In anticipation of seeing this new mini-series prequel to the 1981 film, I recently went back and watched the original 2001 film, and chuckled pretty regularly throughout that as I had recalled doing before. But over the weekend, I got around to watching all eight episodes of this Netflix original, and was LMAO the whole way through!
While the original was set on the last day of camp in 1981- this prequel is obviously set entirely on that first day; and the events are all set up to lead you to what happened in the original film. Of course, since the first movie was fourteen years ago, it's amazing seeing all these thirty-, forty-, and in some cases, fifty-something actors playing like 21!?? LOL Most haven't aged too much, except that one dude (who doubled as Ronald Reagan) has gotten pretty fat! LOL
I would say, if you haven't seen the original movie- as I advised my sister- watch that FIRST, then tackle this mini-series. I'm hoping Netflix will do another mini-series- the second day, and maybe so on, so on, etc..-?? It's incredible they were able to get the whole cast back together, a lot of them of course have went onto big stardom since then- Bradley Cooper, Janeane Garofalo, Elizabeth Banks, David Hyde Pierce, Judah Friedlander, Paul Rudd, etc... plus some others have joined the cast such as Jason Schwartzman, Lake Bell, and even Capt. Kirk himself, Chris Pine!
While the original was set on the last day of camp in 1981- this prequel is obviously set entirely on that first day; and the events are all set up to lead you to what happened in the original film. Of course, since the first movie was fourteen years ago, it's amazing seeing all these thirty-, forty-, and in some cases, fifty-something actors playing like 21!?? LOL Most haven't aged too much, except that one dude (who doubled as Ronald Reagan) has gotten pretty fat! LOL
I would say, if you haven't seen the original movie- as I advised my sister- watch that FIRST, then tackle this mini-series. I'm hoping Netflix will do another mini-series- the second day, and maybe so on, so on, etc..-?? It's incredible they were able to get the whole cast back together, a lot of them of course have went onto big stardom since then- Bradley Cooper, Janeane Garofalo, Elizabeth Banks, David Hyde Pierce, Judah Friedlander, Paul Rudd, etc... plus some others have joined the cast such as Jason Schwartzman, Lake Bell, and even Capt. Kirk himself, Chris Pine!