Tim Burtin's Wednesday (Netflix) [Archive]

ZariusTwo

02-17-2021, 02:27 PM

Directed by Tim Burton and showrun by Al Gough and Miles Miller (Smallville, Into the Badlands)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EudBZv6XAAUfUt6?format=jpg&name=small

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/wednesday-addams-live-action-series-from-tim-burton-lands-at-netflix

drgon78

02-17-2021, 02:36 PM

Would have preferred an animated version.

Leo656

02-17-2021, 02:53 PM

I can't believe you of all people spelled Tim Burton's name wrong, Zar. :lol:

Powder

02-17-2021, 03:17 PM

Cautiously optimistic.

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

02-17-2021, 03:21 PM

Very cautiously optimistic.

I liked Into the Badlands.

Andrew NDB

02-17-2021, 03:58 PM

I know Burton had nothing to do with those movies but... how cool would it be if she was played by Ricci?

ZariusTwo

02-17-2021, 04:00 PM

I can't believe you of all people spelled Tim Burton's name wrong, Zar. :lol:

Tim BERTon...

..Ah dangit that's not it either!

sdp

02-17-2021, 05:13 PM

I don't know, Tim Burton could go a little too much his style and lose the fun that the live action Addams Family movies (https://miscrave.com/articles/addams-family-duology/) had, that was the best interpretation of Wednesday we've ever had and overall of the Addams Family as well.

How was the CG movie? I thought the 90s live action Addams Family show (https://miscrave.com/articles/the-new-addams-family-reunion/) was good the Direct to movie video? Not so much but I think It's hard to mess up the addams family The third movie and show both had the same Wednesday and she was no Christina Ricci but she was still entertaining.

I know Burton had nothing to do with those movies but... how cool would it be if she was played by Ricci?

So an adult Wednesday? Isn't what makes her fun that she's a little girl? Wouldn't she just be Morticia then? Perhaps better to have her as that character instead? She tweeted this like a year ago:
https://cdn.hobbyconsolas.com/sites/navi.axelspringer.es/public/styles/1200/public/media/image/2015/09/519840-christina-ricci-como-morticia-addams-hace-viral.jpg?itok=AFQCP76I

Leo656

02-17-2021, 05:16 PM

I want to do All The Sex to Christina Ricci. Just f*cking all of it.

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

02-17-2021, 05:19 PM

I know Burton had nothing to do with those movies but... how cool would it be if she was played by Ricci?

I was gonna say the same thing, but figured it was too long a shot.

Would sure make my ****ing day, though, I tell you what. :tlol:

Andrew NDB

02-17-2021, 05:39 PM

So an adult Wednesday? Isn't what makes her fun that she's a little girl? Wouldn't she just be Morticia then? Perhaps better to have her as that character instead?

Yeah, adult Wednesday. Like older, the new matriarch of the Addams Family. Gomez and Morticia are dead or super old but otherwise not in the picture anymore.

Musashi

02-17-2021, 05:59 PM

I don't think an adult Wednesday would just be another Morticia - they're very different characters. Some good suggestions here, so much so that I'll probably be disappointed if this doesn't involve Christina Ricci.

Still, Tim Burton and the Smallville guys possibly do a Cobra Kai on The Addams Family...? Could be all right...

For the record, I typed Birton above, and quickly corrected it. It seems to be a name very much subject to ytpos.

Typos.

Leo656

02-17-2021, 06:12 PM

Andrew NDB

02-17-2021, 06:24 PM

"Tim Burton" + "The Smallville Guys" = "Me Running As Fast and As Far As Possible In The Opposite Direction". Doesn't matter what the project is. :lol:

That's just way too many guys in one room who never heard the word "No" and really should have a lot more often.

It's true. Both Burton and the Smallville guys could only work independently of one another if there was an opposing force to tell them "no" when they say crazy things they want to do. Together now? Yeesh. Just yeesh.

Sumac

02-17-2021, 10:51 PM

Gothic girls are cute. I will observe this series with some interest.

Also, who is Tim Burtin? Shouldn't it be Tom Burtin?:P

newfan

02-18-2021, 02:01 AM

Isn't it supposed to be set around her school? Oldest she'll get is late teens in that case. I guess if they wanted a familiar face they could always offer a part to a former actor though.

I'm interested enough to take a look at least.

Andrew NDB

08-06-2021, 06:09 PM

Luis Guzman to play Gomez.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/luis-guzman-to-play-gomez-addams/

Probably rules out it being some kind of distant sequel with an older Wednesday.

IMJ

08-06-2021, 07:46 PM

This is the first I've seen of this thread. Loved the reboot film from High School - wouldn't mind sitting through it now.

Christina Ricci? YES. To anything she wants. YES. Goddess. GOD. S.

newfan

08-09-2021, 04:38 PM

Apparently, Catherine Zeta-Jones will play Morticia, no link attached to the tweet from the Fandom page but I searched and saw various news articles come up confirming.

ZariusTwo

10-17-2021, 03:23 PM

Remember when Saban made an Addams Family show? It actually ran one episode longer than the original.

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ZariusTwo

12-09-2021, 02:17 PM

Thora Birch has pulled out of Wednesday due to a family emergency, and will not be returning to the show as series regular Tamara Novak, the role itself will not be recast. She completed work on the majority of her scenes before departing

https://deadline.com/2021/12/wednesday-thora-birch-exit-netflix-addams-family-series-1234888017/

Andrew NDB

03-21-2022, 05:35 PM

So Christina Ricci IS in it:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/ricci-scores-mystery-addams-series-role/

ProphetofGanja

03-22-2022, 09:51 AM

Nice :tcool:

Andrew NDB

06-06-2022, 11:51 AM

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newfan

08-17-2022, 10:19 AM

https://twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1559918971020877826

I don't know how to get these to show properly, but here is a new teaser.

TigerClaw

08-17-2022, 04:49 PM

https://twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1559918971020877826

I don't know how to get these to show properly, but here is a new teaser.
Here it is on Youtube.

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Sumac

08-18-2022, 11:09 PM

Now we know who's gonna be a cosplay hotness during Halloween season, lol.

Andrew NDB

11-25-2022, 11:01 PM

Just saw the first episode. It's pretty good. I'll watch the rest.

IndigoErth

11-26-2022, 12:23 AM

Watched the first 3 eps last night, pretty decent so far.

newfan

11-26-2022, 12:55 AM

Think I've gotten through the first 4 eps, I like it so far, sat guessing who the good and bad people will turn out to be.

I like the casting, couldn't quite get with Gomez but that might just be me, early days yet.

Andrew NDB

11-26-2022, 12:57 AM

Think I've gotten through the first 4 eps, I like it so far, sat guessing who the good and bad people will turn out to be.

I've only watched the first one, again, but right away I'm left assuming it's the guy who saved her. As in, he'll be who turns out to be the monster.

I like the casting, couldn't quite get with Gomez but that might just be me, early days yet.

It's mostly the specter of Raul Julia. That's the gold standard to me. I don't care about the old animated stuff or whatever. Though what's there is fine. Gomez isn't really in it much.

Minor gripe: why put stitches all over Thing now? If he's organic, wouldn't it just heal and they'd come out?

newfan

11-26-2022, 01:05 AM

I've only watched the first one, again, but right away I'm left assuming it's the guy who saved her. As in, he'll be who turns out to be the monster.

It's mostly the specter of Raul Julia. That's the gold standard to me. I don't care about the old animated stuff or whatever. Though what's there is fine. Gomez isn't really in it much.

Minor gripe: why put stitches all over Thing now? If he's organic, wouldn't it just heal and they'd come out?

I guess they just thought he would look cool.

There's about 5 characters that I think are shify, or they want us to think they are.. the actual monster could be one of 3 that I am thinking of.

IndigoErth

11-26-2022, 01:14 AM

I've only watched the first one, again, but right away I'm left assuming it's the guy who saved her. As in, he'll be who turns out to be the monster.
Ehhh... I've had a few guesses, even potentially the coffee guy secretly being one of them, but currently leaning toward the one that can shapeshift. (Though I'll skip saying who for spoiler sake because I don't recall what ep that ability was revealed.)

newfan

11-26-2022, 01:26 AM

Ehhh... I've had a few guesses, even potentially the coffee guy secretly being one of them, but currently leaning toward the one that can shapeshift. (Though I'll skip saying who for spoiler sake because I don't recall what ep that ability was revealed.)

Haha, I've been referring to him as the coffee guy too, it's staying even though I now know his name. Anyway yeah, he's one of my suspects, putting his dad in a difficult spot. Shapeshifter too for obvious reasons, not sure if she will turn out to be good or bad, like we are supposed to think she is bad.

Other out there guess

Wednesday's ancestor, not sure if that all came up in the 3rd of 4th ep so I shoved it in a spolier. I also wonder if Richi's character is the ancetor of the witch hunter guy (I am awful with names) but this is all just me trying to guess things too early.

IMJ

11-26-2022, 11:33 AM

This show looks great, but we won't get to it here until we are done with 1899.....

IndigoErth

11-26-2022, 12:28 PM

Shapeshifter too for obvious reasons, not sure if she will turn out to be good or bad, like we are supposed to think she is bad.
Midway through ep 4 (started watching quite late and had to stop before falling asleep) and waiting for the turn of events with her. She started off as this very proper lady and all that, nothing seeming too special about her, but we learn early that she'd been a student, so what all she is and can do is being kept rather quiet other than that brief hint at this point. If she doesn't have some big reveal I'll be a little disappointed. lol

Andrew NDB

11-27-2022, 03:06 PM

"Men like you don't have to worry about not being believed," "werewolf conversion therapy," eh... a certain meter is running a bit high 5 episodes in.

Andrew NDB

11-27-2022, 11:02 PM

Finished it out. That was pretty great, overall. And that was an awesome season finale... except for like the last TWO minutes. That final two minutes undermined a lot of the excellent rest of the episode.

Also, the main villain is Christina Ricci. Essentially. And I was wrong about the guy who saved her in the first episode being the monster... it's the restaurant guy. Which I kind of figured going forward as the monster has his hair, more or less.

mrmaczaps

11-28-2022, 07:02 AM

Yeah, adult Wednesday. Like older, the new matriarch of the Addams Family. Gomez and Morticia are dead or super old but otherwise not in the picture anymore.

Not seeing or reading anything about this til now, and this is what I thought the show was going to be about... Ricci as an adult Wednesday. Missed opportunity for sure. Lol. I'm going to watch this today.

IMJ

11-28-2022, 10:15 AM

I thought the show was going to be about... Ricci as an adult Wednesday. Missed opportunity for sure. Lol. I'm going to watch this today.

That is actually what I thought as well - and I was pretty interested in that. But still it looks entertaining enough - like "Harry Potter" but for emo kids.

Andrew NDB

11-28-2022, 10:54 AM

That is actually what I thought as well - and I was pretty interested in that. But still it looks entertaining enough - like "Harry Potter" but for emo kids.

It's definitely got a Harry Potter vibe but it's got way more teeth than those movies.

newfan

11-28-2022, 02:31 PM

All done, that was enjoyable.

I'd figured the monster and the conjurer before hand, also that dad knew too. I wasn't expecting the head to die though, so easily too.

I guess the ending was a hint of the story to come should there be a season 2, I wasn't sure if this was a one off short series or not.

IndigoErth

12-01-2022, 04:11 PM

Well I was half right...
Coffee guy!

But didn't really like that he was a secret manipulative jerk, rather than just being someone who was helplessly being used against his will.

I probably should have guessed the teacher being in on it, though they left her in the background enough that I didn't consider her, as intended I'm sure.

Overall it was good and very binge worthy.

Only complaint is I feel the "darkness" of Wednesday (the character) got a little questionable and irrational when she was intent on using that saw and hammer on the guy.

Andrew NDB

02-23-2023, 02:18 PM

I can respect this.

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IMJ

02-23-2023, 04:06 PM

That was absolute rejection - lol! He got the "Nah I'm alright" which is like the most polite rudeness available :lol:

Dpooly84

02-23-2023, 09:51 PM

My daughter loves this show, she's 6 and already knows the dance scene lol

Andrew NDB

06-07-2023, 06:49 PM

Jenna Ortega is a producer on season 2, and right away put the kibosh on any love interest for Wednesday.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/wednesday-s2-ditches-love-for-horror/

That's too bad. Her awkward love stuff was some of the best material in season 1.

IMJ

06-08-2023, 05:24 PM

Yeah I agree. I'm looking forward to season 2, but Season 1 had the right formula. Saying that they are leaning more into the "horror" for season 2 actually makes me a little nervous.

On the surface "The Adams Family" looks like a "scary entertainment", but the truth is that there is no real "horror" in The Adams Family. The Adams Family isn't "horror". It's more like - the sardonic comedy about existence.

TigerClaw

06-08-2023, 06:28 PM