I grew up watching the old Roots from 1977 w my parents and brothers and remember loving it as sad as it was. I'm a white male and only reason I mention that is because I feel like this story provides some education to white folks who might not know any better on what African Americans went through back then. It was horrendous what was done to them and how they were treated on some plantations..
This new version of Roots I feel was very well done and the story was told in a very similar way as the original. I loved all the actors/actresses etc especially Chicken George!! My fav from the original as well. I ended up buying all 4 episodes of this new one and watched em a few years back and am just now watching it again w my family (wife and 14 year old daughter) as they haven't even seen the original. I think it's a very educational miniseries for them. Anyway, I loved the old one and love this one just as much if not more!! I'm glad I purchased it for my collection. Very satisfying conclusion too which I'm not sure I remember how the older one ended but I liked the way this one came to an end. Great reboot imo!! Check it out.
FYI: the first episode takes a little bit to get into and in my opinion starts getting really good toward the end of the first episode.
This new version of Roots I feel was very well done and the story was told in a very similar way as the original. I loved all the actors/actresses etc especially Chicken George!! My fav from the original as well. I ended up buying all 4 episodes of this new one and watched em a few years back and am just now watching it again w my family (wife and 14 year old daughter) as they haven't even seen the original. I think it's a very educational miniseries for them. Anyway, I loved the old one and love this one just as much if not more!! I'm glad I purchased it for my collection. Very satisfying conclusion too which I'm not sure I remember how the older one ended but I liked the way this one came to an end. Great reboot imo!! Check it out.
FYI: the first episode takes a little bit to get into and in my opinion starts getting really good toward the end of the first episode.