First off, I really enjoy the classic william streets and AS shows like Space Ghost Coast to Coast, The Brak show and especially Aqua Teen Hunger Force for their silly surreal humour, creative and wacky characters and their retro hanna barbera animation style.
So i was really looking forward to check out this one, but before that i checked out the original Sealab 2020 and it happened to be really good for an HB cartoon, it was more serious, of course, but also intresting and even educational for kids, sadly it only had 13 episodes and it was immediately forgotten when it ended.
And with that I really didnt know what to expect from it, so i started watching it and like I already mentioned, I was disappointed. While the shows humour is still silly and surreal like the ones in the other shows i mentioned earlier from the same Animation studio, this one just isnt as good, and unlike those, this one can be really offensive just for the sake of shocking viewers, and in order for offensive comedy make people laugh, it must have a point, right?
But no, the shows humour is randomly offensive and unfunny. As for the characters, their personality has nothing to do with the original ones. In the old one they didnt have much personality shown but atleast you could see that they were inteligent, brave and likeable people, which I bet that if the show continued they could be many little kids role models.
So what do you do with such a bright crew of scientists like that one?
Well, turn them into a group of dislikeable insane idiots, of course.
The only one that mostly stayed the same is the African-American scientist.
And also there is absolutely no plot, no adventures, everything just happens randomly.
And yes, Space Ghost also suffered from many crazy changes in Space Ghost Coast to Coast (mostly the characters) but the idea of making a talk-show starting with those characters is a really creative and funny idea. Also Sealab 2020 was a very original and unique idea for a kids cartoon, I bet that it would have gotten better over time, who knows?! Maybe it would turn out to become as popular/iconic as Johnny Quest or even Scooby-Doo.
So, all I can say is WHAT A WAASTE! Even if this was an original show from AS, it would still be a very mediocre one but just the fact that this is supposedly a spin-off of the old crimminaly-underrated bright show that had so much potential makes me even sadder because it tottaly ruined the franchise.
So there you go,If you like old Hanna Barbera cartoons or hell, any cartoon, i really dont recommend this one! the only reason I am giving it a 5/10 is because I am a fan of william streets shows and I also liked the character Sharko, he was kind of like the jar-jar binks from that show but he was funny and a creative idea for a character.
