I give this revamped Fantasy Island TV series a solid 8 out of 10 IMDB rating. I look forward to being a regular weekly viewer. I think the producers have properly upgraded this new version, and Roselyn Sanchez makes the perfect new host. Some good memories, and some not so good memories that we sometimes reflect back and wish we could go back to a simpler time. I am a senior citizen now, and yes, I watched the original 1977 TV series regularly, but I also realize time passes us all by and as such with the passing of 44 years since this TV series was first aired, we all have memories. Roselyn plays Elena Roarke, and very quickly she pays homage to her Great Uncle, Ricardo Montalban, before we get to greet the islands first three guests. It might not be the reunion I wanted but there was some enjoyment to be had for sure.As Roselyn Sanchez states "Most people don't understand there is a difference between a fantasy and a miracle." Some of the other IMDB reviewers are obviously looking for a miracle, or simply just miss the 1977 TV version with Tattoo's (Hervé Villechaize) famous line "Boss 'da plane, 'da plane!" I for one liked the refreshing upgrade to the Fantasy Island theme having the beautiful and very classy Roselyn Sanchez as the islands new host, and mini Tattoo has been replaced by a Golden Retriever dog named Mr. However, if you're just someone who knows about Friends and might like documentaries or something, then I can guarantee that there is not much worth watching this as you won't gain much. If you're a huge Friends fan then you definitely need to watch this. When it keeps derailing to something else, it's bad. Overall, when they let the Friends cast do their thing and the focus is just on them, it's great. When fledgling actor Eddie Cahill spent his last 230 to get to his audition for the role of Tag Jones, Rachel Green's ( Jennifer Aniston) fresh-faced assistant-turned-boyfriend, on Friends, it would turn out to be the investment of a lifetimealthough that fact was somewhat lost on him. Lisa says it herself "I think the song was better when I sang it alone". There is also a very weird segment that appears randomly with Lisa Kudrow singing "Smelly Cat" again which was great but then gets ruined by Lady Gaga and a random choir which was pointless additions. However, I could give no care whatsoever to it and wanted them to go back to the Friends themselves. Some celebrities come in as well such as David Beckham and Kit Harrington where they talk about their favourite episode. There are some moments where it shows how Friends impacted non-celebrity people which was just too cringy and distracting. I actually wouldn't have minded if they got rid of his segment entirely. James Corden feels too hyperactive and obnoxious with his talk show segment taking too long or just being too awkward for my liking. There is a talk show segment with James Corden and I hated it. The choice of having it all crammed together is a terrible choice and it doesn't work. They could have one episode of Friends cast reminiscing, one episode about how Friends was made and another episode being a quiz with the cast etc. It baffles me why it had to be a 100-minute special when they could've done episodes that focus on different things. It's very jarring and annoying as it never seems to stay focus on one thing for long enough. It constantly switches from actors reminiscing to talk show to documentary to quiz repeatedly. However, my biggest issue with this special has got to be the atrocious editing. There are also some very interesting interviews from the creators of Friends about how the show came into being and why these actors were casted. They also do a quiz show with the cast to see their knowledge on Friends which was hilarious. They also reacted to that time Matt LeBlanc broke his shoulder on one episode which was just such a great moment. It was also quite a blast to see them react to the bloopers as well, although I wish they included some more bloopers as well. I also really loved seeing them react to some clips from Friends as it was intriguing to know what they thought of it. They also do some re-enactments of some great moments from the show and this was nice to watch as we see them easily bring these characters back to life again. It was interesting and fun to watch them just talk about their time on Friends such as their first meeting, their favourite moments and things that happened due to their fame. Seeing them interact again, you could still see that they all still retain the chemistry between each other. So was it a happy reunion or unneeded? Firstly, I enjoyed watching the actors returning to the set and meeting each other again. Nonetheless, I was still interested to watch it just because we haven't seen the actors together in a long time as well. I was very disappointed by that as I really wanted to see where the characters I loved were up to. Well, they finally did it but instead of a time skip episode, we instead got a reunion of the actors reminiscing about their time on Friends. I love Friends when I was younger and was rooting for a reunion episode.
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