Freeridge

I was so excited for this show to come out. Mostly because on my block had a great plot and twists and turns that was captivating and amazing to watch. BUT THIS WAS A TERRIBLE SPINOFF. Congrats you mentioned ruby and his family throughout the show but none of it was even remotely close to what on my block was, absolutely nothing good about it. You'd be wasting your time watching it. If you have high expectations prepare to be disappointed. They start off the show with a fight between sisters so you expect the plot to be somewhat similar and then bam horrible cheesy teenage show that's like all of the rest. I'm highly displeased and wasted a lot of my time waiting for the show to get better and it just never did.

I recently watched the entire series and from the first episode I knew. I wasn't expecting it to be like on my block at all it was a whole different vibe. From watching other spin- offs ideally there are at least a couple main characters that make appearances throughout the series. There was none of that in Freeridge. There was really no aspects of on my block in the show. While watching Freeridge I felt none of the place "Freeridge". They didn't have any of the "gangs" or "landmarks" as seen in on my block and I just think for a show named after the place it wasn't real feeling like Freeridge. I feel like Netflix could've made the main characters more like able I only found one character that I liked and he has a supporting character. While with on my block I liked characters like Jamal, Rubys grandma, Monse and Jasmine. Also I felt like the relationships weren't written very well at all. Demi and Cam's relationship didn't make any sense as the actors had no chemistry on screen. Also I feel like the show could've been more mature it felt like a gothic Disney teen drama. Very poorly done...

I don't know where to begin here. Talk about stereotyping. Talk about cliches a-go-go. The typical teenage rom com has been done so much now.

This is that for generation z but generation clueless. Utterly shambolic writing. Overacting. Overstaging. Constant fights. It's the same formula recycled for the entire season.

It's generic script-play and acting and it's not good to enjoy at all. I do not know why this was even commissioned. How the actors all seem hellbent on getting one-up on each other in various circumstances then realising their mistake and feeling the guilt is just so dull.

Diversity is great but it's dramatically and incorrectly overplayed and it's just not realistic at all. It's actually so stupid it's cringeworthy.

The only good thing is the camera work is fabulous and it's really nicely shot for this kind of show. There are moments in the show were I'm thinking oh this is a refreshing angle but then it just ruins it with incompetence and irrelevance.

It's crap.

Because I loved On My Block, I thought that this'd be more of the same... how WRONG I was.

Firstly, this is far too Alphabetised; LGHDTV all over the place, and as always, ever since 2017, they're heavy-handed with it.

Now, I'm 100% straight, like 12:30. Overkill is overkill; I do NOT want to be force-fed Alphabet soup every goddamned day.

Even my love for the prequel couldn't convince me to endure another episode of this blatant agenda push.

Not happening. Which is a goddamned shame.

They did the exact same thing with BP2: Wakanda Forever, and it ended up being banned in China and the Middle East. Well done Hollyweird, we see you... Heavy-handed agenda-forcing means NO-WAY, in my book!

I really liked On My Block, its a fun teen show, the cast was pretty nice, it had a good plot, the characters were mostly enjoyable and the comedy was good. So i went to watch this mess with some expectations, but oh my, this is beyond awful. The characters are annoying and uninteresting, there's nothing to be curious about or even pay attention to in the story. In the original show Freeridge was shown as a dangerous neighborhood but they knew how to balance the teenager lives with the gang related stuff. Here it just feels like a boring ass place where nothing happens. Also its very cringe when they try to force some romance between characters because it feels forced, unlike On My Block. I don't recommend this crap to anybody.