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To be fair, I don't know how objective I can be about the CW "reboot" of Roswell. The original series was one of my first fandoms. I wrote my first crappy fanfic about the tragic love affair of Max Evans and Liz Parker. Hulu is streaming the original series, so if you haven't seen it, you might want to do yourself the favor. It's silly and cheesy at times, but it's also the ultimate story of star crossed lovers. Acting is solid (hey, Katherine Hiegl totes got her start here plus there's William Sadler). There's a lot of angst and drama and chemistry between all of the cast ... perfect for a show set in a high school. And, I loved it.
Roswell, New Mexico has fast forwarded the series and the characters are now 10 years out of high school. There's obviously going to be tons of drama and angst, but outside of the political commentary surrounding immigration and illegal aliens (an easy and understandable target given the show's setting and the current political climate). Whether all of those things will work well together filtered through the prism of a story originally crafted around high schoolers remains to be seen. So far Roswell, Mexico is lacking the sweet, easy charm of Roswell, the palpable sense of yearning and loneliness in the beginning, the awesome sense of camraderie and relationship that was demonstrated at jump street.. Still, there are things that this new iteration does right (or at least well):
* The reboot returns Liz's Mexican-American ethnicity, casting Liz Parker back to Liz Ortecho. The entire cast of the original series, with one exception, was white washed and the shift in the reboot to the original tone (in that regards) to the book is much appreciated.
* Jeanine Mason as Liz Ortecho is gorgeous and carries the bite of a jaded Liz wonderfully. She's got a lot of charisma and her chemistry with the male lead is solid. I'm looking forward to those two falling hard.
* Keeping with the near-silent, broodiness in Max Parker. Nathan Parsons isn't as pretty as Jason Behr, but he does a serviceable job.
* Michael and Alex. I. LOVE. IT. The introduction of that relationship was NICE. A slow circling, but I saw it coming pretty immediately. Again, LOVE!
* It's a CW series so the soundtrack is pretty much on lock.
We'll see hos this grittier, aged up version of Roswell goes. I'm open to it. Why not?
Roswell, New Mexico has fast forwarded the series and the characters are now 10 years out of high school. There's obviously going to be tons of drama and angst, but outside of the political commentary surrounding immigration and illegal aliens (an easy and understandable target given the show's setting and the current political climate). Whether all of those things will work well together filtered through the prism of a story originally crafted around high schoolers remains to be seen. So far Roswell, Mexico is lacking the sweet, easy charm of Roswell, the palpable sense of yearning and loneliness in the beginning, the awesome sense of camraderie and relationship that was demonstrated at jump street.. Still, there are things that this new iteration does right (or at least well):
* The reboot returns Liz's Mexican-American ethnicity, casting Liz Parker back to Liz Ortecho. The entire cast of the original series, with one exception, was white washed and the shift in the reboot to the original tone (in that regards) to the book is much appreciated.
* Jeanine Mason as Liz Ortecho is gorgeous and carries the bite of a jaded Liz wonderfully. She's got a lot of charisma and her chemistry with the male lead is solid. I'm looking forward to those two falling hard.
* Keeping with the near-silent, broodiness in Max Parker. Nathan Parsons isn't as pretty as Jason Behr, but he does a serviceable job.
* Michael and Alex. I. LOVE. IT. The introduction of that relationship was NICE. A slow circling, but I saw it coming pretty immediately. Again, LOVE!
* It's a CW series so the soundtrack is pretty much on lock.
We'll see hos this grittier, aged up version of Roswell goes. I'm open to it. Why not?
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