Are you enjoying watching Fuller House on Netflix? Up until now, most of the press surrounding their choice to abstain from participating in “Fuller House” has been relatively kind. We’re relating to the ladies in a totally new grown-up way. There is one other time they talk about her in the final episode of the season. That matters little as far as this one show goes: Anyone who thinks they wouldn’t be interested in Fuller House definitely wouldn’t be, and can go on about their lives. Get it, because that used to be her catchphrase! That’s not the only thing that was cut from the premiere either. We hear ya, girl! “I hoped that they would come back and do one episode, but I didn’t think that they were going to be regulars”. They aren’t just acting like their TV family is back together after 29 years, they are a family and they have been since the show first aired. Danny catches a football! Why?
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But okay, that was just the first ten minutes. But, we’re sure you’ve never had a night like that. Remember that? Remember? Do you? . We made quite a few stops. I mean, how many things crashed through the kitchen window?
And it keeps on going! Oh, and when Jesse sang “Forever” to Becky? Joey does both Bullwinkle and Mr. Woodchuck. It all culminates in a truly embarrassing final sequence that must be seen to be believed. After that, the main narrative objective of this first episode is to establish the show’s plot, an echo of the original. Now Jeff Franklin is sharing his thoughts. Imagine if in Jurassic World, when Zach and Gray explore the visitor’s center, Colin Trevorrow threw in footage of the Jurassic Park visitors center to really hammer in the connection between the two films. “I should’ve just asked you to marry me at prom”, he tells her. Fuller House resurrects Jesse’s love for The King by putting DJ’s baby, Tommy, in a miniature Elvis suit. He even shared that the door is still open for the Olsen twins if they want to come back for season 2 of Fuller House, if it happens. But really, the worst part is the jokes, which just aren’t amusing.
Speaking of defeatism, here’s Time’s Daniel D’Addario: “A review of “Fuller House” defeats the objective of ‘Fuller House.’ Like a superhero sequel that exists only to set up the next film or like a ghostwritten celebrity memoir, its flaws are precisely what hardcore fans crave”.
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The Washington Post’s Hank Stuever wrote “There’s a point where nostalgia becomes more like necrophilia, and Fuller House immediately crosses that line”, while Entertainment Weekly gave the pilot episode a grade of “F”. It is too juvenile to appeal fully to adult viewers and sometimes veers into nostalgia and sexual subtext for new young ones. Fuller House is so determined to let the audience know that they are referencing Full House that the scene from the original plays at the same time. And that’s exactly the problem. “We go to dinner, we see each other, and we’re good friends”.
