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1. Extremely overproduced -- The reboot is focused way too heavily on dramatizing the action. How so? Slow-motion cuts during the games, rapid camera cuts that disjoint your ability to follow along, excessive sound effects, and cuts to the audience mid-action. The games themselves are extremely engaging and fun, but all of this excessive post-production turns the show from feeling like an action-sports competition with drama into a Hollywood movie depicting sports, which is typically cringe.

2. There is not enough action -- They shortened the matchups by one competition but kept the runtime the same as the OG series. After 15-20 minutes of runtime, only one game has been played. These games only last, at most, around 5 minutes in totality, meaning they are spending roughly 65-75% of that stretch on theatrics and talking instead of actual competition. And if the game itself runs shorter than 5 minutes, that number gets even worse. Also, after nearly every game, we get interviews, which is way too much.

3. There is a Travelator Issue -- In episodes 1-4, every woman competitor who was in the lead coming into the Eliminator lost their matchup. Why is that an issue? It signals that their strongest women competitors are losing due to a singular obstacle. That is great for the short-term entertainment of that matchup, but it is also reducing the opportunity for future matchups that could be super competitive with close endings. Why is that important? WATCH SEASON 5, EPISODE 9: Wesley “Two Scoops” Berry vs. Mark Muse.

4. Commentator Team aren't great -- Namely, Roxie and Miz feel very unnatural in their delivery, and it does not resonate with the dramatic, intense feel of the OG show. But this is something that time and consistency can heal, as this truly isn’t their background. Miz is a wrestler and former reality TV cast member, while Roxie’s focus was on Viacom with music countdown shows. Neither is coming directly from this exact competition/sports commentary line of work.

Tldr: I binged all 7 seasons this year, weeks before I heard about this reboot. When watching the reboot, I noticed they need to scale back the post-production edits, reevaluate the Travelator, and focus on the ACTION quickly, with less of the in-between talking.