I'll start off by saying the obligatory "clone high was one of the best cartoons of all time". It was funny in a pretty unique way, and it's amazing that it worked so well considering how weird it was, and how inexperienced the creators were. It was lightning in a bottle.
This one is just missing something - a lot of things, actually. First of all, no Gandhi, which is dumb but forgivable. Then, they changed Cleopatra's voice because the original actress wasn't of Egyptian descent - yes, the clone of cleopatra, raised as a valley girl, was apparently not Egyptian enough. That was a nonissue and the new voice just makes it seem like the original actress left the show, but she didn't, because she plays a new character (who is generally off-putting and not particularly good in any way). The other new characters are in unlikeable girlboss tropes, clearly written by people who don't understand that high school culture has more or less stayed the same since the original show. Popular kids are still the ones who play football and have sex, not the ones who are all about "positive vibes" like Harriet and Frida. These two new characters would not be popular, and the fact that they were written to be popular feels out of touch. Also, they just admit to committing murder and don't show any remorse for it, which fails to be off-the-wall and comes off as genuinely bordering on "Velma" territory. Actually, these two new characters feel like they belong in "Velma" more than they belong in Clone High.
The pace of the show is way slower than it used to be. It's not as fast and there are less jokes, and when there are jokes, they feel like they're out of The Simpsons, and not in a good way. Clone High used to have a unique identity, but the whole show has become just another adult cartoon - the same style of writing and jokes that you'd find anywhere else.
This is more of a personal taste thing, but the show definitely feels more "feminine" than it did before. Many scenes (mostly ones involving the new characters) ooze a very "we have women in the writers room now, look at these women talking and be amazed!" type of vibe, and it just isn't entertaining. There's something about the reboot that makes it feel like it would be embarrassing to tell people that you watch it, and I didn't feel this with the original show.
To give credit where credit is due, there are many scenes and jokes that work, but to have so many duds in a reboot of a show that was nearly flawless is really disappointing. Clone High used to be a satire, but now it seems like it doesn't know what it is, and it's just kind of... lame.
This one is just missing something - a lot of things, actually. First of all, no Gandhi, which is dumb but forgivable. Then, they changed Cleopatra's voice because the original actress wasn't of Egyptian descent - yes, the clone of cleopatra, raised as a valley girl, was apparently not Egyptian enough. That was a nonissue and the new voice just makes it seem like the original actress left the show, but she didn't, because she plays a new character (who is generally off-putting and not particularly good in any way). The other new characters are in unlikeable girlboss tropes, clearly written by people who don't understand that high school culture has more or less stayed the same since the original show. Popular kids are still the ones who play football and have sex, not the ones who are all about "positive vibes" like Harriet and Frida. These two new characters would not be popular, and the fact that they were written to be popular feels out of touch. Also, they just admit to committing murder and don't show any remorse for it, which fails to be off-the-wall and comes off as genuinely bordering on "Velma" territory. Actually, these two new characters feel like they belong in "Velma" more than they belong in Clone High.
The pace of the show is way slower than it used to be. It's not as fast and there are less jokes, and when there are jokes, they feel like they're out of The Simpsons, and not in a good way. Clone High used to have a unique identity, but the whole show has become just another adult cartoon - the same style of writing and jokes that you'd find anywhere else.
This is more of a personal taste thing, but the show definitely feels more "feminine" than it did before. Many scenes (mostly ones involving the new characters) ooze a very "we have women in the writers room now, look at these women talking and be amazed!" type of vibe, and it just isn't entertaining. There's something about the reboot that makes it feel like it would be embarrassing to tell people that you watch it, and I didn't feel this with the original show.
To give credit where credit is due, there are many scenes and jokes that work, but to have so many duds in a reboot of a show that was nearly flawless is really disappointing. Clone High used to be a satire, but now it seems like it doesn't know what it is, and it's just kind of... lame.