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[lierdumoa]

So I decided to try watching the new Roswell. Kind of an interesting take on a remake.

Same characters, similar plot, but instead of happening in high school, events are taking place when everybody's in their mid-twenties. They made angrysad foster kid Michael canon queer and made one of the less popular slash ships from the original show canon.

I didn't watch the original series religiously or anything, but I saw maybe 1/4 of it. I always thought the main het ship looked too similar to each other in the original -- like they should have been playing siblings instead of love interests. They fixed that this time around with some racebending. Show now has actual Latinx actors and makes some relevant meta-commentary on immigration and racism -- given it's a show about aliens (from outer space) in a US border town, this is what the original series SHOULD have been doing so it's good that the reboot is making an effort.

TL&DR I like it so far -- it's exactly the kind of fanfic I would have wanted to read when the original show was airing.

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[calystarose]

Oooh! Thank you. I had been considering watching but hadn't gotten around to it.

[amnisias]

I am trying to get into but after the first episode am feeling kinda 'blah' about it. It's not that I hate it, or even dislike it, but it hasn't grabbed me either as the pilot was so similar to the original, - it just mad me want to rewatch the old version. I'm kind of digging the 'illegal alien' angle of it, and making Michael gay, though it felt a bit on the nose in the pilot which makes me wonder whether it's gonnna fizzle out real quick. It doesn't help that neither of the actors who play Lis and Max are peaking my interest. I'm still dl but it might go onto the 'to watch at a later date' pile. Keep me updated how you find the show going forward and if it gets renewed for a second season I'll check it out.