Haantjes

This Dutch adaption of a Spanish series was so much fun to watch! It has exactly the right amount of clichés. The situations, jokes and oneliners are perfectly matched to what's happening nowadays in the Netherlands. In between the scenes we see stunning shots of Rotterdam.

We follow four male friends who all struggle with their relationships and get questioned on what it means to be a man. Everything gets a laugh: the sensitive metrosexual, cheating, open relationships, parenting and the macho man. None of it subtle, but well executed.

Lots of laughs in each episode. The credits at the end of each episode clearly state that this is a remake of the Spanish original, so ignore the haters that say this is stolen.

When I found out that Machos Alfa (alpha males) was the original show from Spain. I compared several scenes, the settings, the actors, and shockingly noticed that the Spanish version has a 7.6 rating on IMDB, and the Dutch version only got 6.8! That's really wrong!! Come on, the entire cast of the Dutch version clearly has more pleasable presence to look at, the scenes are better set up with more color and detail, certain nuances in jokes are refined in the Dutch version too. I guess either the Spanish macho culture rates this type of show higher as there is more a need of cultural awareness, and isn't relatable/sophisticated enough for the Dutch. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.

Wow, so Netflix is just rehashing concepts that they already tried but in a different language? So original. The concept of the series is basically the same as alpha males and it follows the same storyline.

It's embarrassing to see Netflix rehashing successful concepts from other languages and then trying the same concept in a different language without changing anything.

I hope Netflix doesn't go this way, but hey, maybe it's time to change platform. Because apparently minimalistic effort is all that's required.

I don't mind the actors who put a lot of effort in it, but the concept is basically the same.

Unbelievable. This is exactly the same, to the comma, as Machos Alfa but in Dutch and much less funny. One more example of copying and misusing others' ideas and success instead of being original and creating their own, coming across as piracy.

How is this even allowed and possible Netflix and Dutch productions? Really really unethical behaviour, very disrespectful to all parties, viewers included. Do not support it.

Watch the original, the (really) good one, and do not sponsor this kind of initiatives and practices.

I wonder how do the actors and all other show makers feel about it.

No spoilers in this review.

Honestly, I don't get why the ratings are so low - I've laughed more during this show than I have during most so-called "comedies" lately.

Yes, yes, we've all heard it's a copy of an original series. But guess what? I don't care. If it makes me laugh and brightens my day, then bring on the copycats!

As a proud Dutchie, I'm thrilled there's another season coming. We don't get nearly enough of these light-hearted gems on Netflix.

So to whoever decided to renew it: thank you, you're doing the Lord's work.

Bravo Netflix - keep surprising us (preferably with more seasons and fewer cancellations, okay?).