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Originally Posted by Superflyer
Just finished That 90s Show. It was pretty good but I found it missing 90's references. Also it could have used more music from the 90s as that was a huge part of it for me.
Looking back at That 70s show, there were not a lot of references to the 70s but it felt like the 70s. This one needs that since the basement they hang out in is still the one from the 70s with the posters from then.
Overall though it was fun.
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Good call on the music.
I liked the first episode, it was kind of the force awakens treatment where they gave you basically the exact same plot as the original pilot, and winked at the fact that they knew what they were doing. The later episodes I think any members of the original cast really struggled to take themselves seriously especially Red and Bob, made it a little hard to watch.
I spent too much time thinking about that show while watching it.
On launch in 1998 the show was set in early July 1977, just over 21 years between the two dates.
A realistic timeline was never really part of the show, but it wrapped in 2006 set in December 31st 1979 about 26.5 years between the two.
The new show is set on July 4th 1995, 15.5 years after the original ended, and both Donna and Jackie were hiding secret children somewhere, because according to the new cannon both of them had given birth about half a year before the finale of the original run, as they both have kids who recently turned 16 a little less than 16 years later.
And finally if you want to feel really old, almost 27.5 years have past since the events of the new run, meaning we are further away from 1995 now than we ever were from the events of the original run. As someone who never lived through the 70s but remembers the 90s well, I sure feel a lot older thinking about that.
All of that said I'd go back for more, if they make it.