I watched the reboot on Netflix right after watching the original. And so very disappointed. :( It's bad enough that they entirely changed the original cast, but the people who have replaced the original lead actor and actress. They are both so annoying and doesn't really make me like or want to continue to watch them.
The lead male playing Cho Seok. So many things wrong over there. For one he lacks that authenticity as a human being and instead in his acting, constantly over exaggerate when doing his (childish) personality. It's very hard to ever emphasize with him and dude is just a horrible unappealing actor trying too hard to copy the (original) character. The lead female is also not really refreshingly different but just adopting a similar uninspiring personality.
The storyline and jokes are also not as funny as the original was. It's just desperately trying to rehash the same old fart and poop scenes, but it's somewhat way more predictable and not very creative. I liked how the original series felt more intensely vulnerable and real. Whereas this series just seems more like a poorly made cheap caricature of the original cast..
After watching a few episodes, I already feel bored and not really wanting to go torture myself into continuing to watch. With the original series, it felt there were feelings of genuine relatedness, despite the family being dsyfunctional and the storyline felt magical and original in the best way. This reboot is so disappointing after watching the original series.
Maybe I miss the old cast but I really gave this series a real chance to win me over. But I just can't seem to enjoy watching this. It doesn't compel me to feel deeply for the characters like the original. Instead it just mostly annoys me and why it gets 4 stars and that is actually me being generous, simply because maybe it is just difficult to replicate the original series' s success and my expectations, right before watching this series, was already set high. I gave ten stars to the original series.
Basically if you like me, have already watched the original series. You will likely be disappointed like me to go watch this reboot..not happy at all. :( I only gave it a chance because I was so impressed by the original series. But this reboot version just ruined the whole thing for me. :( TT.
