A History of Radness

Great job-a show that is didactic in a cool way. Reminds me of The Wonder Years. Held my attention as an adult. Solid story & character development. Good chemistry with the cast. Pacing was good. Writing was witty. Has a lot of commercial appeal without being overly contrived. Charming for all demographics. Definitely see this being a hit show. I looked it up and saw Dan Reynolds name. Is this THE Dan Reynolds -lead singer of Imagine Dragons? If so, why don't we know this? I'm a huge fan of ID! The song at the end was great. The Outsiders" is a great name for the band. I hope they tour so I can take my nieces & nephews! Reading now about James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins doing the score. This show is rock music's finest with surely some of its newest members!!

I am 17 years old and I thought this show was so well done. The characters represent kids at my school, and I am sure many other schools. There are always popular kids, not so popular kids, and the kids in between. I am that in between kid. I am friends with both, but I know how difficult it is to be an outsider as I see it everyday. I try to always say hello to the not so popular kids, especially the kids who may have some difficulty in school and may even be in a special class. They are people too. They can't help that something is wrong with them or they were born that way, or they just might need a friend. Maybe they are not the "pretty" ones or the smart ones, but it's what is inside that counts. The twins are the in between kids like me. Judd is the one that needs a second chance, and by the looks of it, he is getting one. Love this show. Please.......we need to see more. There are so many possibilities of a great series.

One week ago, this show had a 9.6 rating on IMDb. It had been that high for weeks. Why? So many reasons but mainly because the show is excellent in every phase, Writing, Directing, Acting, Editing, Music. The list goes on.

As of today, the show is at 7.9 and sinking fast. Why this time? It seems because of Amazon's pilot system friends and family of a potentially competing Amazon pilot have spent their last week trying to sabotage this show to trick Amazon Execs into picking their show instead.

Here's the problem with that logic... That other show simply isn't very good. Here's another problem with that plan. Amazon has proved over the last few years to be smarter than your time wasting ploy to cheat the system. You think they haven't noticed a quick and drastic drop in the IMDb rating the very week they're making their decision? You think they're going to reward you for that by putting their money and reputation on the line by picking up your boring show?

Good luck with that.

A History of Radness has done what I thought would no longer be done with children's television. I have seen so many shows on TV these days geared towards kids that honestly make no sense to me. The shows I grew up with had a purpose, a hidden meaning, lying around in the show. Watching it as a kid, you don't catch it right off. Watching it as you get older, like I did, you find these meanings right off. This show incorporates many things that I have found I enjoy seeing in shows for kids. You have an unlikely group of kids that just don't match in personalities coming together to do something that, in one way or another, they enjoy: making music. In my eyes, that is something that is great. I am happy to say that this is definitely a show that, if it is given the green light, and I hope it is, I will be buying and watching with my nieces.

My kids and I watched this because James Iha had composed it. I already expected something good not only because of Iha but because of Henry Rollins. ( I could take or leave Imagine Dragons but hey... that's the one my kids loved!).

Anyway. I was suitably blown away. I even got my wife to watch it later with me, once the kids had gone to sleep. Then my kids watched it again with their friends.

Look, there's so much to like about this show from the authentic performances, the way it's shot - blending a cinematic feel with the more hand held stuff, to the story itself. And yes - THE MUSIC is great.

I want my kids to watch things that aren't about being famous, popular or pretty. I want real, aspirational stuff. It reminded me a lot of Freaks n Geeks in the way it was so earthy. It's certainly unlike anything else on TV at the moment. Amazon has made a winner here. We are officially captivated and standing by for more episodes

Bravo Amazon