#netflix reboot

[daydream358]

The new winx club trailer looks more like a videogame promo than for a new show

[bassboosted-moon-chao]

saw the whole "the new Magic Schoolbus show sucks" thread for the third time today and decided to come say something tangentially related about Inspector Gadget 2015 too. something about the enshittification of reboots in general irks me and I wanted to talk about it.

not to beat a thoroughly dead horse but just look at what they did to Gadget alone.

The "real" Gadget is meant to be large and imposing, but at the same time, warm and friendly. he's a big cyborg and could easily kick your ass, but he's much more interested in being loving. he has thick, dark curly hair, unusual eyes (that are often depicted with "ring" pupils), and his facial profile is quite strong but soft. his facial expressions are deeply varied, from simple to childlike wonder to stone cold, and he's more than just a clumsy, arrogant enforcer. he has his moments of dumbass arrogance, yes, but it's not his whole personality. he's got a lot more going on there, he's naturally a gentle soul who just wants to help people. he can even get his act together in the moments it's needed, and proves why he can be called a hero even on his own. hell, even in a few select scenes, Gadget is shown having his own fears and traumas and responding to them as such.

And then 2015!Gadget is almost exact antonym to this. in modernizing him, they made him small and slim with a very different silhouette. they flattened his facial profile down so far he doesn't look like the same man. they took the curls out his hair and straightened it, they made his eyes blank, glassy (to sell that he's a cyborg?? it looks weird) and expressionless, and his facial expressions aren't very varied. plus, he's kind of unlikeable. he has none of his prior charm or warmth, and most of what he does is either being an annoying prick, being a destructive prick, or being a whiny prick. Not to say his original counterpart couldn't be annoying, destructive or whiny of course, but definitely not in such parts. they tout him as being fearless, but then make him a coward who doesn't even try half the time.

they took everything that made Gadget more than just a baseline trope, and took it away. I'm not even saying the 80s show was perfect, it was FAR from perfect. but it at least had something built up, and the 2015 show came and pulled it all down again. kind of says something when your original show still reigns supreme over two modernized reboots, several failed projects, two films and any and all attempts at adding onto the lore.

And the animation is godawful so that's just more salt in the wound lol

Add on more if you want, I'm happy to hear your takes on things. but be reasonable in the comments/reblogs lads, yeah?

[pearloftheforest]

Boss makes a dollar

I make a dime

Thats why I draw Puppycat

On company time

[candicoated]

Let me do a little rant real quick..

It needs to be said, stop casting lighter skinned actors or biracial characters as darker skin or fully black women. It is already harder for darker skinned black women in the industry already. I was just watching a few people do a recast for the Winx Club series and they put Zendaya as Aisha/Layla for two separate vids. We have so many more diverse actors that could fit the role. I'm gonna need y'all to stop pretending she is the only option for a black female character. Like I love her to death, but let's broaden the horizons.

[thehmarie1089]

I just finished The Babysitters Club and I’m going to say it now: Karen (Sophia Reid-Gantzert) is the best actor in the entire show.

[taigan-hse]

2018 She-Ra: You're 19 feet tall, why are you wearing heels?

1985 She-Ra: Are you feeling diminutive?

2018 She-Ra: No. But now I have to look up that word.

[moonlightgradients]

my girl in red, Carmen Sandiego

[kohakuriver]

Screenshots taken of “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” Backgrounds from the livestream