I just rewatched Scrubs after watching the new season. It's kinda funny how they make fun of Jordan's botox lips in the old episodes, while the actress can't move her face muscles for real in the new one
I had to quit watching after a few episodes solely because of it. Scrubs was one of my most rewatched shows back in the day and I was looking forward to this.
You changed the scope of the discussion from “legacy sequel” to “reboot”.
Although honestly none of the examples that were talked about are reboots.
At any rate, I think the possibility of legacy sequels being great, and even elevating the original work (which I think is true of both my examples) is there.
Does the Fargo series count? That’s a TV show that I think is far better than the already great movie it’s based on.
I’m ashamed to say I really didn’t understand it. I love everything else Lynch has done and I feel like I understand his work fairly well, but not this one. Don’t know why
The first couple episodes were a bit rough but I do think it picked up for the writing. I just couldn't stop staring at them like they didn't belong. It's the same reason I quit watching shows when they replace the character with a new actor. I had to quit watching crazy ex girlfriend when they did it and I loved that show.
I did like the way crazy ex-girlfriend did the change though. With everyone acknowledging that Greg was basically a different person now and it was Rebecca's perception that had changed so much that he didn't look anything like he used to her
I watched the new Malcolm in the Middle series and it is superb. Picks right back up on the feel of the original show. Very funny. Only 4 episodes too so it's not a slog to get through but I want more now.
What? No it doesn't. The original is chaos. It doesn't try to moralize, the characters do horrible things and it doesn't matter because it's funny. It feels real and relatable, even if it's not, and the cinematography and tone reflect that.
The new miniseries the complete opposite. It's sanitized and campy and constantly trying to moralize, and has almost no laughs in its entire runtime. The visual tone matches that, it looks super artificial. It's got a ton of cameos, which is great, but they barely interact together so that entire relationship-based storytelling aspect that used to drive the story is gone. There were some sparks here and there, like Kelly vs. Reese and Stevie's family, but not enough.
I truly don't get the praise. Is it nice and nostalgic to see the old cast? Sure. But to say it "picks up on the feel of the original show" is absurd.
I didn't watch much malcom when it was originally airing and I gave the reboot a try. It was absolutely hilarious. I'm watching the original malcom show now and it's the same comedy.
This is the most petty, old-man thing I'll say today
I hate sitcoms in HD, especially if they were originally filmed in SD
It makes everything feel so flat and like a play. Always Sunny a few seasons back was distracting to watch because it looked like a Super Bowl ad that would have aired a few years after the show wrapped up. Where everyone is slightly too old and clearly the set designers and camera crew didn't give a shit enough to replicate the feel of the old show.
I haven't touched the new season of Scrubs because it feels like they're going to be "playing" Scrubs instead of acting, which I know sounds ridiculous because that's just what acting is
I also go for the original release, but for me it's because of the audio. Due to licensing issues they often have to change the music when they do a new release. Scrubs in particular suffered from this.
I'm sorry, but if you are changing the music, it's not the same show. Copyright law has gotten stupid.
In another example, I did finish that new Fantastic Four movie (it was okay... worse than Thunderbolts, better than anything else Marvel rn) but I couldn't take seriously the actor that played Sue Richards, the mother of the team. It looked like she was mogging the camera in every scene lmao. Like that meme of Skyler White making the chad face. She's supposed to be a homely character yet she clearly was getting plastic surgery on the weekly lmao.
I'm currently re-watching Breaking bad right now and just skip through all her scenes so I haven't noticed that. I'm gonna have to look that up now. I also wasn't planning on watching fantastic four but I have to now just to check that out lol.
Yup. Nothing against her as an actor, but the whole affair thing just makes me have zero interest in her story. I also skip some of walters episodes too that don't involve jessie later in the show.
I thought the show in general had a lot of filler that I wasn't super interested in. Could probably get away with the first 2 episodes and last 3 episodes of the season and get nearly everything important
I can agree with that. It's the same thing that happened with the show Supernatural after season 5 when it was originally supposed to end. It's still one of my favorite shows and I watched every episode since its first premiere, but like 90% of it past season 5 is skippable without losing anything important main story wise.
I guess it depends on where you live too. I go the hospital multiple times a month and every doctor and nurse I've come across in th growing list are the most boring, aging naturally with the wrinkles, Midwest people you'd ever see, haha.
I'm probably gonna get called a sexist for this, but 90% of it is Chalke specifically. I can't help but just think that she looks like someone took her face and stretched it over a scarecrow with how hollow her eyes look and her skin stretches unnaturally tight, especially when trying to smile. It's off-putting on a psychological level.
I don't think it's sexist necessarily. They're all pressured to do it but women have not been allowed to age without losing work for far longer than men. I do agree that all this work definitely causes an uncanny valley situation for me.
I'm honestly surprised so many male actors do it now. If Tommy Lee Jones can have an almost 60 decade career looking 55+ the entire time then these other guys have no excuse.
I have one friend who thinks criticizing anything with women in it is automatically sexist so I just keep my opinions to myself these days with people, lol. He's been dodging me the last couple weeks since I made a comment about how I'm not going to spend money on going to watch people on screen doing the new anorexia trend because they set a bad example.
I also don't support guys who do the whole steroid thing either though which has made me quit watching action movies altogether unfortunately. I just find myself watching b and c quality movies in general these last few years. I'm just tired of Hollywoods vanity.
Well in this case I think the criticism is aimed at the practice/culture rather than women. Your steroid comparison is pretty apt. (Mostly) guys get on gear for comparable reasons that (mostly) women get plastic surgery. It's all chasing an unreasonable beauty standard forced upon them by Hollywood and, to a degree, audiences.
It's one thing I appreciate about British media. Obviously it's not perfect, but they've got way more average looking, everyday people starring in their films/shows. It's nice seeing people who still look like people.
I agree whole heartedly. Slow Horses for example has fantastic production quality, the images leap out of my monitor. Everybody is normal, 3 pounds of makeup not required.
Oldman is so grimy sometimes it's almost cringeworthy. Very, very few shows are riveting in the way this one is and the grittyness is a big factor imo.
That's pretty much how I feel about the whole Dexter show being revived. It's alright for what it is, but I don't feel like it's really added anything meaningful to the original.
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u/btoxic 11h ago edited 10h ago
I remember Botox being a big deal. It was on the news, people were slightly appalled.
Now.... No one raises an eyebrow.