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I was really looking forward to the Animaniacs reboot. The original was hands down the most entertaining US animation of the '90s. (Even if you've got something you prefer, I'm positive you'd agree that Animaniacs was in the conversation.)
The central conceit of Animaniacs was three kids looking at the rules and limitations of adult society and saying, hell no, we're going to have fun anyway. They were Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck turned up to eleven, skewering the powerful and the pompous. Punching up. The grownup world was ridiculous, and they were there to laugh at its rules and make us laugh at them too.
To put it in a nutshell, the new Animaniacs punch down. They're the grownups now, and if they can't have any fun, neither can anybody else, including the audience.
I've watched two episodes and I'm done.
The central conceit of Animaniacs was three kids looking at the rules and limitations of adult society and saying, hell no, we're going to have fun anyway. They were Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck turned up to eleven, skewering the powerful and the pompous. Punching up. The grownup world was ridiculous, and they were there to laugh at its rules and make us laugh at them too.
To put it in a nutshell, the new Animaniacs punch down. They're the grownups now, and if they can't have any fun, neither can anybody else, including the audience.
I've watched two episodes and I'm done.