The animated, Seth MacFarlane-produced return for the much-loved sitcom relies on lazy poverty porn and stereotypes, a misunderstanding of what fans want and expectThe Good Times reboot opens in the Chicago projects with its next-gen patriarch in the shower naked duetting the original theme song with a roach on the window sill. Dy-no-mite, this is not.We may well now have the official cause of death for Norman Lear, the god-like sitcom producer who brought Good Times – a spinoff of a spinoff of...
The World Wide Web swiftly responded when Netflix released the controversial trailer for the new Good Times animated series. One of the loudest voices included The NAACP, which wrote a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter about its concerns about the series. The guest column, authored on April 11, discussed how the original 1970s live-action […] The post NAACP Responds to ‘Good Times’ Animated Series: ‘We Must Elevate Our Consciousness for Media Consumption’ first appeared on The Source.
There isn’t a show out right now that’s more offensive than Good Times: Black Again — Netflix’s new animated series reboot of the 1970s classic sitcom Good Times — and that’s saying a lot considering Zeus Network is still actively in business and cranking out almost exclusively aggressive and exploitative content, like the reality TV franchise Baddies. After the Good Times reboot trailer dropped, immediate backlash ensued. If the conversation on X (formerly Twitter) was any indication, most...
The new Netflix reboot of “Good Times” is, for good reason, being roundly criticized for trafficking in Black stereotypes and serving as more of a spoof of the classic 1970s TV series than a tribute to the original show, which was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and produced by Norman Lear. There were certainly tricky issues around the representation of Black characters in the original series, which premiered in 1974, especially around the elder Evans son, J.J. (played by comedian Jimmie...
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streamer has shared a poster and trailer for the upcoming anime series Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf. Based on Baku Yumemakura’s novel series, the anime follows Juzo Fujimaki, a man on the run from his past who is blackmailed into facing deadly match-ups in […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Netflix anime Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf...
A fledgling series set in the expansive Destiny universe was scrapped before it could even really begin.
Nickelodeon has released a new teaser trailer for its radical-looking animated series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This series was developed as a spinoff...
Critics have panned Seth MacFarlane and Steph Curry’s animated reboot of a beloved classic, but the fan reactions are even worse
Netflix has released the trailer for a new action-packed anime series titled Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf. As you’ll see, the trailer teases some brutally violent...
The robot cat Doraemon is no doubt a Japanese icon, but the creator duo of Fujio Fujio (Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko) had other IP and characters they worked on. One such property is Time Patrol Bon (T・P BON ), and though it got an OVA back in the 80s,
Season 1 debuts on Netflix on May 2, season 2 on July 17
Netflix has released the new trailer for the second season of its Greek mythology-inspired anime series Blood of Zeus. The story centers on “a young hero, an ancient...