Centers on a town where aliens with unearthly abilities live undercover among humans. But when a violent attack points to a greater alien presence, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose them.
Watchseries; I know, I know, I know, we're supposed to take this as a new story, and with all reboots/remakes we're not supposed to compare them to the originals, but it's too difficult not to.
As a major fan of the original, I was actually excited to see what they would do with this story, but making the characters 10 years older just doesn't work for the storyline. The pilot immediately started out political, which I personally would like a break from in real life and on television. The pacing was also extremely slow. The episode really didn't get started until it was more than half over and got even slower toward the end.
The chemistry between the Max and Liz lacked that awkward innocence that the high school characters had. As far as the other characters, the relationships had the high-intensity that we saw in Season 2 of the original, which just did not work in this episode and was pretty cringeworthy.
There doesn't seem to be room to seamlessly bring in characters that are missing from the original or to realign some important relationships from 'Roswell.'
Basically, the only thing that fans of the original will enjoy is seeing a (somewhat close) replica of the Crashdown uniforms.
castlegirl0916 January 2019
I know, I know, I know, we're supposed to take this as a new story, and with all reboots/remakes we're not supposed to compare them to the originals, but it's too difficult not to.
As a major fan of the original, I was actually excited to see what they would do with this story, but making the characters 10 years older just doesn't work for the storyline. The pilot immediately started out political, which I personally would like a break from in real life and on television. The pacing was also extremely slow. The episode really didn't get started until it was more than half over and got even slower toward the end.
The chemistry between the Max and Liz lacked that awkward innocence that the high school characters had. As far as the other characters, the relationships had the high-intensity that we saw in Season 2 of the original, which just did not work in this episode and was pretty cringeworthy.
There doesn't seem to be room to seamlessly bring in characters that are missing from the original or to realign some important relationships from 'Roswell.'
Basically, the only thing that fans of the original will enjoy is seeing a (somewhat close) replica of the Crashdown uniforms.
kylesmatthews1 March 2019
Roswell, New Mexico watchseries. It's just another political statement from Hollywood, plain and simple. I loved the original so I thought I'd at least give it a fighting chance and go into it with a open mind. Acting could be better, plot needs to be faster, writing is cliche, politics needs to get thrown out the window and the victim mentality needs to stop.
sassypitbull16 January 2019
Loved the first one so thought I'd give this one a try. If you are a fan of the original dont watch this one they ruined it almost didn't make it though the whole first episode
erinlwebb1820 September 2019
I had just finished rewatching the original Roswell and was excited to see the new one. I didn't even make it 10 mins in and political bullcrap was thrown in our faces. Look we live this daily and use tv to escape our normal lives. We do not want to turn on a show and have to hear and watch it. Also why change just one character, I could get past the dramatic change of Liz. Her personality is way off from the original. I can't finish it, no thanks.
heatsink9816 January 2019
Pretty standard CW plot formula here for forbidden romance between hip aliens and regular people. There's tension from the romantic entanglement and the aliens' purported fear of the government. The writing is way down on the quality scale. Dialog is stilted and info-dumpy. I could barely make it through the first episode.
kaitlynrenee7816 January 2019
Speaking as someone who lives in New Mexico, I can say with confidence we do not have the race issues this show tries to portray. Yes, like anywhere else, there are racist people (from all races) but this is the exception, not the rule. The original Roswell was a great show. This version is an attempt to stir up racial issues, push Hollywood's agenda on us, and divide us. I will never watch another show on the CW (and I'm not alone in this).
User Reviews
Watchseries; I know, I know, I know, we're supposed to take this as a new story, and with all reboots/remakes we're not supposed to compare them to the originals, but it's too difficult not to.
As a major fan of the original, I was actually excited to see what they would do with this story, but making the characters 10 years older just doesn't work for the storyline. The pilot immediately started out political, which I personally would like a break from in real life and on television. The pacing was also extremely slow. The episode really didn't get started until it was more than half over and got even slower toward the end.
The chemistry between the Max and Liz lacked that awkward innocence that the high school characters had. As far as the other characters, the relationships had the high-intensity that we saw in Season 2 of the original, which just did not work in this episode and was pretty cringeworthy.
There doesn't seem to be room to seamlessly bring in characters that are missing from the original or to realign some important relationships from 'Roswell.'
Basically, the only thing that fans of the original will enjoy is seeing a (somewhat close) replica of the Crashdown uniforms.
I know, I know, I know, we're supposed to take this as a new story, and with all reboots/remakes we're not supposed to compare them to the originals, but it's too difficult not to.
As a major fan of the original, I was actually excited to see what they would do with this story, but making the characters 10 years older just doesn't work for the storyline. The pilot immediately started out political, which I personally would like a break from in real life and on television. The pacing was also extremely slow. The episode really didn't get started until it was more than half over and got even slower toward the end.
The chemistry between the Max and Liz lacked that awkward innocence that the high school characters had. As far as the other characters, the relationships had the high-intensity that we saw in Season 2 of the original, which just did not work in this episode and was pretty cringeworthy.
There doesn't seem to be room to seamlessly bring in characters that are missing from the original or to realign some important relationships from 'Roswell.'
Basically, the only thing that fans of the original will enjoy is seeing a (somewhat close) replica of the Crashdown uniforms.
Roswell, New Mexico watchseries. It's just another political statement from Hollywood, plain and simple. I loved the original so I thought I'd at least give it a fighting chance and go into it with a open mind. Acting could be better, plot needs to be faster, writing is cliche, politics needs to get thrown out the window and the victim mentality needs to stop.
Loved the first one so thought I'd give this one a try. If you are a fan of the original dont watch this one they ruined it almost didn't make it though the whole first episode
I had just finished rewatching the original Roswell and was excited to see the new one. I didn't even make it 10 mins in and political bullcrap was thrown in our faces. Look we live this daily and use tv to escape our normal lives. We do not want to turn on a show and have to hear and watch it. Also why change just one character, I could get past the dramatic change of Liz. Her personality is way off from the original. I can't finish it, no thanks.
Pretty standard CW plot formula here for forbidden romance between hip aliens and regular people. There's tension from the romantic entanglement and the aliens' purported fear of the government. The writing is way down on the quality scale. Dialog is stilted and info-dumpy. I could barely make it through the first episode.
Speaking as someone who lives in New Mexico, I can say with confidence we do not have the race issues this show tries to portray. Yes, like anywhere else, there are racist people (from all races) but this is the exception, not the rule. The original Roswell was a great show. This version is an attempt to stir up racial issues, push Hollywood's agenda on us, and divide us. I will never watch another show on the CW (and I'm not alone in this).