Then this is what you would experience! Don't get me wrong. It isn't awful. In fact, it is way better than I would have expected. The character, Thunderbird, Tracy Island designs are all decent iterations of the originals and the rest of the world feels to fit quite nicely too.
Where it falls down quite alarmingly is in the pacing. There seems to be a belief among the purveyors of children's programming that faster is better. It isn't. Here, the show whizzes by so fast that you don't have time to fully appreciate the effort that went into it. Rescues are accomplished a little too quickly. Discussion of what to do and how to proceed is rushed. Everything moves too quickly to properly enjoy it.
Just because psychologists/psychiatrists would have us believe that every child suffers from ADD/ADHD does not make it true.
Additionally, or perhaps because of, the pacing, there are some scenic jumps that cut out moments during the rescues. Instead, there is a jump due to editing constraints on running time. It is like they are trying to cram too much into too short a timeframe.
There is a decent kid's show here, based on the old classic, but it suffers badly at the hands of people who "know what kids want". It's almost as if they decided the content itself was irrelevant and focused instead on shiny action that, ultimately, feels hollow and unrewarding.
You might think I'm being a little harsh, but just ask yourself this question.
"What movie/TV series remake have I watched recently that is better than the original?" I have a feeling that your list will be a very short one.
SUMMARY: Too fast, too loud. Designed and made by people who think all kids are Methamphetamine freaks who won't sit still for more than a minute. Ulrimately a bit of a failure.
Where it falls down quite alarmingly is in the pacing. There seems to be a belief among the purveyors of children's programming that faster is better. It isn't. Here, the show whizzes by so fast that you don't have time to fully appreciate the effort that went into it. Rescues are accomplished a little too quickly. Discussion of what to do and how to proceed is rushed. Everything moves too quickly to properly enjoy it.
Just because psychologists/psychiatrists would have us believe that every child suffers from ADD/ADHD does not make it true.
Additionally, or perhaps because of, the pacing, there are some scenic jumps that cut out moments during the rescues. Instead, there is a jump due to editing constraints on running time. It is like they are trying to cram too much into too short a timeframe.
There is a decent kid's show here, based on the old classic, but it suffers badly at the hands of people who "know what kids want". It's almost as if they decided the content itself was irrelevant and focused instead on shiny action that, ultimately, feels hollow and unrewarding.
You might think I'm being a little harsh, but just ask yourself this question.
"What movie/TV series remake have I watched recently that is better than the original?" I have a feeling that your list will be a very short one.
SUMMARY: Too fast, too loud. Designed and made by people who think all kids are Methamphetamine freaks who won't sit still for more than a minute. Ulrimately a bit of a failure.