The original Nickelodeon Legends of the Hidden Temple was my favorite show as a kid, so you can imagine how excited I was when I heard new episodes -- now involving adult contestants -- would be aired starting this month. I watched the first new reboot episode (https://www.cwtv.com/shows/legends-of-the-hidden-temple/the-maya-legend-of-the-hero-twins/?play=c70d460a-a3ac-4048-b941-769eb511b91e) and enjoyed the nostalgia, but honestly I gotta say all the cutting back and forth between the real action and separately-filmed clips of the contestants talking (mostly distracting garbage, artificially commentating on their own performance) was terrible and took away from the focused thrill of the games. Like seriously, introducing the players at the start and letting them talk a bit about their backgrounds is fine (adds a personal touch, but not too much), but interspersing their edited-in talking scenes with the main live action of the games adds zero value and is so annoying! It's just a filler to extend the show to 1 hour instead of 30 min! I would love to see some edited episodes with all the filler talking cut out. It's literally the only thing stopping me from continuing to watch upcoming episodes.
Fans of the original Legends of the Hidden Temple -- 90s kids especially -- what do you think? Sorry for the long rant, just needed to share my thoughts.
EDIT: Also, can anyone comment on the quality of the videos of original (Nickelodeon) Legends episodes on Dailymotion (free) vs Paramount+ (subscription)? If the Paramount+ ones are higher quality, I will consider getting a subscription for old times' sake!
Submitted October 22, 2021 at 10:45PM by milly_toons https://ift.tt/3biITEV
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