The Hardy Boys

I don't want to rate this show yet because I want to see more. I read at the very least half of the book series when I was young including well into my teenage years and beyond. When you go to HULU and you read the description it says inspired or based off the book series............it's NOT. Even beginning from the very first episode it is NOT inspired or based off the book series. Being somebody who has read the books if I had to give this show a rating based off the few episodes I've been watching so far it would NOT be a good rating at all. I don't want to rate it yet unless I'm forced to because I want to finish watching the rest of the episodes of this first season first.

So far I am enjoying the show but there are a few issues with the 80's set dressing that needs to be corrected. The story takes place in the 80's but there are pieces of technology in the set design that break the illusion. In episode 1, the boys and their dad move to their aunts home in Bridgeport. The TV in her living room is an early 2000's Samsung Dynaflat CRT TV. In her attic there's a early 2000's VHS-C camcorder in the background of one of the shots. Also in the attic the boys use an RCA VR546, silver, center loading VCR from 2002 to watch some old home videos. All CRT TV's from that era have a very distinctive bump in the front and flat CRT's didn't arrive until the early 2000's. All VCR's from the 80's (if front loading and not top loading) always loaded from the left side of the VCR and not the center. A simple google search by whoever is doing the set dressing could help them avoid these mistakes. Overall if you can overlook these and some other errors the show is entertaining.

This rating is for season 1 only, as season 2 is just idiotic with a lot of scenes hammered into the screen, not making any sense. The plot is just stupid and even the actors that seemed ok in season 1, well, the ones that were not changed, now seem to be bad with the forced dialogues they have to say.

I just hope season 3 is as good as season 1, if there is going to be one after the complete failure of season 2.

I have been a huge fan of hardy boys since age 10 and was thrilled to hear a tv show based on them. Whilst the age of characters have been changed the story is updated with a great sense of mystery and a 80s like setting that makes working in the mysteries even more enjoyable where now days people rely on tabs and phones for indie nation which really takes the fun out of mysteries. Overall love the feel and vibe and this show is off to a great start!!! 8/10

It's a good show for what it is a thriller. But I've been a huge hardy boys fan my whole life. Read my first hardy boys in 3rd grade and got hooked on reading. Before that I hated books. As I said the show is good but it's not the hardy boys. EVERYTHING has been changed from the books. I've waited for so long for them to be on screen and as a fan im disappointed. Again I like the show but it should have been called something else