11/26/22 Wednesday? (Netflix Series)

     We finally got into and watched the pilot to Wednesday, which is a show based on the character Wednesday Addams, from the Addams family, a show I remember watching when I was growing up.  They have gone a different direction from the after school show I would watch in black and white back in the 80s.  That variation was kooky, for lack of a better word.  It used the scary and weird as salt and pepper, to add flavor, but not really to scare anyone.  This show appears darker, there have already been a couple murders done by as yet to be defined creatures.

    The series starts with Wednesday retaliating on the jocks for them bullying on Pugsley, who seems a little slower than in the series.  In the old series, both were younger and mostly stayed home, having adventures with different family members, not necessarily interacting with outsiders.  It seems she has had the last of it and drops a couple bags of piranhas in the swimming pool to attack the jocks while they do their water polo or whatever rich kids do in the pool.  This gets her expelled and on to the next private school.

    They end up at Nevermore, where the parents Morticia and Gomez Addams met.  It was great to see Catherine Zeta Jones pop up as Morticia Addams, I hadn't seen her perform in a long time.  Gomez is played by Luis Guzman, who I like, but he is no Gomez Addams, as I remember him from the old series.  He was a suave and sophisticated handsome man, Luis is not.  Wife said the show is an adaptation of the comic books, and Tim Burton is involved, so it's going to get weird.  Nevermore is a school for kids with special gifts, such as werewolves, vampires, and others.  This seems an ideal place for Wednesday who wants to be a loner but the world around her does not want to let that happen.

    We have seen the first couple of episodes and so far, Thing has showed up as a regular, Thing was the hand that hung around the house and helped as much as possible.  He is a mix of small pet/butler handyman to Wednesday, and a good addition to the show.  Lurch exists and was driving the family to Nevermore, along with the parents and Pugsley.  I am sure if the show keeps going, we will see the grandma, Cousin It, Uncle Fester, and the rest.

    I really did like watching the show when I was younger and hesitated to watch them butcher the remake here, but although it is different, so far, I am entertained enough by it.