It's no secret that original television shows, mainly from the nineties, and certain movies have been resurfacing and have even been being remade. The cast of Friends just had a reunion, Star Wars is filming a new trilogy with its newest release The Force Awakens, Boy Meets World created a Girl Meets World Disney Channel spinoff. There was even talk of Gilmore Girls making a comeback, however, every inner nineties child has been anticipating the remake of the one and only: Full House.
Fuller House is a 13-episode spinoff show recently released on Netflix that is warming the hearts of many young adults who once geeked out over the original television show, which ran from the late 80's to early 2000's. Undoubtedly, I was one of those girls anticipating the return of DJ Stephanie, Kimmy, neat freak Danny Tanner, and obviously, the suave, guitar-playing, Elvis-loving Uncle Jesse.
Have mercy.
Overall, I give it a B- for effort, and a C- for plot.The script writing was sloppy, the sappy life lessons and catch phrases from the original show (which younger teenagers now just wouldn't understand) were cheesy beyond belief, but yes, they all still did "look good."
But looking good just isn't enough. If anything, the only thing that made me keep watching it was the fact that I got to watch the original stars bring their characters back to life, which is probably how most young adults my age feel and recall watching the original Full House growing up. Teenagers today just wouldn't understand what makes it so funny. If we're basing it solely off of the production, script, and plot line - it was far from amazing. What I'm still trying to understand is why they even brought the series back at all, with it's happy-ever-after ending in each episode. It feels like today's generation is obsessed with hopping on the nostalgia bandwagon and bringing back everything they loved as a child.
1. The opening credits and theme song hit everyone right in the nostalgia feels.
"Everywhere You Look" is brought back with a pop-twist by Carly Rae Jepsen. The credits contain images of the cast from the original show and compared them to how they look now. Uncle Jesse is even wearing the same exact white jacket, playing the guitar. I guess 1987 is making a comeback.
2. Why are Becky and Danny still on TV? Why does everyone have weird, unreasonable jobs?
Wake Up San Fransisco! How did every character manage to find a way to leave San Fransisco? And they all just conveniently showed back up at the same time? Becky and Danny were offered a new television opportunity, "Wake Up USA!" Uncle Jesse is now the music supervisor on General Hospital (which seems a little Joey Tribbianni to me...just saying), Joey has a comic gig in a Las Vegas casino, and Stephanie is a world renowned DJ... because that makes so much sense and is realistic.
3. We get it...Michelle isn't there!
It's absolutely not breaking news that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have decided not to participate in the Fuller House revival. After all, they were just in diapers for the majority of the time of the original series. The Olsen Twins turned down the offer, because they are exclusively focusing on their clothing lines, the Row and Elizabeth & James. But what the script writers thought would be oh-so-hilarious is when they add in that Michelle Tanner is in New York working on her clothing line... and then the entire cast glares into the camera for an uncomfortably long amount of time. Throughout the first episode alone, there were so many references to Michelle. We get it dude, do "you got it, dude?"
4. Why is Steve back? And is clearly still in love with DJ.
It's already cheesy enough that the script writers gave DJ the exact same widowed, one-parent with two other grown adults living together background, but they even brought back an old flame, Steve. At the end of the original Full House, Steve and DJ's relationship is open and unresolved. But Steve... dude... you're coming back over 20 YEARS LATER to try and solve it now? As if the show couldn't get any tackier, I'm starting to think that they solely are just trying to recreate old plot lines at this point.
5. Kimmy Gibbler has not aged one bit.
With her stinky feet and unbearable outfits, somehow it's possible that Gibbler has not aged at all. She did clean her act up though, and is now a successful event coordinator and is married with a loving daughter. Somehow the obnoxious 1990's Kimmy seems a whole lot less goofy now compared to what the rest of the Tanners are up to.
6. Even Mr. Woodchuck has been dug up from the time capsule.
Bullwinkle and Popeye jokes in full gear, it seems Joey has mostly remained the same goofy uncle as well. In the first episode, Uncle Joey attempted to use his original Mr. Woodchuck puppet to stop one of DJ's sons, Tommy, from crying. But it doesn't really work out. Just like the revival of this show (oops).
You may be thinking "how rude!," or "cut it out!!" but some things are just better off left untouched in the past. Full House is definitely one of those things. It's time to move on, embrace the future, and leave the fantastic Tanner life back in the 1990's where it belongs. After all, that's what they have re-runs for.
