fujishig

I'm ok if you experiment with a season and make the whole season take place in a couple of days. I'm ok if you want a swerve ending. I'm not ok with doing that for the final season, then in basically two episodes basically render everything that happened in that entire season I just watched, moot. Especially when you could have shown me instead a season of courting Milioti instead.

RichC2

Haha yeah I get that too.

dex14

Especially when you release an alternate ending that blows the original out of the water.

Decker

Is any of that complaining about Season 9 of HIMYM really relevant to this new series, though?

Not to make too much of this, but legitimately asking. Do people honestly feel that since they couldn't stick the landing of HIMYM at all, that this show will automatically suck? Or is it just to "get back" at the original showrunners for how they ended the previous series?

Michael Corvin

Only if the writers from the final season are the head writers for this new show.

It's not about sticking the landing, per se, but the show overstaying its welcome and the long slow decline into mediocrity until they just shoved the show's corpse over a cliff for the final season.

If anything, with new writers, a new cast, and a new direction they have a chance to make up for the failings of the original.

clckworang

It's not something personal against the show runners. And why are these the only options you can think of? Isn't it possible that someone can think the new show won't suck but still don't have interest because the previous show left a bad taste? I mean, I don't hold anything personal against J.J. Abrams, but if they decided to send a new group to that island, I don't think I'd have interest in watching that show, even though it might be very entertaining.

Josh-da-man

HIMYM has this weird problem, where it sucks because they actually did stick the landing.

They used the ending they had in mind from day one.

The problem was, the show they made over those nine years became something else and that ending completely fell flat.

Xander

Wait, what's that now?

Yeah, that's what I was getting at. If they're going to butcher this show the way they butchered the last season of HIMYM then I am not interested.

dex14

csant

I was like "wtf is this"... till "we're the bravest people in this city"... camera pans out and we see firemen. LOL (that was great!).

blairwitchfan

In all seriousness, based on that trailer, this looks horrible….terribad.

DJariya

Just watched the trailer. So the older version of Hillary Duff is now Kim Cattrall? That's actually not a bad choice.

I never watched a single episode of HIMYM. But, I do really like Hillary Duff and she was great in Younger, a really underrated show that no one watched her.

Double_Oh_7

Who would watch this after getting burned from the previous series?

MLBFan24

fujishig

Eh, I'd probably watch it if it were on any other service but Hulu (since I only have w/ads)

Kennyx

Despite how bad the series ended, it doesnt take away how awesome the rest of the show was.

I'll give this one a chance, despite the characters seeming like complete caricatures.

dex14

At least it is not the same writers.

fujishig

It totally took away from how awesome the rest of the show was, though.

But hopefully they learned their lesson from that.

Decker

Disappointing, but not surprising based on that trailer

Twitter

Kids, This Is the Story of Why ‘How I Met Your Father’ Is Just Not Funny. At All.

This gender-flipped take on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ may be more inclusive, but it completely misses what made the original sitcom such a blast in the first place

fujishig

I guess that's one way to make the original premise even weirder, by being super up front about it with the "kids"

Coral

It's not like Ted didn't offer TMI to his kids in the first place.
Ted is relaying the happenings of each episode to his kids - so they get to learn that dad banged a lot of chicks, and so did Barney and also that Aunt Robin got around too.

fujishig

Oh I know. I'm just saying it's weirder to actually get out in front of it like this, especially with this series, unlike the original, actually showing the mother talking in the "present" like all the time.

dex14

Premieres tomorrow. Two episodes to start, then weekly. 10 episodes total.

MLBFan24

Episode 1 and 2 reaction:

Watched both premiere episodes. I liked it, but definitely has its flaws.

Jesse (main guy) and Charlie (British guy) are clearly modeled after Ted and Barney. Charlie is a bit annoying though. Tone it down.

It’s hard to hate on Hilary Duff, so I like her character.

Valentina was funny and had some good one-liners. Nice workout outfit! Crushin’ dick

Ellen was annoying. I’m Asian and was embarrassed for that character. Very disappointing. This character felt like she was shoehorned into the show at the last minute. Maybe if Awkwafina did this role, it could work. But this other actress can’t pull it off.

I was already familiar with the actor who plays Sid. He was from God Friended Me. Miss that show. Good sidekick character.

The HIMYM reference:






I don’t like the bar setting. Getting tired of sitcoms and bars. At least make it a unique bar. A lot of new hotspots are popping up in my city - karaoke bars, arcade bars, bowling / billiards / activity bars. Should have added a unique theme to the bar.


I know sitcoms start slow, so I’m hoping it gets better.

Inhumans99

I still plan to watch, despite having not watched the last few seasons of HIMYM. I also am a Hilary Duff fan and that is the reason why I am giving this a real shot, but for being a HD fan I never bothered with Younger, and although she has not been in a ton of films I also do not seek them out (but I have seen most if not all of her Disney stuff). However, this shows stars HD and Francia Raisa so I am there. Even if I end up agreeing with many of the shows critics that it sucks; I suspect it will be a pretty easy to watch background show and not a show to rage about.