Netflix has just released the ‘Blockbuster’ series with a strong cast.
The most interesting thing about Blockbuster is it’s a middling sitcom based on workplace comedy.
The series is created by Vanessa Ramos, who is no stranger to these types of sitcoms — having previously written for Superstore as well as the aforementioned Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
It will come as no surprise where the show is set, with the 10-episode-long first season taking place in the final Blockbuster store in the USA.
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The show will follow our lead characters as, during the age of easy-access media, they work with each other to try and salvage the last Blockbuster and try and restore some of the character and community that small businesses can provide.
Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) and friends, upon realizing they are the last Blockbuster left, have such a difficult task on their hands to save the store that it is the perfect scenario for comic high jinks to ensue.
The production behind the show has managed to acquire the rights to the Blockbuster logo and even the uniforms of the employees, and therefore we can expect a true-to-life walk down memory lane for many who may watch the show.
The series stars Randall Park as Timmy, the boss of the Blockbuster store, Melissa Fumero as his colleague Eliza, and Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz and Kamaia Fairburn as Carlos, Hannah, Connie and Kayla respectively, all of whom are employees of the store.
Blockbuster is out on Netflix now.
