Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock `is amazing!
I've been working, so haven't finished the season, but the first five or so episodes have been great. They definitely recognized what made Fraggle Rock the show that it was and play very specifically to those values. There's areas that need improvement, but the first season of a show is never perfect and needs to be given time to find its feet.
There's no miscast in this show. Dave Goelz and Karen Prell jump right back into their characters, although I miss Dave's puppetry. John Tartaglia captures what made Gobo so great, Donna Kimball is wonderful as Mokey and Jordan Lockhart brings out the innocence in Wembley.
(I gotta say though, I miss Steve Whitmire as Wembley and Sprocket. No one really knows what happened between him and the Henson family, but Steve recently said he would have picked his characters back up in a heartbeat if asked.)
Holy shit, the puppetry is astounding! Full-body shots were rare 33 years ago, so to see it so often can take some getting used to. All of it is seamlessly edited in and nothing stands out as uncanny. The mechanics for the Doozers and Gorg heads allow for fluid body language and expression. The Doozers have use their arms mechanically instead of the tiny, stiff, little arm rods!
The practical sets are beautiful (the fact that they are practical is beautiful in itself). The only gripe I have is that the lighting is too bright. There's not enough shadow to emulate the environment of a cave. That nitpick is minuscule though and really doesn't take away from the viewing experience.
If you haven't started watching it yet, what are you doing??? Time to dance your cares away! Save those worries for another day! Let the music play down at Fraggle Rock!