I love the original fragggle rock and, while this new one feels a little less magical(the soundscapes just feel too bland and unmusical), and the characters a little less balanced (mokey as the older sister character really helped balance the group, the new version will have to prove herself worth the revision), this stays truer to the original than I ever would have expected, I do wish there was more singing with catchy music though.
Rather than a reboot this feels more like a refresh, the new art styles and bigger cavern is mostly an improvement, the new Doozer design feels a lot more believable and the Gorg "castle" feels a lot less like it is on a tiny sound stage. The new doc character only feels off if you had no awareness that doc was a completely different character in different parts of the world and had your mind set in stone that it must be an old white man inventor, this is just another iteration of the world bridging character and I'm sure she'll do a fine job. I can't say I'll be watching the series closely but I hope they continue to make quality episodes for the kids of today who can't get enough of fraggles from the originals.
Rather than a reboot this feels more like a refresh, the new art styles and bigger cavern is mostly an improvement, the new Doozer design feels a lot more believable and the Gorg "castle" feels a lot less like it is on a tiny sound stage. The new doc character only feels off if you had no awareness that doc was a completely different character in different parts of the world and had your mind set in stone that it must be an old white man inventor, this is just another iteration of the world bridging character and I'm sure she'll do a fine job. I can't say I'll be watching the series closely but I hope they continue to make quality episodes for the kids of today who can't get enough of fraggles from the originals.