Max is a billionaire they did mention him in episode one! Also, I don't think that Giada acts that similar to harper, she doesn't have a quirky fashion sense or anything I think they weren't going for a Harper copy they just so happened to cast a ginger woman.
Okay, so I believe that David and Selena who ARE the executive producers and have gotten together pretty often through the years, to cook up a sequel series, did want it to be age appropriated. But since they know Disney has still own the rights (like the Ned Declassified cast tried to with the original creator, to cook up an aged-up sequel series, but Nickelodeon didn't want to sell the rights of the property) I think they knew that Disney would never sell of one of their most succesful IP's, but... Also never be interested in a age-appropriate sequel series. David saw what happened with the Lizzie McGuire sequel and that also fell through because Disney didn't want it to be for adults or fans of the original show. So what David did with the help of Selena is create a sequel story which does make it able for original cast to reprise their roles: Alex, Max, Jerry (hint: episode 7), Theresa and even Harper while also make it a new introduction for the kids of Disney Channel today. Like they said "a love letter". I think the iCarly sequel series was possible since Nickelodeon didn't wanted to have anything to do with smelly feet guy (you know the bakery). So yeah, my theory about it and why it's been in the works for many, many years. Max is a billionaire by the way who made a franchise of the subway sub shop. Oh and Mrs. Mendler is of confronting space, so of course they would seperate Juliette and Justin. Here's to hoping Mason is still with Alex.
Girl the tribunal is like a magic group of powerful wizards that mostly come in 3s, they made an appearance in the Alex movie they released a few years ago.
My only issue with the show is something that almost all spinoffs or sequel series do, which is introduce a boat load of lore or established information that doesn't always make sense from what we already know.
For the lore on using spells and wands, its a little inconsistant but in the main series, TJ describes spells as "training wheels. when you get good [at magic], you don't need em'." And there's a few eps where they're like 'i lost my wand what will i do' (the test prison when Alex pulled out the mini wand). But they can also just use their hands to cast magic; and with the improv spells (make'em'ups), all they need is to say it out loud eg. "Although I enjoy tasty snacks, I'd rather have my brother Max" And no, the improv doesnt need to be a true statement💀just needs to rhyme
lowkey they should've given us a movie with all the original cast and maybe introduce the new/younger characters in that a bit leading to a possible tv series
@@Neo-Queenserenityt2l the main characters really have not lol so I disagree the Russo Family would’ve all most likely returned if everything felt right, etc .
@@Neo-Queenserenityt2l yeah not really. At least the dad and harper wanted to do the reboot, and probably max could comeback too even if he just came back from time to time
There was a blooper of Alex back in S4 where she goes something like “why do we have an apartment when we have no fucking money”. An adult reboot would have worked so well with her character
I lost my message either due to laptop falling asleep or being in another area for too long but let's hope I can still remember some of my points. I get why you would want the original cast but Jennifer who was Harper is busy working, Selena is busy working on a Hulu show and as for Juliet, Bridgit is also busy. They were trying to do a similar thing as the original where a married couple with 1 of them who was a wizard caring for 3 kids. The actor who played Professor Crumbs passed away, the knowledge guy wasn't meant to be him, they were just doing the old wise man thing again One thing I will say is that it's not explained how Justin kept his powers despite being fired from WizTech due to some unicorn incident since as we know, his Dad gave up his powers since wizards can't marry non-wizards. Justin has been influenced to do bad stuff before usually by Alex. They were usually inconsistent with the spells since in Season 1 I feel it was more common when they just some hand magic. TJ the wizard who charmed his Parents did all of his magic this way, we also saw Alex magically turning her hand into her foot with no wand or spell. The truth spells were always hand magic. It's funny that you mentioned Selena Gomez AND Alex Russo being 2 different characters since technically she should have 2 other doppelgangers since she was Hannah's rival on Hannah Montana and she played a character on the original Suite Life series.
Unfortunately he couldnt marry harper unless they recast her. The actress doesnt act anymore, she became a nurse. I could see her potentially making a Cameo, but she would never leave the job she loves to be a main character. Also not only is Juliette no longer an actor, but the founder of a space company. But im pretty sure Juliette would still be considered a teen, She was over 2000 years old when we met her, i dont think an additional 15ish years would have made a difference
Jennifer Stone does still act, she said it multiple times on the Wizards podcast, and she wants to be in the reboot. They could’ve casted her. Only problem is I don’t think she’d wanna work with David Henrie alone
6:46 The show has the same problem most reboots do they regress the character. Justin was the families magical prodigy who trained at and became president of Wiztech. He went through all that hard work , training and progression just to get fired from wizrech and become not even a highschool principal but a middle school Vice principal. They did my boy Justin dirty, look how they massacred my boy.
@@AnonUnlimitedbut future Harper is obsessed with Justin still, so it’d make sense if they ended up being married and that’s why she’s obsessed. She let him go off and live his life, and he lets her live her dream of being a writer
I finished the show. Apart from a cameo that was a lil heartwarming, i found this show very.....lacking... its very modern Disney "ooh bright colors look kids pretty!" and its very clear that this is just a project that David wanted to do
@@growingupwithdisney as much as WOWP was about family, Alex was always the main character. Having the sequel of the show center around anyone who isn't Alex literally makes no sense.
David DeLuise does actually appear in a future episode he works for a wizard helpline to help young wizards with spells and is like inside of some magic portal world that Billy visits and then he has a quick reunion with the kids and with Justin and then just disappears again so it was a bit underwhelming.
5:15 you keep mentioning Harper and Juliet I don't think these characters came back because their actors no longer Act the actress of Harper I think became a nurse and the actress of Juliet is running her own space company
bridgit doesn't act anymore, not in a long time. she’s doing space things. Apparently, she is the CEO and co-founder of a satellite data startup called Northwood space and earned a JD (doctor of law) from Harvard law school
It’d be disappointing if it doesn’t. I wonder how the series will end, maybe with a family competition. Or hopefully them abolishing the wizard system and no more competition, it’s not fair. Then with Justin or Alex or Max revealing magic to the world
Yes in both the movie and the original show they could both use one magic so magic without a wand, as well as verbal and non-verbal spells, some spells required no words but yes the majority of them did, it was more of like a powerful thing for like if you were more powerful then you could use non-verbal But Professor crumbs would use a lot of non-verbal and so did Justin I think, but a lot of the non-terrible stuff was movie specific and a lot of the one magic was mostly shown in the movie but they did show it in the show sometimes, this show seems to imply that you can't use magic without a wand which isn't true because you can so yeah it is a little bit all over the place it seems with a lot of stuff like I said it's not fully consistent, the original show was a bit Willy washy but this seems extra Willy washing where it's not even sticking with the main law so it's sort of hard tofully connect to it.
I 100% agree with like everything you said. This series wasn’t entirely what I was expecting, and I wish more of the OG cast came back as well. It was amazing that Selena came back for the first episode tho. :) This series does have its less exciting moments, but all their acting is still rlly good too, I think it’s really cute that they made this reboot 😊
I kind of figured Selena Gomez existed in this universe, since Jessie is in the same universe, there was an episode in season 1 that Ravi mentioned Selena Gomez
This is something that I have said in other people's breakdowns of this new show, but I agree completely I think he totally should've ended up with Juliet I understand why they couldn't cast Bridgit Mendler probably because she's busy doing her own stuff and in case they ever do a good luck Charlie reboot they probably want her around I don't know what the reason is but I can understand that despite us wanting them to be together, but at least make it makes sense because in the Wizard world The rule was that if you end up with a mortal and you're a wizard then you have to have your magic taken away but Justin still has his magic, his kids aren't wizards which is unfortunate because it would make way more sense if they were and then we know from the original show that Justin was obsessed with Wizard world girls so even if it wasn't Juliet like he dated an angel he dated a werewolf so could he not be with another person from the wizard world or like you said be with Harper because we know from that future episode of Waverley Place that she said her and Justin were together so they did a lie to it in the original show so it would've been really easy to put him with Harper and she already knows that their wizards so it would've made way more sense and then again I think the kids should've been wizards or even if they don't know their wizards yet like have them eventually find out, I just feel like there were a lot of mistakes made with the show where a lot of things don't fit with the original cannon of the show either but I've said this multiple times and I know other people have as well there's a lot of things that don't fit with the original show in terms of how old the characters behave and of course with this new cast it's just missed opportunities I don't know who was in charge of this show but I feel like whoever it was they didn't take it as seriously as they could've, I heard that it was David Henry and Selena Gomez who were pushing for the show to exist they wanted it to exist for years and came up with the idea of just having two kids and this whole storyline unfortunately, but having them work on the original show you think they know all of the Canon staff and no we would want to see their kids with powers or know that he has to end up with either Juliet or Harper or someone to keep it Canon with the original show and the Laura established in the original show as well as other things like Justin Having his powers because he was in charge of Wiz Tech that's the whole reason he got his powers in the first place because he took crumbs position so he was able to keep his magic so it doesn't make any sense now for him to drop out or be fired from Wiz Tech it's just like a whole downhill spiral for him it's ridiculous just to make him train this Girl from the Wizard in world and have the difference between wizards and non-wizards I don't know I just feel like there were so many better ways to handle the show that could've been more accurate and they could've made it a little bit more mature like make it more like the original wizard Waley place where it's still for children but it's got like more adult humour and it's funny and silly but you know things make sense the spells are really well thought out and you know the dialogue actually sounds like something real people would say rather than what we got With this new show, it just feels so disconnected from the original one both in the law and the script writing, the sets don't even really feel like real homes which is also kind of annoying they made the original one feel really lived in by having all these like weird cookie things inside their home and like you know different odd pillows and different things like that which made it feel more lived in where is this does very much feel like a set unfortunately, on top of everything else wrong with the show like I said with the overacting and the bad Scripps and the non-Canon stuff, there's a lot of things that don't really make sense, especially with Billy being this all powerful wizard they made references to Harry Potter and the original show but this one feels like she is Harry Potter and you know to save the world from some great evil like you know all these evil people are after her kind of like with the whole Voldemort and Harry Potter thing it's just basically that which is kind of unfortunate I mean it's a cool idea I mean we had that with Felix he was like an all powerful person with this all powerful wand so you know he was like someone wielding the elder wand you know he was like this all powerful magical person like it was only him it was his destiny he pulled it out of the orb kinda like the sword in the stone, so they had a lot of references to King Arthur and to Harry Potter and the original show with again the magical wand and the wand in the Orban all of that stuff and so it does make sense for them to have the stuff with Billy now except again I think the kids should've been magical or should've had some connection to the original show, like I said they seem to have not really understood the original show and I don't know if the writers of this show or the director of the show etc had actually watched the original show, I know that with the wizards movie it had a different director from the original shows there were a lot of differences between that and the original show except for the stuff between Teresa and Jerry which I like that at least they kept that in the movie so it felt cohesive even though it was a bit detached from the original show they knew what made the original show work and made it really well for the movie whereas with this that stuff with Teresa and Jerry feels really undermined now because with this new storyline Justin should've had his powers taken away but he didn't so that kind of undermines all that if that their father went through to be with their mother and how he had to give his powers to Calbo, I don't know it's all just a little bitall over the place in a little bit disappointing.
Pretty sure it's confirmed that Justin gained the magic from the wizard dude & because he isn't the family wizard, he doesn't have to give up his magic to be with a mortal, whereas Alex on the otherhand would have to give her magic up if she ever wanted to be with a mortal since she's the family wizard
@@Neo-Queenserenityt2l You make some good points but I think you're wrong and here is why, you're right in that he's not the family wizard Alex is, he was given his powers by Professor crumbs, but it was a stipulation on running whiz Tech, crumbs did not give Justin Powers what he did was he Gave Justin his powers as a way of allowing Justin to keep his magic on the stipulation that he would become the new headmaster of Wiz Tech the new professor he would take crumbs place so he was like the new crumbs the youngest professor of Wiz Tech and so after that crumbs didn't have his magic anymore cause he gave his to Justin, meaning that if Justin were to marry a human he will most likely would have to give up his magic like Alex Wood, again with Jerrys siblings like Calbo we don't know if they had kids if those kids would have magic powers or not or the rules on that so to be fair for all we know Justin's kids could still have magic powers I don't think that that's connected to just the family Wizard either, it's just that aunt Megan and Uncle Calbo never had any kids so we don't know what happened to their kids if they were to have any. Also when it comes to Justin, it's not so much about the fact that he married a mortal that would make him give up his powers it's more the fact that he dropped off Wiz Tech because he was fired from Wiz Tech that would be what would remove his powers cause again he was given the job to be the professor and that's why he was given magic so if he's no longer the professor then he wouldn't have his magic, because that was crumbs stipulation so it wouldn't be him marrying Gianna that would have him lose his powers it would be him being fired from Wiz that would make him lose his powers, yet he still has his powers and he doesn't work at Wiz Tech so that's the part that is really the bigger issue and Saint Makes sense, also it's just very out of character for Justin to not be the whiz tech professor because I think crumbs would be very disappointed in him, as he gave just in that chance because he knew how smart Justin was and how talented he was and it's just something that a lot of shows do, where they as said in this video even, like a lot of shows to end up making their characters go through horrible trials and tribulations and basically have them be worse off than they were at the beginning as like a drama thing but it's not the best decision and I agree completely that they should've made a more adult show I still stand by the whole like made for kids PG or G rated show I just think thatunlike the original show like I would've been fine if it was like the original wizards of Waverly Place just as long as there was still a lot of focus on the original cast and it had those adult things or maybe make it PG therefore you can have some more adult type stuff but it'll be a nice mix of both the original cast and the new generation, making it more of a family show like the original wizard show I think would've been the bitter solution, but then bumping it up to PG so that for us older people who saw the original show we've got that kind of maturity but it's also for kids at the same time, having that better balance I think would've been a better decision and a better solution to this new show I think personally.
@@AshleysAdvice Uh I just said Justin didn't have to give up his magic because he's not the family wizard ☠️ I literally said that in my comment, I wasn't trying to make any points just explaining why he still has his magic
i'll never understand why they make all these reboots for younger audiences... my only issue-- and they made the main characters even younger than Selena and everyone was in the original?? i don't get it like kids nowadays barely even watch tv they all watch youtube/tiktok so why not make it more toward teens / adults who actually grew up watching wizards
Because the audience that grew up with it, have grown up & now they want to bring new fans to the series, they're kids shows, you can't expect them to cater to an adult audience that has their own lives, jobs etc
I like the J-man reference is from season 1 is really cute how Justin finally get call him with that nickname 🥰🥰and I really want to know what that profecy say and how Billie can save the world🤔🤔🤔
I didn’t even notice that was a reference, was wondering why they kept saying it lol. Funnily enough “You Can’t Always Get What You Carpet” was actually the very first episode they filmed, so it’s nice they brought that back
Marrying Juliette would be tough the kids would be part vampire and know this and she either looks 16 for years or her magic wore off and she looks 99 so her looking Justin’s age would also not add up. But at the same time the show not giving his kids magic is also a fact that don’t add up
Okay I don’t know why this is getting to me so bad, but there is a huge continuity error when Justin was admiring himself in the mirror. He said he was turning 34, but if it’s been the same amount of time since the og show has end, he would be 31, 32 at the oldest. Anyways, love your content Rebecca
maybe when the show is taking place was a huge oversight on the writer's part, because how old is the eldest kid? in Alex vs Alex, Justin wasn't in it because he was working at Wiztech then, and the incident that got him fired should've been within weeks or months after the fact; and meeting/marrying Giada and giving birth to Roman, at least a year after that. So the show's events, canonically, should be 10 years after the og show ended.
Justin Russo was 16 at the start of the original show. He would have turned 34 in 2025. So it’s a little off, but we’re pretty close to 2025 so I can forgive it.
Yeah Justin is supposed to be 3 years younger than David Henrie, but when they filmed this he was the exact same age as David. So maybe this takes place 3 years in the future. It kinda make sense since it’d be such a short span of Justin getting fired from Wiztech, breaking up with Juliet, meeting Giada, and having kids with her
So what they are doing with this sequel series is actually within the same vein as Raven's Home, which is having a new generation while having a bunch of guest stars from the OG series throughout the span of the show. Believe it or not, this sequel series is actually made by the same people who've done Raven's Home... and also, these same people are apparently making another spin-off for the "That's So Raven" franchise going off of Raven's Home.
I already imagined that the sense of humor would be similar to Ravenshome's. They should have brought back the old writers, but the series isn't bad. It's good by modern Disney standards. Some things bothered me, but the series is good. I just hope they don't take 5 seasons to make a sequel worthy of Wizards like what happened with Ravenshome, which in my opinion only the fifth and sixth seasons are worth watching. When they returned to San Francisco, I hope that if there is a second season, the writers of the original series return to give a sense of naturalness to the stories. Billie Milo and Winter have potential, but they still seem a little stiff in their acting or forced. Sometimes it seems like they're reading a script when acting. I hope they improve.
I wish we would have gotten the OG cast as the main characters, but it was probably never going to happen. It would have ended up cancelled like the Lizzie McGuire reboot we were supposed to get because Disney doesn't want to lean into adult content. That being said, I don't hate this series. Do I think it measures up to the original? No. But, it's kind of fun. I'm enjoying it more than I have some other shows Disney Channel has put out recently. Granted I also went into this show thinking it was going to be a dumpster fire so it's hard to be worse than what I thought it was going to be.
why does he get to marry a human and keep his magic but his dad had to give them up for their mom 😭i guess maybe cause professor crumbs gave them back to him they aren't limited the same way as the family wizard magic rules???
Two things, 1. this is a very requested reboot. 2. iCarly did the adult version of the show and it was great so I agree. But wizards doesn’t work like that. An adult-version of wizards would be so stupid.
jennifer stone has responded on one of her tiktok’s in the comment section when someone asked why she wasn’t in the new show and she said she wasn’t asked 😢
Harper (Stone) is not part of the cast due to the limited role of Alex (Gomez) whom Harper was primarily associated with in the OG. There's no hint on her appearance in the future, but there's still time to add her in later or make a guest appearance. Stone has expressed interest in reprising her role.
3:59-4:09 i don’t they were trying to replace jen. i’ve seen some of the episodes and she doesn’t act like harper at all. they just both happen to have red hair. also, i can’t picture justin and harper as a couple anyways
Some of your observations have lore basis. Like... Remember how their dad had to stop being a wizard in order to marry their mom? Justin can't have magic. This would also explain why he can't be with a vampire, as that also had legal implications at some point in the show, which is why both of them wanted to keep their powers. Also since none of their parents was the heir, and they were still wizards... Justin's kids are DEFINITELY wizards as well... Keeping the secret makes absolutely zero sense. Also canonically Justin can't be with Harper cuz we meet her future self in the show and she's still obsessed with him (and confirms Alex and Mason are gonna be an ongoing thing in the future, before Mason is even introduced). Personally already annoyed the show doesn't know its own lore.
I expected russo her to be an artist and Justin Russo should've been single still trying to be with juliet and then the lead girl or the new "alex" be the exact character they've written her to be
Rebecca, im nostalgic an mildly frustrated to but can you just try and watch the show?!? like yes its not the same but its not completely terrible I feel like our being a lot harsher on the show than you usually are. Try looking at it as if your watching it with your kids. We are all adults or young adults at this point if you were into the original show as a kid. Technically descendants was a throne together reboot of classics with a bunch of modern beiefs thrown in.
I think it’s so obvious that Alex would work in the tribunal she’s saved the world multiple times. I think it makes perfect sense
Like it’s the perfect place for her.
Justin getting fired actually makes perfect sense. He fucked up a lot. Especially in seasons 3 and 4.
I like that he isnt a perfect wizard
@ oh for sure me too. I was just saying why him being fired isn’t really that surprising.
Max is a billionaire they did mention him in episode one! Also, I don't think that Giada acts that similar to harper, she doesn't have a quirky fashion sense or anything I think they weren't going for a Harper copy they just so happened to cast a ginger woman.
Yeah it was actually the first episode she probably was just talking.
SHE DOESNT ACT LIKE HARPER, WHAT ARE YALL ON😅 She just has red hair, many ppl do if you look around lol
She does though her personality is giddy fast and dramatic just like harper
This show is actually really good ,i have been enjoying it and it makes me so happy and nostalgic
Okay, so I believe that David and Selena who ARE the executive producers and have gotten together pretty often through the years, to cook up a sequel series, did want it to be age appropriated. But since they know Disney has still own the rights (like the Ned Declassified cast tried to with the original creator, to cook up an aged-up sequel series, but Nickelodeon didn't want to sell the rights of the property) I think they knew that Disney would never sell of one of their most succesful IP's, but... Also never be interested in a age-appropriate sequel series. David saw what happened with the Lizzie McGuire sequel and that also fell through because Disney didn't want it to be for adults or fans of the original show. So what David did with the help of Selena is create a sequel story which does make it able for original cast to reprise their roles: Alex, Max, Jerry (hint: episode 7), Theresa and even Harper while also make it a new introduction for the kids of Disney Channel today. Like they said "a love letter". I think the iCarly sequel series was possible since Nickelodeon didn't wanted to have anything to do with smelly feet guy (you know the bakery). So yeah, my theory about it and why it's been in the works for many, many years. Max is a billionaire by the way who made a franchise of the subway sub shop. Oh and Mrs. Mendler is of confronting space, so of course they would seperate Juliette and Justin. Here's to hoping Mason is still with Alex.
i defo think Selena and David have been working on this for yrs bc they were the two main ppl who continuously said they'd be interested in a sequel.
I'm coping with Justin and Juliet breaking up by believing that they eventually called it quits since shes immortal and he's not (i think) 😔
didn't she also turn old after everything that happened?
@@E_btsot798 they fixed that problem later in the show
Jennifer is a nurse now (I think) She's probably to busy to be committed to a full time role.
nah she'd 100% return if she was asked to lmaooo
She has a podcast with jerry and they said a bunch of times that they would've come back to the reboot
Girl the tribunal is like a magic group of powerful wizards that mostly come in 3s, they made an appearance in the Alex movie they released a few years ago.
My only issue with the show is something that almost all spinoffs or sequel series do, which is introduce a boat load of lore or established information that doesn't always make sense from what we already know.
For the lore on using spells and wands, its a little inconsistant but in the main series, TJ describes spells as "training wheels. when you get good [at magic], you don't need em'."
And there's a few eps where they're like 'i lost my wand what will i do' (the test prison when Alex pulled out the mini wand). But they can also just use their hands to cast magic; and with the improv spells (make'em'ups), all they need is to say it out loud eg. "Although I enjoy tasty snacks, I'd rather have my brother Max"
And no, the improv doesnt need to be a true statement💀just needs to rhyme
lowkey they should've given us a movie with all the original cast and maybe introduce the new/younger characters in that a bit leading to a possible tv series
They couldn't though since majority of the old cast have quit acting altogether & work normal jobs now
@@Neo-Queenserenityt2l the main characters really have not lol so I disagree the Russo Family would’ve all most likely returned if everything felt right, etc .
@@Neo-Queenserenityt2l yeah not really. At least the dad and harper wanted to do the reboot, and probably max could comeback too even if he just came back from time to time
THIS
@@Neo-Queenserenityt2ldon’t think they’d say no though because it seems everyone is coming back already - even max.
There was a blooper of Alex back in S4 where she goes something like “why do we have an apartment when we have no fucking money”. An adult reboot would have worked so well with her character
17:30-17:33 they mentioned it in the first episode. he took over the subshop, expanded it, and became a billionaire.
I lost my message either due to laptop falling asleep or being in another area for too long but let's hope I can still remember some of my points.
I get why you would want the original cast but Jennifer who was Harper is busy working, Selena is busy working on a Hulu show and as for Juliet, Bridgit is also busy. They were trying to do a similar thing as the original where a married couple with 1 of them who was a wizard caring for 3 kids.
The actor who played Professor Crumbs passed away, the knowledge guy wasn't meant to be him, they were just doing the old wise man thing again
One thing I will say is that it's not explained how Justin kept his powers despite being fired from WizTech due to some unicorn incident since as we know, his Dad gave up his powers since wizards can't marry non-wizards.
Justin has been influenced to do bad stuff before usually by Alex.
They were usually inconsistent with the spells since in Season 1 I feel it was more common when they just some hand magic.
TJ the wizard who charmed his Parents did all of his magic this way, we also saw Alex magically turning her hand into her foot with no wand or spell.
The truth spells were always hand magic.
It's funny that you mentioned Selena Gomez AND Alex Russo being 2 different characters since technically she should have 2 other doppelgangers since she was Hannah's rival on Hannah Montana and she played a character on the original Suite Life series.
Unfortunately he couldnt marry harper unless they recast her. The actress doesnt act anymore, she became a nurse. I could see her potentially making a Cameo, but she would never leave the job she loves to be a main character.
Also not only is Juliette no longer an actor, but the founder of a space company. But im pretty sure Juliette would still be considered a teen, She was over 2000 years old when we met her, i dont think an additional 15ish years would have made a difference
Jennifer Stone does still act, she said it multiple times on the Wizards podcast, and she wants to be in the reboot. They could’ve casted her. Only problem is I don’t think she’d wanna work with David Henrie alone
6:46 The show has the same problem most reboots do they regress the character. Justin was the families magical prodigy who trained at and became president of Wiztech. He went through all that hard work , training and progression just to get fired from wizrech and become not even a highschool principal but a middle school Vice principal. They did my boy Justin dirty, look how they massacred my boy.
I dont understand why everyones saying Justin should've married Harper. She was wayyy too good for him 😂
I don't get it either. 1. She ended the show dating his best friend. 2. We know adult Harper goes back in time to become a writer
@@AnonUnlimitedbut future Harper is obsessed with Justin still, so it’d make sense if they ended up being married and that’s why she’s obsessed. She let him go off and live his life, and he lets her live her dream of being a writer
jerry shows up and both maria and max are due to show up before the end of the series too
there was something nostalgic and cringe about it at the same time...i cant explain it
I finished the show. Apart from a cameo that was a lil heartwarming, i found this show very.....lacking... its very modern Disney "ooh bright colors look kids pretty!" and its very clear that this is just a project that David wanted to do
Yeah, seems very selfish to only have him be the main character in the series
@@growingupwithdisney as much as WOWP was about family, Alex was always the main character. Having the sequel of the show center around anyone who isn't Alex literally makes no sense.
23:49 he actually appears in episode 7, "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Float"
David DeLuise does actually appear in a future episode he works for a wizard helpline to help young wizards with spells and is like inside of some magic portal world that Billy visits and then he has a quick reunion with the kids and with Justin and then just disappears again so it was a bit underwhelming.
He was actually volunteering
I feel bad for the people that watch reboots like this. Different is okay.
false.
Selena Gomez (Alex Russo) is only a guest star in this pilot episode because she is busy with music and her main role in Only Murders In The Building
and the pilot also filmed a month b4 Only Murders s4 began filming, i dont see her being a major character until Only Murders ends
5:15 you keep mentioning Harper and Juliet I don't think these characters came back because their actors no longer Act the actress of Harper I think became a nurse and the actress of Juliet is running her own space company
Wait but Harper ended up with Zeke Justin's friend, so how is Justin going to end up with Harper?
Selena and David went to disney themselves that they wanted this reboot
I started watching this show for the pilot, wanting to see Alex.
I ended up binge watching it and questioning my choices the whole time 😂
I had fun watching this, I binged watch the whole thing in two days lmfaooo
bridgit doesn't act anymore, not in a long time. she’s doing space things. Apparently, she is the CEO and co-founder of a satellite data startup called Northwood space and earned a JD (doctor of law) from Harvard law school
I can see the season ending with justin sons becoming wizards
It’d be disappointing if it doesn’t. I wonder how the series will end, maybe with a family competition. Or hopefully them abolishing the wizard system and no more competition, it’s not fair. Then with Justin or Alex or Max revealing magic to the world
Yes in both the movie and the original show they could both use one magic so magic without a wand, as well as verbal and non-verbal spells, some spells required no words but yes the majority of them did, it was more of like a powerful thing for like if you were more powerful then you could use non-verbal But Professor crumbs would use a lot of non-verbal and so did Justin I think, but a lot of the non-terrible stuff was movie specific and a lot of the one magic was mostly shown in the movie but they did show it in the show sometimes, this show seems to imply that you can't use magic without a wand which isn't true because you can so yeah it is a little bit all over the place it seems with a lot of stuff like I said it's not fully consistent, the original show was a bit Willy washy but this seems extra Willy washing where it's not even sticking with the main law so it's sort of hard tofully connect to it.
4:10 you do know…. Jennifer Stone… Is a nurse now right?… She’s not going to give up her career to go do a Disney show.
Jennifer herself said on a podcast she been wanted a reboot
I 100% agree with like everything you said. This series wasn’t entirely what I was expecting, and I wish more of the OG cast came back as well. It was amazing that Selena came back for the first episode tho. :) This series does have its less exciting moments, but all their acting is still rlly good too, I think it’s really cute that they made this reboot 😊
iirc all the main cast from the original show are supposed to come back in guest star capacities at some point during the season
I kind of figured Selena Gomez existed in this universe, since Jessie is in the same universe, there was an episode in season 1 that Ravi mentioned Selena Gomez
15:18 the deep voice is killing me
This is something that I have said in other people's breakdowns of this new show, but I agree completely I think he totally should've ended up with Juliet I understand why they couldn't cast Bridgit Mendler probably because she's busy doing her own stuff and in case they ever do a good luck Charlie reboot they probably want her around I don't know what the reason is but I can understand that despite us wanting them to be together, but at least make it makes sense because in the Wizard world The rule was that if you end up with a mortal and you're a wizard then you have to have your magic taken away but Justin still has his magic, his kids aren't wizards which is unfortunate because it would make way more sense if they were and then we know from the original show that Justin was obsessed with Wizard world girls so even if it wasn't Juliet like he dated an angel he dated a werewolf so could he not be with another person from the wizard world or like you said be with Harper because we know from that future episode of Waverley Place that she said her and Justin were together so they did a lie to it in the original show so it would've been really easy to put him with Harper and she already knows that their wizards so it would've made way more sense and then again I think the kids should've been wizards or even if they don't know their wizards yet like have them eventually find out, I just feel like there were a lot of mistakes made with the show where a lot of things don't fit with the original cannon of the show either but I've said this multiple times and I know other people have as well there's a lot of things that don't fit with the original show in terms of how old the characters behave and of course with this new cast it's just missed opportunities I don't know who was in charge of this show but I feel like whoever it was they didn't take it as seriously as they could've, I heard that it was David Henry and Selena Gomez who were pushing for the show to exist they wanted it to exist for years and came up with the idea of just having two kids and this whole storyline unfortunately, but having them work on the original show you think they know all of the Canon staff and no we would want to see their kids with powers or know that he has to end up with either Juliet or Harper or someone to keep it Canon with the original show and the Laura established in the original show as well as other things like Justin Having his powers because he was in charge of Wiz Tech that's the whole reason he got his powers in the first place because he took crumbs position so he was able to keep his magic so it doesn't make any sense now for him to drop out or be fired from Wiz Tech it's just like a whole downhill spiral for him it's ridiculous just to make him train this Girl from the Wizard in world and have the difference between wizards and non-wizards I don't know I just feel like there were so many better ways to handle the show that could've been more accurate and they could've made it a little bit more mature like make it more like the original wizard Waley place where it's still for children but it's got like more adult humour and it's funny and silly but you know things make sense the spells are really well thought out and you know the dialogue actually sounds like something real people would say rather than what we got With this new show, it just feels so disconnected from the original one both in the law and the script writing, the sets don't even really feel like real homes which is also kind of annoying they made the original one feel really lived in by having all these like weird cookie things inside their home and like you know different odd pillows and different things like that which made it feel more lived in where is this does very much feel like a set unfortunately, on top of everything else wrong with the show like I said with the overacting and the bad Scripps and the non-Canon stuff, there's a lot of things that don't really make sense, especially with Billy being this all powerful wizard they made references to Harry Potter and the original show but this one feels like she is Harry Potter and you know to save the world from some great evil like you know all these evil people are after her kind of like with the whole Voldemort and Harry Potter thing it's just basically that which is kind of unfortunate I mean it's a cool idea I mean we had that with Felix he was like an all powerful person with this all powerful wand so you know he was like someone wielding the elder wand you know he was like this all powerful magical person like it was only him it was his destiny he pulled it out of the orb kinda like the sword in the stone, so they had a lot of references to King Arthur and to Harry Potter and the original show with again the magical wand and the wand in the Orban all of that stuff and so it does make sense for them to have the stuff with Billy now except again I think the kids should've been magical or should've had some connection to the original show, like I said they seem to have not really understood the original show and I don't know if the writers of this show or the director of the show etc had actually watched the original show, I know that with the wizards movie it had a different director from the original shows there were a lot of differences between that and the original show except for the stuff between Teresa and Jerry which I like that at least they kept that in the movie so it felt cohesive even though it was a bit detached from the original show they knew what made the original show work and made it really well for the movie whereas with this that stuff with Teresa and Jerry feels really undermined now because with this new storyline Justin should've had his powers taken away but he didn't so that kind of undermines all that if that their father went through to be with their mother and how he had to give his powers to Calbo, I don't know it's all just a little bitall over the place in a little bit disappointing.
you really took "in this essay I will..." seriously 😭 (no but it feels like you're making valid points, my eyes just arent focusing enough to read it)
Pretty sure it's confirmed that Justin gained the magic from the wizard dude & because he isn't the family wizard, he doesn't have to give up his magic to be with a mortal, whereas Alex on the otherhand would have to give her magic up if she ever wanted to be with a mortal since she's the family wizard
@@Neo-Queenserenityt2l You make some good points but I think you're wrong and here is why, you're right in that he's not the family wizard Alex is, he was given his powers by Professor crumbs, but it was a stipulation on running whiz Tech, crumbs did not give Justin Powers what he did was he Gave Justin his powers as a way of allowing Justin to keep his magic on the stipulation that he would become the new headmaster of Wiz Tech the new professor he would take crumbs place so he was like the new crumbs the youngest professor of Wiz Tech and so after that crumbs didn't have his magic anymore cause he gave his to Justin, meaning that if Justin were to marry a human he will most likely would have to give up his magic like Alex Wood, again with Jerrys siblings like Calbo we don't know if they had kids if those kids would have magic powers or not or the rules on that so to be fair for all we know Justin's kids could still have magic powers I don't think that that's connected to just the family Wizard either, it's just that aunt Megan and Uncle Calbo never had any kids so we don't know what happened to their kids if they were to have any. Also when it comes to Justin, it's not so much about the fact that he married a mortal that would make him give up his powers it's more the fact that he dropped off Wiz Tech because he was fired from Wiz Tech that would be what would remove his powers cause again he was given the job to be the professor and that's why he was given magic so if he's no longer the professor then he wouldn't have his magic, because that was crumbs stipulation so it wouldn't be him marrying Gianna that would have him lose his powers it would be him being fired from Wiz that would make him lose his powers, yet he still has his powers and he doesn't work at Wiz Tech so that's the part that is really the bigger issue and Saint Makes sense, also it's just very out of character for Justin to not be the whiz tech professor because I think crumbs would be very disappointed in him, as he gave just in that chance because he knew how smart Justin was and how talented he was and it's just something that a lot of shows do, where they as said in this video even, like a lot of shows to end up making their characters go through horrible trials and tribulations and basically have them be worse off than they were at the beginning as like a drama thing but it's not the best decision and I agree completely that they should've made a more adult show I still stand by the whole like made for kids PG or G rated show I just think thatunlike the original show like I would've been fine if it was like the original wizards of Waverly Place just as long as there was still a lot of focus on the original cast and it had those adult things or maybe make it PG therefore you can have some more adult type stuff but it'll be a nice mix of both the original cast and the new generation, making it more of a family show like the original wizard show I think would've been the bitter solution, but then bumping it up to PG so that for us older people who saw the original show we've got that kind of maturity but it's also for kids at the same time, having that better balance I think would've been a better decision and a better solution to this new show I think personally.
@@AshleysAdvice Uh I just said Justin didn't have to give up his magic because he's not the family wizard ☠️ I literally said that in my comment, I wasn't trying to make any points just explaining why he still has his magic
Also you didn't need to write an essay for me about it ☠️
i'll never understand why they make all these reboots for younger audiences... my only issue-- and they made the main characters even younger than Selena and everyone was in the original?? i don't get it like kids nowadays barely even watch tv they all watch youtube/tiktok so why not make it more toward teens / adults who actually grew up watching wizards
Because the audience that grew up with it, have grown up & now they want to bring new fans to the series, they're kids shows, you can't expect them to cater to an adult audience that has their own lives, jobs etc
I like the J-man reference is from season 1 is really cute how Justin finally get call him with that nickname 🥰🥰and I really want to know what that profecy say and how Billie can save the world🤔🤔🤔
I didn’t even notice that was a reference, was wondering why they kept saying it lol. Funnily enough “You Can’t Always Get What You Carpet” was actually the very first episode they filmed, so it’s nice they brought that back
@@growingupwithdisney yeah 🥰🥰
The show is fine lol stop. This wouldn’t be good for adults. What are we doing with the magic?
Marrying Juliette would be tough the kids would be part vampire and know this and she either looks 16 for years or her magic wore off and she looks 99 so her looking Justin’s age would also not add up. But at the same time the show not giving his kids magic is also a fact that don’t add up
Okay I don’t know why this is getting to me so bad, but there is a huge continuity error when Justin was admiring himself in the mirror. He said he was turning 34, but if it’s been the same amount of time since the og show has end, he would be 31, 32 at the oldest. Anyways, love your content Rebecca
maybe when the show is taking place was a huge oversight on the writer's part, because how old is the eldest kid? in Alex vs Alex, Justin wasn't in it because he was working at Wiztech then, and the incident that got him fired should've been within weeks or months after the fact; and meeting/marrying Giada and giving birth to Roman, at least a year after that. So the show's events, canonically, should be 10 years after the og show ended.
Justin Russo was 16 at the start of the original show. He would have turned 34 in 2025. So it’s a little off, but we’re pretty close to 2025 so I can forgive it.
Yeah Justin is supposed to be 3 years younger than David Henrie, but when they filmed this he was the exact same age as David. So maybe this takes place 3 years in the future. It kinda make sense since it’d be such a short span of Justin getting fired from Wiztech, breaking up with Juliet, meeting Giada, and having kids with her
@@hennamontana222Justin is only a year older than Alex, so I think he was 15 when the series started
they said they’ll bring back the entire main cast
Juliet was too busy being a space scientist
yeah i only watched the first three eps and i couldn't do it. this reboot is not for the og fans and i can't handle the disney channel acting anymore
So what they are doing with this sequel series is actually within the same vein as Raven's Home, which is having a new generation while having a bunch of guest stars from the OG series throughout the span of the show. Believe it or not, this sequel series is actually made by the same people who've done Raven's Home... and also, these same people are apparently making another spin-off for the "That's So Raven" franchise going off of Raven's Home.
I already imagined that the sense of humor would be similar to Ravenshome's. They should have brought back the old writers, but the series isn't bad. It's good by modern Disney standards. Some things bothered me, but the series is good. I just hope they don't take 5 seasons to make a sequel worthy of Wizards like what happened with Ravenshome, which in my opinion only the fifth and sixth seasons are worth watching. When they returned to San Francisco, I hope that if there is a second season, the writers of the original series return to give a sense of naturalness to the stories. Billie Milo and Winter have potential, but they still seem a little stiff in their acting or forced. Sometimes it seems like they're reading a script when acting. I hope they improve.
I wish we would have gotten the OG cast as the main characters, but it was probably never going to happen. It would have ended up cancelled like the Lizzie McGuire reboot we were supposed to get because Disney doesn't want to lean into adult content.
That being said, I don't hate this series. Do I think it measures up to the original? No. But, it's kind of fun. I'm enjoying it more than I have some other shows Disney Channel has put out recently. Granted I also went into this show thinking it was going to be a dumpster fire so it's hard to be worse than what I thought it was going to be.
That monster is so goofy I cackled when I saw it
why does he get to marry a human and keep his magic but his dad had to give them up for their mom 😭i guess maybe cause professor crumbs gave them back to him they aren't limited the same way as the family wizard magic rules???
That’s what I’m saying!!
Again Justin isn't the family wizard, Alex is, so Justin can keep his powers & marry a mortal whereas Alex can't
@Neo-Queenserenityt2l i literally say that in my own comment thanks
@@indifferentpunk I didn't realise sorry 🙇♀️
Alex could have pulled some strings to allow him to keep his powers. She does have influence in the wizard world
So pissed Justin's not with Julliet or Harper! Alex better be with Mason
Jerry makes a cameo later in the season
25:26 Justin wasn’t only a good wizard he was and excellent regular student of course he could get a real world job
Two things, 1. this is a very requested reboot. 2. iCarly did the adult version of the show and it was great so I agree. But wizards doesn’t work like that. An adult-version of wizards would be so stupid.
How would it be stupid?
Loved the reaction I completely agree w everything u said we should have had a reboot with the original cast
Umm the actress that played Juliet is busy doing space stuff. We’re adults now so I think we can cut this children’s show some slack come on now
jen is a nurse, but has said sereral times that she’d love to do a spinoff of the show. both her and David said it on the wizards pod they host
I'm glad you're back girly
jennifer stone has responded on one of her tiktok’s in the comment section when someone asked why she wasn’t in the new show and she said she wasn’t asked 😢
Jenifer stone and Bridget mendler haven’t acted in awhile there doing other things besides acting
that is NOT my justin russo.
Yeah they kinda did them wrong with Harper and the dad
Are you gonna finish Agatha All Along?
Jerry shows up later
OSCAR MONTOYA IS IN THIS SHOW WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCKKKK??????
I love your reaction! you are so funny I love this new show
Harper (Stone) is not part of the cast due to the limited role of Alex (Gomez) whom Harper was primarily associated with in the OG. There's no hint on her appearance in the future, but there's still time to add her in later or make a guest appearance. Stone has expressed interest in reprising her role.
But Harper had a crush on Justin, they definitely could’ve made them become married, it’d be funny
@@growingupwithdisney Maybe, but this all is from an informed source (not me).
3:59-4:09 i don’t they were trying to replace jen. i’ve seen some of the episodes and she doesn’t act like harper at all. they just both happen to have red hair. also, i can’t picture justin and harper as a couple anyways
Some of your observations have lore basis. Like... Remember how their dad had to stop being a wizard in order to marry their mom? Justin can't have magic.
This would also explain why he can't be with a vampire, as that also had legal implications at some point in the show, which is why both of them wanted to keep their powers.
Also since none of their parents was the heir, and they were still wizards... Justin's kids are DEFINITELY wizards as well... Keeping the secret makes absolutely zero sense.
Also canonically Justin can't be with Harper cuz we meet her future self in the show and she's still obsessed with him (and confirms Alex and Mason are gonna be an ongoing thing in the future, before Mason is even introduced).
Personally already annoyed the show doesn't know its own lore.
I expected russo her to be an artist and Justin Russo should've been single still trying to be with juliet and then the lead girl or the new "alex" be the exact character they've written her to be
The original cast will appear as well
The actress that played Juliet doesn’t act anymore that’s why they couldn’t bring her back for the show
can you do a vid on good luck charlie its my favourite disney show
David Delouise is coming back for one of the episodes
Rebecca, im nostalgic an mildly frustrated to but can you just try and watch the show?!? like yes its not the same but its not completely terrible I feel like our being a lot harsher on the show than you usually are. Try looking at it as if your watching it with your kids. We are all adults or young adults at this point if you were into the original show as a kid. Technically descendants was a throne together reboot of classics with a bunch of modern beiefs thrown in.
Yeah you have this no chance. 😂
why no comments
ohhhh my godddd just enjoy the show j complaining the whole time we get your mad trump won
My god this girl is annoying
shut yo dumbass up
Keep watching the show I don’t wanna spoil anything .!