Review by Narce

I read the Tom Swift Jr. Books when I was a pre-teen - probably around 10 to 12. I liked them because they had good inventions (Electric rifle? Neat!) and not much in the way of philosophy (pre-teens, at least in my generation, were not big fans of philosophical discussions).

This series seems to turn these strengths into weaknesses. There's no on-screen inventing, there is a LOT of preaching of personal philosophies, and there are issues of sexuality that would probably NEVER have occurred to the average pre-teen reader.

Thanks, but no thanks.

Funny how this series' precursor "Nancy Drew" had the same problems - excessive sexual references, a lack of resemblance to the books, too much of a "woke" atmosphere, and trying to cash in on a successful YA book series by making a trashy TV show with almost no connection to the books!

PS: I find it...interesting? Suspicious?... that so many of the people who say they like the show are giving it a 10-star rating. I see two possible reasons for this. One is that most of these aren't genuine viewers, they are shills for the CW. The other is that, because the majority of reviews are negative, they feel they need to give the show a 10-star rating in order to "bump up" the overall score.