How I Met Your Father 5 Reasons Were Excited For The Series (& 5 Why It Should Never Exist)

How I Met Your Father: 5 Reasons We’re Excited For The Series (& 5 Why It Should Never Exist)

How I Met Your Father, a sequel show to How I Met Your Mother, is coming to Hulu. Are fans excited about the Hilary Duff-led sitcom? Or nervous?

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Although it seemed as if a How I Met Your Mother reboot was never possible, a sequel series called How I Met Your Father is set to air on Hulu. This time, the focus will be on a woman (Hilary Duff) who will recall the events that led to her meeting the father of her future children.

While this new show gives fans of the original something to be excited about, there are definitely a lot of apprehensions that come with it. This stems from things like the mixed reception to the original’s ending and the overall question if there’s even a reason for How I Met Your Father to exist.

10 Excited: For A Modern Take On The Series

Part of the appeal in watching reboots these days is to experience the updated feel of established material. How I Met Your Mother’s chronology went hand-in-hand with real-world events, meaning things that were relevant at the time were highlighted.

Along the same lines, How I Met Your Father will have a modern outlook since it will start in 2021. The series will most certainly indulge in things like current technology, slang language, and a person’s general lifestyle in their twenties or thirties. This should make things exciting to watch as it’ll come across like an updated version of the original.

9 Shouldn’t Exist: It’s Not An Original Idea

There’s no escaping this fact since How I Met Your Father’s appeal banks heavily on the goodwill from the original. It’s highly unlikely that those who didn’t enjoy How I Met Your Mother will have any interest in the sequel show.

Another side effect of reboots is that they tend to have a lot of callbacks to the original, which leaves the very real possibility that How I Met Your Father will rehash elements already seen. Since the idea behind the series isn’t original at all, it may come across as tired and repetitive.

8 Excited: For Hilary Duff’s Return To The Sitcom World

Hilary Duff has been active on television for the better part of the last decade in Younger, but the series steers more toward dramedy rather than a full-on sitcom like Lizzie McGuire was.

As one of the leading tween queens of the 2000s, Duff still carries a significant fanbase who will love the prospect of the actress returning to pure comedy. To this end, How I Met Your Father carries a level of intrigue for fans who want to see how Hilary Duff will fare.

7 Shouldn’t Exist: The Style Doesn’t Suit Streaming Services

How I Met Your Mother was one of the last multi-cam sitcoms to taste great success. The important element about shows of this kind is that they rely on “filler” episodes, which are designed to simply deliver humorous one-off stories that aren’t connected to the larger seasonal arc.

How I Met Your Father will arrive on Hulu for just ten episodes, meaning the story will be too compact, something that doesn’t suit a show of its kind since it doesn’t leave room for replay value. The reason why the original thrived on network television was due to its mastery at keeping fans hooked season after season, but a streaming series won’t have viewers entertained for years to come.

6 Excited: The Presence Of A Mainstream Ensemble Comedy

There was a time when ensemble comedies were all the rage. How I Met Your Mother was one of the last of its kind, with most shows now having only one or two main protagonists.

How I Met Your Father will bring back the ensemble format that worked wonders for the original series, along with others like Friends and Cheers. Being a mainstream show, the reboot is well placed to spark a revival in this format while giving fans of this style a show to follow once again.

5 Shouldn’t Exist: It Will Always Be Compared With The Original Series

How I Met Your Father will have a target on its back right from the get-go. It’s harder to give a new show a fair chance when there’s beloved original source material to compare it to.

No matter the quality of How I Met Your Father, it will be placed side by side with the original and will ultimately be under the shadow of the latter. This kind of divide in the fandom has been experienced in other reboots and revivals like Charmed or Saved by the Bell, where many fans hold the original with insurmountable esteem.

4 Excited: The Likelihood Of New Catchphrases & Running Gags

The thing that How I Met Your Mother prided itself on the most was its recurring gags. Things like the characters’ fantasies, catchphrases, and overall mannerisms were where the laughs came from, and How I Met Your Father can mark a return to this style.

It’ll be hard to resist another set of catchphrases like Barney’s “suit up!” and “legendary,” and successful execution of a new line of recurring jokes should prove to be enough to please even the show’s biggest detractors.

3 Shouldn’t Exist: The Framing Device Technique Is Played Out

How I Met Your Mother’s framing device was of Future Ted telling his children the overall story, which worked for its time but has since become rather played out. This is due to the overindulgence of the narrator technique in movies and TV shows like Deadpool and Arrested Development, to the point where it’s just not as exciting anymore.

How I Met Your Father will follow the same format of the protagonist telling their children about the events of the past, and it won’t come across as charming the way it did with the original since fans know what to expect.

2 Excited: Chance Of Crossover With The Original Cast

The announcement of the reboot instantly brought calls for characters from the original to return. This will be in every fan’s mind when How I Met Your Father starts airing since it will be a chance for viewers to get up to speed on where the original characters are during the present day.

Since many characters like Barney didn’t get an established ending in How I Met Your Mother, the new show is an opportunity to give fans closure on what became of them. In any case, the appeal of watching former characters even for a cameo is definitely high.

1 Shouldn’t Exist: The Danger Of Repeating The Original Finale

How I Met Your Mother always comes up in discussions about the worst TV series finales and there’s no escaping the fact that most of the fanbase didn’t appreciate the twist ending. Should How I Met Your Father repeat such a move, there’s no doubt the series will be roasted online for years to come.

It would be seen as an insult to fans if there’s another swerve in the story that kills off the father to negates the show’s premise. For this reason, it can be argued that it’s better to avoid making the show altogether since the risk of more fan outrage over a botched ending is too great.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/how-i-met-your-father-fans-excited-nervous-himym-sequel-show/

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