An Unpopular Opinion From the Miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream

[@kenj280]

I love the Jacksons mini series! However you are correct, they needed more time. Since the film ends in 1984, I understand why the sisters weren't included more as far as their careers. When the movie jumped from 1976 to 1983 I was shocked! The Destiny/ Off The Wall/Triumph era and their success at writing and producing was completely glossed over!

[@StayTunedReviews]

💯. Now imagine if the original mini series ended with the Jackson's doing their variety show in Vegas and we get to see a montage of what the siblings did after parting their separate ways as adults.

[@andrewcrawford4635]

Yes, good point. I also liked their first two albums of the epic label era, first ‘JACKSONS’ and second ‘Goin’ Places’. A little insight on how well Randy continued to fix into the group and actually show his ‘musician chops’ on the keyboards as well as the congas’.

[@kenj280]

@@andrewcrawford4635 Absolutely! I especially liked the first one " The Jacksons". Randy should have been included in their Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction.

[@jazmorrison9030]

It’s because the story is not about the Jackson 5 the jackson’s mostly they did not include off the wall album years so 1976 to Motown 25 so did skip lots out

[@terron2769]

I agree! I also think they need to have smoother transitions of the Jackson’s ages changing because in the original, you didn’t know who is who unless we got a name drop and I feel like or use context clues I feel like they should use the new edition story way of switching the actors!

[@StayTunedReviews]

Exactly. As a kid I was confused AF wondering how Michael and Marlon went from medium complexion to dark and back to medium complexion again.

[@Tiajones333]

I always agree about the sisters I was like how about the sisters that's messed up you definitely got to include Janet Jackson

[@Xy2tone]

That’s a great idea . If this ever came to reality, I would definitely throw my hat in the ring and audition for the role of Jermaine in the later years. Fun fact, This has been one of my favorite movies since I was a child and the early years part of the original series was filmed I’m my hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[@StayTunedReviews]

I hope it does come true and the show runners give you an audition. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid as well. Then when I became grown I watched it again and had several of those "Wait a minute..." Moments lol

[@Tiajones333]

I love each actor that played Michael Jackson Angela Bassett did an amazing job I like the character of the father too and the character of some of the other characters I love the people that paid Michael Jackson they did that amazing job with that I think the cast name was actually great everybody did their thing

[@ginaclame20]

I agree!! Remake please!! I would so tune in.

[@StayTunedReviews]

Great minds think alike!!! 😁

[@EvenstarWD]

That would be pretty awesome! However my biggest fear would be whether or not the new actors would manage to be as good as the original ones. The original series set the bar pretty high in that regard!

[@StayTunedReviews]

Indeed, that's always the risk that is taken when doing a remake of a popular movie or show.

[@WhisperingEcho33]

Im so with u on that. This was my fav movie as a kid and now. Sooooo much was left out we definitely need a remake! Imo, same goes for The Temptations, Little Richard, Tina Turner bio picks to!

[@StayTunedReviews]

Very true! I would love to see remakes of those other projects. At least in the series format, you can tell more story that's hopefully historically accurate to some degree lol.

[@Luvalou24]

There were too many things that weren't accurate.. dates were wrong..they jumped from the j5 straight to thriller.. no destiny or off the wall.. no mention of the jacksons variety show. Choreographies were wrong.. they had Marlon as the darkest child when he and Latoya were the lightest.. and Michael did not fall down the stairs all dramatically when his hair caught fire.

[@StayTunedReviews]

Very true points! Hopefully a future series can give. More accurate story.

[@donmorris4399]

Fast forward...Now theres about to be a whole biopic

[@StayTunedReviews]

Indeed! The one where MJ's nephew will play him?

[@Tiajones333]

This is one of my favorite biopics the movie that have enough time but I did like it that it started with the parents first then they show the parents having kids it's show Michael Jackson and his brothers when they was younger teenagers and adults

[@Tiajones333]

I agree with you about Netflix yes we need a couple of seasons they better not try to put this on a commercial Channel

[@paulames998]

This could be done with 2 seasons

[@StayTunedReviews]

Very true. My thoughts behind the 5 season approach were to take a page outta Stranger Things playbook where we could see the cast members growing up over time so that we aren't caught off guard with the sudden time jumps.

[@MissKeeyaShowBlog]

I agree it should be a remark

[@StayTunedReviews]

Thanks for checking out my video! What are some things you would like to see in a potential remake?

[@MissKeeyaShowBlog]

@@StayTunedReviews I would love to see Janet career take off. The Jacksons when they left Motown and went to CBS.

[@StayTunedReviews]

@@MissKeeyaShowBlog same here! They only dedicated about 5 mins of the movie to their journey while at CBS.

[@MissKeeyaShowBlog]

@@StayTunedReviews True

[@Tiajones333]

I think the TV series I love it it just didn't have enough time to tell everything or it told certain parts quick

[@brazyfilmo3121]

Definitely left out a lot and ended to early. Still a great movie I would even put this over the temptations mini series. The guy Wylie draper is the best Michael portrayed ever. Jermaine son suppose to be playing Michael in the new upcoming biopic but tbh he doesn’t look like Michael at all he looks like jermaine lol.

[@StayTunedReviews]

Completely agree!

[@tralonwilliams6499]

I am a huge MJ /Jacksons family fan and I love this movie from beginning to end. And I agree it would be nice to see a new re-vamp A brighter retelling of the original story with some more of their career & life's added & yes more of all 3 sisters Janet of course. And then maybe end it with the takeoff careers of the second generation Titos sons 3T.

[@brandobeewell]

Yes! Totally deserves similar treatment to “The Crown”. There’s so much material. I think the series should after Katherine eventually passes away. This way you can cover Michael’s passing, Janet’s rock and roll hall of fame induction, Joe’s passing etc.

[@StayTunedReviews]

Completely agree!!!

[@ricardotorres4150]

If they ever do a remake of the Jackson’s I would love to portray Jackie Jackson

[@StayTunedReviews]

I say go for it! Anything is possible. I hope there is a remake in the future.

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

This is one of my favorite music bios. Can we please get reviews on other music bios such as What’s Love Got To Do It, Why Do Fools Falls In Love, Little Richard, The Temptations, Ray, Notorious, Crazy, Sexy, Cool, Get On Up, Straight Outta Compton, The New Edition Story, The Bobby Brown Story, The Roxanne Shante Story & Wu-Tang An American Saga?

[@StayTunedReviews]

From the results of my most recent poll, I might be reviewing older and newer movies in the near future!!!

[@andrewcrawford4635]

Great idea but yes, probably will not happen. So many mini-series/tell-how-we-got-started’ shows and movies out their of so many groups and individuals. Also the idea of adding ‘a little favor to the truth’ (lie a little bit) to make it interesting or shocking enough for millions to want to see it. Of course, my opinion, I’m getting old. Basically I’m just grateful to hear and experience so many talented musicians and singers in my lifetime. Maybe we don’t need to know as much as we want to about them.

[@StayTunedReviews]

In the words of Biggie, It was all a dream.

[@Tiajones333]

I love this movie I can watch it over and over again but I think it needs a continuation

[@StayTunedReviews]

I can watch it over and over as well. Thankfully KZbin has the whole movie on here just a click away lol. But for a project that came out in the 90's, it was solid. Nothing like it has ever been made for TV

[@nrkgalt]

I suppose it would be interesting to see just how Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley ended up getting married.

[@marshalljohnson8268]

I agree that it needed to be extended, but I don't think it should get a remake. Maybe a TV series under a different title, but if they remake it with the same or similar title it will just be compared, nostalgia with corrupt our minds, and we'll likely hate it. I personally think the original cast not only did an amazing job, but they also looked very similar to their real-life counterparts.

[@StayTunedReviews]

That's a good suggestion. After all, the intention for the original series was to be made from the perspective of Catherine and Joe, but the series essentially tried to fit all of the significant events with Michael into the series while treating everyone else as side characters. Nevertheless, I do agree that a TV series is the best way to flesh out the family. Giving the earlier seasons the opportunity to focus on the older children while focusing on the younger kids in the later seasons.

[@lisacox3750]

Some of the cast looked like their real-life counterparts and others looked nothing like them. The older Jackson brothers...that was hilarious how really none of them looked like the real brothers except Wylie as Michael and Jermaine only because it was played by his real son. And as much as I love Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Joe...he didn't look like Joe AT ALL. Haha. Joe was light skin with blue-green eyes. I think they really kind of didn't care what some of the actors looked like as long as they could act.

[@StayTunedReviews]

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[@TheRequiemOfficialReal]

No.... but to have a proper MJ standalone bio pic that would be a big screen hit. This was a made for tv event but to have a true movie like how they treated like Bohemian Rhapsody and the reason why it hasn't been made because of those allegations. It would be hard to cast for Michael because he was only 5'9 and no more than 120lbs and to have a very thin nose black actor. Some makeup would help but to go digital, they digitized Ralph Fiennes nose for Vorldemort in the Harry Potter, so they would have to go that route. I do have a story I wrote in 2011. "POP", sets up at the after success of Thriller and up to his death. I'm aiming for a PG13 rating due to the given content of what we all know about the music, the life and the horrendous false allegations. Like how they treated Bohemian Rhapsody, of the celebration of Michael Jackson's music. I'm hoping either Sony or Universal would pick up my story and script. I have a great cast in mind Samuel L Jackson (Joe) and Octavia Spencer (Katherine) but to cast Michael would be the hardest spot to cast.

[@StayTunedReviews]

I would be on board with a Michael Jackson biopic, but the Lifetime movie as well as the atrocious Flex Anderson MJ movie left a bad taste in a lot of fans mouths.

[@TheRequiemOfficialReal]

@@StayTunedReviews I hated that movie, Flex is like 6'2. Michael wasn't that "masculine", that movie was a disappointment. I want a truthful story to truly give him his justice and give him a proper legacy to leave behind. I want to go beyond the pain and anguish of the allegations, dive deep into the making of Captain EO, Thriller, Bad and want to pick up where this left off but more of Michael's story. Focus more on the truth of his life and health with a popping soundtrack.

[@lisacox3750]

There will never be a good Michael biopic because nobody wants to tell the real story. Everyone wants to paint Michael as either an angel or a monster and he wasn't either. He was a complex individual like most people. Some fans aren't ready to hear the whole truth though. I want an unbiased version that will tell the facts...and I don't expect they will do that. I'm a fan of Michael but I want a factual and objective/nonbiased account. That's all I want. I know too much of the real story to fall for any kind of film. I know a lot of fans want to hear what they want to hear...but I'm not that kind of fan. Just give me the good, bad, and ugly as long as it's the truth.

[@oliviernga6080]

@@TheRequiemOfficialReal Lol you pick on Michael's height but he actually outgrew some of his older brothers aka Tito and Marlon, and he was actually the same height of his father. I'm pretty sure Laurence Hilton-Jacobs who played Joe Jackson in The Jacksons' movie, was taller than the real Joe Jackson. A lot of child stars end up being short or average at best: Bow Wow, Jackson Brundage, Frankie Muniz, Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Jeremy Jackson, Donny Osmond...

[@tasjourney7778]

I want a little more backstory on joe and Katy they actually sang together in a little group before the kids

[@StayTunedReviews]

Very true!!! There's so much story to flesh out with the entire family if a production company wanted to do so.

[@Tiajones333]

Yes

[@lisacox3750]

There is a lot of backstory that never gets talked about. I always felt there needed to be an update that really included the whole back story of the Jacksons before Motown.

[@lavedrareed4039]

I would yes and no because Michael got enough movies but the Netflix would be a great idea ❤

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[@jadaandre252]

i don’t think they should cause they will cast terrible actors to play them

[@StayTunedReviews]

That's a possibility, but to be fair, the acting talent that was hired to play the forgotten Jacksons gave forgettable performances.

[@jadaandre252]

@@StayTunedReviews wym the forgotten jacksons and i loved angela bassett and jadon weaver they really don’t need to remake it i loved the movie

[@StayTunedReviews]

@@jadaandre252 Randy, Latoya, Tito, Jackie, Marlon, Rebbie, ect. The movie made it seem like those Jackson's contributed little to nothing to the story and the actors who portrayed the characters weren't really polished.

[@lisacox3750]

@@StayTunedReviews You are right and that's why I loved the New Edition Story. You can tell they all contributed to the story. I saw them talk about how they were all asked to tell their individual stories and all of their stories were included in the way they wanted. And you could tell...which is why their miniseries was so good! This miniseries was good, but it was also obvious most of the family had no input. This was Jermaine and his girlfriend at the time's project. The brothers provided no input beyond signing authorization to use their likeness. I would have loved it if they ALL provided their input for their individual stories. I'm not one of those people who only cared about Michael's story. I think they all have interesting stories.

[@StayTunedReviews]

@@lisacox3750 The New Edition Story was definitely a masterpiece. That coulda even been turned into a miniseries, but I was glad with what they were able to do on three parts.

[@ThemedNumber02]

They really didn’t make Joe Jackson brutal enough. After the Jackson 5 took off, Joe’s character just became so quiet and stern. In real life, he played such a manipulative hand in the lives of his children. I wish they would’ve shown more antagonism on his end. Someone could leave the show actually feeling sympathy for a man that was ambitious and cruel to his family.

[@StayTunedReviews]

Very true. I think this is because Joe and Kat essentially supervised the production of the series and it was a PG version of what really happened in the household.

[@brownpapi2634]

Relax lady anti-patriarcy....go holla at a therapist and heal

[@kenj280]

The brothers have said the movie made him too harsh. Jackie and Tito are on KZbin talking about it.

[@milicann]

Yes we all wanna know what they did every day of their lives! ( joking ) yes, what a great idea 🎉🎉🎉

[@StayTunedReviews]

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[@bradgarnerjackson5channel897]

One of my problems with the movie Randy was to old when they put him in the group when in real life he was just a little kid!! And when they were singing Dancing Machine they all did the robot everyone knows Michael Marlon and Jackie did the robot! Shake your body down to the ground should have been in the movie!

[@StayTunedReviews]

Very true about Randy. The actor that played him had to be at least 30 🤣🤣🤣

[@jazmorrison9030]

Mj biopic 2025 will be

[@StayTunedReviews]

Can't wait to check it out.

[@Lightskin-i1k]

The didn't do OTW ERA

[@StayTunedReviews]

Very true!

[@theleslielezzshowtell4513]

Make sense 2 me

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[@killboggins]

I'd love a remake. I was disappointed by the series. Make a full warts and all remake

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