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Children’s Shows That Adults Might Like (Or Not)
Ducktales (2017) – I watched the first nine episodes, those being the ones I could find to watch. I found them absolutely delightful. The fact that the triplets have both understandable voices and distinct personalities, and that they’re doing something interesting with Webigail, gives them a lot more depth for the plots and characterization. Also huge credit for referencing the classic Don Rosa McDuck family tree, and clearly having something planned with the triplets’ mom.
Reboot: Guardian Code - While this is billed as a sequel to the original CGI cartoon Reboot and uses several of the antagonist characters, in practice it reminds me much more of Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad or VR Troopers. The framing story is about four teenagers who start at an “advanced technology” high school and are pulled into service as the new guardians of cyberspace, as the The Sourcerer (a hacker who wears a wizard’s cloak and sits in the dark all the time…okay, that part seems realistic) tries to destroy the network or something. The teenage actors are kinda painful to watch, and the CGI is only marginally better than what they were doing 20 years ago. I watched the first two episodes and the one that reintroduced Bob, Enzo and Dot, and the writing was honestly painful. I don’t need bad reboots in my life.
Muppet Babies (2018) – This is a show for kids. I don’t mean that in a disparaging way, as ARR loves it; but it’s not for adults/fans of the original show. It’s imaginary adventures and simple lessons for preschoolers. They cut down the cast and replaced Skeeter with a new character named Summer to bring the female-characters count back up.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - The writer of Lumberjanes is the showrunner on this, and man, it’s as gay as the original He-Man was. But much, much better written. It’s interesting seeing a She-Ra mythology being built up without He-Man as the backstory, actually. Also credit that the various princesses actually look like teenagers, with a variety of body shapes. (Did you know Adam and Adora were supposed to be 16 during the original cartoons? You’d never have guessed it!) I found it interesting also that while Bow is ostensibly the Smurfette male character, he’s written as just another lesbian teenage girl who happens to have really good abs. (I read a fan theory that he’s a trans boy. I’d believe it coming from this author.)
Reboot: Guardian Code - While this is billed as a sequel to the original CGI cartoon Reboot and uses several of the antagonist characters, in practice it reminds me much more of Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad or VR Troopers. The framing story is about four teenagers who start at an “advanced technology” high school and are pulled into service as the new guardians of cyberspace, as the The Sourcerer (a hacker who wears a wizard’s cloak and sits in the dark all the time…okay, that part seems realistic) tries to destroy the network or something. The teenage actors are kinda painful to watch, and the CGI is only marginally better than what they were doing 20 years ago. I watched the first two episodes and the one that reintroduced Bob, Enzo and Dot, and the writing was honestly painful. I don’t need bad reboots in my life.
Muppet Babies (2018) – This is a show for kids. I don’t mean that in a disparaging way, as ARR loves it; but it’s not for adults/fans of the original show. It’s imaginary adventures and simple lessons for preschoolers. They cut down the cast and replaced Skeeter with a new character named Summer to bring the female-characters count back up.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - The writer of Lumberjanes is the showrunner on this, and man, it’s as gay as the original He-Man was. But much, much better written. It’s interesting seeing a She-Ra mythology being built up without He-Man as the backstory, actually. Also credit that the various princesses actually look like teenagers, with a variety of body shapes. (Did you know Adam and Adora were supposed to be 16 during the original cartoons? You’d never have guessed it!) I found it interesting also that while Bow is ostensibly the Smurfette male character, he’s written as just another lesbian teenage girl who happens to have really good abs. (I read a fan theory that he’s a trans boy. I’d believe it coming from this author.)