Old school Wednesday Addams vs the new animated version for best comic book adaptation

I grew up on the deadpan 90s movies and the new Netflix show feels way too polished and emotional, which do you think captures her true comic spirit better?

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zarapalmer9d ago

the new Netflix show feels way too polished" - wait, are we even watching the same show? I'm genuinely shocked anyone would call that show polished lol. That scene where she literally stabs a guy through the hand with a fork and grins about it felt like pure chaotic Addams energy to me. The 90s movies were great don't get me wrong, but Christina Ricci's Wednesday could never get away with half the stuff Jenna Ortega's version does now. Plus the little deadpan one-liners she throws out while standing in a burning building? C'mon, that's exactly the spirit from the comics to me.

david7017d ago

People are really out here analyzing Wednesday Addams like she's a presidential candidate or something. It's a goth girl with pigtails who makes dark jokes, not a deep philosophical character study (even if the comics have some depth). Christina Ricci was great, Jenna Ortega is great, they're both doing different takes on the same basic idea. The fork stabbing thing was funny but let's not pretend that's some kind of comic accuracy breakthrough - the original comics had her dropping anvils on people's heads. At the end of the day both versions are just trying to be entertaining in their own way, and getting worked up over which one is more "true" to the spirit feels like overthinking a cartoon character.