![]() ![]() Soft reboots are tough to make in the sense that you are trying to replicate nearly everything about the original work to allow for a smooth continuation, and if the work was bad, to also make those stories better. Rebooting properties under the right conditions isn’t a bad thing, but there are two types of reboots: soft reboots, which are merely updates to a previously established work and add to the continuity, and hard reboots, which ignore the previous work to try to be their own thing. Let’s start with the fact that Rides Again is a soft reboot. In fact, I didn’t even have to watch the show to already bring up quite a few of these points, in which the problems with the show start from its very premise and direction. There are far worse shows for kids out there, but there are so many things wrong with this series that it’s going to take a while to cover them all. I’m not going to lie, part of the reason why I waited so long to put out Part Two was because of my reluctance to watch the series, and rightfully so. □ Anyway, without farther ado…to the bus! Seriously, even with this post split into three parts, this became my longest post yet, so you’ve been warned. It’s already been quite a field trip that’s about to get crazier (apologies, Arnold). And of course, I’d like to give a heads up to obvious spoilers to the media. And in doing so, I hope to have succeeded in using Part One to make us realize what gave us this passion to fight, Part Two to make us realize our differences and the things we can agree on to stop fighting each other, and Part Three to make us realize who we should really be fighting. I made the first part to hopefully provide a deeper analysis and understanding of this part, by comparing the differences between the quality of the characters, stories, and other aspects in both shows.Īfter this, the final part will discuss how we even got into this mess in the first place: exactly how Rides Again came to existence, what went wrong during the development of the reboot and the possible options that are next for the franchise to fix its current state. That is what this second part is about: what exactly is and isn’t wrong with Rides Again, why Rides Again ultimately doesn’t work and why we all can’t seem to agree on that. Others may feel the way I do, and that there are problems with Rides Again and by extension, the franchise as a whole that need to be fixed. Some of you may perceive Rides Again as being perfectly fine, and thus, nothing is wrong with The Magic School Bus as a franchise. And yes, I am very well aware that the critical reception to the show is pretty divisive, and yes, I am on the anti- Rides Again side of what has sadly become a divided fan base. Welp, I’ve discussed all the things about The Magic School Bus that make it such a great franchise, but whether or not you want to, let’s face the facts: I have to talk about you-know-what sometime:įor those of you who are freaking out, this is the second part of a three-part post that already explained everything in the first part: I will be discussing the recent soft reboot of the fantastic 1994 PBS Kids Magic School Bus television series, The Magic School Bus Rides Again.
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