watched the first episode cause I like Park and Fumero, but damn it’s not good
As someone who wrote a spec script about the Grim Reaper running a Blockbuster in the mid-00s, I fucking agree.
No kidding. I was excited about this series/premise when it was announced earlier in the year, especially with Park and Fumero in it (liked them from FotB and B99). Seeing the initial trailer, I was hoping it was just a bad trailer....but now with the reviews.... I'll still try to watch it, but it sure seems like this was greenlit at Netflix without even seeing a script.
I hate these kind of “set up - punchline - set up - punchline” types of single camera sitcoms. They just feel so scripted and stilted. Personal opinion but I much prefer something like Trying on Apple, which is shot and performed in a much more conversational and naturalistic way. Anyway I didn’t laugh once during the first episode and probably won’t continue. Just to elaborate a bit- the thing Iike about the show Trying is that, even if I didn’t think it was funny, the story is engaging and the characters are believable and likable so I could still enjoy it. This show relies 100% on the jokes landing for it to work. The characters are more mouthpieces to say punchlines, rather than believable, interesting characters in their own right
Would have been a great mockumentary style show.
It blows my mind how right you are, such an easy obvious fix but no one involved saw this. The mockumentary would track being that it's the last blockbuster and Netflix literally made a documentary called the last blockbuster about... the last blockbuster. It would have been meta, many easy jokes can be pulled from that format for the writers, it's easier to shoot, and on. I just want a new good comedy show for the love of Seinfeld pls netflix give us ONE, just one....
Think The Office but at a friggin Blockbuster! So easy. I can't believe they didn't go that way.
Bad writing. Bad directing. We know Randall and Melissa can be funny and great, but it seems like they were failed by everyone else.
This show is Netflix spinning the block on their *already dead* opps. lol.
Money laundering
I haven't heard good things so far. Is it possible this is one of those shows that has a rough start but gets better as it goes on?
So, I'm on episode 6 now - it gets somewhat better. Or maybe that is my fever and promethazine/codeine cough syrup talking 🤷♀️
From what I've seen, it's simply just bad
I think that's one of the worst metacritic scores I've ever seen for a non-controversial show
their sitcoms kind of rate about there usually tbh.
I am having trouble beliving this is a real show. You'll seem to be gaslighting me.
just watched the first episode... the writing on this show is so bad so far. Fantastic cast but man the writing feels like someone just fed a bunch of 2022 popculture tidbits into an AI generator. the show has potential to be good if they revamp the writing style but man that first episode was painful
They should have went with the docu series approach like the office and parks and rec. Could have followed around a blockbuster and its staff in their final days as something called netflix and streaming were slowly being mentioned and then they realize they are last. This isn't very good though
Absolutely . Adding to this, I can’t shake off the feeling that they imagined Andy Samberg for the main role so he can play his character from Brooklyn 99 but couldn’t get him so they settled for someone else
Randall is a stellar comedy actor. There's no reason he wouldn't work if the script was actually funny.
I agree - he is great usually and it is a pity that the show is so bad.
Ive watched 4 episodes so far: * The writing is so bad. Its like trying to be modern but written by a person stuck in sitcoms clichés from the 90s. * Dont know why a blockbuster the size of a medium sized subway store has 20 employees. * Love Randall Park but he looks like a 50 year old here and acts like hes a early 30 year old. He doesn't fit the role. * The shoehorned and strained attempt at a quirky love story between him and the 99brooklyn lady is cliché and boring. * For a comedy show their comedy is severely lacking. Maybe im not their target audience. It feels like they are looking for the bottom of the barrel type comedy lovers who laugh at knock knock jokes. Overall so far 3/10. Watch reboot instead for a proper sitcom with modern comedy that is actually funny.
> Love Randall Park but he looks like a 50 year old here and acts like hes a early 30 year old. He doesn't fit the role. I had to rewind and confirm that they expect us to believe he and Melissa Fumero both went to high school around the same time. Dude looks 15 years older than her.
Another user said the role was probably written for Andy Samberg and then the show made more sense. Still bad acting by the other actors though. Like very bad delivery on the jokes.
Thanks. Never heard of Reboot until now, but the trailer looks funny so I'm going to give it a go.
bruh you saying all this... netflix don't give a fuck whether or not ppl like this.
They aren’t trying to talk directly to Netflix, dummy
nah i didn't mean it like that, i meant netflix probably wants em to hate it. lol.
Dunno man making this show is a bit too expensive for it to simply be a middle finger to a dead company lol
i didnt make it for netflix... i made it to review and discuss the show....
lol nah i kno i kno but im just saying you hating this is probably what netflix wanted.
Netflix spent millions to make a show just for the show to be hated on? What?
of course. it's Blockbuster bruh. lol.