Thoughts on Bel Air? Is this a fair assessment?

[Supa cat]

All I know is coco jones is

 

[jwinfield]

He did that in the sitcom too like the time Carlton and Will took Phil's homey's car to Palm Springs and got stopped by the cops.

Lot of people either never watched the original version or it was so long that all they remember is Carlton dancing all the time.

 

[kingofnyc]

But it is a new show right? Yes its based off the fresh prince but its a entirely new show...if it was the original then we would be watching the 7th season.

I get it that the old show is attached to memories but the new wonder years show isn't a continuation of the original show just like "Cosby" wasn't a continuation of "The Cosby Show"...they just received inspiration from it

How can it be a new show if they’re using the same original plot and have all the characters with the same names

 

[humminbird]

I'll watch it on the seven seas
refuse to download peacock on my devices

 

[Standing on business]

Knew it was a reason I was sitting this one out......glad my instincts are correct as usual.

How do you know you’re instincts were correct if you never watched the show

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

Interesting comments.

 

[the artist known az]

I wouldn't even say Ashley is gay. When Hilary asked her she's not sure and she has/had a crush on one girl. It's not like they made her into a stud

 

[Sterling Archer]

Didn't OG Carlton pop some "energy" pills? Wasn't he about to let the chopper sing when Will got shot?

He didn’t know he was taking amphetamines. He thought they were vitamins because that’s what Will told him they were.

 

[Sterling Archer]

How do you know you’re instincts were correct if you never watched the show

Don’t know how instincts work brehs

 

[Standing on business]

It’s a few hanging on to dear life since they spent the entire lead up to the show shytting on it thinking it would be trash, and some folks just can’t eat the crow they deserve

The same thing happened with insecure. The show ended up being a modern classic but it’s people who still think it’s a show that created for bedwinches that bashes black men.

 

[Standing on business]

Don’t know instincts work brehs

I know exactly how instincts work. The question is how do you know your instincts were correct if you never seen the show?

 

[Secure Da Bag]

being gangstas

Put some respek on Bushmaster's name.

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

I also saw a think piece about that new Disney movie Turning Red on FB about how parents shouldn't take their kids to see the movie.

If you are letting these think pieces lead about how you feel and what you enjoy to watch

 

[☃ ೋ]

They forgot to do Geoffrey

 

[Ayo]

We all know the budget on this series was hot garbage.

So because of that you get a bunch of broke inexperienced producers (Will Smith was probably barely involved in the day to day) pass down weak material to a room full of inexperienced writers.

• They update every character to get them 'better represent today' (gay)
• They give everyone a critical flaw (coke, infidelity, crooked)

And the reason they chose those specific flaws is because the hottest show on TV right now for their targeted demographic is Euphoria. And NBC wants their own Euphoria.

This show was never going to get green lit as a carbon copy dramatized version of the 90s.

Edit: if they had $$$$$$$$$ and experience they wouldn't have had to go this far for cheap conflict, which is why those stereotypes/tropes are there (conflict is what every screenplay is built on). Carlton being on coke is easy material to generate conflict. Infidelity causes marital conflict and will eventually come to a head. Being a dirty politician will eventually result in getting caught. It's like the bomb under the table that no one knows about but the audience. All cheap story devices.