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Netflix has done it again and made a carbon copy of Alpha Males.

First they tried a French remake, which didn't hit the mark and now they're trying a Dutch version.

If you haven't heard of Alpha Males, its a Spanish comedy about 4 men in their 40s, struggling with modern masculinity. They explore a seminar that aims to teach them how to better themselves. Roosters is a remake, set in the Netherlands rather than Madrid and would potentially be good on its own merit, but having seen Alpha Males, Roosters is not worth watching.

Search for Alpha Males - its funnier, lighter, more engaging and the characters are likeable.

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.

I promise you, alpha males (Spain) the original is sooooo much better!

It's a shame I think Netflix is seeing what hits and then just exactly copying it to another country. This is really a cheap way of creating content and massive creativity killer hence 1 star.

They already copied it to French and now to Dutch. This is NOT the way Netflix...

If you like the concept I really advice the original, it has a lot of depth, character development and it has 3 seasons so much more screen fun.

I normally don't give reviews but it really grinds my gears what Netflix is doing with this really good Spanish serie.

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?).

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.