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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

what. they remade cities of gold?!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, 2012. I haven’t been able to persuade my kids to watch it, so I don’t know if it’s any good. The reviews seem positive though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It was awful. They ditched the Japanese team, who seemed to be the ones that made the original so good. The first series was great, it's still my favourite show. I was so excited to get series 2, but I never even finished it. Not even interested in getting series 3. It had none of the charm of the original. They chose adult voice actors for the kids and you can tell, whereas the original made a point of having kids voice the kids. I was surprised Chalopin had anything to do with it, because it felt like they'd handed the project over completely to someone else.

My nephews and niece loved the original, it still holds up. I say this as a mega MCoG fangirl, if you were fond of the original, keep your memories of it and stick to rewatching that. The sequel is completely lacking in what made the original so special. Just my opinion.