And much like the original, Gossip Girl’s revival follows a cadre of self-involved rich kids, but its story also serves as a deconstruction of the toxicity of social media in general and among teens in particular.
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ABC’s new take on The Wonder Years isn’t just trying to capitalize on Boomer and/or Gen-X nostalgia, it balances universal coming of age tropes with stories that are specific to the experiences of Black Americans in the 1960s that the original series often ignored. They don’t really have anything new to say, nor do they provide us with any further understanding of the characters or stories we once loved, seemingly content to simply rehash that which has come before.īut every so often a reboot or remake comes along that genuinely surprises you. Everything old really is new again, and to be honest, it’s kind of exhausting.īecause the problem with many (most?) of these remakes, reboots, and revivals is that, as a rule, they’re merely trying to capitalize on the known quantity of it all without actually doing much in the way of exploring, interrogating, or otherwise reinventing the things the original property (be it a show, a book, or something else) set out to do. Gossip Girl is terrifying a new generation at Constance Billiard over on HBO Max, teen horror staple I Know What You Did Last Summer is getting reinvented as an Amazon Video limited series, and updates on familiar titles like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Clueless, and Cruel Intentions are all in the works. It’s the reason we’re getting more Dexter, even though the original series had one of the absolute worst endings of any television show ever made. It’s why Sex and the City is, somehow, inexplicably returning to our screens nearly two decades after it first ended. This could be fine for a season but I can't see it going on longer than that.Known quantities are all the rage in our current television landscape. Fans who've only vaguely heard of her before would enjoy it more than someone whose known her all their life(like I have). It feels like they came up with the concept and put Nancy's name on it for attention.
It has little to do with the source material besides the small snippets and the actress playing Nancy reenacting a few covers. I'm fine with him having a love interest but since they have Nancy's mom die a year before the show takes place instead of when she was a kid, it's actually really uncomfortable. Carson is just a jerk and lawyers can't represent their own children.
So basically the same as any cliche bad boy/girl from every movie/tv show/book/dating sim ever made. George doesn't seem to have much of an personality beyond a bad attitude, tattoos, and a leather jacket. Totally annoyed that they casted a skinny girl to play Bess, it's 2019 I expected her original weight to not be ignored/shamed. George and Bess(no longer cousins) may be the biggest offenders next to Carson Drew.
A lot of the characters don't feel like the characters they're supposed to be. I will admit the fact that the change from white to black also meant a change from honor student quarterback to ex-con, was not the smartest move on their part. The actor mostly fits Ned's basic description (tall,dark and handsome lol) and his loyalty to Nancy. Ned is seemingly the only character that has the most in common with his book counterpart, which isn't to say it's accurate. It tied up threads almost too quickly (already). Right off the bat with the pilot, it doesn't have the true Nancy Drew feel and if the pilot is supposed to set up the rest of the series it doesn't bode well. It tied As a long time fan of Nancy Drew I can safely say that this series wasn't made for long time fans. As a long time fan of Nancy Drew I can safely say that this series wasn't made for long time fans.
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