Ryan Reynolds is bringing ALF back for a series of YouTube shorts.
Definitely am interested in seeing the revival and how it plays out. Hopefully it'll do better than the ill-conceived "Project ALF", whose dig at the Tanners via having them move to "iceland" is surely a shrouded pun...
Especially as the original run ended on an unintentional cliffhanger as, despite a palpable but not traumatic ratings drop, the makers still thought the show would be renewed, they ended the season in the same faddish way that we can all blame Locutus for: Have the lead character in the finale be put in mortal danger. Obviously, this didn't work out as desired as the result is so jarring and outright depressing. (The season was committed, but pulled at the last minute for reasons unknown. Might be for the best, if you listen/read cast interviews, but not even a special one-off episode was to be made at the time to prevent the finale from being an actual finale. And one that's almost as good as
Blake's 7's...)
Yes, the original cast were - to keep it more polite than some interview articles would otherwise suggest - "burnt out" due to the often 20-hour day schedule because of the sheer complexities of the puppeteering, which were indeed massive (but sure did look great and convincing, the shows hold up amazingly well nowadays), and looking back, the family were arguably
as important as ALF itself... a true ensemble... the "Project ALF" follow-up adds to the claim because it lacked the charm, drama, friction, etc, that were all deftly woven into the original show's run..
The new writers might be able to give some proper development and even closure, though I hope they have a handle on Paul Fusco's touch, no pun intended, as it was everything he put into the series - and not just shoving his hand up a glorified, extravagant loofah sponge as it was Paul's antics to the execs that won them over to making this show in the first place. "Project ALF" was missing something, and I don't mean just "The Tanner Family", even if it's the family's interaction that really drove the show above and beyond.
But one tiny thing always bugged me; how come kids saw the show and then tried to put cats in the microwave - especially when said kids weren't from Melmack (and why would they believe such magical thinking in the first place?), or go into a water-filled bathtub with an egg beater to make a home-made jacuzzi, despite disclaimer at the end of the episode not to do it (in a quaint plot twist)?! It's a tv show that's clearly fictional escapism, not a how-to guide. (Yup, Fusco got in trouble with the censors because (parents) wrote in citing their kids were doing whatever because they watched the show. and thought it was real life... and people griped about 1950s shows being "unrealistic" for showing everything being saccharine? Now there's a fun headscratcher... )
... now there's a first - a reboot of a show that's still running, even for decades after fan consensus said it ran out of gas (which was season 12, well over twenty years ago! 
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