Wednesday - Netflix - Tim Burton

Yep, with Jenna Ortega as Wednesday.

Went to google to see if it was already renewed given how daft a 2nd week cancellation sounded and found out Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gwendoline Christie and Christina Ricci will be in it too and that Danny Elfman is composing.

Totally disagree Guzman is a terrific fit if they want to go by how he looked in the comics. Which looks to be what they are going for.

When I heard Tim Burton was involved I lost interest immediately. Was waiting for Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp and Elfman music going "Laha Laha La". But that trailer looked fun. I was never really a fan of Catherine Zeta Jones either. Always thought she was cold. But this suits her well. And, yeah, I love Luis Guzman.

I am actually intrigued by this and looking forward to it. Just.... dial back on the cut-and-paste Burton and Elfman. They are capable of doing interesting things but, they can also just revert to the same-old-same-old when "doing Gothic".

I like the idea of skewering Hogwarts a bit. I have nothing against the HP books but they are big enough to need a good friendly slagging.

New full-length trailer is out:

I don't like the lead actress (she nearly ruined You for me) but the rest of the casting looks interesting. I'll give it a go but I don't expect much.

Oh! The 14 day PB countdown to cancellation begins! 😁

A huge hit for Netflix, very enjoyable, Jenna is great

It is.

Breaking records set by stranger things 4 for viewers.

Reviews aren't that bad from critics 70 percent on rottentomatoes and 66 percent on metacritic. I would say Netflix aren't too bothered about them tbh.

1: That was fun. Felt kinda a level of giddy funny about how it's been written.

Think they've gotten past all the big parts of the trailers I remember.

Seems to me they've got a mystery in there.. and maybe two.

Going to give this a try as I have heard its not bad.

One question before I start though, why does every show have to have a f*cking dance scene shoe horned into it now? Are showrunners that desperate to get stuff taking off on Tiktok? Maybe it makes sense in the context of the show (i.e I believe this dance scene is actually, you know, at a school dance) but this trend is getting tiring.

3: World building and story expanding episode I think. Maybe the show is going to settle into this style for a bit.

I liked the setup in the town. I thought that ..

I think there might be a red herring there to throw off the audience, this ..

Oh and the Gorgon moment. Saw that coming but still funny

I watched this over the past few days as I've been sick and looking for things to watch. It's fine, it's standard enough teen fare. You see the twists coming a mile away but the characters are likeable enough and it passed the time.

ive seen 3 episodes so far, not watching intently but its an enjoyable show and it looks great, you can see they put effort into the colours and using the contrasts.