Blockbuster is back, baby (well, sort of)

Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, Blockbuster’s Twitter account sprang back to life yesterday.

For millions, Saturday nights in the 1990s and 2000s meant popping to their local Blockbuster and renting a film or three.

Then streaming happened and, yada yada yada, the company filed for bankruptcy in the US in 2010. Today, there is just one store left on the planet, in Oregon.

Yesterday, however, Blockbuster started to tweet again. “Just checking in” was followed by “OK, we’ve seen enough. Checking out”.

This got people wondering, was Blockbuster about to return to action? Alas, the answer is no. It turned out the tweets were promoting a competition where movie buffs will have the chance to be given the keys to the aforementioned last remaining store for a night from 18th to 20th September.

Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re gonna dust off our DVD copies of Gremlins 2 and Total Recall, grab an overpriced popcorn and soft drink and sit back and remember those glory days when Blockbuster ruled the home entertainment world.

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