Netflix's "That '90s Show" (Season 1)

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Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

The kids need some work for sure. My take after finishing S1 is that this feels like two different shows. One is a '70s Show reunion and the other one feels a bit Disney Channel. I never once got Disney Channel vibes when watching Eric and the gang.

Although I haven't seen much in the way of Disney Channel shows in the past few decades (moved overseas in 1999 and my kids never were into those shows on years we were back in the States), I do think I would probably feel the same about Disney Channel show friend groups as I do with this group of friends. The problem is that That 70's Show was anything but a Disney Channel style group of friends.

[meremortal]

Still haven't seen much of the original show but have enjoyed it the times I saw it on tv.

[mrr1]

I watched a few episodes. It's OK.

These kids don't have quite the same charm as the kids in the 70s show. The formula is mostly there. Their characters are still being discovered, I feel. Could also be a bit of a "chemistry" thing between the cast that will improve if there are more seasons.

Red and Kitty are still great characters.

That redhead actress who plays Donna has had horrible cosmetic surgery. My god. I could hardly look at her ghoulish face in that first episode.

[Naiera]

I can't believe how good this was. Way, way better than I had hoped. Maybe the stank from Blockbuster was still sitting in my home theatre, making me expect the worst.

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Originally Posted by Naiera

I can't believe how good this was. Way, way better than I had hoped. Maybe the stank from Blockbuster was still sitting in my home theatre, making me expect the worst.

We could barely finish the first episode of Blockbuster. So, while nowhere near on par with That 70's Show, That 90's Show could have been a lot worse.

[Naiera]

There’s plenty to Ozzie except for him being gay, especially compared to how paper-thin most of the other characters are. Doesn’t mean I didn’t love the show.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Ozzie mentions he's gay less often than Leia mentions she finds Jay hot, or Nate mentions he's into Nickie. If you only complain about one, but not the others... it feels far more like a personal bias than anything else.

Either way, finishing this series, I ended up really enjoying it. I thought the new cast did great, especially considering so many of them are only like 15 on average. I really hope we get more.

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I'm only through the second episode. Ozzie right now is by far the most one dimensional character. None of them are as good of characters as we had by this time in That 70's Show.

And why should you be concerned about what I complain about? BTW everyone has biases. It's one of the things that helps us form unique opinions about media.

[j_sazin]

Originally Posted by cricepng

None of them are as good of characters as we had by this time in That 70's Show.

Hate to break it to you, but two episodes into That 70s Show, the cast was very much the same. There was no real depth to them.

People seem to misremember this show more than any it seems. Even through the entire series run, the characters were very cringeworthy.

[Naiera]

“By this time”? Ten episodes into a late-90s sitcom? Nah…

[j_sazin]

Originally Posted by Naiera

“By this time”? Ten episodes into a late-90s sitcom? Nah…

[Jay H.]

[BudBaxter]

The kid who plays Ozzie basically played exactly the same sarcastic character in Nickelodeon's Side Hustle (except being a Nic show, they never mentioned his sexuality).

But hey, it's early days, & if it gets a second season there's plenty of time for all of them to grow as characters (& actors).

I'm rewatching the first season of the original at the moment &, 18 episodes in, Kelso has precisely one dimension: He's a horny idiot. That's it. I like the original characters more than the new ones, sure, but let's not pretend there was a great deal of depth to them all at the start.

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I think it would be hard to rewatch the original series and be unbiased in assessing the early dimensionality of the characters because they are already established in my mind.

[BillieCassin]

I never really watched the original (I've seen maybe 2-3 episodes ever, though I am passingly familiar with the characters just from general pop culture) - but I really did enjoy this one. I hope it gets more episodes. It's nice to have a fun, nostalgic show - plus, since I was about their age in the 90's, it's also very enjoyable on that level.

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Too bad the original cast wouldn't have been old enought to have older teenage kids for a That 80's Show instead of a That 90's Show. I think the 80's has a greater identity than the 90's.

Having been in middle and high school in the 80's and college and early marriage in the 90's, there isn't a lot about the 90's that stands out except maybe grunge and a few movies. The 80's had more defined fashion and music. You were still in the Cold War. While you DARE still existed in the 90's (with Leia wearing a shirt in the early episodes), it's heyday was the 80's with Reagan's war on drugs.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by cricepng

Too bad the original cast wouldn't have been old enought to have older teenage kids for a That 80's Show instead of a That 90's Show. I think the 80's has a greater identity than the 90's.

Having been in middle and high school in the 80's and college and early marriage in the 90's, there isn't a lot about the 90's that stands out except maybe grunge and a few movies. The 80's had more defined fashion and music. You were still in the Cold War. While you DARE still existed in the 90's (with Leia wearing a shirt in the early episodes), it's heyday was the 80's with Reagan's war on drugs.

Fox already tried That '80s Show. It was awful, and was mercifully cancelled after a few episodes.

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Originally Posted by Jay H.

Fox already tried That '80s Show. It was awful, and was mercifully cancelled after a few episodes.

Found a few video clips of That 80's Show online. Looks horrible. Moving it to San Diego with no returning cast was a horrible decision.

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Living overseas, I totally missed that one. Looking on IMDB it looks like it was an entirely new cast. Looks like it was doomed for failure.

[Naiera]

Your whataboutism is lame and you forget the timeline of events I pointed out to you. I don't think any more time should be spent on this. He's not going to be on the show.