Current Events > As a fan of the original Addams Family, is the new Wednesday show worth watchin?

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Was always a fan of the old black and white show growing up, and I've been hearing a lot of positive buzz and reviews/ratings for this new show. So, to fans of the original, what do ya'll think of the new series?

Watching it with my wife right now.

Massively tween-y

its amazing best depiction of the character ever

Show is pedo bait

errr whst

Personally I hate it for full on making the character a murderer. The Addams family were just a weird and out there family. They never killed anyone.

Yes, loved it. Thought it'll be a disastor, it being Netflix and all. But really loved the actress and her relationship with half the cast. The whole family was pretty well casted.

Wasn't the Addams family supposed to just be a comic strip depicting a non-conforming family doing mundane family stuff. and now they have superpowers

couldnt get through the first episode and ive got a massive tolerance for shit tv

Mensis posted...

Show is pedo bait

Big projection there, bud.

_Krave_ posted...

Watching it with my wife right now.

Massively tween-y

This. It just feels like your generic "magical high school where things keep going wrong but the kids care more about relationship drama than their lives".

The only positive I'll say is that the character of Wednesday is acted phenomenally. She was perfectly cast and her writing and characterization was pretty good.

But the rest of the cast and setting felt more like Harry Potter than Addam's Family.

i enjoyed it. definitely not perfect and the harry potter comparison is fitting.

don't really compare it too much to the original show or the 90s movies. it's a reboot and it's own thing and world. they added werewolves and vampires and stuff to the universe now. definitely more of a darker version of the 90s movies

Thanks for asking this in a polite way. I'm still so mad about what they did to The Muppets I couldn't come up with a way to say "Does this piss on the IP?" that wasn't antagonistic, but I wanted to know.

Its very much Riverdale/Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but its not bad, in and of itself.

You're gonna find it incredibly unfaithful to the original Addams Family in terms of tone and character, however. The creators of this have zero grasp on what made the original good.

Its alright. Not great, not terrible, but if youre only interested because of your love of the original sitcom then youre gonna be sorely disappointed.

I liked it, but you don't get to see much of the family outside of Wednesday and Thing.

i joked with my work wife that i'm glad they finally made a female harry potter

Makio posted...

Personally I hate it for full on making the character a murderer.

she dont actually kill anybody thoe the boy just lost a nut

any ways the 1 weak point in the writing is the romance wendsday has zero chemistry with either boy

and enid's love interest is a plank of wood

AceMos posted...

any ways the 1 weak point in the writing is the romance wendsday has zero chemistry with either boy

Yup the love interests were shit. But her relationships with her other friends were so much better. Especially the end hug with Enid ;_;

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The rushed ending of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was disastrous

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that was interesting and they did have chemistry but he is to much of a none character (for me) but yes in terms of het romance he got hte best chemsitry twice (he also had good chemistry with siren lady)

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The non rushed parts was fun horror and didn't feel as much as a CW drama compared to... other CW dramas lol. I want to say S3 is when stuff started getting rushed. Even then S4 has some bright points, such as the cameo episode

Im liking the first 2 episodes. And czj as morticia hnnnng

Was hoping someone made a thread already. I'm on episode 5 and been watching since Monday. it's really good. Definitely worth watching if you are a fan.

Well I just finished the first season and I did very much enjoy it. Loved Jenna's portrayal of Wednesday here, and it's probably my favorite out of all the Addams Family shows/movies I've seen tbh. Emma as Enid was great too, she had solid chemistry with Wednesday in this.

I'd need more time with Gomez and Morticia, but I from the episodes they were in, I felt Luis Luzman and Catherine Jones did a solid job. Though, not sure how I felt about Fester.

You could also definitely tell Tim Burton had a hand in this, which I think was for the best.

Its very young adult novel-y but its fun.

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I absolutely hated Fester. Granted it's been a while since I've seen the 90s movies as well and I've never watched the original series. But to me Christopher Loyd's portrayal hit a perfect blend between cartoony and creepy while this Fester veered straight into just being a cartoon character.

Makio posted...

Personally I hate it for full on making the character a murderer. The Addams family were just a weird and out there family. They never killed anyone.

It draws a lot form the 90s movies. Even the 90s movies, they left it up in the air if they were murderers or just had a dark sense of humor. The ending for the 2nd movie, the movie ends without knowing if Wednesday's new boyfriend was truly scared to death or survived.

It's silly and campy but I enjoyed it as something to casually watch. Every scene with Thing put a smile on my face.

Doe posted...

Wasn't the Addams family supposed to just be a comic strip depicting a non-conforming family doing mundane family stuff. and now they have superpowers

Yes, a walking, living hand has no magical properties

BB_mofo posted...

It draws a lot form the 90s movies. Even the 90s movies, they left it up in the air if they were murderers or just had a dark sense of humor. The ending for the 2nd movie, the movie ends without knowing if Wednesday's new boyfriend was truly scared to death or survived.

Not only that, but in the second movie they accidentally cook a stripper alive at Fester's bachelor party. Lurch accidentally put the stripper in before baking the cake. Upon realizing this, and a moment of awkward silence, they just shrug it off and continue partying.

I completely missed that when I was a kid and only noticed it in a recent watchthrough.

Zanzenburger posted...

Not only that, but in the second movie they accidentally cook a stripper alive at Fester's bachelor party. Lurch accidentally put the stripper in before baking the cake. Upon realizing this, and a moment of awkward silence, they just shrug it off and continue partying.

I completely missed that when I was a kid and only noticed it in a recent watchthrough.

That's what I mean by if it was an accident or if it was on purpose.