I don't know if this will contain spoilers or not, but here goes...
Right from the start, I was wary about this show. I would watch the commercials and think, This will be nothing more than a feeble attempt to recapture Nick's 90s glory. Then, I reminded myself that I shouldn't judge before watching it. So, one day when I had nothing to do, I sat down and gave it a try.
Unfortunately, my expectations were pretty much right on target. The whole bee/"B" theme comes off as really obnoxious, and right from the start I saw stereotypes: nerdy girls, popular girls, uptight teacher-figures, annoying little brothers...the word "hippie" was even present in the dialogue of one episode, speaking of a museum worker (named Rainbow, if I'm not mistaken, yet another stereotype). I saw this particular show, and it left me open-mouthed, wondering why in the world this was necessary. Continuing on, the characters have no depth and the plots are cookie-cutter-ish and uninteresting. The name of the show itself is questionable. Yes, the girl's name is Bessie, but if there is actually going to be a superhero-figure called "The Mighty B", why not focus the show more on that? All I saw relating to the name were 15-second clips of what she would have done if she were a superhero.
As with most shows, I really wish that I could think of it in a way other than negatively, but...seriously? Come on. We should be expecting something truly genius out of Amy Poehler. The one redeeming quality of this show, in fact, is that she created it. On the other end of the spectrum, she is the last person I would expect to create something of such poor quality is this. I mean, Amy Poehler is one of the best people in comedy today, especially with her SNL stuff. She never fails to make me laugh.
Well, except for now.
A word to Nickelodeon: Unless you can come up with something that genuinely resembles the great cartoons of the 90's or you put the old shows back on (like All That, Rocko's Modern Life, Doug, Spongebob pre-Spongebob movie, etc.), please don't bother introducing shows like "Mighty B"...Please.
2/10, solely for Amy Poehler.
Right from the start, I was wary about this show. I would watch the commercials and think, This will be nothing more than a feeble attempt to recapture Nick's 90s glory. Then, I reminded myself that I shouldn't judge before watching it. So, one day when I had nothing to do, I sat down and gave it a try.
Unfortunately, my expectations were pretty much right on target. The whole bee/"B" theme comes off as really obnoxious, and right from the start I saw stereotypes: nerdy girls, popular girls, uptight teacher-figures, annoying little brothers...the word "hippie" was even present in the dialogue of one episode, speaking of a museum worker (named Rainbow, if I'm not mistaken, yet another stereotype). I saw this particular show, and it left me open-mouthed, wondering why in the world this was necessary. Continuing on, the characters have no depth and the plots are cookie-cutter-ish and uninteresting. The name of the show itself is questionable. Yes, the girl's name is Bessie, but if there is actually going to be a superhero-figure called "The Mighty B", why not focus the show more on that? All I saw relating to the name were 15-second clips of what she would have done if she were a superhero.
As with most shows, I really wish that I could think of it in a way other than negatively, but...seriously? Come on. We should be expecting something truly genius out of Amy Poehler. The one redeeming quality of this show, in fact, is that she created it. On the other end of the spectrum, she is the last person I would expect to create something of such poor quality is this. I mean, Amy Poehler is one of the best people in comedy today, especially with her SNL stuff. She never fails to make me laugh.
Well, except for now.
A word to Nickelodeon: Unless you can come up with something that genuinely resembles the great cartoons of the 90's or you put the old shows back on (like All That, Rocko's Modern Life, Doug, Spongebob pre-Spongebob movie, etc.), please don't bother introducing shows like "Mighty B"...Please.
2/10, solely for Amy Poehler.