4400

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.

I would say this is typical CW crap....but honestly it's worse than their usual... Is the original 4400 is one of my all time favorite sci-fis ,but this is straight garbage.

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?

...and I kind of agree. Synopsis talks about 4400 overlooked and blah blah. So, one main character is a lawyer, another is doing a reality show, this and that. How are they somehow in a bad place? Oh, right, this is about USA and skin color: nobody is white, and almost everyone is black. That's the main story.

They mention people were taken "from all over the world", yet they only focus on a handful of black people from USA. They try so hard to make everything about skin color. It alienates people who aren't all into USian politics. It detracts from the story.

And the story... I'm in episode 10 now. There's not much of a story. It's all overshadowed by other things. This isn't scifi, this is just narrative of one country's societal issues based on skin color. If in 10 episodes you haven't gotten anywhere in the actual plot, the one that's supposed to be the story, I don't think it's going anywhere.

If this gets a second season I hope they actually take off their skin color glasses and actually think which show they're doing: scifi story, or societal commentary. You clearly aren't capable of doing both.

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.