It wasn't as good as the first run, had some.major stinkers but also had some really really good episodes and the finale might be the best of any show.
I think its biggest problems were that it tried to riff on current news stories more than the original (though the original also did that a bit) and due to the delay between writing and a live release it's already dated by the time it airs, and that it stopped doing the obsessive continuity stuff that the original did where they'd keep track of different points to make sure they didn't contradict themselves with the characters or worldbuilding. It did have its moments though, I'll give it that. The eyePhone episode was gross and bad though, probably the worst episode of those seasons: it was trying to be topical, it invented a new bad character just to riff on, it broke established character traits, its entire plotline was a cliche that had been done countless times already (I'm not sure how "don't sell out your friends to become a shock-content rising star" is a story that gets repeated that often, and can only assume it's something hollywood writers feel like they need to tell people? It's such a weird niche thing to turn into a moral fable over and over), and it was gross in general.
The movies in between the original run and the comedy central seasons were probably the best the show got in terms of general quality imo.
Check it out. I really like the time machine episode. It was really fulfilling for it to be revived too. I was upset when Fox canceled it so it felt like a win to see more seasons.
Replied to someone else about it, it's overall weaker than the original run and there's a few shitty ones, but when it hits its up to par eith the best and the finale is worth watching at the least. They did my favorite series finale ever.
Has there been any shows which got revived a decade or two later that haven't been shit?
My two favorite shows ever, Star Trek and Twin Peaks.
I've never watched Twin Peaks, Star Trek is kind of a mixed bag but I have enjoyed most of the newer entries.
Twin Peaks is dope. As far as Trek it's been revived 3 times by now.
Orville has done better than every (live action) Star Trek in the last twenty years.
SNW has been crushing it so far.
David Lynch (1990): I have both invented prestige television and made the perfect season.
David Lynch (2017): You know I had to do it to 'em one more time.
Actual hero. Not only is the art good, even with the subject matters he deals with pretty explicitly he has never made an actor uncomfortable.
New Beavis and Butthead is pretty funny.
I enjoyed the Comedy Central Futurama run. Not sure if thats a hot take here or not :fry:
It wasn't as good as the first run, had some.major stinkers but also had some really really good episodes and the finale might be the best of any show.
I think its biggest problems were that it tried to riff on current news stories more than the original (though the original also did that a bit) and due to the delay between writing and a live release it's already dated by the time it airs, and that it stopped doing the obsessive continuity stuff that the original did where they'd keep track of different points to make sure they didn't contradict themselves with the characters or worldbuilding. It did have its moments though, I'll give it that. The eyePhone episode was gross and bad though, probably the worst episode of those seasons: it was trying to be topical, it invented a new bad character just to riff on, it broke established character traits, its entire plotline was a cliche that had been done countless times already (I'm not sure how "don't sell out your friends to become a shock-content rising star" is a story that gets repeated that often, and can only assume it's something hollywood writers feel like they need to tell people? It's such a weird niche thing to turn into a moral fable over and over), and it was gross in general.
The movies in between the original run and the comedy central seasons were probably the best the show got in terms of general quality imo.
I haven't seen it.
Check it out. I really like the time machine episode. It was really fulfilling for it to be revived too. I was upset when Fox canceled it so it felt like a win to see more seasons.
Replied to someone else about it, it's overall weaker than the original run and there's a few shitty ones, but when it hits its up to par eith the best and the finale is worth watching at the least. They did my favorite series finale ever.
The 2006 Dr Who reboot was good for five years or so