Back in the '70s comedy series were strange, and to be honest, most of them were crap. But among all that crap there were some jewels, like agent smart, or like one of my favorites, the Addams family.
I thought that the series was dead so when I heard that there was a comeback I was exhilarated. At the hands of Tim Burton, a director of great renown, the series is really well done and nicely filmed: the plot is well-handled and moves swiftly, and the actress that plays Wednesday is really good. Therefore, nothing can be said except ¡Well done!
Now, as a comeback of the Addams family, I just can't accept this "monster high school" aberration. The "Nevermore" Academy is practically a parody of the original series, where Gomez was explicitly against sending the kids to school, and now they made some kind of Marvel superhero out of Wednesday, and is strange to see her having the BOSS fight against some kind of wizard with a cheat-stick while having the image of the little girl telling Lurch to "find a nice girl to be miserable with".
Not to mention that the whole point was to show the Addams and their queerness in comparison with us normal folk whereas in the Wednesday series there's a whole school of "weird" people, that by the way, as a weird person, I find somewhat insulting to be compared to THAT, meaning that this completely unmissable point is missed.
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| Yes, the fake nails are supposed to be warewolf claws. That's how claws look like. |
In summary, as a comeback from the Addams series sucks, the parody of a parody is a tragedy. As a new series, completely unrelated to the Addams family, the show is great. Because it wasn't what I was expecting, but I was still got surprised I score it an 6.5
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