Cartoon fans reboots are everywhere but one of the shows that for a while never got a reboot was Rocky and Bullwinkle well that now changes because Dreamworks has released a reboot but not on Netflix but on Amazon so here is my review of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle so let's get it on.
The plot of the show is Rocky and Bullwinkle get into situations and have to end up saving the day time and time again. What makes this series stand out is the fact that each story will last a number of episodes so the first story lets five episodes , the second lasts four episodes and the final story lasts three episodes and the story is the best thing about this show and that's not really saying much.
Replacing the late June Foray as Rocky and Natasha are the great Tara Strong as Rocky and Rachel Butera as Natasha Fatale but also in the show are Brad Norman as Bullwinkle J. Moose , Ben Diskin as Boris Badenov , Piotr Michael as Fearless Leader and Daran Norris as the Narrator. The show did have the hard task of replacing the legendary June Foray and i give them credit for doing just that.
That said however out of all the actors on the show Tara Strong is the only one who I feel is trying and giving a decent performance and she actually does a decent impression of June Foray Rachel Butera I feel would have better if she cast as someone else bu she's cast as another character who was played by June and she doesn't do a good impression.
This show was produced by Dreamworks Animation Television and the actual animation was done by DHX and while this is there first series not to air on Netflix the animation on the show is really freaking bad the original show didn't have good animation to begin with but that show barely had a budget this show is animated by a major hollywood studio so they have no excuse what so ever it doesn't have to be movie quality but it has to be at least watchable.
One of the things that struck me about the show was how ugly it looks people say most adult cartoons look ugly but so does this show in fact i'd say this show looks worse then most adult shows and that's really saying something I get that the makers of the show want to make it there own but this is also a kids show so it has to look appealing but nope everything in this show from the characters to the backgrounds look ugly.
I'm not gonna lie I didn't watch the original show nor did I watch the live action movie infact this is my only time being exposed to the franchise and even i can tell that these characters deserve better then this show.
Make no mistake about it this show is made for little kids but I can't really see little kids getting into or even liking this show and I can't even see fans of the original show liking this show so I have to ask who is show even for since the original fans are going to be put of by the either trailer or the idea of a reboot and the kids might be put of the by how ugly looking the show is.
In case your wondering this show has thirteen episodes but i'm only doing this review after watching the first five episodes since they tell one story it only makes sense to do that however after watching those five episodes I will not be watching the rest of the series that's how bad it is i'm going to publish this review and then get to work on purging this show from my brain forever.
Right now i'm sure your wondering if there's anything that even slightly redeems this show and that answer is yes because from what i've seen the show does have some funny jokes but there jokes that only a little kid would find funny and while that's not a bad thing since this show is based of an older property they have to understand that alot of adult fans will check it out as well so why not give them some jokes.
I will say that if you hate Teen Titans Go! get ready to hate this show even more because at least that show has alot more funny jokes and ideas which this show barely freaking has altho i will admit that the James Bond style opening sequence is pretty funny.
Overall this is a reboot that nobody asked for nor was it one that was even needed honestly your better of avoiding this reboot all together and watch something that's actually good and entertaining this show gets a 3 out of 10 from me.