that 90s show is the latest in a long line of netflix revivals which includes titles like gilmore girls a year in the life fuller house tales of the city and one day at a time set 20 years after that 70s show it shifts focus to eric and donnas teen daughter as she visits her grandparents kitty and red in wisconsin and critics seem to be kind of enjoying the nostalgia tripmost reviews which emerged online today january 19 to coincide with the entire first season landing on the platform praise the shows commitment to imitating its popular predecessor leia forman is a copy of her father topher grace while the rest of the youngsters echo original characters jackie mila kunis michael ashton kutcher fez wilmer valderrama and donna laura prepon though the flip side of that they admit is that it doesnt offer up anything particularly exciting its confusing then too to know who the series is actually for those who followed the point place kids basement antics back in late 90s or new audiencesthat 90s show is cute and worth checking out comicbookcoms jamie jirak states matteroffactly while we got it covereds stacey ritzen argues that 70s show was a success because of those complicated sniping relationships between characters and without that even the tried and true circle sessions after the gang discovers their older counterparts nearly twodecadesold stash feels emptywhether it keeps going for as long or successfully as that 70s show of course is anyones guess fans of the original may find enough here to repique their interest claims the guardians lucy mangan viewers for whom the 90s are our 70s well their minds are impenetrable to me i suppose it might be able to tear them away from the tiktoks the snapchatter and the google possibly it will be a useful resource for history majorsthe characters individually are comical especially ozzie whose sardonic oneliners were amusing but as a group they lack the chemistry to believe in their relationship drama writes igns laura sirikul even the season finale which ended on an emotional cliffhanger felt flat and unearnedthere will certainly be giggles but theres no longer any wink necessary between the show and its audience there are also considerably coarser references to sex and basic biology now which seem to arrive at moments when a writer has run out of wit pens wall street journals john andersonone things for certain though everyone is still loving any time spent with debra jo rupp and kurtwood smith as erics overbearing mother kitty and notsocantankerous father red respectivelyred and kitty forman are somehow even more fleshed out than they were on that 70s show with multiple decades separating their appearance in the two shows the writers have keenly evolved these parents into more modern versions of themselves den of geeks shawn laib says grandparenting looks good on red who has softened significantly since his days of incessantly desiring to shove his