The revelation that Max became successful as a sandwich shop owner actually makes sense because there is an episode in the last season of the original show when their dad asked for new ideas for their restaurant and Max’ are the ones that work the best, also Max is creative and good with people, there is another episode in the first season of the original show when a sandwich Max invented almost made them rich and it only got ruined because of a mess Justin and Alex made
Yes. I recently watched a Bridgit Mendler interview and someone commented you're gonna love who you turn out to be and I felt so happy for her. I remember Good Luck Charlie being my favorite Disney show and I would say that line over and over. I hope baby me would be proud. TL;DR Bridgit Mendler is real life Barbie and I'll always love what she did for my childhood.
Nah it'd be called Good Luck Toby and follow him since he is still the youngest and should be around like 10-11 by now.. of course by the time it'd air he'd be probably 13-14 like they usually have most main characters so.
@@loveRCDtvbut... Those transitions were usually used when they were cutting from one seam to another within a segment. They didn't need them when they were coming back from commercials because they weren't transitioning from anything, and already had the channel announcement during the commercial break that the show was returning.
One warning flag is that the show is clearly working to recreate the character dynamics from the original. Justin is Jerry (working at the school also gives Laritate vibes), Giada is Theresa (in that she’s the mortal wife and dealing with magic on a situational basis), Roman is Justin (the older more studious but more boring kid), Billie is Alex (the rebellious kid who makes problems), Milo is Max (the youngest and quirkiest kid) and Winter is a combo of Harper and Zeke. It’s basically the same roles shifted a generation.
And for whatever reason they decided that Roman and Milo wouldn’t be wizards as well, I was hoping for some sort of twist in the 9th episode like that in a moment of desperation Roman would grab Billie’s wand and make a spell against that evil wizard and they would realize he actually did it using his own magical powers, but… no
*i mean they’re doing a pretty good job so far imo. it has that essence and almost the same humor as the original. i wonder if it’s cause selena and david are execs, smart move*
Justin was actually my favourite character in the show and to see him end up married to some Harper wannabe stranger, having quit magic and working as a principal at a normal school hearts my childhood heart. Alex might have been the prodigy of the family but Justin also loved magic and he was talented and he worked so hard all his life to learn and become worthy of being the family wizard. He would never quit it in favour of a normal life.
His wife is not a Harper wannabe the ONLY thing that have in come is their skin and hair being the same and maybe their age…. They don’t have the same mannerisms….. don’t have the same sense of fashion/style….. They don’t sound the same.(as far as slang and the way she talks.) literally nothing like Harper
@ I’m 24… I know what you meant. Yes she’s not a carbon copy but to me just because they’re both white women and have red hair does not mean that she is I wannabe harper…… is every white woman with red hair a wannabe Harper in that case??
@@isisjames255 I haven't watched it nor do I plan to, but it all depends on how she acts. But it is odd how Harper was in love with Justin and he ended up marrying a white lady with red hair. That alone is sufficient evidence to say she is meant to be a Harper stand-in
The only good thing about the first episode was Alex and Justin on screen. The chemistry is there, they're actually funny, and nothing's forced. It just comes off naturally. I'd happy watch a sequel if they focused on the old characters and had the newer ones be supporting characters. That's the way you fix this "reboot" problem we're currently having
@@PokidotGamerX well tbf in the old show one of the old timelines they retconned was future harper ending up with Justin and writing a book about their adventures
Exactly right. Without the old characters it's just a new series with an old name. I can't believe Bob iger still runs disney. I could do better than this garbage.
Granted, Alex could’ve stayed for more than one episode to teach Billie instead of Justin since she’s still the family wizard, but then again she has a lot work due at the wizard council herself. Also, Selena Gomez costs a lot now, so…
Dude, Selena herself is one of the producers, it's not a matter of "she costs a lot", she herself is putting her money in the project. Of course she's gonna be in a few episodes because she's busy in real life, she's a CEO of a makeup brand and got another projects, but don't be so pessimist, she loves the franchise and loves David as a a brother, she will come eventually in a couple of episodes per season.
I will never forget the episode where China Anne McClain said, "We have to run in and cover our eyes!" Alex laughed and said, "No, no, no, I don't do that," and proceeded to put on shades and leisurely stroll behind her!
Billie is just so insufferable to me. And I think you’re right that it’s because Disney reboots and the acting now is so forced that it doesn’t feel “relatable”. I think Selena did a really good job in her role as Alex during that prime Disney era.
Me personally…. I don’t think it’s the actor. I think it’s the direction her character was given…… but I do agree with the reboot being forced to seem relatable…
I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing how off the child acting has become with the recent Disney sitcoms. At first, I thought maybe I was just getting old, but even when I watch older shows that I didn't grow up with, the acting was still better. Maybe it's the acting or the directing, but someone's dropping the ball.
@@DA-yy8rs yeah I think I’m just comparing too much but the forced acting and with her running around talking about how she’s a wizard and comparing everything to the wizard world was irritating but as someone else who commented, that’s just the direction her character was given 🤷🏻♀️
So, Jerry Russo gave up his wizard powers and married a mortal…. and his kids still turned out to be wizards. So… why are Justin’s kids not wizards? Justin is in the same situation as his dad, Jerry.
@@JavierGuzman-zf1xk Doesn't matter. Wizards are not allowed to marry mortals. Full stop. And if wizards lose their powers (like the losers in a family competition) they become mortals. And yet Jerry's children are all wizards. Basically, if you don't have powers, you are a mortal, and the results of the family competition have no influence over this.
@shinyapollo663 It might be a genetic thing. Justin's mother was a mortal and so is his wife. So their kids are more likely to be mortal than not. It wasn't the same situation with Jerry.
Okay Selena still nails it as Alex, but idk Justin seems off. Like how they treated Cory Matthews in Girl Meets World. Just too quirky and I swear he didn’t talk to himself that much? Idk if quirky is the word I’m looking for. I really wanted them to go the iCarly route and have the show focus on Alex and Justin as 30 year old wizards navigating adulthood and running Wiztech. Alex would still be the cool aunt and helping Justin train his son’s to be wizards and abolish the stupid family wizard rule. You really only need Alex and Justin because they were the only two in every episode. Anyways here are my questions…how come Justin’s sons don’t have any magic powers? I guess no more family Wizards competition since the new premise apparently is like Avatar the Last Airbender where Justin needs to train Billie so she’ll be ready to fight the bad guy because she’s sooo powerful and doesn’t know it yet. Giada is literally a Harper lookalike but less weird. The Milo actor is pretty good. Billie is literally Alex, has the same personality. What is the tribunal? I find it hard to believe Justin wouldn’t tell his wife he was a wizard. Again how does Justin still have powers if he married a mortal? A unicorn incident got him kicked out of Wiztech? I’m just interested to see the og cast make appearances.
Justin’s magical abilities skipped a generation due to the fact that he married Giada. The tribunal seems to be this grand high council of wizards that govern everything. My guess is his powers were never stripped when he married Giada he just decided that after he got fired from Wiztech and married Giada that he wanted to live a normal mortal life which is why he hid his wand in the walls of the lair.
i watched the whole season, and they mentioned briefly that sometimes magic can skip a generation. the tribunal is basically like wizard fbi, which i think is fitting for alex tbh. i mean i can take justin still having his powers or his kids not being wizards, but the most annoying retcon for me is how billie couldn't seem to do magic without her wand. like the first 2 seasons of wowp and the movie, they did magic without wands. it's just a weird thing to retcon
You also have to assume, it was bad enough that his Vampire gf Juliet broke up with him because of it, due to the timeline of when the og show ends, and the age he is in this show.
There’s just something with the original series that can’t be recaptured. Not just nostalgia but genuinely talented and charismatic actors and genuine scripts that sound like this actually people would say- not just exposition
I have problems with this whole storyline. 1. Justin have 34 birthday in first ep. He has a kid who is 12. The original show ends when he's 19. That means he met his wife not long after finale (and from second film we know he's 20 and busy headmaster of wiz tech). So when he met her? How? What happened with Juliet? 2. We are supposed to believe that Justin kept a secret the whole wizard thing for like 13-15 years from his wife? What he have told her about his past? She never questioned the whole Alex being dog walker story? This never was reviled by accident? No one has problem that Justin is keeping it a secret? His mortal mother never told him about how important for her was to know? Anything? 3. Why Justin kids doesn't have magic? 4. Justin going from being obsessed with wizarding, being monster hunter, being the youngest headmaster of school, being the only exception of one wizard for family. To being fired and giving up wizarding? Being vice headmaster of middle school and living totally mortal life? How? I'm supposed to believe in it? Remember when Justin believed he doesn't have any chance to be family wizard because of his and Alex mistake? He didn't know what to do and was absolutely crushed. He fought hard to be back. Now we are ment to believe he just said given up? 5. Giada being totally fine with random kid who showed up with his sister in law living with them? Justin acting weirdly about it. No questions? Nothing? Her husband and his family lied for years? It's fine, no biggy
@@olakeska7908 something I also find weird is Billie’s friendship with Winter, they are obviously meant to be just like Alex and Harper but the difference is Alex knew Harper since they were little and they always got each other’s back so Alex knew she could trust her and even so it took her a whole season to decide to tell Harper that they were wizards and she stayed by her side, but Billie literally just met Winter and told her their secret right away, it felt really forced, Harper really earned that Winter didn’t, also Winter was Roman’s best friend for quite a while but then she ditched him for Billie so she is definitely not as loyal as Harper, of course it’s okay that they all would be friends but it’s weird that Winter was first introduced as Roman’s bestie and she’s had more friendship scenes with Billie than him
@@olakeska7908 i Said this before Justin kids are to Young to get his power. I Said this to anyone who Ask, Why is his don’t have power. There are too Young. To be fair roman could have his magic power. But not milo
@@Melvinshermen Milo is too young, but Roman isn't. Roman is supposed to be 12 I think, and that's how old Max was when his powers came in. If he is gonna have powers, it should be soon.
Just watch and all those questions will be answered at some point this season, or in season 2, if there is one. Which I think there will be. They are #1 on Disney Plus right now.
One thing that’s weird is their marketing strategy. All the ads and videos on their Instagram for this show were all about how Billie is a lot like Alex. Instead of letting the character stand out on her own, they are bragging about making her Alex 2.
5:47 that is so real. in all of the reboots and sequels they always make them depressed and unfulfilled. it makes you sad that the character that you know didn’t turn out like they were supposed to.
yeah it would have a lot of potential for amazing storylines, but I guess Disney didn't want to give the budget for that, so they wanted Justin to not have magic
I know Bridgette Mendler is too busy being the most successful Disney kid to leave her past behind but that doesn’t mean they shouldve just ignored her character. Just RECAST the role
People would complain and say the new actress is nothin like Bridgette and leave disgusting comments all over their social media when they’re just doing their job. Certain roles are just too iconic or hard to recast when people are attached to a certain actor/actress. That’s like saying Paramount should’ve just recasted Sam for iCarly, so instead they gave Carly another best friend because people are allowed to have more than one friend. Or saying Netflix should’ve casted some random actress to play Michelle Tanner in Fuller House because the Olsen twins refused to return due to them no longer acting and now being in the fashion industry. Also I honestly rather see her in a Good Luck Charlie spinoff where Charlie uses the video diaries Teddy made for her. Call it… Thank you Teddy. That’s where she really got famous cause she wasn’t a side character. I ALSO wanted to add that Justin doesn’t have to end up with the girl he dated as a teen/young adult. It’s very realistic for a person to not end up with the person they dated in high school.
I have to say that I really love the line “You just didn’t have the right teachers. I believe in you “. I don’t know I think being someone who has struggled a lot with learning difficulties and has thought I was just stupid , It’s a really nice lesson and hit close to home.
Later in the season Jerry shows up and gives advice to Justin that maybe his teaching approach just isn't working. He mentions that different people learn different ways. Then uses Alex as an example with how she didn't learn from the theory of magic. She learned by doing and making mistakes. I'm similar with how I don't really do well just reading a book on a subject. I have to actually practice it *as* I read it. Reading will just have my mind wandering away within minutes and then I have to refocus myself multiple times. I'm *far* from stupid, but academically I'm terrible.
The fact that this wasn’t bad at all, I actually laughed a little bit because the siblings are so relatable and I think it’s really cute. Of course I know it’s not gonna be like the original one that I grew up watching when I was like four years old, but with me about to be 20, this is such a cute show and it feels like they’re starting to bring back the old Disney Channel for the new generation. And I’m here for it.😊
I agree!! It will never be the original, and that’s okay. It’s just supposed to be a wacky scheme of the week type show. And it does that well. I think it’s light hearted and fun. People just want to be grumps and not let the nostalgia glasses go.
@@planetomarsWell, I agree about people needing to let go, but honestly, the biggest problem with these things is that they try and replace the old characters that we love and put them in the background. The new characters are not alongside, they’re the main ones. No one wants that.
It feels very dissonant with Justin's character that he would give up his dream of becoming a fully fledged wizard, nor that he purposefully didn't tell his wife about any of this. In the original series, he clearly anticipated that his, Alex's or Max's children could inherit their powers.
He said he was disappointed in himself and really ashamed of losing his powers which is why he didn’t tell his family he even cried about it in the first episode 😭😭😭😭 I’m guessing the reason Justin got fired is actually very traumatic to him in some way and he tried to block it from his memory
Agreed, but I also definitely see Justin as someone so calculated that when failure rears its head he wouldn’t want that failure lurking in his mind everytime he faces family
@@RealogOnlyBrodie However he never lost his powers, just his job at wiztech. Yeah, even when marrying a mortal he still was allowed to keep his powers.
1) I’m stunned Justin married someone who looks pretty darn identical to Harper! ( should of just had him marry Harper honestly, my kid heart would of loved that 2) how the heck does he have his powers still if he married a mortal? 3) how the heck doesn’t his kids have powers?
He got his powers from profesor crumb thats why he stil has his powers his dad gave up his powers in the family competition to marry a mortal but since alex has the family powers the powers of profesor crumb are something totaly diff
@@Fraudbull98but that’s actually false their dad won the competition and kept his powers but there is a rule that mortals can’t marry wizards so he gave his powers to his brother
In original show magic is like puberty. And Justin kids are super young. Maybe Roman but milo he is too Young, he would get his power around season 2 or 3.
“A sequel series no one asked for” I’m sorry Alex but it takes 2 seconds to look on any social media site to see this was massively asked for FOR YEARS like 😭
We all know what happened with unicorn, Disney just can't say it in a show meant for children😭 It would definitely explain why he was fired and then decided to go live a life completely unassociated with magic
I might be wrong but I think unicorns are supposed to be more malicious and deadly than cartoons would normally portray them. Very possible that the unicorn stole some hearts and not in a fun way.
I like how they just threw out almost all the storylines from the old show. It kinda feels like another family comedy, with one actor that we cared about 12 years ago
I agree, that's why when the trailer came out I was dissapointed. I was confused on where they were going with the story. Granted I haven't watched the original in a long time, but it just feels like another version of gameshakers.
the episode with selena was SO funny because those old character dynamics were so present and exciting. it genuinely felt just like them. but the 9 episodes after that i just missed her. the story was good because of their dynamic, and the writers from the original wizards arent involved sadly (and i dont understand why) so the vibes are off altogether in my opinion
Every time a recorded audience cheers at someone the adults knows, I always love to think about the ACTUAL target audience’s reaction. “Huh? Why are we cheering? Are we supposed to know who this guy is? Did he win an Oscar or something?” In the case of the pilot, I thought “oh, he’s the dad? There’s this other show I was watching and no one cheered when the main characters’ parents walked in the room in the first episode.” And it makes me remember all those times it happened when I was a kid like Dolly Parton’s first appearance on Hannah Montana.
I remember when the firs episode of girl meets world came out and I- having never watched boy meets world- was incredibly confused when the cheered Cory and Topanga. when they brought in the guy who played Eric I legit thought it was jimmy Fallon and that's why they were cheering 💀
Disney shows have a weird way of direction where actors make it feel like they are breaking the fourth wall. It gets very uneasy to watch when you're grown and can catch nuances like that. I'm glad you mentioned the original acting with Alex and the cast feeling authentic.
It's because sitcom scripts are just a list of jokes. In original series, like "Full House," the actors were all comedians (except John Stamos) who knew how to bend these jokes to sound like natural dialogue and the comedy was birthed from the circumstance. When the ydo shows like "Fuller House," the adults who set the tone are now played by former child actors with no stand-up comedy experience so they just sound like they're taking turns telling jokes.
The direction is almost like live theater. They're often yelling lines with no subtlety, they're speaking to each other without always fully facing each other and instead facing audience. It's a kind of unsurprising residual effect from the sitcoms always having live studio audiences.
It’s so jarring that all these reboots that star/revolve around kids who are even younger than the child stars of back in the day. Everyone is/acts like a 5th grader. Fuller house/Ravens home/ and now this. I don’t get it.
@@LBmusicfan yeah. She can't keep being a wizard a secret, which is probably one of the reasons the tribunal thinks she's dangerous and wants to take her powers. Billie is pretty reckless with magic. She's honestly worse than Alex.
@@arrowverselover100that was a contradiction. The wizards team was likely going to move forward with the season 3 finale and season 4 premiere making it cannon that wizardry was exposed, but the writers room shifted a lot during that season and they decided to maintain the status quo
I like it. But Why the heck does Justin have powers? You lose your wizard powers if you marry a human. So either the wife is a wizard too, or she is some kind of monster.
@@unicornpet2225my best guess is that because he wasn’t the “family wizard” the rule doesn’t apply. The only reason he still had his powers was to teach at wiztech. Why they let his powers remain post firing from wiztech or when marrying Giada idk but there it is
Naah, you don't. Their dad gave up the powers for his brother to marry their mom but he did that in a family competition. Justin got his powers a different way that did not involve family competition. I still would think that it would be prohibited to marry a human though...
He was a exception for teaching at wiz tech i assume but he shouldn't even have them because he didn't even teach there long since crumbs was there for over a hundred years and he was probably there since the show ended until now which is around 15ish years give or take.
Why doesn’t Justin’s kids have magic? Their dad had magic and he no longer had powers and his wife was mortal but all 3 of his kids had powers when they were young.
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t there an episode dedicated to Max getting his powers (or his “adult” powers (the episode with the goofy ahh wizard hat)? That is probably the approach where their powers or dormant or Justin suppressed them or took them before he gave up magic. He more than likely did this to prevent his kids from doing the wizard competition.
I think the acting is worse because they’re casting younger and the style of directing is different. The shots look really stale and same-y between new shoes. And the sets feel too obviously like sets. We forget that all our Disney shows were featuring high schoolers, and these days it’s middle schoolers. Older actors = more experience. Although, Zach and Cody were still pretty good for their age so… I dunno.
Zack and Cody’s cast had 2 teens and 2 adults and other adult side characters so it helped balance off the twins acting also the sets were far superior and diverse that helped set the mood
The acting is not worse, it’s on the same level of acting as in jessie , zack and cody , wizards of waverly place, and icarly. The only difference is we are adults now so yall are tougher on the corny jokes and lines now.
6:04 the point is that Justin got fired and lost his magic, cause he had magic as long as he was a principal. He married a non wizard because he was no longer a wizard after getting fired.
@ no because like you said, I am too old and I have better things to do, but I do watch this TH-cam channel from Time to Time when I have downtime and seen the clips he showed proves to me that the writing and humor and altogether atmosphere declined this I decided to voice my opinion in the comment section and point out the difference between shows from when I used to watch Disney to now .
@@shontunz697 The first episode is less than 10 mins longer than this video and free on TH-cam so I watched it to form my own opinion. It wasn't bad, wasn't great. They could have come up with a better premise. Also given that Selena Gomez is likely too busy to make more than a guest appearance or 2 person season they should've asked back at least one other original character as a series regular. Harper could've easily been the wife. Would've preferred Juliette but Bridgette Mendler is busy running a company.
5:42 this concept really annoyed me when I was watching prison break. We watched Lincoln grow only for the comeback to be him in the middle of a total backslide
The dads of our childhood shows were all middle aged guys in their 40s and 50s and looking it, now the disney+ kids are getting parents that are barely 35 and look like they're barely 30.
@arrowverselover100 but he looked like a dad. He wasn't young and vivacious and barely looking like he had kids in the first place. Man's genuinely looked like he had children and was rocking the dad role to the fullest
@@0.0dots Technological and societal advancements allows us to just look younger now, for much longer. Also, we're older too, so the "adults" seem less adulty to us since we're closer to their age
@@CoolPirate97 They could've found a way to bring her back. Honestly I hated that episode. I feel terrible for Juliet and Alex's werewolf boyfriend (I forgot his name).
The icarly sequel has been my favourite just because it was made for older fans that grew up watching it. They make jokes about drinking and drugs and sex but it still feels like the same show
Eh I felt it was stale and boring. Not even close to the original. I lost interest after the first season. But I WILL say, they did the formula correctly. Focused on the same sets of main characters, introduced new ones ALONGSIDE them, allowing them to be more interesting and not annoying.
I actually really liked the concept of the show.Billie is struggling being a wizard & actually trying to do her best while she's basically the most powerful wizard!Along with how realistic the kids act like their age!
Disney should win an award for always ruining shows by doing horrible reboots it’s like a hidden talent I’ve never seen anyone do it worse than Disney😭
The Wizard Council probably fired him. They decided whether or not Justin and Alex could get back into the competetion. They definitely have the authority to fire him.
People who say they did Justin wrong didn’t have the internal pressure to be perfect while growing up and becoming a “failure” as a 30-year-old. I find him *VERY* relatable.
No, you're missing the point. He HAD the talent, the drive, the motivation. They gave him what he wanted (off screen) the RIPPED IT AWAY (also off screen). It's not like being a "perfect" person and crumbling from the pressure. He DID succeed, there was an accident, and we don't even know what it is. It's terrible writing.
Also, the reason given betrays the character. Justin was never known for being irresponsible. The writers trying to dismiss Headmaster Justin with some unicorn throw away line doesn't really work. The problem is, writers will make something 'relatable' without asking if it makes sense for the character and we often look at a character's action and think to ourselves, "That's something I would do" but we should instead ask ourselves whether that's something that character would do.
@@imallin971 exactly. No character work, no explanation, they just wanted to recreated the original series' dynamic (ex-wizard dad, mortal mom, powerful but wacky wizard girl) and had Justin's actor so they just butchered the ending he got way back when and basically justified it with a Noodle Incident joke. What we get here isn't a Justin who struggled under the weight of expectations, he's not suffering from a Gifted Kid Burnout - he was fired due to one slip-up and went "welp, time to turn my back on wizarding forever". Also where is Juliet???
i was worried about selena gomez not being able to do alex again, because of how her character is in omitb, but it took less than a minute for me to go "oh no she's so back" like wow also, theory as to why the new diesny shows feel different, when we were in the first gen of disney/nick live action shows, since there were no other kids sitcom anywhere, i feel like the people who wrote and made things based themselves on other family sitcoms, but at some points, there shows got so big, they had a formula to stick to, and along the way they started bastardizing themselves. it's not ALL bad, but it's definitely different
I don't think she wanted to commit to a Disney show full time in this time of her life tbh. She's busy with omitb but also with Selena+Chef but atleast she's producing. Also wizards wasn't the first generation live action. It was like the 3rd or end of the 2nd along with Hannah Montana.
Disney stopped being creative and just keeps making remakes, reboots, prequels, and sequels. Then again when they try to make an original it ends up sucking. However they really need to start making some bangers like back in the day
Entertainment works like this nowadays. Even videogames always announce remakes, sequels, remasters, reboots or ports. Investing money is easier for those companies if they know there is an audience they can recover the investment from.
I'm guessing you're too young to remember the early days of Disney Channel, when they charged for the privilege of watching their "original" programming. The NEW Mickey Mouse Club and live action series based on their animated features. For the TL;DR crowd- half assed reboots have been a problem at Disney for decades!
As a kid, I learned to tune it out and I still have the ability to do that. It doesn't really bother me unless I'm specifically paying attention to it. Which I try not to. Just pay attention to the dialogue. It helps a lot.
Anyone else feels like disney sitcoms are just the same thing copy pasted with a random gimmick thrown in so you can tell the difference between shows And laugh tracks is pretty much are a way of saying we don't have confidence in our material so we are going to tell you when to laugh and hope you laugh
I’m watching the original wizards and this one since they both used laugh tracks and idk they are just forcing the laughs with Wizards Beyond? Like okay I get a good chuckle from Selena and David’s back and forth sibling banter but with kids… not everything needs a laugh.
Its always been like that tbh.... the acty acting, family stereotypes so you have someone to relate to, 1 token black friend, bizzare things happening to the main character, wacky outfits, school life with 1 mean teacher or principal😂
I really only feel that way about Wizards and Hannah Montana. They were the same show, just with different secrets. That's why I love Good Luck Charlie so much. It was so different from anything Disney Channel has ever done or will ever do again. It was so out of the box. Nothing can compare.
@@arrowverselover100 The irony being that Good Luck Charlie didn’t have any high concept or USP beyond suburban family with an oopsie baby. It was slice of life, no secret identity, magic, science fiction concept etc. The fact it lacked these made it refreshing.
@@jbcatz5 Yeah. It really was your everyday family. It was the one show my dad would watch with me. It's really the only Disney Channel show that I can think of, that the whole family can watch.
Wow Selena Gomez just fell right back into Alex Ruso roll perfectly. Definitely is a believable adult Alex. But leave it to Disney to have no idea how to write a decent show anymore. They can revive IP but can’t figure out how to keep it alive.
Unless I’m mistaken I believe those child predator allegations he has are only allegations as of right now but there isn’t any clear evidence. Kyle is also claiming the mother who accused him of being a groomer is actually a groomer who did inappropriate things to him when he was a minor. But regardless a Cory In The House reboot or anything Disney related with him in it is highly unlikely given his current situation. Even if he is actually innocent he’ll still probably be black-balled from the industry.
I actually really like this reboot it has a alot of potential, and Billie's attitude feels very reminiscent of the old Disney channel. Like Raven's additude.
@@arrowverselover100 I never compare it to the original because I knew it wasn’t going to be the original. When they originally told us that Justin was going to be the main cast of the show, I knew it wasn’t going to revolved around Alex because the original was revolved around her. Some people also need to realize they’re not little kids anymore so they’re not going to act the same way they did as a teenager
Yet another sequel series from a nostalgic work that absolutely NOBODY was asking for. Though, Justin's sons really look like they could be related to David Henrie, and Justin and Alex had a sweet moment in the pilot.
No cap you’re not wrong that nobody asked for it but I have to admit the “older” jokes keep me around and the kids have their moments from time to time if the development continues it could actually be a good successor to the OG
Selena and David literally asked for this… what are you talking about? They’ve been teasing this for years and a lot of fans were on board. They even did a livestream together laughing and joking about what they imagined their characters would be like in their 30s and what the story would be. We just wanted an adult version not a kid friendly for the next generation version that probably hasn’t even seen all the episodes and movies. Even the original creator Todd Greenwald said he wanted to do a mature follow up series but Disney wouldn’t allow it, which I find ridiculous when they literally have rated R movies on Disney+. That’s why Lizzie McGuire revival never happened.
I would have been more interested in a show that follows Max, the Sandwich shop owner with his family. Even though he’s not a wizard anymore they need him to help train a wizard who is very enthusiastic.
Alex, I love that you're the only youtuber who's ad reads, I don't want to skip. Your added animations just make me want to stick around to see what you'll add xD.
Why are people hating the sequel. It is genuinely so good. Its the classic disney sitcom, of course all the characters are gonna act quirky. The cast has good chemistry, the writing is fine. Way better than other trainwrecks that have been released in form of reboot. Also it's supposed to follow the same theme of the original series, so yeah its similar. That's the point. And about people being clever, finding holes in the timeline, its a sitcom for gods sake. Just let it slide.
What happened is Bridgit Mendler became a Harvard and MIT graduate, CEO of a space company genuis, instead of a random D-lister struggling to find gigs. 🤷♀️
The original creators and writers of the show didn't return to this one. It REALLY shows. It's funny how much the iCarly revival got away with it because the original creator was already a very suspicious fellow and no one wanted to see him back, but the other revivals of big kidcoms kiiiinda rushed through just doing whatever. Speaking of, anyone notice how much kidcoms are just DYING now? Their appeal really is just plain gone save for this, the Raven's Home spinoff coming next year and supposedly a Thundermans revival spin-off series, too?
I don't have any channels. I just stream, but from what it seems like to me, all Disney Channel and Nickelodeon do is play reruns. At this point, they are becoming the new Teen Nick. That channel has been dead for over a decade. All they do last time I checked, was play reruns of Drake and Josh and Zoey 101.
@@mesousagaby740 That's interesting. I tried Henry Danger when it first came out, but I didn't like it. If you ask me, Lab Rats is where it's at. But then again, I'm more of a Disney girl than a Nickelodeon girl, even though I did really like icarly and Victorious. All the other Nick shows were just kinda eh for me.
I totally agree with your take on the reboot not all of them are bad but one thing I noticed is like some actors aren’t sure about their roles so it feels like there doing improv with some of the bits they have especially new characters 😂❤
That reddit part(11:36-11:50) was really funny, Alex I love your sense of humor. Thanks for watching this stuff so I don't have to😊. You're video as are great
I actually thought the pilot was perfect! had the right mix of nostalgia with a new taste to it, little me loved seeing justin and alex again 🥹🫶🏽 also the kid actors came to WORK
Corey in the house is a sequel spinoff series. Which is strange because the mom never comes on the show and Raven got a cameo. So the raven sequel series is actually a triquel series I guess
I want to know why his kids don’t have powers? Just like how jerry have his powers up for the moral world his kids still knew about magic…. So I’m confused on that 😅
@@asiajames5217 for records magic in wizard of waverly places world is basic puberty. There is a epsidoe how Max get his magic. And also Justin kids are super young.
The revelation that Max became successful as a sandwich shop owner actually makes sense because there is an episode in the last season of the original show when their dad asked for new ideas for their restaurant and Max’ are the ones that work the best, also Max is creative and good with people, there is another episode in the first season of the original show when a sandwich Max invented almost made them rich and it only got ruined because of a mess Justin and Alex made
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979 i like the fact that Max is rich. I want the epsidoe about Max being this super rich guy.
There were so many comments about their sandwiches being bad. But knowing him, he thinks outside the box, and probably made better ones.
I said the same thing
Actually Alex didn't get involved at all. It was Justin and Jerry that made it bad
@@CovenantQuarter it was her idea to use the time rewind spell over and over so Justin could have his perfect first kiss with Miranda
I would gladly take a Good Luck Charlie sequel series called Thank you Teddy.
That sounds so cute! But I feel like the little reunion episodes of Bradley's cooking show are great
@@nix_ yess they're so fun to watch!
Yes. I recently watched a Bridgit Mendler interview and someone commented you're gonna love who you turn out to be and I felt so happy for her. I remember Good Luck Charlie being my favorite Disney show and I would say that line over and over. I hope baby me would be proud.
TL;DR Bridgit Mendler is real life Barbie and I'll always love what she did for my childhood.
Nah it'd be called Good Luck Toby and follow him since he is still the youngest and should be around like 10-11 by now.. of course by the time it'd air he'd be probably 13-14 like they usually have most main characters so.
@@JamesDGoins but it would make sense for a follow up series to be about Charlie taking or ignoring Teddy’s advice.
The real bummer is that they didn't include the iconic transsitions
Facts. I was thinking the same thing
Yeah :( lack of ads mean no more reason to have them.
@@loveRCDtvbut... Those transitions were usually used when they were cutting from one seam to another within a segment. They didn't need them when they were coming back from commercials because they weren't transitioning from anything, and already had the channel announcement during the commercial break that the show was returning.
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One warning flag is that the show is clearly working to recreate the character dynamics from the original. Justin is Jerry (working at the school also gives Laritate vibes), Giada is Theresa (in that she’s the mortal wife and dealing with magic on a situational basis), Roman is Justin (the older more studious but more boring kid), Billie is Alex (the rebellious kid who makes problems), Milo is Max (the youngest and quirkiest kid) and Winter is a combo of Harper and Zeke. It’s basically the same roles shifted a generation.
@@jbcatz5 yep and I like the Billie actress, she has potential to do something bigger later on once this show wraps up.
And for whatever reason they decided that Roman and Milo wouldn’t be wizards as well, I was hoping for some sort of twist in the 9th episode like that in a moment of desperation Roman would grab Billie’s wand and make a spell against that evil wizard and they would realize he actually did it using his own magical powers, but… no
*i mean they’re doing a pretty good job so far imo. it has that essence and almost the same humor as the original. i wonder if it’s cause selena and david are execs, smart move*
@ItsNicckster it does not
@@lauracerqueiramachado8979i Said 1000 times. Magic in Wizards is basic Puberty in wizard world. So maybe roman. But not milo.
Justin was actually my favourite character in the show and to see him end up married to some Harper wannabe stranger, having quit magic and working as a principal at a normal school hearts my childhood heart. Alex might have been the prodigy of the family but Justin also loved magic and he was talented and he worked so hard all his life to learn and become worthy of being the family wizard. He would never quit it in favour of a normal life.
His wife is not a Harper wannabe the ONLY thing that have in come is their skin and hair being the same and maybe their age…. They don’t have the same mannerisms….. don’t have the same sense of fashion/style….. They don’t sound the same.(as far as slang and the way she talks.) literally nothing like Harper
@@isisjames255 How old are you? Being a "wannabe" or whatever doesn't mean they are exactly the same. Or else it wouldn't be a "wannabe," but a clone
@ I’m 24… I know what you meant. Yes she’s not a carbon copy but to me just because they’re both white women and have red hair does not mean that she is I wannabe harper…… is every white woman with red hair a wannabe Harper in that case??
@@isisjames255That isn’t the point of the comment just a very tiny detail
@@isisjames255 I haven't watched it nor do I plan to, but it all depends on how she acts. But it is odd how Harper was in love with Justin and he ended up marrying a white lady with red hair. That alone is sufficient evidence to say she is meant to be a Harper stand-in
The only good thing about the first episode was Alex and Justin on screen. The chemistry is there, they're actually funny, and nothing's forced. It just comes off naturally. I'd happy watch a sequel if they focused on the old characters and had the newer ones be supporting characters. That's the way you fix this "reboot" problem we're currently having
Well I actually like justin's sons. But why make the wife look like harper? Feels weird.
yeah i feel like “reboots” should be focused on the og actors or it just should not be rebooted at all.
@@PokidotGamerX well tbf in the old show one of the old timelines they retconned was future harper ending up with Justin and writing a book about their adventures
Exactly right. Without the old characters it's just a new series with an old name. I can't believe Bob iger still runs disney. I could do better than this garbage.
Except they're making a kids show, for kids, hence why the main characters are kids.
Granted, Alex could’ve stayed for more than one episode to teach Billie instead of Justin since she’s still the family wizard, but then again she has a lot work due at the wizard council herself. Also, Selena Gomez costs a lot now, so…
She didn’t come back because she has her own show now it’s pretty good “only murders in the building”
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i thin kshe's gonna be back for the finale
Dude, Selena herself is one of the producers, it's not a matter of "she costs a lot", she herself is putting her money in the project.
Of course she's gonna be in a few episodes because she's busy in real life, she's a CEO of a makeup brand and got another projects, but don't be so pessimist, she loves the franchise and loves David as a a brother, she will come eventually in a couple of episodes per season.
Selena is the Executive Producer... so she's like free 😂 but she also has another show
I will never forget the episode where China Anne McClain said, "We have to run in and cover our eyes!" Alex laughed and said, "No, no, no, I don't do that," and proceeded to put on shades and leisurely stroll behind her!
Tina said "The light attracts moths, so just squint and run" and then Alex said, "no, I don't run."
I don't know why, but that moment stuck with me too. I still remember it vividly and use that Alex's phrase
@@faerieliana I think as all quote Alex's "I don't run."
Also the exasperated “MY WAND!” Will always be stuck in my head lol
@@RaquellyReacts "Wizards vs Angels" is truly such an iconic two-parter. It gave us Alex's most iconic lines... "I don't run" and "My waaaandd."
Bro the way my eyes rolled all the way back into my head when Alex mentioned the ancient prophecy about the end of the world
it's creating tension before we even really care about the characters. Not only that it's just a bit cliché
Disney needs to stop their reboots, remakes, prequels, and sequels
Disney needs to stop. When was their last good movie
icarly sequel isn't that bad iven though it's not disney
@@theaizere fr fr
That’s like saying humans need to start being original it’s nature never gonna stop
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Billie is just so insufferable to me. And I think you’re right that it’s because Disney reboots and the acting now is so forced that it doesn’t feel “relatable”.
I think Selena did a really good job in her role as Alex during that prime Disney era.
Me personally…. I don’t think it’s the actor. I think it’s the direction her character was given…… but I do agree with the reboot being forced to seem relatable…
I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing how off the child acting has become with the recent Disney sitcoms. At first, I thought maybe I was just getting old, but even when I watch older shows that I didn't grow up with, the acting was still better. Maybe it's the acting or the directing, but someone's dropping the ball.
Just Billie? Fascinating.
@@isisjames255 yeah you’re definitely right!
@@DA-yy8rs yeah I think I’m just comparing too much but the forced acting and with her running around talking about how she’s a wizard and comparing everything to the wizard world was irritating but as someone else who commented, that’s just the direction her character was given 🤷🏻♀️
So, Jerry Russo gave up his wizard powers and married a mortal…. and his kids still turned out to be wizards. So… why are Justin’s kids not wizards? Justin is in the same situation as his dad, Jerry.
I wouldn’t completely rule that out just yet,
I think they’re going to end up being wizards
Well Jerry Russo won the competition so maybe that’s why. He just gave up his powers to his brother
@@JavierGuzman-zf1xk Doesn't matter. Wizards are not allowed to marry mortals. Full stop. And if wizards lose their powers (like the losers in a family competition) they become mortals. And yet Jerry's children are all wizards. Basically, if you don't have powers, you are a mortal, and the results of the family competition have no influence over this.
@shinyapollo663 It might be a genetic thing. Justin's mother was a mortal and so is his wife. So their kids are more likely to be mortal than not. It wasn't the same situation with Jerry.
Okay Selena still nails it as Alex, but idk Justin seems off. Like how they treated Cory Matthews in Girl Meets World. Just too quirky and I swear he didn’t talk to himself that much? Idk if quirky is the word I’m looking for.
I really wanted them to go the iCarly route and have the show focus on Alex and Justin as 30 year old wizards navigating adulthood and running Wiztech. Alex would still be the cool aunt and helping Justin train his son’s to be wizards and abolish the stupid family wizard rule. You really only need Alex and Justin because they were the only two in every episode.
Anyways here are my questions…how come Justin’s sons don’t have any magic powers? I guess no more family Wizards competition since the new premise apparently is like Avatar the Last Airbender where Justin needs to train Billie so she’ll be ready to fight the bad guy because she’s sooo powerful and doesn’t know it yet.
Giada is literally a Harper lookalike but less weird. The Milo actor is pretty good. Billie is literally Alex, has the same personality. What is the tribunal? I find it hard to believe Justin wouldn’t tell his wife he was a wizard. Again how does Justin still have powers if he married a mortal? A unicorn incident got him kicked out of Wiztech?
I’m just interested to see the og cast make appearances.
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Justin’s magical abilities skipped a generation due to the fact that he married Giada. The tribunal seems to be this grand high council of wizards that govern everything. My guess is his powers were never stripped when he married Giada he just decided that after he got fired from Wiztech and married Giada that he wanted to live a normal mortal life which is why he hid his wand in the walls of the lair.
i watched the whole season, and they mentioned briefly that sometimes magic can skip a generation. the tribunal is basically like wizard fbi, which i think is fitting for alex tbh. i mean i can take justin still having his powers or his kids not being wizards, but the most annoying retcon for me is how billie couldn't seem to do magic without her wand. like the first 2 seasons of wowp and the movie, they did magic without wands. it's just a weird thing to retcon
@@misssteak1290 ohhh yeah I forgot the body switching spell they used to do doesn’t require a wand. Maybe magic has evolved? 😂
@@misssteak1290is it really a full season? i read somewhere that theres gonna be more than 20 episodes
“Would could you do with a unicorn?”
The “unicorn” incident is basically ICarly’s the “goat” incident. We’ll never find out.
Maybe we do.
This trope is called “The Noodle Incident”.
Would could?
You also have to assume, it was bad enough that his Vampire gf Juliet broke up with him because of it, due to the timeline of when the og show ends, and the age he is in this show.
Or the “llama” incident (if you know you know)😂
There’s just something with the original series that can’t be recaptured. Not just nostalgia but genuinely talented and charismatic actors and genuine scripts that sound like this actually people would say- not just exposition
that's every show from our childhood.. were just in a different time. sitcoms don't hit the same anymore
I have problems with this whole storyline.
1. Justin have 34 birthday in first ep. He has a kid who is 12. The original show ends when he's 19. That means he met his wife not long after finale (and from second film we know he's 20 and busy headmaster of wiz tech). So when he met her? How? What happened with Juliet?
2. We are supposed to believe that Justin kept a secret the whole wizard thing for like 13-15 years from his wife? What he have told her about his past? She never questioned the whole Alex being dog walker story? This never was reviled by accident? No one has problem that Justin is keeping it a secret? His mortal mother never told him about how important for her was to know? Anything?
3. Why Justin kids doesn't have magic?
4. Justin going from being obsessed with wizarding, being monster hunter, being the youngest headmaster of school, being the only exception of one wizard for family. To being fired and giving up wizarding? Being vice headmaster of middle school and living totally mortal life? How? I'm supposed to believe in it? Remember when Justin believed he doesn't have any chance to be family wizard because of his and Alex mistake? He didn't know what to do and was absolutely crushed. He fought hard to be back. Now we are ment to believe he just said given up?
5. Giada being totally fine with random kid who showed up with his sister in law living with them? Justin acting weirdly about it. No questions? Nothing? Her husband and his family lied for years? It's fine, no biggy
@@olakeska7908 something I also find weird is Billie’s friendship with Winter, they are obviously meant to be just like Alex and Harper but the difference is Alex knew Harper since they were little and they always got each other’s back so Alex knew she could trust her and even so it took her a whole season to decide to tell Harper that they were wizards and she stayed by her side, but Billie literally just met Winter and told her their secret right away, it felt really forced, Harper really earned that Winter didn’t, also Winter was Roman’s best friend for quite a while but then she ditched him for Billie so she is definitely not as loyal as Harper, of course it’s okay that they all would be friends but it’s weird that Winter was first introduced as Roman’s bestie and she’s had more friendship scenes with Billie than him
@@olakeska7908 i Said this before Justin kids are to Young to get his power.
I Said this to anyone who Ask, Why is his don’t have power. There are too Young.
To be fair roman could have his magic power. But not milo
Max was younger when he got his powers.@@Melvinshermen
@@Melvinshermen Milo is too young, but Roman isn't. Roman is supposed to be 12 I think, and that's how old Max was when his powers came in. If he is gonna have powers, it should be soon.
Just watch and all those questions will be answered at some point this season, or in season 2, if there is one. Which I think there will be. They are #1 on Disney Plus right now.
One thing that’s weird is their marketing strategy. All the ads and videos on their Instagram for this show were all about how Billie is a lot like Alex. Instead of letting the character stand out on her own, they are bragging about making her Alex 2.
So the marketing was terrible it made the show look awful….. but I was so happy to watch that it wasn’t terrible
@@Cutie_Biscuitjust based off the 1st episode it looks pretty bland.
@kryshagohr3468 it's not terrible but it's not good either.
@@bluelunarmonkeytarot8533It's really not.
It’s also confusing on who the target audience is. Everyone who watched the first show is now an adult, but this new one seems aimed at kids???
5:47 that is so real. in all of the reboots and sequels they always make them depressed and unfulfilled. it makes you sad that the character that you know didn’t turn out like they were supposed to.
It was done because the focus groups wants the new younger characters to be more relatable
Its relatable, most people wind up sad and unfulfilled from what they were hoping for themselves when they originally watched the show.
I would’ve loved to see Justin being the head of Wiztech.
And Billie could still be a struggling new student who Justin mentors if her was still at Wiztech
@@kierahenley2335 yea and his sons should have magic and be students there too, so basically teaching all three of them like the original series.
yeah it would have a lot of potential for amazing storylines, but I guess Disney didn't want to give the budget for that, so they wanted Justin to not have magic
they didn't wanna do anything that could in any way shape or form be taken as a "harry potter copy" lol
I know Bridgette Mendler is too busy being the most successful Disney kid to leave her past behind but that doesn’t mean they shouldve just ignored her character. Just RECAST the role
People would complain and say the new actress is nothin like Bridgette and leave disgusting comments all over their social media when they’re just doing their job. Certain roles are just too iconic or hard to recast when people are attached to a certain actor/actress.
That’s like saying Paramount should’ve just recasted Sam for iCarly, so instead they gave Carly another best friend because people are allowed to have more than one friend.
Or saying Netflix should’ve casted some random actress to play Michelle Tanner in Fuller House because the Olsen twins refused to return due to them no longer acting and now being in the fashion industry.
Also I honestly rather see her in a Good Luck Charlie spinoff where Charlie uses the video diaries Teddy made for her. Call it… Thank you Teddy. That’s where she really got famous cause she wasn’t a side character.
I ALSO wanted to add that Justin doesn’t have to end up with the girl he dated as a teen/young adult. It’s very realistic for a person to not end up with the person they dated in high school.
From what I heard she quit acting all together
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Yeah she doesn't act anymore. She went to Harvard and MIT and is now involved in the Space program or something. She left Disney behind.
@BMVfilms because she's a graduate from Harvard & MIT with a Doctorate, PHD, and owns a nasa type company
Your animated persona works with your voice and personality so well dude great vibe
I have to say that I really love the line “You just didn’t have the right teachers. I believe in you “.
I don’t know I think being someone who has struggled a lot with learning difficulties and has thought I was just stupid , It’s a really nice lesson and hit close to home.
Lines like that are really important!
I had this in college ❤I never understood math but my professor was a math nerd and helped me catch up
Later in the season Jerry shows up and gives advice to Justin that maybe his teaching approach just isn't working. He mentions that different people learn different ways. Then uses Alex as an example with how she didn't learn from the theory of magic. She learned by doing and making mistakes. I'm similar with how I don't really do well just reading a book on a subject. I have to actually practice it *as* I read it. Reading will just have my mind wandering away within minutes and then I have to refocus myself multiple times. I'm *far* from stupid, but academically I'm terrible.
How dare TH-cam hide this from me for a whole 35 seconds
Edit: Ik it’s generic but guys why are you beefing so much 😭 💀 ✋
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How original
The fact that this wasn’t bad at all, I actually laughed a little bit because the siblings are so relatable and I think it’s really cute. Of course I know it’s not gonna be like the original one that I grew up watching when I was like four years old, but with me about to be 20, this is such a cute show and it feels like they’re starting to bring back the old Disney Channel for the new generation. And I’m here for it.😊
I agree!! It will never be the original, and that’s okay. It’s just supposed to be a wacky scheme of the week type show. And it does that well. I think it’s light hearted and fun. People just want to be grumps and not let the nostalgia glasses go.
@@planetomarsWell, I agree about people needing to let go, but honestly, the biggest problem with these things is that they try and replace the old characters that we love and put them in the background. The new characters are not alongside, they’re the main ones. No one wants that.
It feels very dissonant with Justin's character that he would give up his dream of becoming a fully fledged wizard, nor that he purposefully didn't tell his wife about any of this. In the original series, he clearly anticipated that his, Alex's or Max's children could inherit their powers.
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He said he was disappointed in himself and really ashamed of losing his powers which is why he didn’t tell his family he even cried about it in the first episode 😭😭😭😭 I’m guessing the reason Justin got fired is actually very traumatic to him in some way and he tried to block it from his memory
Agreed, but I also definitely see Justin as someone so calculated that when failure rears its head he wouldn’t want that failure lurking in his mind everytime he faces family
@@RealogOnlyBrodie However he never lost his powers, just his job at wiztech. Yeah, even when marrying a mortal he still was allowed to keep his powers.
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1) I’m stunned Justin married someone who looks pretty darn identical to Harper! ( should of just had him marry Harper honestly, my kid heart would of loved that 2) how the heck does he have his powers still if he married a mortal? 3) how the heck doesn’t his kids have powers?
@@cantspellbritt4129 Harper and Justin are a terrible match. Would prefer Juliet
He got his powers from profesor crumb thats why he stil has his powers his dad gave up his powers in the family competition to marry a mortal but since alex has the family powers the powers of profesor crumb are something totaly diff
@@Fraudbull98but that’s actually false their dad won the competition and kept his powers but there is a rule that mortals can’t marry wizards so he gave his powers to his brother
In original show magic is like puberty. And Justin kids are super young. Maybe Roman but milo he is too Young, he would get his power around season 2 or 3.
@@smokeworlld ok so since Justin wasn’t the family wizard period then the powers don’t get passed down to his kids I guess 🤷🏻♂️
“A sequel series no one asked for”
I’m sorry Alex but it takes 2 seconds to look on any social media site to see this was massively asked for FOR YEARS like 😭
he always says stuff like this as if he doesn't do any research or thinks the one in no one only applies to him.
12:59 it's because Disney channel stars back then wanted to become stars. While now they push the current Disney Channel stars to over act
as much as I DON'T want to watch this sequel
I really REALLY want to know what happened with the Unicorn
Me too. And we still don't know after 9 episodes.
We all know what happened with unicorn, Disney just can't say it in a show meant for children😭 It would definitely explain why he was fired and then decided to go live a life completely unassociated with magic
The more it’s called a incident the worst it becomes…. Did he murder it?
@@MarijaJovanovic-sl2cy what do you all think happened with the unicorn? I don't think he'd bang it
I might be wrong but I think unicorns are supposed to be more malicious and deadly than cartoons would normally portray them. Very possible that the unicorn stole some hearts and not in a fun way.
11:44 Clearly a strange world we are living in BECAUSE THIS TEXT AND REACTION ARE TOTALLY SPOT ON !!
0:10 i think theres a reason why we didnt get that sequel….
Did Corey raped someone?
Why?
@@shoverload5135 Kyle Massey (Cory's actor) was charged of gr00ming and talking inappropriately with a minor.
what the fack @@joshuatutanes4191 I didn't know that
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Of course he did 🤦♂️
I like how they just threw out almost all the storylines from the old show. It kinda feels like another family comedy, with one actor that we cared about 12 years ago
I agree, that's why when the trailer came out I was dissapointed. I was confused on where they were going with the story. Granted I haven't watched the original in a long time, but it just feels like another version of gameshakers.
the episode with selena was SO funny because those old character dynamics were so present and exciting. it genuinely felt just like them. but the 9 episodes after that i just missed her. the story was good because of their dynamic, and the writers from the original wizards arent involved sadly (and i dont understand why) so the vibes are off altogether in my opinion
11:23 aight that got a chuckle from me
Every time a recorded audience cheers at someone the adults knows, I always love to think about the ACTUAL target audience’s reaction. “Huh? Why are we cheering? Are we supposed to know who this guy is? Did he win an Oscar or something?” In the case of the pilot, I thought “oh, he’s the dad? There’s this other show I was watching and no one cheered when the main characters’ parents walked in the room in the first episode.” And it makes me remember all those times it happened when I was a kid like Dolly Parton’s first appearance on Hannah Montana.
I remember when the firs episode of girl meets world came out and I- having never watched boy meets world- was incredibly confused when the cheered Cory and Topanga. when they brought in the guy who played Eric I legit thought it was jimmy Fallon and that's why they were cheering 💀
@@AJ-xc4qe yea the target audience should be the kids who grew up watching the show. So like me who is in her early twenties.
honestly when the cheer played for justin i laughed but when it played for alex i cheered in my head 😂 like yessss she’s back, it’s rlly hit and miss
the audience isn't for children but for the 20+ year olds OG who might watch it with children
SAMEEE with me and Dolly Parton 😂😂
Disney shows have a weird way of direction where actors make it feel like they are breaking the fourth wall. It gets very uneasy to watch when you're grown and can catch nuances like that. I'm glad you mentioned the original acting with Alex and the cast feeling authentic.
It's because sitcom scripts are just a list of jokes. In original series, like "Full House," the actors were all comedians (except John Stamos) who knew how to bend these jokes to sound like natural dialogue and the comedy was birthed from the circumstance. When the ydo shows like "Fuller House," the adults who set the tone are now played by former child actors with no stand-up comedy experience so they just sound like they're taking turns telling jokes.
The direction is almost like live theater. They're often yelling lines with no subtlety, they're speaking to each other without always fully facing each other and instead facing audience. It's a kind of unsurprising residual effect from the sitcoms always having live studio audiences.
Yall just yapping at this point tbh.
@jg2722 don't be a blind sheep.
@kendallrivers1119 dont be a typical hater
It’s so jarring that all these reboots that star/revolve around kids who are even younger than the child stars of back in the day. Everyone is/acts like a 5th grader. Fuller house/Ravens home/ and now this. I don’t get it.
Harper in the OG series : I was sent back in time by a very powerful wizard
Alex now: Billy is an incredibly powerful wizard
Never noticed that. Maybe they are connected. But people don't know that wizards exist like Harper said they do.
Not yet atleast! Maybe that will happen in this series. Billie might reveal it. @@arrowverselover100
@@LBmusicfan yeah. She can't keep being a wizard a secret, which is probably one of the reasons the tribunal thinks she's dangerous and wants to take her powers. Billie is pretty reckless with magic. She's honestly worse than Alex.
Making the show a stable time loop would be interesting
@@arrowverselover100that was a contradiction. The wizards team was likely going to move forward with the season 3 finale and season 4 premiere making it cannon that wizardry was exposed, but the writers room shifted a lot during that season and they decided to maintain the status quo
I like it. But Why the heck does Justin have powers? You lose your wizard powers if you marry a human. So either the wife is a wizard too, or she is some kind of monster.
Exactly my 2 guesses are
1. Rules changed
2. Justin is a exception like he still got to keep his powers even though he lost the competition
@@unicornpet2225my best guess is that because he wasn’t the “family wizard” the rule doesn’t apply. The only reason he still had his powers was to teach at wiztech. Why they let his powers remain post firing from wiztech or when marrying Giada idk but there it is
Naah, you don't. Their dad gave up the powers for his brother to marry their mom but he did that in a family competition. Justin got his powers a different way that did not involve family competition. I still would think that it would be prohibited to marry a human though...
Professor Crumbs gave him his powers so Justin could become a professor at Wiztech
He was a exception for teaching at wiz tech i assume but he shouldn't even have them because he didn't even teach there long since crumbs was there for over a hundred years and he was probably there since the show ended until now which is around 15ish years give or take.
Why doesn’t Justin’s kids have magic? Their dad had magic and he no longer had powers and his wife was mortal but all 3 of his kids had powers when they were young.
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t there an episode dedicated to Max getting his powers (or his “adult” powers (the episode with the goofy ahh wizard hat)?
That is probably the approach where their powers or dormant or Justin suppressed them or took them before he gave up magic. He more than likely did this to prevent his kids from doing the wizard competition.
It wasn't terrible till the "misunderstood person turns out to be the planet's savior" plot came out.
This I agree with
I think the acting is worse because they’re casting younger and the style of directing is different. The shots look really stale and same-y between new shoes. And the sets feel too obviously like sets.
We forget that all our Disney shows were featuring high schoolers, and these days it’s middle schoolers.
Older actors = more experience.
Although, Zach and Cody were still pretty good for their age so… I dunno.
Zack and Cody’s cast had 2 teens and 2 adults and other adult side characters so it helped balance off the twins acting also the sets were far superior and diverse that helped set the mood
Selena David Henrie and Austin were all around the same age as these kids.
The acting is not worse, it’s on the same level of acting as in jessie , zack and cody , wizards of waverly place, and icarly. The only difference is we are adults now so yall are tougher on the corny jokes and lines now.
@@jg2722 the shows you listed had way better dialogue and performance then this show ☠️
@@m1lksh4ke_41 nah you just blinded by nostalgia
6:04 the point is that Justin got fired and lost his magic, cause he had magic as long as he was a principal. He married a non wizard because he was no longer a wizard after getting fired.
He didn’t lose his magic. He can still do magic right?
This show proved to me that Disney is much past its prime when it comes to shows they will never make anything as good as the early 2000’s writing
Did you give the show any chance? maybe you are too old for disney.
@ no because like you said, I am too old and I have better things to do, but I do watch this TH-cam channel from Time to Time when I have downtime and seen the clips he showed proves to me that the writing and humor and altogether atmosphere declined this I decided to voice my opinion in the comment section and point out the difference between shows from when I used to watch Disney to now .
Sorry I used speech to type so the translation is a little off and might be a little hard to understabd
@@shontunz697 The first episode is less than 10 mins longer than this video and free on TH-cam so I watched it to form my own opinion. It wasn't bad, wasn't great. They could have come up with a better premise. Also given that Selena Gomez is likely too busy to make more than a guest appearance or 2 person season they should've asked back at least one other original character as a series regular. Harper could've easily been the wife. Would've preferred Juliette but Bridgette Mendler is busy running a company.
@Or_you88 aren't you a little too old for Disney? Anybody over 4 years old is too old for that channel now.
I know Bridget Mendler literally has better stuff to do but it sucks so hard Justin isn’t with Juliette anymore
They could have hired another actress to play Juliette though. Would have still been better than having his character marrying some rando..
isnt juliette stuck as an old woman? or still in a teenage girls body? Bridget is in her 30s. It wouldnt work.
My top 3 is DOWN BAD 😞😂
5:42 this concept really annoyed me when I was watching prison break. We watched Lincoln grow only for the comeback to be him in the middle of a total backslide
The dads of our childhood shows were all middle aged guys in their 40s and 50s and looking it, now the disney+ kids are getting parents that are barely 35 and look like they're barely 30.
You do know that David DeLuise was 35 when they started Wizards, right? He is literally the exact same age as David Henrie now.
@arrowverselover100 but he looked like a dad. He wasn't young and vivacious and barely looking like he had kids in the first place. Man's genuinely looked like he had children and was rocking the dad role to the fullest
@@0.0dots Technological and societal advancements allows us to just look younger now, for much longer. Also, we're older too, so the "adults" seem less adulty to us since we're closer to their age
@@arrowverselover100 omg how did I never realize he's Dom's son?!
I’m more upset at the fact Justin and Juliet aren’t together anymore
Didn’t Juliet become an old lady in waddle away?
@@CoolPirate97 They could've found a way to bring her back. Honestly I hated that episode. I feel terrible for Juliet and Alex's werewolf boyfriend (I forgot his name).
@@CoolPirate97 the evil angel dude brought her back and fixed her
Juliet is now busy with her space startup thingy and having a PhD…
But I’m still hoping Bridgit can at least make time to shoot an episode. 🙏
@ I know the actress is doing great in life but they could’ve acted like she was away on a business trip or something
We'll stop beating this dead horse when it stops spitting out money. - Bo Burnham
The icarly sequel has been my favourite just because it was made for older fans that grew up watching it. They make jokes about drinking and drugs and sex but it still feels like the same show
Same here! I'm so mad it got canceled
Eh I felt it was stale and boring. Not even close to the original. I lost interest after the first season. But I WILL say, they did the formula correctly. Focused on the same sets of main characters, introduced new ones ALONGSIDE them, allowing them to be more interesting and not annoying.
I actually really liked the concept of the show.Billie is struggling being a wizard & actually trying to do her best while she's basically the most powerful wizard!Along with how realistic the kids act like their age!
My farts are better than Alex Meyers’ farts 💨
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it’s pretty good, he just wants to view bait lol
literally, it wasn’t even bad 😭 i thought it would be way worse than it was
I don't know why people are calling it bad without even watching it first.
Disney should win an award for always ruining shows by doing horrible reboots it’s like a hidden talent I’ve never seen anyone do it worse than Disney😭
But the professor gave his role to Justin. So no one should be able to fire him😂😂
Maybe it’s like a committee situation where a board decides if you can keep your job or not.
Don't think that's how that works. There's still the school board and he was just the headmaster
The Wizard Council probably fired him. They decided whether or not Justin and Alex could get back into the competetion. They definitely have the authority to fire him.
People who say they did Justin wrong didn’t have the internal pressure to be perfect while growing up and becoming a “failure” as a 30-year-old.
I find him *VERY* relatable.
34yo*
No, you're missing the point. He HAD the talent, the drive, the motivation. They gave him what he wanted (off screen) the RIPPED IT AWAY (also off screen). It's not like being a "perfect" person and crumbling from the pressure. He DID succeed, there was an accident, and we don't even know what it is. It's terrible writing.
@@imallin971 fr we saw he working to achieve his dreams for so long, achieved and then Disney just said “nah” and crushed his future
Also, the reason given betrays the character. Justin was never known for being irresponsible. The writers trying to dismiss Headmaster Justin with some unicorn throw away line doesn't really work. The problem is, writers will make something 'relatable' without asking if it makes sense for the character and we often look at a character's action and think to ourselves, "That's something I would do" but we should instead ask ourselves whether that's something that character would do.
@@imallin971 exactly. No character work, no explanation, they just wanted to recreated the original series' dynamic (ex-wizard dad, mortal mom, powerful but wacky wizard girl) and had Justin's actor so they just butchered the ending he got way back when and basically justified it with a Noodle Incident joke.
What we get here isn't a Justin who struggled under the weight of expectations, he's not suffering from a Gifted Kid Burnout - he was fired due to one slip-up and went "welp, time to turn my back on wizarding forever". Also where is Juliet???
I only saw the first episode but i actually really like the writing and the comedy was pretty okay too selenas comedic timing is actually impressive
i was worried about selena gomez not being able to do alex again, because of how her character is in omitb, but it took less than a minute for me to go "oh no she's so back" like wow
also, theory as to why the new diesny shows feel different, when we were in the first gen of disney/nick live action shows, since there were no other kids sitcom anywhere, i feel like the people who wrote and made things based themselves on other family sitcoms, but at some points, there shows got so big, they had a formula to stick to, and along the way they started bastardizing themselves. it's not ALL bad, but it's definitely different
I don't think she wanted to commit to a Disney show full time in this time of her life tbh. She's busy with omitb but also with Selena+Chef but atleast she's producing. Also wizards wasn't the first generation live action. It was like the 3rd or end of the 2nd along with Hannah Montana.
Selena Gomez says she’s Alex Russo in real life so Alex always been apart of her
Y'all forget her character in omitb is supposed to be like that. She's an actress she played how the script says she should.
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Somehow I’ve never seen you before but obviously you are huge, but still, awesome video! I am about to binge watch this channel
literally same! lol
Disney stopped being creative and just keeps making remakes, reboots, prequels, and sequels. Then again when they try to make an original it ends up sucking. However they really need to start making some bangers like back in the day
literally cant, fired all those writers
Entertainment works like this nowadays. Even videogames always announce remakes, sequels, remasters, reboots or ports. Investing money is easier for those companies if they know there is an audience they can recover the investment from.
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu "works"
I'm guessing you're too young to remember the early days of Disney Channel, when they charged for the privilege of watching their "original" programming. The NEW Mickey Mouse Club and live action series based on their animated features.
For the TL;DR crowd- half assed reboots have been a problem at Disney for decades!
Dude the revivals are great what are you talking about? Ravens home and Wizards beyond Waverly place are both good! Let it rain with revivals!
God any show with the fake laugh track is torture to sit through! good video Alex!
My farts are better than Alex Meyers’ farts 💨
@@AutowarsRegen 100% my thought as well.
Live audience
As a kid, I learned to tune it out and I still have the ability to do that. It doesn't really bother me unless I'm specifically paying attention to it. Which I try not to. Just pay attention to the dialogue. It helps a lot.
Shows are awkward without a laugh track.
5:03 max is probably helping pay for the house cuz he was a pretty good kid
Anyone else feels like disney sitcoms are just the same thing copy pasted with a random gimmick thrown in so you can tell the difference between shows
And laugh tracks is pretty much are a way of saying we don't have confidence in our material so we are going to tell you when to laugh and hope you laugh
I’m watching the original wizards and this one since they both used laugh tracks and idk they are just forcing the laughs with Wizards Beyond? Like okay I get a good chuckle from Selena and David’s back and forth sibling banter but with kids… not everything needs a laugh.
Its always been like that tbh.... the acty acting, family stereotypes so you have someone to relate to, 1 token black friend, bizzare things happening to the main character, wacky outfits, school life with 1 mean teacher or principal😂
I really only feel that way about Wizards and Hannah Montana. They were the same show, just with different secrets. That's why I love Good Luck Charlie so much. It was so different from anything Disney Channel has ever done or will ever do again. It was so out of the box. Nothing can compare.
@@arrowverselover100 The irony being that Good Luck Charlie didn’t have any high concept or USP beyond suburban family with an oopsie baby. It was slice of life, no secret identity, magic, science fiction concept etc. The fact it lacked these made it refreshing.
@@jbcatz5 Yeah. It really was your everyday family. It was the one show my dad would watch with me. It's really the only Disney Channel show that I can think of, that the whole family can watch.
Im pissed they ruined Juliet and Justin's endgame but I do like this show so far. Hope we see Mason and Harper
Bridget Mendler doesn’t act anymore. She went to law school and runs a space organization now.
@@sakunaruful we KNOW…. We can still be mad that our ship is dead now
@@isisjames255 exactly!!
@@sakunarufulthey could have hired another actress to play Juliette though
@@91clarie People would still complain since Juliet would be played by a new actress and not Bridgit Mendler.
Wow Selena Gomez just fell right back into Alex Ruso roll perfectly. Definitely is a believable adult Alex. But leave it to Disney to have no idea how to write a decent show anymore. They can revive IP but can’t figure out how to keep it alive.
Uh, about that Cory in the House sequel...you might want to look up Kyle Massey and what he did in 2019...
Which equals 99% of disney executives 😂
Unless I’m mistaken I believe those child predator allegations he has are only allegations as of right now but there isn’t any clear evidence. Kyle is also claiming the mother who accused him of being a groomer is actually a groomer who did inappropriate things to him when he was a minor.
But regardless a Cory In The House reboot or anything Disney related with him in it is highly unlikely given his current situation. Even if he is actually innocent he’ll still probably be black-balled from the industry.
I think that was the joke…?
U might wanna see what Selena did she a freaky freaky
6:19 glad that someone else thought the jewelry and outfit was "lesbian bar" energy
I just wish every reboot wasn’t a kids show. Most people excited for this show are adults now.
8:40 STAPPP!!! You’re putting images in my innocent head!!!! 😭😭😭
Wizards was my entire childhood and I completely forgot this reboot was coming out.......says how much they cared about this
Revival
I didn't even see a trailer for it until yesterday. No advertising at all
Oh thank goodness you made a video on it, I didn't want to have to watch it myself to find out if it was good or bad
I actually really like this reboot it has a alot of potential, and Billie's attitude feels very reminiscent of the old Disney channel. Like Raven's additude.
Not a reboot
Yeah it’s not bad…. I think ppl had their expectations extremely high… just take the show for what it is….
@@isisjames255 If you don't compare it to the original show, it's actually good. People just need to keep an open mind.
@@arrowverselover100 I never compare it to the original because I knew it wasn’t going to be the original. When they originally told us that Justin was going to be the main cast of the show, I knew it wasn’t going to revolved around Alex because the original was revolved around her. Some people also need to realize they’re not little kids anymore so they’re not going to act the same way they did as a teenager
@@chelseahorizons Honestly Justin is worse than he was in the original. Alex is about the same.
Yet another sequel series from a nostalgic work that absolutely NOBODY was asking for. Though, Justin's sons really look like they could be related to David Henrie, and Justin and Alex had a sweet moment in the pilot.
My farts are better than Alex Meyers’ farts 💨
No cap you’re not wrong that nobody asked for it but I have to admit the “older” jokes keep me around and the kids have their moments from time to time if the development continues it could actually be a good successor to the OG
People were definitely asking for a Wizards show... but more so with the entire original cast, yk?
Selena and David literally asked for this… what are you talking about? They’ve been teasing this for years and a lot of fans were on board. They even did a livestream together laughing and joking about what they imagined their characters would be like in their 30s and what the story would be. We just wanted an adult version not a kid friendly for the next generation version that probably hasn’t even seen all the episodes and movies.
Even the original creator Todd Greenwald said he wanted to do a mature follow up series but Disney wouldn’t allow it, which I find ridiculous when they literally have rated R movies on Disney+. That’s why Lizzie McGuire revival never happened.
People did ask for this, especially the original cast.
Would love to see you cover more episodes. This is the only way I can rationalize watching these Disney shows
I would have been more interested in a show that follows Max, the Sandwich shop owner with his family. Even though he’s not a wizard anymore they need him to help train a wizard who is very enthusiastic.
Alex, I love that you're the only youtuber who's ad reads, I don't want to skip. Your added animations just make me want to stick around to see what you'll add xD.
Why are people hating the sequel. It is genuinely so good. Its the classic disney sitcom, of course all the characters are gonna act quirky. The cast has good chemistry, the writing is fine. Way better than other trainwrecks that have been released in form of reboot. Also it's supposed to follow the same theme of the original series, so yeah its similar. That's the point. And about people being clever, finding holes in the timeline, its a sitcom for gods sake. Just let it slide.
The "problematic age gap ???" Is so real😭 a couple can have 3 months of different, and some people will always find a way to find it problematic
All we ask for are original series and movies, yet Disney continues to harp in on people's nostalgia to line their pockets. It's exhausting 😮💨
i just watched all the episodes and i love this show so much. cried so hard the first episode. i hope they get season 2
You never know...👀
I also love the casting of Justin's sons they do look alike!
I will agree that the casting of the sons was great
Hey, remember when Justin and Juliet got back together and it was basically true love according to the show. Yeah, what happened to that?
It was strange.
It's like they rebooted it without season 4
@@shohinighosh3102 I hope they explain what happened to her in the show
What happened is Bridgit Mendler became a Harvard and MIT graduate, CEO of a space company genuis, instead of a random D-lister struggling to find gigs. 🤷♀️
@@itsmj3103for the sake of the show they could have hired a different actress to play Juliette though
@91clarie literally! And then added a HUGE laugh track laugh when someone comments on how much she's changed.
The actors really wanted this to come back and so did a lot of the fans. They’ve been pitching to Disney for years
Alex was savage for that 3rd most favorite character of the show line!😂
It’s true tho just that in my case he’s way lower
@@Haineko5 he’s #1. Thank you very much.
The original creators and writers of the show didn't return to this one. It REALLY shows. It's funny how much the iCarly revival got away with it because the original creator was already a very suspicious fellow and no one wanted to see him back, but the other revivals of big kidcoms kiiiinda rushed through just doing whatever. Speaking of, anyone notice how much kidcoms are just DYING now? Their appeal really is just plain gone save for this, the Raven's Home spinoff coming next year and supposedly a Thundermans revival spin-off series, too?
I don't have any channels. I just stream, but from what it seems like to me, all Disney Channel and Nickelodeon do is play reruns. At this point, they are becoming the new Teen Nick. That channel has been dead for over a decade. All they do last time I checked, was play reruns of Drake and Josh and Zoey 101.
@@arrowverselover100 And Henry Danger.
@@mesousagaby740 That's interesting. I tried Henry Danger when it first came out, but I didn't like it. If you ask me, Lab Rats is where it's at. But then again, I'm more of a Disney girl than a Nickelodeon girl, even though I did really like icarly and Victorious. All the other Nick shows were just kinda eh for me.
I totally agree with your take on the reboot not all of them are bad but one thing I noticed is like some actors aren’t sure about their roles so it feels like there doing improv with some of the bits they have especially new characters 😂❤
That reddit part(11:36-11:50) was really funny, Alex I love your sense of humor. Thanks for watching this stuff so I don't have to😊. You're video as are great
What!!!! Justin got fired! I would expect Alex to do that not Justin!
4:57 he was principal of wiz tech for at least a decade. Bro had the money for this house
6:20 got me with the one two combo of "was not expecting that" and "funny cuz it's true" 😂
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Alex now...do you sleep? Like ever?😂😂
3:02 makes this video worth it
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I miss Max. He was probably my favourite character after Harper and Justin
11:38 that was genius ..... sooo sooo relevant and accurate 😂😂😂
I actually thought the pilot was perfect! had the right mix of nostalgia with a new taste to it, little me loved seeing justin and alex again 🥹🫶🏽 also the kid actors came to WORK
It's like an episode of House Hunters. I'm an at home electrical inventor and my wife is a puppy babysitter. Our budget is 2.5 million. 🤣
It was nice they brought the whole monster hunter arc back
"What could you possibly have done with a unicorn?"
Geralt of Rivia: "..."
Corey in the house is a sequel spinoff series. Which is strange because the mom never comes on the show and Raven got a cameo. So the raven sequel series is actually a triquel series I guess
I want to know why his kids don’t have powers? Just like how jerry have his powers up for the moral world his kids still knew about magic…. So I’m confused on that 😅
@@asiajames5217 for records magic in wizard of waverly places world is basic puberty. There is a epsidoe how Max get his magic.
And also Justin kids are super young.
Or how Justin is able to still have his powers while being married to a human. That’s against the wizard law.
I’m literally 25 and this used to be my fav show and i binged it and I love it
11:34 this not close enough to sue and your Reddit joke had me cackling outrageously for four whole minutes!