The Hardy Boys (2020)

Watchseries; Loved the Hardy boys growing up alongside Nancy Drew, Enid Blyton etc. I didn't expect it to be as good as the books but it's so far from the original series of books as you can get. Character changes, age differences, boy character changes to girl character etc etc...... how old is Joe like 8 ??? The acting is ok.I shall probably finish the series as I hate abandoning something half way through.That's just me but I won't be watching if it's renewed. Save yourself the hours and watch something else!

Loved the Hardy boys growing up alongside Nancy Drew, Enid Blyton etc. I didn't expect it to be as good as the books but it's so far from the original series of books as you can get. Character changes, age differences, boy character changes to girl character etc etc...... how old is Joe like 8 ??? The acting is ok.I shall probably finish the series as I hate abandoning something half way through.That's just me but I won't be watching if it's renewed. Save yourself the hours and watch something else!

The Hardy Boys watchseries. They used the name "Hardy Boys", but this series is inexplicably silly and convoluted. The source material is so much more intriguing and clever. This show is an insult to the original author.

The writers changed too much trying to be politically correct, and in doing so ruined some great characters. The writing and conversations are often downright corny and unbelievable.

As a series not really resembling the Hardy Boys, it started out ok the first episode, but quickly went downhill. Should have simply followed the books. Astounding why they chose to develop it the way they did instead. Utterly ridiculous scenes time after time. Its nearly comedy.

I'm on episode 5.. planning on finishing the series just because I started it.. but I would not suggest starting if you haven't already. As it is presented, there's decent production value with 80s songs, wardrobe, props, etc. but that's about all the positives I can speak of. The storytelling isn't as sharp as the production. It's full of continuity issues, poor editing, jumpy relationship development between characters, and relies too much on trying to suspend my disbelief.

I grew up reading the HB books. This isn't anything close to them other than character names. Shot and miss as far as a HB story goes.

However, it's not a bad suspense type of show, as far as teen suspense goes. Overall just not loving it much.

I have been a huge fan of hardy boys since age 10 and was thrilled to hear a tv show based on them. Whilst the age of characters have been changed the story is updated with a great sense of mystery and a 80s like setting that makes working in the mysteries even more enjoyable where now days people rely on tabs and phones for indie nation which really takes the fun out of mysteries. Overall love the feel and vibe and this show is off to a great start!!! 8/10

I loved these books growing up, and still own quite a few of them. When I heard a new series was in production, I was cautiously optimistic. I suppose I should have known better.

Not a single facet of this show resembles the source material in any particular. It is so far removed from the novels that I can only surmise the producers were deliberately going out of their way to spit in Frank Dixon's eye, and in the faces of his fans as well. Such deviation from the books might have been bearable if what was served up instead was at least reasonably good television, but apparently that is too much to ask.

The production values for this show are abysmal. The sound editing is so poor that the dialogue is inaudible at some points, which doesn't mean much, as the dialogue is mostly nonsensical even when you can hear it.

The show is full of useless side characters and irritating main characters, who share their names and nothing else with the characters who populated Dixon's books. It provides its audience with a "mystery" wrapped in an enigma, but it was wrapped by a five-year-old, and the enigma is ripped in a dozen places so you can see what's coming. The only thing with more holes in it is the plot. The writers attempt to tantalize us with threads that go nowhere and clues that serve no purpose other than to generate useless side plots to fill certain episodes while doing nothing to advance the main story.

If the writers had simply stuck to the source material, there is enough of it to have provided several seasons of reasonably good television. Instead, they abandoned it in favor of trying to spin a season-long story arc, which is of course the fashion for binge-model television. It's too bad they lack the skill or creative resources to pull it off.