4400

Do you want to know the biggest issue I have with this show? The casting. The premise of the show is a bunch of people from different times who have been missing for X number of years suddenly return and it's a mystery. So do you know what is incredibly preposterous? That you have young kids leading the investigation. I look at some of these actors, and while they would be terrific in another show, they don't belong here as the leads. This is one of the greatest incidents in human history and you have what? 23 year olds leading the investigation? Silly. These would be people in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s. You know the type to be leading this? A Sterling K Brown, an older guy from The Wire, so many Black actors who look like they have done the job for years and you believe them when they say things, but this feels like kids playing dress up. It's INCREDIBLY distracting. I can barely focus on what they are saying because I don't believe them. I feel like my nieces are wearing grown up clothes. 2. The writing. I really liked the original 4400. I own it, but that's not why I don't love this. The plus? The diversity is good, but the writing and casting isn't.

It takes like 10 minutes to realize this is garbage.

Rebooting a show that is from 2004 is already questionable, but missing every beat of and point of what made the original interesting takes a special kind of ignorance. Avoid at all costs, watch the orginal. The reboot is just about checking boxes - quality of writing is stone carving level and acting is medicore.

NO NO NO - if you can't improve or enhance the original show just stay away or rebooting something wortht watching.

The original of the 4400 was a much better series. This is very boring, I found it hard to stay focused on it beyone four episodes. The acting was poor and very little to entertain us.

The original 4400 was released in 2004, before the whole superpowers thing became as hyped as it is today. It added a realistic layer missing from the comic series. That was the main reason of the success, given it was quite an average show otherwise (too much drama, some poor story choices, etc.).

It would be reasonable to assume the remake of an 18-year old show with 7.3 on IMDB should have some improvements to be a success nowadays.

The new show did none of that. It has poor story, execution and full of cliches. Remake adds nothing of value and tanks with the things already existing in the original. Alas, from the very beginning the story diverges quite significantly, so it cannot be called a remake any more anyway.

Why would you make a remake of 4400, if "The Manifest" is already a copy / heavily inspired by the old 4400.

Why not make a new fresh story without reusing the franchise? The result would still be bad, but at least without the disappointed fans.

And why reuse the franchise if the plot is so divergent from the original from the start?

Not sure what was the motive behind this series and the story they are trying to tell . The original series well done with a great story right from the beginning. Not sure if I will make it through episode 2.