Wednesday

It's... OK, but I never connected with Wednesday as a main character. Guess I'm not goth enough.

Soul-sucking exercise in lopping off a beloved IP's limbs to make it fit, à la Boxing Helena, into the grim little coffin of a YA magical boarding school show. Unless you thought previous adaptations of Charles Addams' work were sorely missing various shades of white-bread teens going "OK, this is *weird*" or making the kind of youth culture references that seem appealingly hip to middle-aged screenwriters, I suggest you give this one a miss.

I tapped out after 2 episodes, but lots of people love this - & why wouldn't they? They seem to enjoy the constant one-liners that were also in the source movies. It also looks great. However, while I knew exactly who the Big Bad would be; & knew the Lead Mean Girl would become more sympathetic because she's black; most others won't. Also - as has been the case for the past 60 years - the edgy outsider is hero. The idea that Americans are taught to conform completely ignores popular culture.

seems enough time has passed to poop out harry potter clones again. burton's still a capable guy, but he can do only so much. ricci is a nice touch, ortega has some charm, but the writing starts mediocre and only goes downhill from there. it's only fitting that a show, that supposedly was to make a case for individualism and social pariahdom, ended up being a crowd pleaser and source for viral tiktok nonsense like the "wednesday dance".

I wasn't expecting to enjoy Wednesday as much as I did, and it's largely down to stellar performances from Ortega & Myers. I don't think I've warmed to the rest of the family members' casting yet, but I didn't hate Armisen as Fester...so that's an achievement in & of itself. There's a lot of teen drama, many predictable plot twists, and a few Netflix pet peeves, but the show remains adequately kooky & fun as it leans into its dark academia vibes.

Przyjemny i klimatyczny remiks motywów, scen i ujęć z Harry'ego Pottera

i wanted a show like the first scene+piranhas lol then i realized they still did a lot of that shit yet in a school full of weirdos shes the outcast etc and i couldnt get into or pay attention to the mystery. s2 i generally liked it more cuz was more ready for it, then the lil break before the end kinda ruined it for me lmao and was in a worse sleep phase then.

The show removes almost everything that gives the Addams Family its charm in favour of making another Riverdale clone with Wednesday Addams thrown in as a selling point.

Looks good, Ortega is great, decent supporting cast. I just wish it wasn't so "YA" feeling, which is an odd thing to say about a show with multiple violent murders. I hope it ages a bit with its original audience a la Harry Potter. As it stands, its enjoyable, binge worthy , but not going to stick with you very long.

A lot of very pigeon-holed characters in this, but I think that's part of what makes it work. Ortega really knocks it out of the park.