Oh I’ve been curious to check out the new version actually as I followed the original Roswell (and Michael and Maria were one of my big OTPs as well!) that sucks that you hated it so much :(
I guess they justify it to an extent because Roswell was based on a book series originally and so they can say that it’s based more on the books instead of the original tv series, but still I don’t see why everything needs to be rebooted and modernised these days. I would have actually loved a revival with the original actors, especially as this version apparently has them as adults in their 30’s and not going back to high school, so it feels like a real waste not to bring the original actors back and go from there.
The actors for Michael and Maria have openly said that they would be open to doing something more with Roswell (I think they were trying to get some kind of related YouTube spin off show off the ground for a bit?), the actor for Max hasn’t acted in years and is surely available, and probably the Liz actress could be talked into it as well as I believe she is directing an episode of the new series. The only actor they 100% wouldn’t be able to get back is Isobel, but otherwise I’m sure most of the original cast would have been happy to do something more with the franchise. They certainly all showed up for a reunion recently to talk about the show anyway
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Date: 2019-01-25 08:54 pm (UTC)I guess they justify it to an extent because Roswell was based on a book series originally and so they can say that it’s based more on the books instead of the original tv series, but still I don’t see why everything needs to be rebooted and modernised these days. I would have actually loved a revival with the original actors, especially as this version apparently has them as adults in their 30’s and not going back to high school, so it feels like a real waste not to bring the original actors back and go from there.
The actors for Michael and Maria have openly said that they would be open to doing something more with Roswell (I think they were trying to get some kind of related YouTube spin off show off the ground for a bit?), the actor for Max hasn’t acted in years and is surely available, and probably the Liz actress could be talked into it as well as I believe she is directing an episode of the new series. The only actor they 100% wouldn’t be able to get back is Isobel, but otherwise I’m sure most of the original cast would have been happy to do something more with the franchise. They certainly all showed up for a reunion recently to talk about the show anyway