Primos: A Disney Nightmare

[@nintendolife25]

Honestly, this could of have been an average show that came and went with nobody batting an eye but the lead voice actress had to drop the most condescending response to the complaints before it even aired.

[@SilverScribe85]

The show's actually really good and it has some great episodes. Summer of Tater Luna for example, not only has a relatable story but there's a point later on where the animation style changes into a Japanese anime

[@nas0518]

Thank you.

[@SilverScribe85]

@@nas0518 Another episode features a brief but excellent moment of ASL representation

[@VigilanteLulu]

I do think that the hate towards the show is... MOSTLY unjustified. Yes, the original intro (uploaded on KZbin in 2023) had some questionable things that rubbed the Latin American community the wrong way (like the name of the town and some characters) which were eventually addressed and mostly fixed. Yes, the things the VA of Tater said on her Instagram vid response to the backlash were WACK and out of line. Yes, the show itself can be pretty cliche in some areas of its writing. But, for what it's worth, the show, while not quite at the heights of shows like Gravity Falls, Amphibia, Owl House or even other slice-of-life stuff like Big City Greens or Molly McGee, does have a good amount of decent, sometimes even really good stuff within it to keep it afloat. Any similarities it may have to the Loud House and Casagrandes are balanced out by its own little visual and narrative touches. Aside from the episodes that give the titular Primos some individual time to shine and bond with Tater (who is a fun main character to follow despite her faults and has some continuity-based development to her at times), there's some episodes that address some deeper themes like Tater's lack of Spanish language skills (Summer of No Sabo), Nachito's dyslexia (Summer of Lit-Tater-atura) and even some emotional character-driven moments within other episodes (Summer of Cuadros, Summer of Tater Luna). Plus many of the songs, while short, are quite catchy and tuneful. They have this Lin-Manuel Miranda-esque feel and beat to them. Not quite as memorable as the bangers in Moana and Encanto or even Phineas & Ferb or Moon Girl, but some of this show's songs actually kinda got stuck in my head after a listen or two. Overall, once you put the controversy aside and give this show enough of a chance, you'll see it has good intentions and a good amount of heart and effort put into it. Plus, I think that the Loud House/Casagrande similarities were just coincidental as the creator, Natasha Kline, was making the show about her childhood in a Mexican-American family (which was the kind of audience she was catering towards; US people of Latino descent, many of which were "no sabo kids" themselves). I'd say about a 6.5/10, teetering on the edge of good imo.

[@Darth_Bateman]

I feel as though the Latin American "Community" never really heard of this show at all, because dude.... It's a kid's cartoon that isn't Dragon Ball Z. Who gives a fuck besides rage-baiters and man-children?

[@daniapfel2825]

@@VigilanteLulu In least you’re more understandable than this f*cking opiniated who made this video in saying this show is a nightmare and it’s not entertaing nor funny

[@icecreamhero2375]

I watched. Its ok but I'm a little bitter that its too similar to Loud House.

[@kennydarmawan13]

You know what's silly? If the voice actress just used the broken Spanish as a plot point, then we'd be fine. In fact, that's what the show's been doing. Like, why not use that opportunity to explain the many different Spanish/Latin cultures of North America? I'd dig it. People gave Primos low reviews? I saw some profilic KZbinrs that actually enjoy it.

[@hawttytrawtty]

That show is actually pretty good in my opinion. It does have a bit of Big City Greens + Loud House/Casagrandes vibe to it, and the characters are also very well-written and likable (e.g. Tater). Some of them are a bit unlikable to me (e.g. Nachito and Chacha). And yea, I take back what I said last year. That show did not deserve the hate after all, ever since they fixed some of the major problems with it.

[@McQueenStan]

Ngl, I actually really like the show.

[@mechmaster315]

Whoever originally thought of the original city name clearly is now the true causer

[@maninanikittycat4238]

I just thought the art style and characters designs sucked so hard that it made me consider if I had been too harsh on Hazbin Hotel

[@VigilanteLulu]

Eh. I thought the art style was colourful and cute enough. I seen WAY worse stuff (cough Problem Solverz cough).

[@InvasionAnimation]

I liked it I just don't like some of the character designs. I do like the cartoon logic in the show like one of the characters get hit and their entire face molds into the object like in Tom and jerry, I hate Jerry.

[@mechajay3358]

Tater's VA did not do that show any favors with her nonsensical comments.

[@Commenter839]

Ngl from the little I've seen of the show, it wasn't bad. I found it kinda charming, and I actually like it more than The Loud House and The Casagrandes. Moon Girl easily has better songs though

[@nas0518]

The Loud House has some of the most mean-spirited crap ever in the early seasons, (while Seasons 1 through early 3 are good) the show got even worse during the downfall. And The Casgrandes was just...pandering.

[@courier6640]

I legit had no idea this was even a show being made until I saw this vid.

[@joseph-pf5fr]

If you ask me this show is more like the loud house than the casagrandes because tater is more relatable to lincoln than ronnie anne and taters cousins include boot legs of lucy,lisa,and luna

[@misterniceguy429]

I have a feeling this show might be forgotten several years later once the show ends. Remember that time WB made a terrible ripoff of SpongeBob SquarePants that was so bad even the voice of the main character hated it?

[@VigilanteLulu]

At least this show makes a number of its own little narrative touches to make it stand out from the Loud House and Casagrandes (Tater's lack of Spanish knowledge, a tiny bit of continuity, songs in some episodes, etc).

[@NatesGPConVideos]

It's not that bad, if anything i felt the show was very overhated before it came out that people lost interest before they even took a chance to watch one episode

[@Chevistian1]

Mijo yo soy Mexicano and the show is harmless and the series is doing well on streaming and ratings also saying that the series "kinda deserved the hate it got" is very wild beacuse people where even sending death treats to the creator and even industry people who tried to defend the show. I've said it many times, I find it very dumb to label a series as bad or mediocre based on its first 2 or 5 episodes. You don't allow it to find its footing and show its true potential. I remember people doing the same thing with "Hamster & Gretel" and it ended up improving from E10 since Primos S1 isn't even over as of the writting of this.

[@JohnGalt916]

Do you really believe that? The day and age of screen shots and no photos of any threats or emails. Bro youre not from mars. Its called. Lie. Nobody threatened their lives. Know how i know? were talking about Disney employees the FBI would be involved with death threats.

[@purpirek]

If the va is a insufferable b word then our feelings are justified

[@Chevistian1]

@@purpirek Lo que dijo UNA actriz de voz no justifica el acoso de gente que no tuvo en especial si son amenazas de muerte.

[@Darth_Bateman]

Not gonna lie? I don't think that's unfair. You only get to drop your first episode ONCE. The impact your first episode makes will set the stage for how well your show does moving forward. That said: Not every show needs to be Breaking Bad or what The Walking Dead almost was.

[@KidDangerthepony]

Kid Danger: *wearing his mighty pup movie outfit* look, I speak alittle of Spanish. Like si and whatnot.

[@Lloydproductions4171]

Idk why but I kinda liked it 🥶

[@JohnGalt916]

Well the original name was "Oye Primos" ok Spanish 101 Oyen Primos (plural) the messed up BASIC grammar. Im only 3 years in learning Spanish and 6 months in speaking without a pep talk to say "que tal amigo, como estas" and it bugged me😂😂😂

[@widdlepocketmarcy]

just a correction, but the show was never actually called Oye Primos, it's always just been Primos. The line from the theme song was so infamous that it often gets mistaken as the show's title

[@toast4951]

dawg your channel is not gonna get demonetized for mentioning cookitas name 💀

[@90sNath]

That's not her name anymore

[@chilling_in_fall]

she is lucita,the youngest prima.

[@ElPAPICHULOJOSEPH-ii8ew]

Good video. I enjoyed it

[@realsquidpie]

love your channel , im a new sub binging videos rn lol❤

[@nas0518]

Uh, no. Primos was actually good according to the issues fixed. Damn it man, it doesn't deserve the hate it gets. The hell are you talking about? Yes, the video was there, but we're putting that behind us, okay?

[@realsquidpie]

he never said it deserved hate, he was basically just recapping why the PR was bad and why it got so much hate

[@nas0518]

​@@realsquidpie He said probably after he asked did it deserve the hate. I heard what he said.

[@VigilanteLulu]

@@realsquidpie As I heard in the video: "Did Primos deserve the hate it got? Probably."

[@realsquidpie]

@@VigilanteLulu he didnt say it definitely and he meant that because it was offensive to people who live in latin america and are latino. it was undeniably rude in some parts and some people felt it was borderline racist. it had flaws and he didnt sugarcoat it. so?

[@VigilanteLulu]

@@realsquidpie 9:38 is where he said it.

[@lolaqwedont]

coballs

[@Stinktootoot]

8:11 what the…

[@Calamity_Wu]

IMO I have not seen primos since all the stuff happened but the only song I'll admit I like is a little bit bad but other than that the show isn't a good representation of Mexican people IMO

[@shayziekaizie]

Didn’t this show also showcase a “pitch Bible” where they used the word Latinx instead of Latino? I think quite a few people pointed that out and generally dislike that term. I don’t know who started the Latinx word trend, but everyone under the Sun hates that word

[@CorinXV]

Yea they did do that

[@shayziekaizie]

@@CorinXV oh good grief!

[@cookimaus1]

@@shayziekaizieeh i mean i'm not a latina but I still think that discourse is about as silly as cis people calling cis a slur lol

[@shayziekaizie]

@@cookimaus1 yeah, that’s fair. People do get angry over the littlest of things on the internet. :/

[@nas0518]

​​@@shayziekaizie Thankfully, most people watched it and they genuinely liked it. They noticed the issues have been fixed.