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| "Wednesday" is shockingly toothless. Less dark than the 90s studio flicks. by Mischief Maker 07/31/2023, 10:49pm PDT | ||||
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| Wednesday releasing piranhas in the pool at the start of episode 1 was the high point of the show. It devolves into yet another dark comedy where they wussed out and stripped their antihero protagonist of everything that could be considered "anti." The end result is more like a "Young Sheldon"-style prequel for Aubrey Plaza's character from Parks & Rec.
Pugsley is now a weak picked-on nerd. Morticia is grossed out by Wednesday's grave-digging and is explicitly identifies as a supernatural optimist. Luis Guzman is less than a pale shadow of Raul Julia's performance as Gomez, and they explicitly state several times that his Gomez would never have the stomach to commit murder. And Fred Armisen plays Uncle Fester as Fred Armisen, of course. But I will give credit to whoever played Thing in this show, they're the most expressive this hand has ever been. I wonder just how much algorithms interfere in the writing of these Netflix shows lately, because so many originals have these clashing themes and bizarre pacing where a huge crisis will erupt one episode then get hand-waved away like it's nothing the next. Wednesday isn't bad, it's just a pale shadow of the Raul Julia movies. I thought the whole point of Netflix originals was to push the boundaries, but here they are being out-edgy'd by a couple of studio films made in the 90s. |
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"Wednesday" is shockingly toothless. Less dark than the 90s studio flicks. by 07/31/2023, 10:49pm PDT  Chilling Adventures of Sabrina did it better IMO NT by 08/01/2023, 10:54am PDT I thought of a more apt description of "Wednesday" by 08/01/2023, 2:42pm PDT Have s'more shloppy showes by 08/01/2023, 7:44pm PDT DEI stands for what? NT by 08/01/2023, 8:25pm PDT It stands for DIB NT by 08/01/2023, 9:37pm PDT When did they say they’d “push the boundaries” w/ Netflix originals by 08/01/2023, 9:04pm PDT Dunno, I guess when I heard Joe Rogan interview Bill Burr over "F is for Family" NT by 08/01/2023, 9:19pm PDT |
