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Going Long

It’s Super Bowl weekend, or, as I like to call it, the World Series of Advertising. Besides, the NFL doesn’t like people or organizations co-opting its trademarked name, so I won’t use it anymore.

And like in the 56 years past, the annual game of one-upmanship is upon us once more with flashier, more attention-getting adverts than last year. With ads selling for an average of $7 million for a 30-second spot, this is high-stakes poker. Let’s just hope companies don’t do like they did in 2000, when a bunch of Dotcom darlings bet the farm…and lost. And let’s hope someone doesn’t flash a QR code on the screen and cause the internet to crash. (I’m looking at you, Coinbase.)

Since this is such a big deal, I’m going to dedicate two blogs to the subject. Tomorrow we’ll look at the ads running during the Big Game and halftime, but today, we’re going to look at a company that probably could have advertised during this festive occasion a couple of decades ago, but today is just a mere shadow of its former existence, forced to run its ad on social media instead.

I’m talking about Blockbuster, the once-ubiquitous video rental store with more than 9000 outlets across the US. Today, there is only one left, in Bend, Oregon. I stumbled into a boarded up Blockbuster last June in Coffeyville Kansas, and spent a half hour photographing it from every angle possible. Elsewhere, it is still possible to sniff out former Blockbusters, especially if there are any vestiges of former signage lingering. That ticket-shaped sign was pretty memorable.

While the Oregon location still rents movies the old fashioned way, it has become more of a nostalgia-seeker’s destination. Isn’t that crazy? It’s not like we’ve been renting movies all that long, but now anyone older than a Gen-Zer wants to go there to relive the past. And Gen-Zers go just to confirm that all this was really true. “What? You mean you didn’t grow up with streaming?”

So how do we tune in to their ad? Simple. Pull up their Instagram feed during halftime—assuming you don’t want to watch Rihanna—and wait for their live feed to proceed. The shop also promises to have VHS versions available in their store to rent for $2.

I couldn’t tell you the last time I rented a physical movie, but you can bet I’ll be watching their Insta tomorrow night. This is too cool. And going to the store in Oregon would be priceless. It ranks right up there with shopping in a Kmart now one last time, because there are only three left. Or Sears, which has only 41 remaining. Better hurry. They’re dying like tomatoes on the vine after the first freeze.

Kudos to the sole Blockbuster for having a good sense of humor, as well as the business savvy to cash in on nostalgia. We all know that the movie rental business is marginal at best, even though Redbox vending machines still exist, and Netflix still has two million mail-order customers. Heck, I only have a DVD player connected to one of my smart TVs because my adult children insisted on watching a disc last Thanksgiving.

You know. For old times’ sake.

The bigger takeaway from all this, of course, is the story of a company that failed to evolve, and, for added irony, even had the opportunity to buy Netflix when it was still a small firm. But no. They clung to their ways, and, as we have seen, will be buried with them once the last store kicks the retail bucket.

It’s fun to ponder how things could have played out had Blockbuster entered the streaming wars a decade ago, and shed the baggage of BAM locations. To be honest, Amazon and a few others effectively stole Blockbuster’s model, but via digital “rentals” for movies and shows. Typically, you get 30 days to watch it, but once you start, you have 48 hours to finish.



It’s a great model, because you never have to leave home, and they never run out of titles. Why Blockbuster did not see this as their future will be fodder for class discussions for many years to come.

And a Netflix documentary. How’s that for awesome sauce?

Dr “Remember To Rewind“ Gerlich

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Redbox New Releases for the Week of November 21, 2017

Redbox New Releases for the Week of November 21, 2017

It’s Thanksgiving week. Food, football, movies, and naps. Enjoy this Red Box New Releases for the week of 21, 2007.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard – IMDb 7.o

Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman

Rated R – Action, Comedy

Valerian: And the City of a thousand planets – IMDb 6.6

Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen

PG12 – Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature – IMDb 4.9

 Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Cannavale

Pg – Action, Adventure, Animation

Leap! – IMDb 6.8

Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Carly Rae Jepsen

Rated PG – Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Bad Batch – IMDb 5.3

Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink

Rated R – Drama, Horror, Romance

Good Time – IMDb 7.5

Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Rated R – Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ryde – IMDb 6.9

David Wachs, Jessica Serfaty, Ronnie Alvarez

TVMA – Horror, Thriller

Misfortune – IMDb 6.5

Desmond Devenish, Xander Bailey, Jenna Kanell

NR – Crime, Drama, Thriller

Beach Rats – IMDb 6.5

Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge

Rated R – Drama

The Ice Cream Truck – IMDb 4.3

Deanna Russo, Emil Johnsen, John Redlinger

NR – Comedy, Drama, Mystery

 Pondemonium: The Movie

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!

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Redbox New Releases for the Week of November 21, 2017

Redbox New Releases for the Week of November 21, 2017

It’s Thanksgiving week. Food, football, movies, and naps. Enjoy this Red Box New Releases for the week of 21, 2007.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard – IMDb 7.o

Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman

Rated R – Action, Comedy

Valerian: And the City of a thousand planets – IMDb 6.6

Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen

PG12 – Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature – IMDb 4.9

 Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Cannavale

Pg – Action, Adventure, Animation

Leap! – IMDb 6.8

Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Carly Rae Jepsen

Rated PG – Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Bad Batch – IMDb 5.3

Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink

Rated R – Drama, Horror, Romance

Good Time – IMDb 7.5

Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Rated R – Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ryde – IMDb 6.9

David Wachs, Jessica Serfaty, Ronnie Alvarez

TVMA – Horror, Thriller

Misfortune – IMDb 6.5

Desmond Devenish, Xander Bailey, Jenna Kanell

NR – Crime, Drama, Thriller

Beach Rats – IMDb 6.5

Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge

Rated R – Drama

The Ice Cream Truck – IMDb 4.3

Deanna Russo, Emil Johnsen, John Redlinger

NR – Comedy, Drama, Mystery

 Pondemonium: The Movie

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!

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