annacoleman

The original show circled around a tone of absurdism that made it timeless and funny for anyone watching. This reboot stripped the heart and quirkiness out of the original show and replaced it with poorly written woke culture. Don't get me wrong, there's a place for representation and being PC but it felt like the entire show is walking on eggshells. Not to mention their one main POC character is an amalgamation of minorities rolled into one. Like a backboard to check all other characters to make sure their jokes aren't problematic. Carly plays like a clueless boy-crazed millennial even though she was once an internet cornerstone. Freddie has an unrealistic life of a 35 year old at a mere 26 years old getting 2 divorces, 2 failed start-ups and an adopted 12 year old who has the same plot relevance as Lucas's little sister in stranger things S3. Jerry Trainor is the only semblance of the original absurdist tone that made the show so lovable to begin with. Writers and director really missed the mark on what made the show work to begin with. Carly and Freddie would have understood internet culture at an insane level starting off so young and with so many amazing opportunities. To take those characters and twist them into lost souls who don't understand internet culture just doesn't hold up in my opinion.