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Scrubs Revival | Official Trailer
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Soodanim
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Sure, I'll watch it, but…
I get the feeling I will watch a couple, skip through all the scenes of anyone from the original cast and of course cameos from Todd, Janitor, Hooch, and Kelso, then go back and watch my DVDs of the actual show. Maybe Dan will show up if we're lucky.
I'm already annoyed by that smiley woman. I've seen her in a couple other things where she was a much better fit, but I get the impression she's a horrible fit here and it's only going to get worse. I just hope Bill Lawrence's writing can keep it above mid-low ratings.
Also, it's a showing of the times when the creators of Scrubs doing a Scrubs revival are advertised as the creators of other shows. I suppose it speaks to Bill Lawrence's success.
Sarah Chalke and Judy Reyes aged rather well. I'm sure Sarah's had work, but not excessive amounts.
One last point: I'm English but that English one shouldn't be there.
I get the feeling I will watch a couple, skip through all the scenes of anyone from the original cast and of course cameos from Todd, Janitor, Hooch, and Kelso, then go back and watch my DVDs of the actual show. Maybe Dan will show up if we're lucky.
I'm already annoyed by that smiley woman. I've seen her in a couple other things where she was a much better fit, but I get the impression she's a horrible fit here and it's only going to get worse. I just hope Bill Lawrence's writing can keep it above mid-low ratings.
Also, it's a showing of the times when the creators of Scrubs doing a Scrubs revival are advertised as the creators of other shows. I suppose it speaks to Bill Lawrence's success.
Sarah Chalke and Judy Reyes aged rather well. I'm sure Sarah's had work, but not excessive amounts.
One last point: I'm English but that English one shouldn't be there.
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SJRB
Gold Member
They all mean well, there's nothing cynical about it, it seems made for the fans from 25 years ago (like me) and I'm hoping for the best but this is going to be a disaster.
There's no way they'll dare to pull off the jokes that made the original so good.
Also - why does it look so bad? The lighting is terrible, half the scenes look like they're green-screened. It just looks unbelievably cheap.
There's no way they'll dare to pull off the jokes that made the original so good.
Also - why does it look so bad? The lighting is terrible, half the scenes look like they're green-screened. It just looks unbelievably cheap.
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trikster40
Member
Expectations are low, but excitement level is high. Scrubs is in my top 5 sitcoms of all time for me.
Fbh
Member
Looks inoffensive enough. Though to be honest I didn't find anything in the trailer particularly funny.
IMO it's a mix of bad lighting and insanely shallow depth of field in most shots. Makes everything look cheap and fake.
IMO it's a mix of bad lighting and insanely shallow depth of field in most shots. Makes everything look cheap and fake.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Prominent young doctors was part of the problem of the latest season.
I get they want them to pass the torch and execs hope the can spin it off in a brand new series, but if this is one of the main driver to bring it back it will fizzle… especially if they take the Star Wars approach to it and put down the old talent as depressed and washed out and only saved by the new guard a bit. It will not put them over.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Hmmm.
The chemistry between the main actors is still definitely there. It's everyone else and the writing that feels a bit off.
The whole trailer has a bittersweet tone. Like, the cast are the same and they act the same, but you can feel that everything around them will be treated much more seriously. In the post-COVID world, it'll be hard to be sarcastic about hospital life without offending people.
I hope this is decent at least.
The chemistry between the main actors is still definitely there. It's everyone else and the writing that feels a bit off.
The whole trailer has a bittersweet tone. Like, the cast are the same and they act the same, but you can feel that everything around them will be treated much more seriously. In the post-COVID world, it'll be hard to be sarcastic about hospital life without offending people.
I hope this is decent at least.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
The new lawyer is Terrible. It is like a modern Ted that takes itself seriously and wants prime time spot… whoa… ok, first pissing on an old character attempt spotted… :/.
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
I'll watch it.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
My prediction:
People who watched it back in the day will not like the new class of student doctors and will say the writing is toothless.
People who didn't watch it will not particularly care.
It looks like it'll be more able to capture the spirit of the show than the Frasier reboot a few years ago.
Good on them for getting most of the cast to sign back on though. I can imagine JD moving to a new hospital alone has been pitched a dozen times to Zach Braff.
People who watched it back in the day will not like the new class of student doctors and will say the writing is toothless.
People who didn't watch it will not particularly care.
It looks like it'll be more able to capture the spirit of the show than the Frasier reboot a few years ago.
Good on them for getting most of the cast to sign back on though. I can imagine JD moving to a new hospital alone has been pitched a dozen times to Zach Braff.
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Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Soodanim
Member
If you've ever heard the way anyone involved with Scrubs talks about Ted's actor you'd know that would never be true. Even if it was, that wouldn't be pissing on Ted's legacy as a character.
She's more likely to be a modern HR type, the embodiment of "You wouldn't get away with that today".
xrnzaaas
Member
The og show had some very serious moments, like the episode about leukemia or a lesson how a patient can die from not being careful around hospital diseases. What is very likely is that it won't be making fun of many non-hospital topics to avoid offending anyone.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Oh come on…
freernnur5
Member
Love Scrubs and I'll watch this, but I just don't get an excited feeling for it.
I think part of that is the lighting seems really bright and everything seems too perfect. I feel like It's Always Sunny suffers from this as well nowadays.
I think part of that is the lighting seems really bright and everything seems too perfect. I feel like It's Always Sunny suffers from this as well nowadays.
Aesius
Member
Every remake/reboot has this problem. Modern lighting and color grading are awful. You can't even blame the switch to HD, as later seasons Scrubs was also HD and didn't have this problem. I hate it. I was instantly turned off of the Malcolm in the Middle reboot because of it too.
I guess almost all modern shows suffer from it, but with non-reboot new shows, there's no older footage to compare it to in your memory, so it's less jarring.
Jinzo Prime
Gold Member
Most of that preview was awful, but the last few seconds gave me a chuckle. No surprise that it's J.D. and Chris acting silly that does it.
I don't know about this overall, but it seems inoffensive enough. I hope the new cast tries to get some chemistry going.
March Climber
Member
It's funny that you say this because my worry after seeing the trailer is the complete overcorrection from season 9 leading to an over-reliance on the older cast this time around.
I actually want a newer actor or two to stand out and be funny here because we can't constantly look towards older generations to hold everything up.
Aesius
Member
Elliot was a conservative in the original series, and it was a "thing" even back then. I'll give them a lot of credit if they have the balls to not only maintain that but also defend it/not have her apologize for it.
Baemono
Member
March Climber
Member
It's important to make the distinction that Elliot was a traditional 2000s republican compared to what we have today.
I miss trad republicans.
Aesius
Member
Very true. It's a good thing the other side of the aisle hasn't changed one bit since then.
MidGenRefresh
Banned
Holy shit, they're old.
Wait, I'm old. Shit.
Wait, I'm old. Shit.
poodaddy
Member
Old school, moderate conservatives are still very much a thing, they're everywhere.
March Climber
Member
People constantly doing this right here, is one great example of why I miss them.
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Aesius
Member
No no, clearly Elliot would have broken ranks and voted for Kamala. Because no 2000s-era conservatives remained that way into the 2010s and beyond.
StueyDuck
Member
im cautiously optimisitic... i enjoy shrinking, ted lasso...
but like those shows theres gonna be some modern humor injected in and scrubs wasn't modern humor so we'll see how it goes...
this and Malcolm will be interesting to see how things pan out (I think malcolm is looking closer to the original than this does, something too modern clean mockumentary look going on that just looks off)
but like those shows theres gonna be some modern humor injected in and scrubs wasn't modern humor so we'll see how it goes...
this and Malcolm will be interesting to see how things pan out (I think malcolm is looking closer to the original than this does, something too modern clean mockumentary look going on that just looks off)
freernnur5
Member
In regards to Shrinking and Ted Lasso, your mileage may vary in terms of how much you like this and/or how much this feels like the original. Bill Lawrence is not showrunning the revival as he did the original (he was showrunner on Ted Lasso for S1/2, but stepped back during S3 to focus on Shrinking and Sudeikis ran S3). Lawrence is an exec producer on the reboot, but Aseem Batra is the sole showrunner (it was being co-run with Tim Hobert, but he left in October of last year due to creative differences. They both are credited with writing on all 9 of the episodes though.
Aseem Batra wrote on the original show, mainly seasons 6-8 with a couple episodes from Season 5 (she also played Josephine, the short intern with the high pitched voice).
Tim Hobert wrote 2-3 episodes each season from 2-6 on the original show.
So both have experience, and probably are fine writers, but not having Lawrence as the showrunner for the revival gives me caution. I'm still hopeful that Scrubs comes back strong.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
yeah, but they all honestly look like they've kept in great shape and aged pretty well. No massive weight gain or plastic surgery disasters.
Soodanim
Member
If that's true and Bill isn't running it, that takes away most of the hope I had.
I suppose it does explain why the trailer looks largely bad.
I'm just going to post clips of the sort of joke you won't see today.
StueyDuck
Member
i will say, you aren't giving me much confidence hahaha.
but i'll give the show a try when it comes out.
it can't be worse than the final season.
Baemono
Member
I mean these jokes make fun of JD's stereotypes, so not harmful
But yeah nuance is lost nowadays
DetectiveBananas
Member
Can't wait to find out if JD finally paid off his student loans and how many Malpractice lawsuits Turk has been hit with!