Freeridge

I was a huge fan of the original On My Block so I was excited to check this out. If course it took me a little bit to warm up to a new crop of characters but once I did, I really enjoyed it! I like that they put some nods in to the original show and had mentions of story lines from the original show that tied Freeridge in. It did take me a couple of episodes to really get pulled in to the storyline but I am glad that I kept watching! I would love to see a second season! I feel like it has the same heartwarming comedic feel with an undercurrent of dark reality that the original did. I'll give it a second watch for sure.

I was so excited for this show to come out. Mostly because on my block had a great plot and twists and turns that was captivating and amazing to watch. BUT THIS WAS A TERRIBLE SPINOFF. Congrats you mentioned ruby and his family throughout the show but none of it was even remotely close to what on my block was, absolutely nothing good about it. You'd be wasting your time watching it. If you have high expectations prepare to be disappointed. They start off the show with a fight between sisters so you expect the plot to be somewhat similar and then bam horrible cheesy teenage show that's like all of the rest. I'm highly displeased and wasted a lot of my time waiting for the show to get better and it just never did.

Because I loved On My Block, I thought that this'd be more of the same... how WRONG I was.

Firstly, this is far too Alphabetised; LGHDTV all over the place, and as always, ever since 2017, they're heavy-handed with it.

Now, I'm 100% straight, like 12:30. Overkill is overkill; I do NOT want to be force-fed Alphabet soup every goddamned day.

Even my love for the prequel couldn't convince me to endure another episode of this blatant agenda push.

Not happening. Which is a goddamned shame.

They did the exact same thing with BP2: Wakanda Forever, and it ended up being banned in China and the Middle East. Well done Hollyweird, we see you... Heavy-handed agenda-forcing means NO-WAY, in my book!

Honestly at first it felt off, especially seeing what the show had done with existing characters such as Ruby's parents. The show tried a bit too hard to be goofy and in turn lost a sense of seriousness/ adult that omb had. Omb didn't really feel like a goofy teenage show it was entertaining and serious at the same time however the spin-off feels like it's trying to hard to cater to the new generation with crystals and spirituality being waaayyyy too important to the plot

But the show was very entertaining, binged it all in a day and I also originally thought the gang plot line was too thin but it ended up thickening, hopefully s2 will have a more serious aroma.

I recently watched the entire series and from the first episode I knew. I wasn't expecting it to be like on my block at all it was a whole different vibe. From watching other spin- offs ideally there are at least a couple main characters that make appearances throughout the series. There was none of that in Freeridge. There was really no aspects of on my block in the show. While watching Freeridge I felt none of the place "Freeridge". They didn't have any of the "gangs" or "landmarks" as seen in on my block and I just think for a show named after the place it wasn't real feeling like Freeridge. I feel like Netflix could've made the main characters more like able I only found one character that I liked and he has a supporting character. While with on my block I liked characters like Jamal, Rubys grandma, Monse and Jasmine. Also I felt like the relationships weren't written very well at all. Demi and Cam's relationship didn't make any sense as the actors had no chemistry on screen. Also I feel like the show could've been more mature it felt like a gothic Disney teen drama. Very poorly done...