I absolutely LOVE Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. I did when I was a kid and I do now. As such I had quite low expectations about this series and it says something when you have low expectations and are disappointed.
Seriously, I could only watch 3 episodes until my self-peservation kicked in and I had to stop. It was just SO BAD!
The CGI, was passable, I'm not a huge fan of CGI cartoons but that's not the issue. I can't remember the storylines so they can't have been that good if they are so forgettable. There were several issues.
One, why is Cloudbase now Skybase? That was unneccesary Two, Why are Leiutenant Green and Captain Ochre now women? It's not sexism, you had the Captains and the Angels, they essentially had the same job Three, Why do Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue have love interests? What is the point of that? I am so sick of uneccecary love stories in shows. I think it's called pandering to the masses.
Four, my biggest issue, what is with the accents?! One of the things I loved about Captain Scarlet was that he was English. There were no British superheros when I was a kid, they still are few and far between. Why is he American now? Why? It makes zero sense? They did it to Destiny too! Why does she have to be American? Do Americans have something against the French?
There were other issues too, the awesome song was removed, the dialogue was beyond cringeworthy and the Doctor was completely changed but all in all it was just not on par with the original. So they were puppets with limited movement big deal! Lasted longer than this stupid thing.
People really should leave classics alone. A reboot would have been fine if they had decent writers and hadn't changed so much. There will be those who don't agree with me and, I'm sure, call me petty because of the accents but DUDE! I'm British, don't take my superheros away from me, that is NEVER going to end well!
Seriously, I could only watch 3 episodes until my self-peservation kicked in and I had to stop. It was just SO BAD!
The CGI, was passable, I'm not a huge fan of CGI cartoons but that's not the issue. I can't remember the storylines so they can't have been that good if they are so forgettable. There were several issues.
One, why is Cloudbase now Skybase? That was unneccesary Two, Why are Leiutenant Green and Captain Ochre now women? It's not sexism, you had the Captains and the Angels, they essentially had the same job Three, Why do Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue have love interests? What is the point of that? I am so sick of uneccecary love stories in shows. I think it's called pandering to the masses.
Four, my biggest issue, what is with the accents?! One of the things I loved about Captain Scarlet was that he was English. There were no British superheros when I was a kid, they still are few and far between. Why is he American now? Why? It makes zero sense? They did it to Destiny too! Why does she have to be American? Do Americans have something against the French?
There were other issues too, the awesome song was removed, the dialogue was beyond cringeworthy and the Doctor was completely changed but all in all it was just not on par with the original. So they were puppets with limited movement big deal! Lasted longer than this stupid thing.
People really should leave classics alone. A reboot would have been fine if they had decent writers and hadn't changed so much. There will be those who don't agree with me and, I'm sure, call me petty because of the accents but DUDE! I'm British, don't take my superheros away from me, that is NEVER going to end well!