Forwards Backwards

Maybe it’s just because, to me, the bar is in absolute hell for reboots, but I liked the Malcolm in the Middle reboot.

There are issues with it and things I’d want to change. But it made me laugh plenty, and I thought it was a pretty accurate depiction of what the family would be up to now. It was a solid reboot all around. Once again, most reboots are absolute dogshit to the point of not being worth watching, but I still thought this was pretty good.

It seems the general sentiment, on this sub at least, is that the reboot was absolutely terrible. And it’s totally fine and valid to feel that way. But I’m just curious to know if there are others like me who LOVE the original series (it’s my favorite show of all time) and also thought the reboot was pretty good. Not great, not amazing, good.

I was honestly expecting it to be awful and was considering not watching it to not taint the series for me, but it ended up being really enjoyable :)

2x10 - The Bully

Malcolm -What are you doing?

Reese - I am selling all my material possessions

Malcolm - Why?

Reese - Brother Bill ordered me to do it

Malcolm - Brother Bill? That crazy man who goes around in a school bus handing out flyers?

Reese - Those leaflets are his Logos, he is not mad if you take the time to listen to him, he wishes to buy land in Oregon for his followers, where we will live off the fruits of the Earth

Malcolm - Do you want to run away with that man?

Reese - Have no fear, with him, i shall be safe, there are guard dogs, and sentries on the towers

Malcolm - Do dad and mom know?

Reese - No, and i forbid you from revealing it to him. Brother Bill says that those two give off a terrible energy and a negative karma

Malcolm - Do you really want to join his cult? Have you lost your mind?

Reese - Brother Bill never talks like this, he makes me feel important

Malcolm - Reese, this is called brainwashing

Reese - My name is no longer Reese

Malcolm - Now, what is your name?

Reese - Ehm...i've forgotten it now

Though there are 2 differences in this one from the one in the show. One being the obvious heart that has the text written on it as opposed to at the bottom of the statue, and the second being that it is much larger than the one in the episode. (I’d say about a foot tall and unless you were trying to show off, you’d carry it in 2 hands when picking it up and placing it down.) If you Google “I Love You This Much Statue” it will bring up both versions. Seems to be from the 70s which makes sense because the owner of this one said that was around the time her husband got it for her.
(For consent purposes, I asked her if I could take this photo and “share it online with friends” and she didn’t mind. 🤝)

I assume she was decently popular but didn’t mind being seen in public with Malcolm unlike Vicki from Secret Boyfriend, the only issues here was Nikki’s unhinged father and Malcolm not listening to her issues instead complaining about what he had going on.

I just discovered that Jane Kaczmarek, who plays Lois, was pregnant during the filming of Season 1. I knew she was pregnant during Season 4, but I had no idea she was pregnant during the first season. Her son with Bradley Whitford was born on December 23, 1999.

https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm2269725/bio/

The series began airing on January 9, 2000. The pilot must have been filmed well before that, given how much younger the children look.

Episodes 2 through 13 were filmed in the fall of 1999. Episodes 14 through 16 were filmed around February/March 2000; you can clearly see that the children have grown, and Francis has much shorter hair.

Apparently, they adjusted the camera angles to hide her pregnancy. It seems that’s also why she is bedridden during episode 15—to conceal her belly as much as possible. The actress had three children, all of whom were born after she turned 41!

I just heard "In Too Deep" by Sum 41 on TikTok or something and I knew I'd heard that song from somewhere. Despite ignoring Punk-Pop in its heyday, man that song gave me major nostalgia. I kinda need more of it. What are some other songs from the show that might do this to me?

The show also introduced me to a lot of older music as well, it's where I first heard ABBA's "Fernando", "Show and Tell" (the soul song), "Tonight's the Night" by Rod Stewart, "Sussudio" by Phil Collins...etc. I remember there's another Punk-Pop song when they show all the future Malcolms in different jobs and it was like "No one gave me a job..."

So yesterday i did went on a bit of a rant that i thought it was pretty bad, i critizised the character of Kelly because i did think they were done pretty badly but i have to say, after watching the 5 episodes im actually pretty surprised in a good way. I enjoy how the actors stayed the same and the characters feel actually the same and i am enjoying myself watching it so thats nice, for the character of Kelly i did think they were going to be done in a bad way and in the "i dont fit in this family" way trope but i actually find myself enjoying them too, even thought they have such little screentime, so overall i think its pretty fine for a sequel and i am looking forward to the next episodes

We all know him as Commandant Spangler, some know him from Sienfeld as Mr. Krueger. But in spooky season, i stumbled onto this great actor in THE FACULTY.

Always good to see early work.

Cause it has happened with me.

They appear in the fourth episode during the video speech presentation a few times. They had a bunch of cat from the previous series and I thought they must be someone recognizable but I have zero idea who they are. Anybody recognize them?

What an Episode so much happened , Easily one of my favorites of the Series. I think we have met the most horrible character of the series till now , this dam old woman.

The plot with Richie was gold...................

The Malcolm and the gang in this Ep was too just Entertaining, their writing is getting better and better . (any thing i missed ?)

I noticed a little thing with the 16:9 edit in the intro to S02E21 Malcolm vs Reese. In the cold open you can see the edge of the set on the left side of the screen, and then the view from the other side with the back wall. Like, pretty obvious to anyone with a brain that this is how the filming works given the camera angles but I like seeing little bits of how the set / filming works in the show.

I've always wanted to see a behind the scenes of some of the inside-fridge POV shots.

Like she has to be dead by the reunion show. I seriously wonder if the family even showed

Basically since his birth Francis is the best, most perfect kid imaginable that a parent could hope for. He learns to walk, talk, read and write at the youngest possible age, he is top of his class, he is good in sports, is socially adept and so well liked by everyone and he gets whatever prizes, grants etc kids his age get and he's an absolute empath who never disobeys his parents.

Assuming the other kids (Reese, Malcolm, Dewey etc) retain the same personalities would Lois have had her "Fire is dangerous" moment? Would she have put her foot down that hard or would she have remained the same?