Game Shakers

Dan's last sitcom to be produced for Nick...how does he end his trite ideas from here? Well, to start off while Henry Danger did not brought back any actors for their cast, Game Shakers was able to bring back a favorite from the 90s, Kel Mitchell himself. I was expecting to hate the show myself, but to my surprise I ended up liking it more than Henry Danger by a margin. Sure the concept is totally unoriginal but there one thing that keep it from being completely bad: Kel. Kel is an actor we all know and love back in the day so even in this show, his character is still as memorable as Ed from Good Burger. But like with most modern sitcoms for kids, you can see the usual flaws. First off, the acting once again is one of the weakest part of the show. Every kid actors just phone it in and their delivery are so flat compared to the likes of the past kid/teen actors from Schneider's pre-2012 shows. Then again the kids are much younger than the main actors from previous shows due to being preteen at the time the first season was airing. The characters themselves are also as memorable as a piece of paper. Ok, admittedly, the girls do have some personality (one a nerd and one a boy chaser), but the the two boys are just there. Triple G is the better boy while Hudson is just there, for comedic relief. And while he isn't too loud, all of his jokes are just unfunny. Yes he's the dumb blonde...a tired cliche. Again It's really pathetic that the best character in the show here is an adult. Double G saves the show from being worse than Henry Danger. while Kel does yells his lines too much it's funny and not in a contrived way. Just like with Henry Danger, Game Shakers first season was just mediocre. It was full with idiotic and predictable plots with abrupt ending and nothing else. While the show slowly improved it didn't get truly tolerable until season 3. Before you guy ask "but Felix what about the fact that Schneider is dragging it down?" While I won't deny that he gotten stale with his works, maybe it's his co-writers that make it tolerable rather than cliched and tiring. Now the references to his past shows are still there (there's even an episode about ICarly), but they aren't too in your face about when Victorious did it. The show did end in a cliffhanger and while that sucks to hear about that, it did marked an end of an era. After 25 good years, Dan Schneider was booted from Nickelodeon. Like I said before, he used to make such outstanding shows, but then he got too cocky and his works started to go downhill as a result. Scott Fellows May have been his single camera counterpart but he's not doing much lately. Either way I hope Nick's upcoming live action shows aren't as unbearable as pandering as Schneider's later shows. D

I was curious to check out this show, having grown up with Dan Schneider and marveled at his weird staying power among 12-year-old girls. The idea seemed solid on paper: buddy comedy star Kel Mitchell of yesteryear teams up with fresh faces, then the games they make are released in app form so kids can bleed Nickelodeon 24/7. What could go wrong? Well, pretty much everything. This show is a frantic mess that can't go five minutes without somebody exploding, falling down, screaming at another character, or having an absurdly cartoonish overreaction lest any viewers accidentally get bored. The whole thing is terribly cobbled together, like the producer told the writers, "I want flashy gadgets, white people rapping, cute animals, and sentimentalism with the depth of a kiddie pool. GO!" The characters don't mesh at all, with each one spouting a few lines and then preening awkwardly for the camera. Cue explosion, laugh track, or anything else that covers up the fact that this show can't segue to save its life. Frankly that seems to be the biggest issue, is just a lack of any likable roles. What happened, Dan? iCarly, Kenan & Kel, Drake & Josh...sure, they weren't Masterpiece Theater, but their stars were enjoyable enough that fans wanted to keep up with them. Game Shakers is polluted with one flat, dull, irksome stereotype after another--where's the fun, or the surprise in that, or the desire to not throw the remote at the TV? This was the chance for a fresh start. The iCarly/Victorious/spin-off era is gone, new actors were hired, and this idea just sounded great. Instead it's the same old schtick, yet worse somehow, with another generation of tired gags for kid actors who don't even have the appeal or the comic timing of their predecessors. Granted the tween crowd has more forgiveness for dopey humor than I do, but a character can only fall down so many times before it stops being funny. Incredibly, this show has already reached that limit.

The kids are really funny, some jokes are good, it's like watching a live action cartoon and I love cartoons.

I discovered this show because a youtuber, I really only watched the first episode because of him, he also disliked the show saying that is just stupid and I agree it is really stupid but sometimes stupid is funny.

The only thing that I dislike is the blond kid which is annoying to the extreme but then again everyone in the show is annoying.

This is my first review ever in IMDb, and just posted this to balance reviews. Overall I think the show is harmless and not as bad as people say.

Everyone that's on this show acts foolish and it's really funny my and my nephew truly enjoyed it... I don't think this deserved such a low rating it had a pretty good run to.

Another one of those "ooh yeah kids will like that" shows.

Being in the demographic of kids they're aiming the shows towards(6 - 12), I can confirm that this is just trying way too hard. Nickelodeon has released mind-boggling trite before, have a look at the Thundermans and School of Rock. But this? This has reached a new level of low.

Lets start off with the characters.

Babe, is pretty much Carly(from, well, iCarly), but younger, more obnoxious and pretty much worst in every aspect.

Kenzie is just the "nerd" stereotype. She wears glasses and does that unfunny "9 questions" joke that just kills me inside. Not to mention, she is extremely ANNOYING and no "nerd" does the crap she does. How do I know? Because I'm pretty much a nerd myself, and let me just say, being a nerd does not mean wearing glasses and being, whatever shes doing.

Hudson is a moron. That's all you need to know. He's an unfunny moron too. And introducing the token black characters! Triple G and Double G. What the actual hell are these names? Basically they were introduced because Double G's(who is a rapper(and a bad one too)) song was used in Babe and Kenzie's game(a doodle jump/flappy bird rip-off) and are trying to sue them(Kenzie is an idiot and not all smart since she doesn't have knowledge of copyright). If I could describe these two in one word, it would be obnoxious.

The humor is awful. Explosions, unfunny punchlines, using Hudson as a joke dispenser and being "OH YEAH SO FUNNY AND RANDEM XDDDD" doesn't translate to comedy. It means that you should fire your comedy writers.

I could go on, but after watching about two episodes and stopping after that, means that you have utterly FAILED at captivating my attention. But the worst part is Dan. Releasing Drake & Josh, iCarly and more, I expected something better from him. But when Sam & Cat aired, I realized that this network has officially lost it in the sitcom department. At least Harvey Beaks, The Loud House, and Spongebob are still things. But then again, we also have Alvin and the Chimpmunks.

Good job Nickelodeon. If there's one thing I can count on you to be, its to be extremely pandering.