the new Spiderwick Chronicles reboot is pretty dumb

[@AlexMeyersVids]

check out my video on the 2008 Spiderwick Chronicles movie if you have time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIuYZK2dncatnrs

[@GuessImOogalyGoo]

Luv ya pls give this a likeeee ❤❤❤❤❤

[@elindayana8174]

PLEASE DO A VIDEO ABOUT "SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON"!!! 😭💖🔥

[@anne-marinecomarmond3737]

I adored the original when it first came out! Needless to say....I have no hope for this reboot

[@Helluvaedits9657]

You always make the best stuff about the most stupid movies or the best ones

[@non-michael796]

Anyone else wondering how he posted this 18hrs ago when this is posted 33mins ago?

[@DecentSilver]

They removed the whole child-like wonder and exploration from it. No discovery, no awe, no NOTHING. The audience can't be curious with the characters anymore i guess

[@wanishuk3149]

This is exactly!!!! Spiderwick movie was amazing bcs it captured the childlike wonder sooooo well

[@exhaustedpunk1477]

Some days ago I was reading about how studios realized a part of their audience watches movies/shows while doing other things as a background companion so some of them were moving towards producing stuff that doesn't require the audience to pay too much attention or even look at the screen too much, which is what this and a lot of new media feels like to me. They are giving you the bare minimum to stimulate you and the answers are just given to you nonchalantly, and that is not even taking into account that they used this one for a tax write off... It's like purposefully soulless and mediocre, doomed from the start.

[@tomlinson1710]

It’s like Percy Jackson all over again

[@Flame-rp6yq]

ikr? like I have been writing a story similar to this, since I love that mysterious wonder I mean if I lived in a mansion belonging to my great great grandfather I would be having a blast to try and figure out all kinds of things! because it's rare that people manage to even have ahold of houses that old in the family, so there is bound to be all kinds of secrets, especially considering the nature of the family, and this mysterious great aunt who tells of stories of the fae

[@shaereub4450]

This is the difference between "show don't tell" and "tell don't show". It's like they have to explain everything like we can't figure things out with the hints.

[@ILuvBoysInDresses]

Why is the executive's first thought always "Oh good, the books were popular, so let's not reference them!"

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

Because reading a book and deciding what parts adapt and how takes time and time is money, so its faster to just write whatever and stamp a recognizable name to it for views or movie tickets. By the time the fans of the books realize the studio scammed them you will be already working for other company so its the perfect crime

[@beck86]

Exactly the same as the Borderlands movie; 'oh good, the games were popular, so let's cherry pick bits and make up the rest'.

[@pavlabrisudova4251]

@@Mario_Angel_Medina those books are super short though, you can easily do a whole series in a day and then go from there OR even better write a completely NEW story easy fix

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

@@pavlabrisudova4251 I think you miss my point, "little effort" is still more difficult than "no effort" which is the ultimate goal of Hollywood producers. That's why A.I. excites them so much, the heads of the studios making our current TV shows and movies are basically scammers that don't care about quallity and in fact try actively to elimitate it as a factor on wheiter they succeed or fail

[@ridiaraspberry4095]

@@beck86 but like, that one was at least good...

[@nospellcheck]

That daddy line made me set the sponge down, turn off the kitchen faucet, and pause a whole moment while listening. Cause WHAT

[@DapperOJack]

In fairness they are mythical creatures that have no idea the context of what they’re saying yk

[@blazekitsune]

@@DapperOJacktrue, but the writers knew exactly what they were saying lol

[@deathpie24]

I too watch these videos while doing the dishes

[@yourlittleinsomniac5369]

That was my reaction to the fencing teacher scene "I cannot teach you" like ma'am mental fencing isn't real fencing!!!

[@Blodhelm]

@@DapperOJack Reminds me of the American version of "Ghosts" where they misuse common terms for passing on from this world and switching hosts and such. Juvenile, but hilarious.

[@BananerNanner]

“don’t be d-bags” being said with no energy but large smiles really set the tone

[@ladygingin]

I honestly thought they said "Don't be tea-bagged" and I was very confused.

[@Mankey619]

@@ladygingin That's what I thought when I rewind it. I mean who ever wrote this, must think that's all teenagers talk like.

[@AliSanguis]

Bad parenting letting kids talk like that.

[@JWeb66]

Proceeds to be d-bags.

[@applefarm6126]

@@AliSanguis Nah

[@Davi_L]

They’re supposed to be little kids like 10 years old not a bunch of fully grown teenagers. They committed the Riverdale crime.

[@wintertrooper7918]

The kid actors are all in their mid teens

[@lemustacheman5768]

@@wintertrooper7918 i want to repeat what you said slowly... they are supposed to be nine and 13.... not their mid-teens

[@saysomethingaldcsbiggestfa792]

@@lemustacheman5768they were both 14 at filming, meaning that one was only a year older than he was meant to be

[@LugreliaCreates]

😱😱😱😱😱 Dun Dun DUUUNNNNNNNNN!!!!

[@Name..........]

​@@lemustacheman5768who gives a shit....I'll repeat that slowly for you....WHO....G..I...V...E...S...a....S...H....I....T

[@thenonfictionalexplainer952]

the thing i notice with these old movies getting rebooted is a lot of them tend to lose their mystery or mystique like the soul was ripped out and replaced with a silicon one.

[@brooke4502]

Even Percy Jackson which I love kind of had the mystery and suspense removed from it, it’s makes me sad :(

[@CrazyMazapan]

CGI heart

[@riot9179]

@@brooke4502Not really. It’s just that you already know what was happening because you read the book.

[@nicolepaes9721]

​@@riot9179 Im not the person you responded to, but I fell the same way, so I'll say it's not that at all. In reality, it just felt like the characters already know what happens because they read the books.

[@brooke4502]

@@riot9179 I agree with what nicole said, obviously i already knew what was going to happen but at the same time, medusa immediately revealed who she was and the kids seemed to already know who crusty was going into it which made me a bit sad. i still loved the show it just didn’t feel the same as the books

[@trinaq]

I must be living in a cave, since this was the only way I found out that there was a new Spiderwick installment.

[@strwrbttlfrnt]

You're not alone

[@zoeledwards6617]

Yeah I found out thanks to Alex so yeah I was surprised too.

[@jabbersthekillerrabbit5057]

I found out because of the last video he made

[@EvangelineIsMe]

I swear I find comments by you everywhere 💀

[@xjk8977]

Me too

[@whiterabbit1973]

One of the biggest problems is that they aged up the kids. So understandable behaviors for younger kids, becomes cringy, strange, unrelatable behavior. Love your videos by the way!

[@david6321]

Yeah all the interesting drama between the brothers would be believable if they were actually kids, but it becomes insufferable with these annoying teenagers

[@vianjelos]

I watched this with my grandma(we still have 2 episodes left) and within the first 30 minutes I mentioned to her how it seems like it'd be better if the kids were little kids not teens. I've never read the books, heck I didn't even know there was sorce material..but even to a new comer like me it was clear that the story was written with younger protagonist in mind..its funny how the screen writers aged them up but didn't really do a good job at reflecting that in the actual writing.

[@justblue3150]

​@@vianjelosThere’s another movie version made years before this TV show with the same name-the twins are indeed actual kids and the sister is in her early teens. The animation also holds up even now; I'd recommend it if you're interested

[@fhernands]

Oddly enough, as someone who grew up with the books before the movie, I always thought that gravity falls manages to captures the series feeling better than both adaptations.

[@GutterBratt]

totally!!! its like the same story in different universes

[@EricaGarfinkel]

If you like gravity falls did you ever watch the Oblongs as a kid? That was my ABS fav show growing up and the creepy susie books there based off.

[@rimfire8217]

Oh wow. WOW

[@CoolScratcher]

They are REALLY similar in terms of storyline. And Gravity Falls is awesome so yeah

[@user-uw9io4hl5g]

​@EricaGarfinkel The oblongs is an adult show....

[@its_myo]

its crazy how the movie from 2008 is better than just one episode of this reboot. like no wonder disney didnt want put that up. but is it so hard to adapt something that is already written out for you.

[@tomforge614]

I mean, stageplay and direction, but not the dialogue. Need to adapt how it looks, but sturdy bones from a prewritten story should at least support a decent stageplay for filming.

[@noobmasterruben5167]

Which is so weird because they were Ok with trash like She hulk & Boba Fett but somehow this is like not worth it

[@tkps]

@@noobmasterruben5167 After spending fortunes green lighting all this trash I think the chickens came home to roost money wise, even for someone the size of Disney. Willow got the same treatment and after seeing it reviewed, I wasn't the least surprised.

[@its_myo]

@@tomforge614 i mean fair but the series and the movie have awkward dialogue more the movie because story dumps and all but nobody speaks like in the series irl its both a bit jarring

[@MikeInOregon]

So… a single mom with 3 kids of the same age? And she’s like 10 years older than them? How’s that work? They ain’t triplets. And she ain’t an eldritch spirit. C’mon…😐

[@TarisLuna]

Except for the just 10 years older thing it is, theoretically, possible to have 3 kids in one year. Give birth in january / february and get pregnant within a month again, so the next birth would be in the last 2 moth of the year. As long as 1 pregnancy has twins, that would make 3 kids from the same uterus with the same birthyear.

[@MikeInOregon]

@@TarisLuna they aren’t twins.

[@chailatte4942]

The actress turns 50 this year which is only 5 years younger than Christian Slater, both boys are 16 years old and the wrinkles actress is 21! This was filmed 2 years ago which placed her at 47/48 the boys at 14 and the daughter at 19 during filming. They don’t look like adult's in any capacity and you can see the wrinkles in the corners of Joys eyes. They are the same age the original actor of Jared and Simon was during filming and the release.

[@Chet_Manly]

Irresponsible teens do irresponsible things. And judging by the fact they're not struggling financially (actually struggling, not "I need to pick up a few more hours this week" kind of struggling) her family was already well off(old mansion) or she's killing it in the child support and alimony department.

[@TarisLuna]

@@MikeInOregon I'm pretty sure they were twins in the books, but it has been about 15(?) years since I've read them.

[@Luffy453]

The problem with the manchineel tree is that the sap the tree drops regularly is also not only poisonous but corrosive as well, so that house should not be habitable

[@Dressup_Doll]

“A Roku original series.” My very stupid brain: So this is why Kyoshi was helping Aang in NATLA.

[@shinobusora]

Okay. I'm no horticulturist and I haven't seen the movie, so maybe someone else can answer this can answer this, but the manchineel tree is native to tropical climates. So how did the great grandfather plant a tropical tree in Michigan and keep the climate of the house just right to not kill the tree for at least 80 - 100 years when central heating wasn't a thing, there aren't any fireplaces in that room, and the skylight would likely make for a terrible greenhouse? Edit: I just read in an episode recap that the tree in the movie isn't poisonous to the touch and that it actually has magical properties, like protection from ogres and invisibility. So...what writer decided it was a good idea to use an actually dangerous tree for their story aimed at kids/teens? What's next? The gympie gympie plant is suddenly going to be a magic ingredient for love potions?

[@Tabikins626]

People keep planting tropical trees in my town in Oregon desperately trying to turn it into New California. They just pile hay around them when it gets cold and they keep surviving the winters. 🤷

[@junjunjamore7735]

Also, ALL parts of the tree is toxic to the touch, nevermind eating.

[@shinobusora]

@@Tabikins626 That's really interesting. I wonder why that works.

[@shinobusora]

@@junjunjamore7735 YES! People who literally stand under the trees when it rains get friggin blisters. This family is going to get one hell of a rash if they even touch the bark. Don't accidentally singe the tree or your eyes are in danger.

[@1ManRandom]

My grandparents managed to keep a fig tree alive, outside, in New Jersey. They would tie tarps around it in the winter to keep it warm, and the rest of the year was warm enough to leave it uncovered. Maybe the great grandfather was doing something similar to the manchineel tree.

[@DPWFG]

Mom: "This is too dangerous." Also, mom: "Clean up this debris of 100 year old house and mummified mouse corpses."

[@Flame-rp6yq]

yeah, also considering the house most likely hasn't been touched in a long time, probably should check if everything is up to code, like if the the pipes aren't lead, as well as paint that and if any older appliances still in the house have mercury, that also goes for gold, since it was smeared over it to make it have more of a glossy look, that and just in case if there is any old powdered makeup since lead pipes and lead paint weren't banned in the US until the late 80s and 70s respectively especially since mercury was at times used to ward off evil spirits, and used to make glass mirrors as late as the early 1900s

[@LennyPepper]

I really don’t understand why so many of these streaming platform originals are *so heavy* with the exposition. Netflix ATLA, Percy Jackson and now this

[@brantleydybas5193]

Cuz by telling, they save money not having to show

[@sonicanvaspost6867]

2 reasons: 1. TV shows in streaming today are mostly showing all episodes of that one season in one release. Though there are cases of shows scheduling one episode a week, that is now a rare case. 2. They are testing the waters and these shows, more often than not, are getting cancelled after two seasons. Even then, they only get about 6-10 episodes/season(15, if you're lucky), and instead of adding new season, they reboot the show *again* to avoid any chances of giving the actors a raise in their contracts. So yeah, they had to explain everything as both their first and last attempt of telling the story before the show gets cancelled at any moment

[@Ghostleeee]

@@sonicanvaspost6867deep explaination. I’m hav simple one for u. THE WRITERS THINK THAT WE ARE STUPID. „Best case“ The last air bender, the amount of exposition was crazy bad. A kids show that had more faith in the intelligence of kids than this writers in adult.

[@sonicanvaspost6867]

@@Ghostleeee or I have a simpler one: THEY NEVER HAD A WRITER. Producers looked at the show and think these writers on the strike give them too much trouble for wanting to get a liveable wage, they made AI write it for them

[@OtterloopB]

I mean, there are books that are just as guilty of this. Fablehaven, which is in the same fantastical vein as Spiderwick, is _notorious_ for heavy set exposition. Once the characters go into the grandfather's den, exposition begins... And, like Spiderwick, Fablehaven is 5-books long. I think a sign of a great book or TV series is when exposition is handled subtley, or at least told in an engaging manner.

[@bigpapamagoo8696]

The kids being whiny and angsty comes across as so goofy when they're all played by teenagers and not actual little kids

[@matanfgaming640]

The twins where 21 years old in real life so no they weren't played by teen-agers 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kyledouglascox]

As a resident captive of Michigan, i can confirm that no one has ever willingly moved here on purpose 💯

[@JishinimaTidehoshi]

LOL

[@Fly-the-Light]

It's supposed to be set in Maine...Idk why that's so important to me; I think because I'm from New England myself, but I also feel like it's integral to the vibes Edit: I should have kept the video playing, he just said it's in Maine, whoops.

[@stivosaurus]

We do have lots of different kinds of apples, though.

[@xoxoalyyy]

Ikr!?!? I’ve lived here my whole life and i live for the day i go to college OUT OF STATE!!! only 2 more years lmao

[@boginoid]

I'm curious: how do you move somewhere by accident?

[@DylanMcleavy]

So much of the books is lost or becomes nonsense when you age the kids up. Jared using a fencing sword to defend himself, climbing into a dumbwaiter. All make sense for a 8-10 year old but become ridiculous when they’re 16

[@redheart6668]

When will people realise that we dont need reboots and re-makes, we are very much happy with the originals okay! THANK YOU VERY MUCH 😅

[@tmbline]

People? Lol it's corporate and as the age group of 20-45, we don't even have many originals either. So many things were nostalgic about were remakes and retelling of books or comics

[@redheart6668]

Seriously, classics are the best no matter what way you view them, remakes always manage to distill the originality so its just my opinion in a way and for some of us that, we dont need such things

[@candice_ecidnac]

Except Netflix Originals; those are always both terrible and forgettable

[@FukaiKokoro]

I just rewatched the older one and this is absolutely horrible and cringe. The older one felt so magical. This one just doesn't cut it. It doesn't have the same spirit.

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

Companies don't make reboots and remakes to make people happy, they make them to keep intellectual properties away from their competition. In a lot of ways a bad reboot is more useful than a good one because it diminishes interest so even if the adaptation rights revert back to the original author it will be less likely than other company would want to buy them

[@xessenceofinsanityx]

06:40 "the most normal human noise I've ever heard in my life" Me, who's made that exact same noise many times after my brother's done something 👀🫣

[@stefl9467]

As a brother I can confirm that it’s a really normal sound

[@Flame-rp6yq]

as an older brother, I know how it feels to make that sound xD

[@Pengs1Hater]

in terms of Mallory's scream 6:46, that is actually a noise i have made before, multiple times. in fact its probably one of the most normal noises that has come out of my noise holes

[@yassimchenard243]

Spiderwick was such a good read still have the book series in my room. The 2007 film was a really good adaptation but this tv series have 0 thing to do with those book. From the ages of the character to their characteristic. And the MOST important thing about spiderwick is the magical world and fantastic faerie creature. This tv show have 0 magical in it we saw unicorn for what 10 seconde far away wow..... 2/10

[@DarkSkyRogue]

no one ever gets fencing right on screen and it always just makes me laugh. no one wears the full fencing uniform unless they're competing. normal workout pants and the protective gear is enough. mental fencing is not something i've ever done.

[@tkps]

'Mental' fighting is an Asian film trope so I suspect whoever wrote this saw Hero or similar. That had a faultlessly filmed mental sword fight between two extremely talented martial artist/actors. Saying 'this move, that move, the other move, finishing with this move' somehow doesn't cut it by comparison.

[@zora4527]

Yeah I used to do fencing and that edgy “mental” bullshit so does not happen. No one’s thinking of exact fuckin move names in the heat of a match this isn’t an anime. Clearly never even seen footage of the actual sport. Even from that you can tell there’s none of that shit.

[@MissingSirius]

As an epeeist, I must reject the "no one wears full gear" while practicing. You're gonna get stabbed through the leg.

[@DarkSkyRogue]

@@MissingSirius sabre and foil for the most part can get away with shorts. epee has to wear sweatpants at the very least.

[@MissingSirius]

@@DarkSkyRogue lol I know. But I also hate epeeists fencing with sweatpants. Doesn't cut it and is dangerous.

[@thatguy1651]

Oh wow, ANOTHER reboot of a movie or show that NO ONE asked for. 🤨🙄🤦‍♂️

[@gracekim1998]

Sorry is this a new new one?😅

[@mahailiabrown3972]

I feel you, I'm tired of all these reboots just money grabs

[@Pebble_.989]

Oh dear lord

[@EricaGarfinkel]

Yup

[@platfucjuszkrzywostopy4861]

They as always needed to make a "better" version with race-swapped characters...

[@xengar]

My god the opening alone gave me flashbacks to 2017 CW shows.

[@AwesTex]

Man the expository dialogue in this seems BRUTAL

[@kaykutcher2103]

The divorce you already know me and dad went through, how he stayed behind in Brooklyn as you already know, and your one aunt who's your great aunt as you already know. It physically hurts listening to this after a while.

[@YazzyFairy]

😭

[@bridgettelair370]

The dialogue sounds so dated, like unless it's a period piece you should mostly stick to general language. Why are the boys so much older? I feel like them being kids made it make more sense why no one believed them.

[@jansonshrock2859]

I think the biggest problem in this movie is that it's humor is really weird and like, doesn't fit the world of the story i guess. Like "nuttier than a squirrel on molly", the kid who is going to understand and laugh at that joke probably isn't interested in watching the spiderwick chronicles, and the kids watching this show for the story aren't gonna get/like that joke. As an adult watching it I think the jokes in this work to make the story less immersive and not more immersive, which is a bad deal for a fantasy genre story

[@monkey6207]

I don't even get that joke as an adult. But I can tell it does not fit in a kid's show.

[@somedandy7694]

Repeat after me: "You CAN'T improve animation with live-action, but you CAN improve live-action by animating it." Animate Spiderwick. Animate Narnia.

[@YazzyFairy]

The Spiderwick books had really nice illustrations. Imagine an animated series of it in that art style... Ughhh!

[@hunterolaughlin]

Keep Narnia live-action. There’s no need to animate it, especially as there’s already an animated adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe from the 70s. Spiderwick on the other hand I can see more potential as an animated series.

[@ECKohns]

But I liked the Spiderwick and Narnia movies.

[@somedandy7694]

@@ECKohns I'm not saying live-action is bad. I'm saying that live-action is often better as animation. Imagine how awesome Narnia and Spiderwick would look as animated series.

[@hunterolaughlin]

@@somedandy7694 I’d rather Narnia remain as a live-action series. Only Spiderwick could have potential as an animated series.

[@phoenix_seven9531]

I read both book series of Spiderwick Chronicles as a child and bought the box sets as an adult. I just want an accurate adaption. I feel that a show is the best way to do, but they should adaption both series. The first episode felt so different from the books as if they just took the names and the general idea of what the series is about, then made a show.

[@digitalstarlyte]

“what teenage girl is gonna have a lifesize-“ literally last year, freshman year of college, my roommate moved in with a life size cardboard cutout of pitbull. life size cut outs are right up teenage girls alleys ‼️

[@korilloyd6004]

I have a Legolas cut out I bought around the time I graduated high school,

[@tkps]

A dog I can understand. A person? Not so much.

[@ameliaduncan3236]

@@tkps Lmao, Pitbull, the singer

[@schaapje3945]

My 19 year old co-worker got a life size cardboard cutout of pedro pascal for her birthday, so I can believe this one tbh

[@danisahar2010-n7j]

It's confirmed: Alex Meyers is "one of those cool moms" 😂

[@theresasanda8845]

Fr

[@lordvoldemort5586]

You should do a series of unfortunate events from 2004. That's an interesting trip.

[@Nightbat1321]

Netflix has their series as well ( tho lemony snicket is one of my favorite book series and I named my dog after it)

[@Violetsong222]

your pfp i can't (said the hp nerd as of december)

[@jwlgoesfishing]

Christian Slater was the PERFECT casting choice for his role though. I genuinely cannot think of anyone else who could pull this off.

[@HIR0SE]

This was the hardest video I've watched here. Like, I was groaning whenever clips of the show were show, begging for it to stop. I can't believe it was only the first episode! Felt like the entire season.

[@CactusKitty42]

The thing with this movie and movies lately (especially reboots) just seem so… acted. Like you can almost see the script and it just takes you out of it. Y know?

[@TheOReport1994]

They aren't making reboots . . . they're making parodies.

[@klue1381]

I remember reading the first book in my first grade class when this was a brand new series, I liked the fantasy vibes so I showed my grandma she loved it so much that we waited for each new entry and read them all as they came out. Good memories, I was really hoping this was gonna be the Percy Jackson of the spiderwick saga. I guess the spiderwick Chronicles was never as popular as Percy Jackson so maybe that's why it doesn't get special treatment :/ R.I.P GMA

[@stargirl7646]

2:32 as a Michigander, YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

[@weem7]

"Nuttier than a squirrel on molly"...yeah I'd really like to experience that first hand at least once in my life

[@PinoyRiceCake]

1:46 Alright, who let that creep Dan Schenider breath in the writers room?!

[@LETMEHSLEEP601]

I’m assuming that she keeps the big cardboard people to practice fencing

[@Firestar-TV]

Explains why if I saw correctly that bald Guy was there. I think Andrew Tate was his Name

[@Aitherea]

I feel like they keep doing this with "remakes." They literally have a strong, well-written story thanks to the source material, but instead they go the route of making what is essentially fan fiction that doesn't even come close to the quality of writing in the original. If these studios want to make original shows so bad, then make original shows!! Stop taking existing properties and making them worse Q_Q

[@YazzyFairy]

EXACTLY. These people need to stop making adaptations of books they don't even like. 😭 An example of a good adaptation I won't get over is Lockwood and Co. UGH, shame they cancelled it. The people who made the adaptation clearly loved the books, so the few changes they did make improved a lot when compared to the books.

[@Kingdom850]

What makes it worse here is that the original authors of the books were executive producers and actually approved of all these changes.

[@extoyshred2957]

When are tv shows and movies going to realize showing is better than telling again how.much money are they going to have to lose before they realize that

[@Temperans]

Wait they can realize things? I thought that was a myth

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

0:53 if you told me this shot was from a Cold War spy movie and this scene was set on that bridge in Berlin where spies did prisoner exchanges, I would believe you

[@thoughtsofaleo2916]

Genuine question, why are the kids aged up in this? Like it's believable when it's like 10-12 year old kids going through this whimsical fantasy things (and fitting in dumbwaiters) but when they're almost adults, it's a little harder to picture. Like older protagonists CAN work, but they have to have that perfect mix of smart and dumb. These guys just seem like they're dumb (bc of the writing and dialogue.) I really wish this adaptation had been good, but from what I've seen, it reminds me why too much of the Percy Jackson movie, so I'm gonna pass.

[@thebestadoringfan]

who doesn't want to live in a house like that 😭 why are they complaining about it

[@Lordodragonss]

Exactly!

[@DragonGirl2000]

For real

[@nightcollapse]

Idk its got a poison tree

[@HyperGloss666]

I think there's this issue (particularly with tv shows) that nothing can be silly and fun anymore, everything has to be deep. You touched on this with Riverdale, as it was a rare case of a show not taking itself too seriously

[@HelloJellojrl]

so many adaptations of children's books always try to make it dark and edgy, try to age it up to appeal to a teenage audience.. but the reason the teeanagers loved these books when they were children was because they were filled with whimsy and purely accidental wonder. its a "Yes child you two could move into a random house and find a book on fairys and goblins."

[@Silas_Ames]

So how did the original Mr. Spiderwick (a black man) manage to get ownership of a mansion in the late 19th century America?

[@The_Super_Poodle]

Where is the mushroom ring 😭😭😭😭

[@shhimreading906]

honestly this show (from what you've said) is just another in a line of many where the people adaptating it think they know better than the source material (which ofc they dont) and then they make the story worse making unnecessary changes. like going off of the book/film that scene where the wall gets broken to reveal the dumbwaiter happens because jared can hear something in the wall so he breaks the wall and then gets told off for it by his mum (thus reaffirming his anger, fears and general resentful feelings towards his parents breaking up, having to move to the middle of nowhere, people not believing him when he says he can hear things in the wall, etc) whereas in the show.... the mum suggests they break the wall and then tells them to clean it up (which makes no sense and takes away the emotional purpose of the scene in the first place). why would anyone think it made the story better to make that change? there is no logic behind that change. it actively makes the story worse. at this point im actively upholding the belief that screenwriters these days are just untalented people who take other peoples stories, dont understand them, and then proceed to ruin them because they're not good enough to come up with their own ideas

[@gaby-leigh2207]

"Mental fencing" 😭

[@Raximus3000]

That is an anime of heavy martial arts movie thing...

[@microcelltechnicalassistence]

​@@Raximus3000its a thing only in heavy fictcional martial arts

[@Raximus3000]

@@microcelltechnicalassistence DB Z episode 39 and the extreme example is in gundam build fighters episode 5 WHERE THEY USE GUNPLA for that! Hell a variation of that is basicaly what Zaraki did to Ichigo the first time they met, visions of death just from his killing intention!

[@microcelltechnicalassistence]

@@Raximus3000 well but that Last one is good, instead of playing chess but fencing

[@Raximus3000]

@@microcelltechnicalassistence Right... Because those 2 are so close.

[@Bloomkyaaa]

Oh hell naw, they made them black?! AIN'T NO BLACK PERSON WOULD EVER MOVE INTO A HAUNTED HOUSE. *WE DON'T DO THAT.*

[@shannarafryer3111]

At first I thought this was another racist comment but yeah you right. We would take one look at the house and turn around 💀

[@Bloomkyaaa]

@@shannarafryer3111 LMAO, I'm black! I just had to say it cuz we all know it's true. 🤣

[@SirHurricane_]

@@shannarafryer3111how is it racist to say it’s dumb to race swap characters for no reason

[@erinjoyner3739]

​@SirHurricane_ because we live in a world where if anyone says anything ever about a non white person that isn't absolutely praise and worship, it's racist. Critical thinking doesn't exist.

[@escritora84]

THAT'S WHAT I SAID! There's no way they would've bought that house!!! They wouldn't investigate! LMAO I'm so glad someone else gets it.

[@unlikelyspecimen244]

that's it. Subtlety is officially dead I can't with these reboots bruh

[@sarahjanuszko6921]

I live in michigan where the wind hurts my face so i dont have to deal with a hella ton of bugs all year

[@tomlinson1710]

It’s true

[@charnel8435]

you had me at "call me daddy"

[@Andreamom001]

Michigan is awesome. The Great Lakes, forests, cities with museums, Islands, boating, fishing, hiking, light houses, beaches, camping, snowmobiling, skiing, ice fishing, hockey… You can’t drive five miles in any direction without coming across water (lakes, rivers, creeks). If it weren’t for the long, cold winter, it would be the perfect place.

[@jeremyallen5974]

That might have something to do with the fact that we're sitting in lake effect central

[@elle_blair]

It’s in the USA, tho 😔

[@xoxoalyyy]

Yeah the winter did it for me lmao

[@carter_lovejoy]

Other YA book adaptations Alex should talk about (leave me your suggestions in the replies and I’ll add them): - The 5th Wave (2016) - Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (2006) - Artemis Fowl (2020) - Chaos Walking (2021) - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) - Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009) - City of Ember (2008) - The Darkest Minds (2018) - Divergent (2014) - The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) - The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016) - Ender’s Game (2013) - Eragon (2006) - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) - The Fault in Our Stars (2014) - The Giver (2014) - The Golden Compass (2007) - His Dark Materials (2019-2022) - The Host (2013) - How to Eat Fried Worms (2006) - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) (MoistCr1TiKaL’s performance as District 8 Medic is legendary!) - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) - I Am Number Four (2011) (My cousins were actually extras in this movie!) - Inkheart (2008) - Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (Movie) (2004) - Love, Simon (2018) - Love, Victor (2020-2022) - The Maze Runner (2014) - Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) - Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) - Mortal Engines (2018) - The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) - Nim’s Island (2008) - Return to Nim’s Island (2013) - The Outsiders (1983) - Paper Towns (2015) - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) - Ready Player One (2018) - The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) - Seventh Son (2014) - Shadowhunters (2016-2019) - Vampire Academy (Movie) (2014) - Vampire Academy (TV Show) (2014)

[@trinaq]

Yes, I'd love to see his reactions to those movies, especially Divergent.

[@reannagordon]

Alex might die of cringe

[@cynicalthoughts]

I could swear I saw an Artemis Fowl video from Alex o.O

[@chi6454]

I believe there's a Vampire Academy TV series now also

[@applefly8]

The perks of being a wallflower is a masterpiece

[@AcoylteKraven82]

8:04- Wait……. That wasn’t supposed to be the teacher (and whoever did the casting is…… um, not smart at all!)?!? Yeah, that is weird! And why would another student be the one to teach the new kid?!?

[@Measuresderepo]

Alex just being like: screenwriters need to touch grass

[@sakunaruful]

Why weren’t the spider wick chronicles adapted into an animated film or tv series? Animators could emulate the book’s art style.

[@RavenHaili]

Ugh those kids are so ungrateful, why do so many new characters have such garbage personalities. It's that they're so proud to be low character, that's what angers me.

[@tkps]

Modern writers have those personalities so all they know how to write is 'I want to see myself represented'. In other words, themselves.

[@SorrowNova]

Tbh I think this is more a problem of them having been aged up. Jared being kind of a brat and Mallory being a stuck-up older sister made sense when they were angsty 10-13 year olds, just moved, with their parents divorcing and being vague about it to them (also, crucially, the og movie was - like the books - told from Jared's perspective. Everything and everyone he interacted with was being filtered through the lens of an angsty tween boy with a fractured family. In this show, like a lot of shows suffer from now, there is no real character perspective. You can very clearly always see the writer behind the script). But anyways, point being - when you try to keep the same angsty behavior and put it on the shoulders of 15-20 year olds, it just comes across like they're garbage people

[@g.t2231]

same jared annoyed tf outta me

[@YazzyFairy]

@@SorrowNova Thank you, that's exactly what I was about to say.

[@heis9873]

Maaan could you pleease do Inkheart next? I'd love to see your take on that movie!

[@rx500android]

Holy shit, I lovedddd those books as a kid!

[@GutterBratt]

only 1:45 in and they've already completely scrapped the plot of the books, which was FANTASTIC

[@FukaiKokoro]

They ruined the magic of the movie. I haven't read the book. But the 2008 movie had this special type of magic about it and these people stripped that out completely..

[@LillianaLobster]

I love how Nick points out the Nick Jonas cardboard cutout but completely ignores the Pitbull one Edit: who the HELL is nick?

[@andrewdowns3673]

Mickey Mouse: Uh yeah, not even I am desperate enough to release this hot garbage.

[@onlyonGraceXM]

I literally felt my brain frying like an overworked computer from trying and failing to understand why that “mental fencing” scene exists

[@AutumnColoursYT]

Honestly watching this makes me sad. I read the 2000s book series of this story. They've altered so much in the reboot. Even the first movie was meh. The new movie they've added more technology and changed the characters and everything. It's nothing like the books. It's a disgrace to ruin books like this.

[@firstnamelastname-j3o]

You gotta read the books man. I remember as a kid how I went through them so fast and started going outside, kicking rocks on hills thinking they were giants.

[@amirshaikh5955]

When did Mr Robot became "Daddy"😂

[@MirElla-tq9ne]

spoiler alert: he in fact was

[@ebi452]

The spiderwick audio books are read by Mark Hamill and only an hour long each I honestly recommend

[@farhanap3070]

woah woah woah the Michigan slander ??? Alex must not know about the new Detroit “Hollywood” sign 😮‍💨

[@BreezyRenee333]

I'm never gonna escape this sign, am I? 😭😂

[@ammie1813]

I didn't even know there was a Spiderwick Chronicles reboot???

[@josephisaac2006]

I saw it and it was shitty! so don’t watch it at all period.

[@Chris-xu4yp]

I literally randomly started watching this yesterday randomly it made me fall asleep great

[@loodgack]

Ok but imagine having a tree growing in ur own house?!???? New goal set

[@Korihor666]

“Grog nog the unshowered” 💀

[@meagancrowley5197]

Back when I was a sweet summer child watching the movie adaptation in 2008, I complained that remakes never get it right and it made me so mad they would never follow the plot to the end and show my favorite scenes, or pick actors that I would have liked better- but I never knew how good things actually were, and how bad things were going to get 😩 I thought remakes would get better with new technology cuz there would be less things holding us back from being accurate to the books- especially when they started turning books into TV shows. Now I know that we're living in a world where people crush your dreams on purpose and art is dead 😊

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

8:04 You're the third person I've heard make this observation (alongside Just Some Guy and Disparu) and I feel vindicated because I've been saying the same thing.

[@LevitatingCups]

I still find it comical that your 3rd person avatar on the chair sits like a normal human, legs straight forward and toes up

[@wintertrooper7918]

God damn you alex! You remonded me that the CW powerpuff girls was supposed to be a real thing and not a fever dream

[@emelineteaches1093]

We have a family of woodpeckers living in our attic and we get an invasion of mice every fall. Sounds in the walls and ceiling have not yet led to any crazy adventures, and we have not yet randomly beaten up any walls

[@femiowoturo5592]

Is that Andrew tate beside the Nick J onas cut out at 5:08 😂😂

[@R3GARnator]

8:05 Alex would really enjoy the Fallout show, it's filled with relatable writing.

[@oliviathegreat2866]

This just makes me appreciate the movie even more

[@hunterolaughlin]

I KNEW this was going to happen.

[@jamesbeachem2003]

Roku is good for us who don't have that excess cash.

[@jeniferclemente1252]

None of that happens in the books….This has confirmed what thought about how much this isn’t like the books in any remote way…..they destroyed the books so bad it really should’ve never seen the light of day…..>

[@tkps]

When do they ever not do that today? They get hold of IPs they know are popular then decide they can do it much better but sadly, they never can as they keep proving. The egos are far bigger than the talent.

[@jeniferclemente1252]

@@tkps unfortunately, yeah..

[@jeniferclemente1252]

@@justsomeguywithnomustache6245 well, the protective circle didn’t exist in the books and it was a matter of time until Mulgarath learned where Arthur’s book was. It made for a more interesting story with the amount of creatures they encountered along the way. And Thimbletack seemed more mouse-like with nothing from the original book design and I liked that the goblins came to life in the film cuz most of the creatures were made according to the illustrations. They should’ve just renamed the series and removed the 5% from the books to make it original instead rewriting the whole plot completely. Cuz it’s not faithful to the source material and people that haven’t read the books think that they’re seeing it on the show…

[@jeniferclemente1252]

@@justsomeguywithnomustache6245 THAT’S what they did to a shapeshifting Ogre?! I was more terrified when he was introduced later in the books and how they slowly revealed him as the film went on… Even when the character is a literal monster, they can’t show it for a tv show…>< The books really are still way better.

[@simlover00]

1:38 😂the way she spoke that and her mouth movement was weird

[@wendy-woodhouse]

As a Michigander, I can confirm that few of us are here by choice. It snows til April and then you get a pothole every 5 minutes.😅

[@lunamoonstone2350]

I really loved the spiderwick chronicles books and movies. Instead of trying to redo the first movie why not do a show about the second installment of spiderwick it had two new characters on a new quest. that would have been cool to see. this movie well the dialogue is odd, I never took fencing so the mental fencing part do teachers actually do that or not? Also, the kids are supposed to be ten, mallory I believe was at least 14 or 15, I wonder why companies keep making characters that are supposed to be kids older. Anyways alex if you want to keep making videos on this show that's cool but I am going to stick to the original spiderwick movie and book series.

[@thecowboybebop2071]

As someone who lives in Michigan I can say with confidence that I was forced to live here at gun point

[@monkey6207]

Only Up North is good. That grey spot on the map with Detroit in it however, I can believe it.

[@davidziegler7743]

A shitty, half-hearted, "modern" remake that doesn't even manage to justify its own existence in 2024?! No way!

[@JeremyIbironke]

5:56 Seriously though, a lot of the problems in fantasy shows, mystery shows, etc. could be solved with just a working camera

[@mesousagaby740]

Still hoping for Alex to talk about the live-action Cartoon Network shows like Unnatural History, Tower Prep and Level Up.

[@JeskidoYT]

They're very hard to find in good quality online

[@michaelforthriller]

It's barely inspired by the books....BARELY.......Nothing will surpass the magic of those books. the film adaptation was an ok film but still disappointing in comparison with the books.....This Show however makes the 2008 film a MASTERPIECE.

[@elindayana8174]

PLEASE DO A VIDEO ABOUT "SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON"!!! 😭💖🔥

[@Welshman336]

I love the mom knocking the wall down then making the kids clean it up

[@ztslovebird]

Shouldn’t the kids be younger?

[@Infinity-q8z]

You should review Woody Woodpecker goes to camp, there are 3 certain scenes that I think are right up your alley….”Just think of this as a Videogame”, “Everything is math”, and….”So be a Bird”……

[@jamespickles8952]

4:35 Just the absolute disappointment in his voice