So I finally got Netflix...

[lennytheweedwhacker]

The biggest problem with that show is the casting of Gomez Addams. Not because Luis Guzmán is a tremendously ugly man, but because he has no charisma whatsoever.

Do you mean just in this role or in general?

[The Argonaut]

I loved him in IMDb

[VinylGuy]

The biggest problem with that show is the casting of Gomez Addams. Not because Luis Guzmán is a tremendously ugly man, but because he has no charisma whatsoever.

he is alright in terms of casting, the original version looks just like him, but yeah i feel its weird too. Still, i would say the main issue with those two eps, maybe it picks up later, is that they are doing Sabrina or Archie again. It has no personality whatsoever and the storytelling is rushed as fuuuck.

Jenna Ortega is great because she is fucking awesome.

[Jorge]

The biggest problem with that show is the casting of Gomez Addams. Not because Luis Guzmán is a tremendously ugly man, but because he has no charisma whatsoever.

Do you mean just in this role or in general?

This role. He's all wrong, even if he looks like the original comic strip character. Gomez needs to be suave and charismatic. Guzmán is completely unconvincing trying to pull that off

[bart]

I haven’t seen Wednesday and don’t plan to, but that’s Raul Julia‘s version of Gomez. The original comics portray him as a hideous but likable schemer and in the old tv show he has a little used car salesman skeevyness.

[wease]

I thought Glass Onion was perfectly fine. Even, dare I say, "fun"?

You may say it

I'm still considering it. Might even upgrade it to "a blast".

I really enjoyed it. As good as the first.

[Jorge]

I haven’t seen Wednesday and don’t plan to, but that’s Raul Julia‘s version of Gomez. The original comics portray him as a hideous but likable schemer and in the old tv show he has a little used car salesman skeevyness.

Well, the 90s films are obviously where these characterizations are based on, Wednesday was pretty much a regular kid in the old show. Even so, John Astin is the Gomez I grew up watching on reruns, and he brought a smoothness, sophistication and likeability that is fully missing from Guzman's performance. Even Tim Curry brought this element to the wacky screwball hijinks of that straight-to-video sequel he was in (that I used to own on VHS!).

[doug rr]

we watched "Sr." last night...its a documentary done by Robert downey and his dad...good stuff

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I haven’t seen Wednesday and don’t plan to, but that’s Raul Julia‘s version of Gomez. The original comics portray him as a hideous but likable schemer and in the old tv show he has a little used car salesman skeevyness.

Well, the 90s films are obviously where these characterizations are based on, Wednesday was pretty much a regular kid in the old show. Even so, John Astin is the Gomez I grew up watching on reruns, and he brought a smoothness, sophistication and likeability that is fully missing from Guzman's performance. Even Tim Curry brought this element to the wacky screwball hijinks of that straight-to-video sequel he was in (that I used to own on VHS!).

No need to be rude.

[JuanHamm]

I cannot imagine Luis Guzman as Gomez. That sounds like awful casting.

[epilogue]

Finally watched S1 of Derry Girls. Good stuff!

[Ello Sailor]

Guzman sounded like he needed an oxygen mask on standby. His delivery seemed labored at times. He doesn't sound like that in interviews.

Maybe the Romanian air didn't agree with him.

[oasisfan35]

I cannot imagine Luis Guzman as Gomez. That sounds like awful casting.

It really does pull you away from the scenes, I feel it is awful casting as well.

[bart]

I haven’t seen Wednesday and don’t plan to, but that’s Raul Julia‘s version of Gomez. The original comics portray him as a hideous but likable schemer and in the old tv show he has a little used car salesman skeevyness.

Well, the 90s films are obviously where these characterizations are based on, Wednesday was pretty much a regular kid in the old show. Even so, John Astin is the Gomez I grew up watching on reruns, and he brought a smoothness, sophistication and likeability that is fully missing from Guzman's performance. Even Tim Curry brought this element to the wacky screwball hijinks of that straight-to-video sequel he was in (that I used to own on VHS!).

No need to be rude.

Thank you lenny, I was taken aback by Jorge’s outburst

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I haven’t seen Wednesday and don’t plan to, but that’s Raul Julia‘s version of Gomez. The original comics portray him as a hideous but likable schemer and in the old tv show he has a little used car salesman skeevyness.

Well, the 90s films are obviously where these characterizations are based on, Wednesday was pretty much a regular kid in the old show. Even so, John Astin is the Gomez I grew up watching on reruns, and he brought a smoothness, sophistication and likeability that is fully missing from Guzman's performance. Even Tim Curry brought this element to the wacky screwball hijinks of that straight-to-video sequel he was in (that I used to own on VHS!).

No need to be rude.

Thank you lenny, I was taken aback by Jorge’s outburst

We all know he can be that way, but this one really caught me off guard.

[VinylGuy]

He humiliated us with FACTS

[psychobain]

1899 not renewed
Fuck u nflix

[Bi_3]

1899 not renewed
Fuck u nflix

Their business model is pretty frustrating.

[VinylGuy]

1899 not renewed
Fuck u nflix

Their business model is pretty frustrating.

I remember when everyone was happy they would renew shows so they could finish their storylines. Now, its pretty much similar to when NBC or whatever network would cancel any show after three episodes or one season.

Hell, the whole streaming war is pretty much basic cable at this point.

[Simple Torture]

I watched 1899 right after it dropped, and that got me to return to Dark, which I had watched 2 episodes of a few years ago. Honestly, Dark is just heads and shoulders above 1899 in every way, I am not surprised it hasn’t caught on in a similar way. It’s hard not to compare the shows, especially when

Spoiler: show

that line “a glitch in the Matrix” was such an important touchstone in Dark, and then 1899 is basically the Matrix.