Back in 1998, when 'That '70s Show' premiered, its affection for the bygone era of was charming, writes USA TODAY TV critic klawls. Sadly, the same cannot be said for its sequel 'That 90s Show' (streaming Thursday, ★½ out of four).
waves, “’70s” was fully in on its own joke. , a new Netflix series that tries to transport the Forman basement into a new decade. Suffice it to say, like many of the unnecessary TV remakes, reboots and revivals of the past few years,"’90s" does not capture the"’70s" magic.
Like"’70s,""’90s" is about a group of teenagers in Wisconsin and their antics while their parents aren't around. Only this time, the group includes Leia , the daughter of Donna and Eric, and Jay , the son of Michael and Jackie. The original series clearly understood life in the ’70s – and more importantly, how audiences of the era it aired in viewed life in the ’70s. But the new iteration has only a vague conception of the ’90s. The original never really felt historically accurate, either, but the version of the 1970s it created was a fully-formed world that aided its comedy and romantic drama.
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