The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers

Great start to a classic. Nice to see coach Bombay back.

Movies are fast paced and in your face. TV shows can be a bit more laid back. This isn't the Mighty Duck movies. The first show is a bit slower as the story is established but I thought the kids were great. Lauren Graham works as an overprotective mom. Emilio Estevez's Gordon Bombay has taken quite the turn from where he was 25 years ago but you know that he's going to get behind the down on their luck kids who can barely skate. Some of the kids (now adults) from the movies will be making cameos and it'll be fun to see them on the show.

The Mighty Ducks has lost its soul.

This is nothing like the original. The series is incredible corny and cliché, and both the manuscript and acting is so bad, like everything's just so unbelievable too. AND, all the hockey scenes are just cheap, like you can tell nobody knows how to skate.

Disney also added the coach to the list of grown-up babies, together with Luke from SW.

There're some feel good parts about it sure, but overall the series is just not good...

Didn't last two episodes. Glad they got the kids to write their own dialog, but wouldn't it be better to get a REAL writer? What kid actually says that stuff?

I can picture the crew standing in the Covid test lineup on day one.

"What're we shooting today? Hallmark?" "Nah. Might Ducks I think." "Mighty Ducks Six ... but without the acting." "I heard Emilio's gonna be here today." "Everyone needs work."

The whole thing just smacks of low-budget, deliver-anything-right-now, minimal filmmaking. Note to Lauren: lose the parka and the puffy vests in every single scene. Everyone chunks out a bit these days. (Especially me.) Just own it; don't try to hide it.

Sadly, they seem to have missed the characters, casting and humour of the original. Pass. But I will add two stars for their attempt to use a more racially-diverse cast. Unfortunately, I don't think the producers have seen the inside of a classroom in 2010, let alone 2021. Long way to go yet.

Is it the originals you watched as a child? No.

It is the worst thing they could possibily come up with? No

It's entertaining and carries a good message : let the children play. Not everything is about competition.