"Revenge of the Nerds" was a very low-brow film that, despite all its excesses, was fun to watch....at least once. However, it spurred on many unwanted sequels as well as this attempt at a weekly TV series...all of which I'd just as soon forget.
So in the case of this proposed TV series, why didn't I like it? The biggest reason is that the pilot offered no improvements over the original film...and mostly was just a repeat of much of what you see in the first portion of the film. But to make it worse, the writing really disappointed...and the lame jokes were accompanied by something not in the movie...an ever-present and poorly used laugh track.
Was there anything I liked about the pilot? Well, only one thing. I liked seeing Robbie Rist playing Booger, as Rist was famous for being the character that showed "The Brady Bunch" had jumped the shark...Cousin Oliver! Now I am not saying Rist was wonderful in "Revenge of the Nerds"...but it was nice to see him trying something else in his post child-actor phase of life.
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