It’s 1999. As you browse the newest Blockbuster releases while moving down each aisle, the buttery aroma of popcorn fills your nose. Maybe you’ll watch “Toy Story” or a lighter film like a horror movie.
Fans of the video rental company reminisced about it this week after learning that Blockbuster’s website is still live and features a new landing page.
The company’s website seems to tease at something new without revealing too much. Users are welcomed to the website with the phrase “We are working on rewinding your movie” and the company’s well-known ticket stub logo.
Requests for comment from Blockbuster did not immediately receive a response.
The message can be meaningless. That’s not exactly new, to start with, as the Washington Post points out. It has been available online in some form since at least August of last year, according to screenshots from the Internet Archive reviewed by audience.
Since last year Blockbuster’s website has changed frequently
The archive website Wayback Machine shows that Blockbuster’s landing page has changed on a regular basis over the last few months.
Such As:
- A screenshot of the website from July 26 shows a GIF of actor Wayne Knight.
- On August 21, a GIF of John Travolta from the film “Pulp Fiction” was added to the page.
- In October, the page was updated with the company’s logo and a movie-rewinding message.
Blockbuster has also been known to troll social media users or post humorous messages, prompting the public to engage with it on Twitter.
On March 15, the company issued the following tweet “New business idea: We’re going to come back as a bank and use VHS and DVDs as currency. Time to go visit your mom.”
On Wednesday, a lawyer tweeted about Blockbuster’s comeback, and the retailer nudged the attorney to make a business pitch.
Blockbuster bend, oregon
The last Blockbuster in the world, which is located in Bend, didn’t spend millions of dollars on a Super Bowl campaign, but the low-cost advertisement it created for social media is still bringing in money for the company.
During the Super Bowl’s halftime show, when many football fans were looking down at their phones instead of the TV, Blockbuster in Bend broadcast its 40-second invention live on social media.
The advertisement depicts a solitary cockroach wandering across a post-apocalyptic wasteland full of dilapidated petrol stations, wrecked vehicles, and dusty streets.
“When the world ends and the internet streams no more, we’ll still be here,” When “Steve” the cockroach makes his way into the Bend Blockbuster, a narrator reads.
“It was something we wanted to do, that we could show that a small business could do something, have a great time doing it, and still compete with the big guys as far as attention goes,” Sandi Harding, general manager of the last Blockbuster stated.
Blockbuster Netflix
Netflix Cancels “Blockbuster” After 1 Season. Both Blockbuster and the show about the final Blockbuster on earth failed to survive the emergence of streaming services.
Netflix’s “Blockbuster” has been canceled after one season, Deadline reported on Dec. 16.
But, actor Randall Park wanted to keep “Blockbuster” alive, just like his character Timmy did.
The condition of Timmy’s relationship with his coworker and longstanding admirer Eliza is one of the unresolved issues in the first season of the Netflix series, which debuted on Nov. 3. (Melissa Fumero).
The two spend a lot of the season gazing longingly at one another while vehemently denying their genuine sentiments. In a November interview with POPSUGAR, Park declared, “I’m cheering for Timmy and Eliza.” “I have a lot of interest in them. If we do get another season or two, I hope we’ll get to see some of these things happen.”
