🇫🇮 ESC Reaction to Finland: Windows95man - No Rules!
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
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0:00 Intro
3:33 Song
6:30 Discussion
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Intro Excerpt from Husavik by Atli Örvarsson
I actually thought at the beginning that this is not deep and just a joke song. Now I actually see the message in the song. “Is there something wrong with the way I look?
Is there something wrong with who I am?
If I'm not alright, tell me why do I
Feel so beautiful tonight?” It’s an anthem of being yourself, being true to yourself and not care about what others think. Being happy. Don’t care about the haters 🎉❤ Call me what you may, see if I care, see me slay! This is probably what world needs now.
THis!!
I love the song! Once again Finland is doing Finland🤍🩵🇫🇮
Finland is my second favourite this year so far. It's the music of my childhood, weird, kitschy and sooo fun. I love it XD
Easily top 5 this year... Because it's looking like a bit of a weak year.
Mine too! Croatia is my top choice, Finland is the second. Love this.
Windows95Man is actually an experienced DJ playing all kind of music. During gigs, he's wearing a Windows 95-shirt, a similar cap and very short denim shorts.. That was inspired by trendy festival goers, as means to draw attention, shock value. This has been his DJ image for ten years already, same shorts ever since. Sometimes he does have Clippy on stage dancing. The singer and co-producer is Henri Piispanen, who is a professional singer in many indie bands, and also a Finnish voice actor for 25 years. 🙂Both are very sweet, friendly and smart guys.
Concept of this song is to free yourself. No rules! Don't live by others' rules or expectations, don't let others judge you, have fun in your life. It's not a joke, anti-ESC song. The denim egg: this is after our national epic "Kalevala." In that book it is believed, that the world was born from an egg of a goldeneye. Yeah! So, the singer Henri is like the bird with the egg. W95M is hatching from the egg pantless, and in the end he gets his shorts which descend from heaven 😄💥 This stage show was totally different compared to the others acts at the UMK 2024 (ESC tryouts). With humor, quirkyness and energy they won crushing by televotes.
Denim Dan aka Henri Piispanen is a voice actor and singer. He’s been voice acting basicly his whole life, started at age 4 in the cartoons. He has appeared in over 200 cartoons, movies and series. So very serious artist with his voice.
Clearly, this show divides opinion. To those who love it and those who hate it. Those who love humor and nostalgia, to those who don't understand it because they haven't lived in the era described in the song. The song also has an important message for all of us: Be yourself. Don't follow the crowd, but build your own life.
So "original" message.
You go and find us "original" message... @@Mustanaamio7
Love this! Have watched this so many times. Love the song and Henri sounds great! So much fun to listen to and watch. Good luck Finland, I’ll be voting for you ❤
It was so nice watching the final live. They were last in the international juries and then BOOM! 300 points from the pubic
Windows95Man was the only artist that nailed his performance on the night of the vote, that's why they deserved to be in Malmö :)
And yeah, this range of reactions was always to be expected 😂
I was rooting for this song when I first saw the music video. I had a hope but never really thought FInland would send it. Thank you Finland!
If that's nailing it i'd hate to see an even worse performance.
Precisely, none of the other songs were good live. This was NOT on my list of winners of the umk leading up to the finals, but (partly pressed by my offspring) voted for it over Sara and Sini because it just blew the others out of the water.
And what do you care, ESC, we can't win anyway! *Bitter pouting*
However.... If Ruoska had been a contender.......... 😏🏆
Eurotrash music nostalgia is in, and boy am I glad about it. Clearly this is just a fun entry that exists to have fun. And boy they are having the most fun, and that's infectious. This is sailing into the final, getting jury points from Iceland and Australia only and then getting 150+ from the televote.
And it's coming back, according to a vocal trainer in some of the YT videos. Calvin Harris taking it in his music etc.
I disagree with man. I think Piispanen has a great voice and the song is catchy 90's eurodance.
Yeah, and eurodance Music is like this, simple and kinda flat singing etc. In my opinion this song hit the spot nicely. Wondering if this guy really knows about eurodance. And Henri really nails those notes like it was back in the 90s
How many people can even reach such a high falsetto.
@@riksha1 That guy sure as hell can't. Henri was originally just supposed to be on the demo, but they couldn't find anyone else to hit those notes.
The World: Finland, please don't send a funny act this year 🙏
Finland: Hold my beer..
I love this song, and the live performance, but I'm based, because I'm Finnish. This song was a surprise winner because it wasn't a big favourite before the live show, and once people saw the energy these guys had, it won the public vote.
I don't know y'all's names, but I think the person in red sweater got what's up with this song 100%. That was my first reaction, too. The funny thing is, I hated this kind of music in the 90s. But I love No rules!
Oh, and always end up picking songs we love, regardless of whether we think it's gonna win. Last year, I just really wanted people to see Käärijä. Same this year with Windows95man. This is so perfectly Finnish, a bit odd, very funny, and a little cringe.
Honestly, go and listen to Käärijä's singing in the Eurovision final and then come back to listen to Henri's voice.
Listen to loreen's live.. Better than Henri? She was clearly missing notes
@@ELvisLiveS-ok6mq Exactly!
Hear, hear! ☺
It's funny how some people find Henri's vocals amazing and some say he can't sing at all. To me he is struggling a bit with a couple of the highest notes but other than that he sounds just great.
And the song is catchy, dansable, singable, nice melody, good message and Win95man shouting here and there is an interesting addition.
I mean the highest notes are a stretch already and then they had the genious idea of adding a whole tone key change at the end :P
Feels like there was inspiration from the key change Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer and the falsetto in A-ha -Take Me On. Both songs which every guy thinks they can sing when slightly drunk at a party but most usually end up failing!
@@maniamuse1319I think "Mr. Polaris" on the video just confessed to it. 😆
I think it's supposed to be kinda bad cause they simply do not care cause they're having fun. Like the song says
Before seeing your reaction, I would say you are the bunch who could appreciate the artistic and the funny part of it.
They're artists and they said that they purposefully made a piece of art - it can be seen as humor, but it is always for the viewer to decide. But they're not doing their art as a joke. If it was, it wouldn't have won in Finland, they said.
I think we Finns have a particular sense of humor and like to troll a bit.
Last year we totally earned the win, which we then didn't get. So here - have fun with this one. :D We 100% are not trying to do the same thing again, never occurred to me it was a similar "fun entry" when I was voting for it. Before seeing them, I was sure to vote for Sara who sung a ballad and then came in 2nd, but this performance just stole my vote.
Also, the singer, Henri Piispanen, wasn't supposed to perform in this. He was supposed to be a producer of the song, and he ended up singing in the demo. And then they decided, that they wouldn't/couldn't find anyone else better, so he needs to perform before Finnish audience. When we Finnish audience found out about this, and saw their performance - we then just troll voted him to sing in front of ~200M international audience. :D No really, we also liked his vocals which honestly and surprisingly were the best of the night of UMK (he has a lovely chest and mix voice, not always on point in this live performance, you should check the official music video), and the 90's parody vibe of the song and their performance. I think it's a brilliant celebration of the 90's pop song culture and the computer culture. Spreading the message of pure joy and authenticity, have space for artistic expression, not needing to be always perfect and polished
Nothing to do with Käärijä, BTW. It was an amazing show on the night. Cha Cha Cha was a one-off, but this is getting a lot of positive attention.
Finland should have won last year❤️🇫🇮, but the jury😔 ...now let's just have fun🤗 with Windows 95man🥰❤️❤️
Sweden won fair and square, Kaarja struggled vocally
Maybe this year? 2025 Eurovision in Finland ❤🎉
Hey come on, the singer from Windows95Man sings the song for Paw Patrol in Finnish version. He surely can sing.
This is a super fun bit of trivia! Love it.
Chase is on the case 👍🏼👮🏼♂️🐕🦺😅❤
It's a shame that their winner's performance was a little bit worse vocally than their first performance of the night, cause people who didn't watch the whole event are understandably going to react to the second one.
It's just incredibly entertaining, I love it. The song is catchy and I've already blasted it on repeat, peak eurodance throwback! Also I have no idea what the guy on the right was listening through his headphones cause it couldn't have been this song haha. Henri sings pretty well
Yep and the fact that Henri is a singer and professional voice actor.
Tyler, if you think you can sing that well, please do. Make a video of it. Sing in the same tempo, same octave, and make the same movements at the same time. I'm interested to see how well you'll do. I must mention, that many _professional_ vocal coaches or musician have actually aploded him and his skills. If you'll try, you might find that it's more difficult than it seems. Good luck with it!
I think in some interview Teemu Keisteri aka Windows95man said he discovered he loves performing as a toddler age and i think that toddler enthusiasm still shows!
This song came up in my Spotify recommended and it immediately captured my interest without having any idea it's Eurovision. The visuals add to it too. It's nothing special, but I'll enjoy it as a part of the contest.
Dude have no idea what this is all about 😅
I have 4 favourites so far. In random order (Estonia. Spain. Finland and Croatia, (if they choose Baby Lasagna) and looking forward to the Netherlands but we can only comment on that entry as from 29th feb). So back to Finland absolute banger🎉🎉🎉🎉
Finland is always the most fun country at Eurovision..❤
I have strong opinions on "Denim Dan" aka Henri Piispanen, ever since seeing UMK, and then seeing their winning performance. And also listening to the other stuff he sang in (he's in 2 different bands). I absolutely love his voice. I agree that here the vocals are a bit off in places, but a lot of that seems to be nerves, the second performance from that evening is much crisper and clearer: ua-cam.com/video/ip7rqynpohY/v-deo.html
Also just because I think it's such a great song with incredible vocals, here's a live performance of "Brother" by Kontio Polaris, where he's the lead singer: ua-cam.com/video/khRDClZWXqo/v-deo.html
I listened to all studio versions of the umk songs and No Rules! would have made it maybe 5th in my ranking, but watching the live performances they were the strongest act, and at least 3rd, if not 2nd strongest vocally for me. I did not expect to rank them that high because quite frankly I think the song is mediocre at best but fun, but the live act really sells it for me.
Seriously @MyrtleP you need to listen to "brother"!
Yes you Lady in red shirt, you get it!!! It´s irony, it´s fun, there is a story there, singing fit the performance just as it is! If this rhythm dosen´t make you move and laugh, maybe you do not know, that the summer 2024 is coming. Do not pretend, jus thave joy and fun!
It's crazy, it's party! It's about being birds, flying like the wind and liberation!
What are you talking about, this song is fire! Without the perfomance imma rock it. And dude, you do NOT know how to sing like that. I dare you :D
Thank you for your reaction! You found some ideas behind the song and the staging, but let me explain with more details!
it’s a fun entry with deeper meaning lyrics:
Is there something wrong with the way I look?
Is there something wrong with who I am?
If I'm not alright, tell me why do I
Feel so beautiful tonight?
No rules! It's how I live
How I find the wind beneath my wings,
It's how I learn to fly!
It’s an anthem for being who you are 🏳️🌈🎉🎊 And at the same time it’s a birth story based on Kalevala, the Finnish mythology🦅🥚
Love the message and also how it combines the Finnish mythodology Kalevala where the world is created from the goldeneye’s’ egg.
In the stage performance the singer Henri represents the bird (see the similarity of the movements the clothing and Kalevala inspired boots) and the Windows95man is born (as all humans) naked. The stage coordinator tries in the middle of the song give the rules to our hero but he throws those in the air. He wants to be free and understand who he is despite what the others want him to be! He is looking for his jeans shorts and finally they descent from the heaven (mythodology) and our guy becomes Windows95man and starts the party with cheerful fireworks!💥
DJ Windows95man have been dj:ing now 11 years already and he is also a visual artist and using Windows95man outfit since over a decade. Henri Piispanen is professional singer and voice actor. Check out UA-cam for his band “Pasa”. They met while doing this project and liked each other’s and decided to participate in ESC.
he mixing of the audio in the YLE video is really bad. The people in the arena heard Henri’s pure clear vocals as in this Nokia Arena audience video:
ua-cam.com/video/9OH8xrRD9nk/v-deo.htmlsi=67A9TGAsSa6wCBRK
no deeper meaning I think. xD
@@pahis1248 From the human behavioral and emancipating point of a view very deep meaningful if you can’t be yourself.
I 100% (or maybe I should say 95%) agree with Tyler, and yet I still love it. Fun, campy, and has pushed the boundaries of cringe so far that it has become art, this song should do really really well with viewers. It's just the right amount of cheese that Eurovision needs, and you gotta love a song that doesn't take itself seriously. There's a difference between a terrible song/performance that thinks it is amazing, and this masterpiece, which knows that it's trash, and doesn't give a damn!
Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮
First and third girl are on point once again.
wtf the singer is good. Perfect for this song
Vocal quality is trash? 😅 I'm sorry, but anyone who claims that Henri's vocals were trash, well.... then you clearly don't have any ear for music. Don't mean to sound rude, but I know that I sound rude saying this but then again, it's also a fact 😀 If the song is trash, if the staging is trash then that is perfectly fine, because that is your own individual opinion and taste. But it's a fact that Henri's vocals are really good. So, sorry but you are wrong! 😄
Henri's voice is perfect ❤️ Best live perfonance
His vocals were indeed bad specially the high notes, he was not on the right pitch. Hear it again.
@@TiagoSilvaESCI was there at the live and actually Henri was the best out of all 7 when it comes to singing live.Of course he would sound even better while standing still throughout the song, those high notes are difficult to make while moving.
I really appreciate you guys not bothering to say "I don't like this". Too many people "love" all the Eurovision songs on UA-cam
Haven't noticed that, but too many commenters do call every entry "a winner"... So we have 37 winners this year, ehh?! 😂😂
Yes! Go Finland! My winner ❤
What we Finns want to give you all..
Is Smile!
We need smile and laugh to this world at this time what we have...
Thanks for your review...
And Don't hide your Guilty Pleasures... And Tyler.. You like this 😚
They had clippy on the retinue but not in the stage
Might be dancing with them at pre-parties for sure, that's how W95M had him/her on in a public NYE party in Helsinki 2 yrs ago.
Henri's voice has improved MASSIVELY since the umk (based on how they sounded at the London pre-party). They truly did not think they would win and maaaaaybe the prep wasn't fully there but they're definitely doing the work now and not at all phoning it in! 😉
But yeeah, I can't say we didn't do this as a bit of a middle finger to the contest, we're here to have fun and not to win.🥳
I love this song, even if it’s cheesy. It always brings a smile on my face, good luck Finland 🇫🇮
Wow, good job with the preimpressions you all, I think they were closest than ever! Maybe the artist name gave away too much in this 😂 He is actually a DJ and this his first single 😅
I remember your video when you and your team react to Käärijä and Cha Cha Cha. So i waited for this when you and team react to our Windows95man 👍 Keep going👍 Your eurovision react video are good👍
I love how people are showing much more their feelings and opinions in this channel nowadays. That´s the way to go MyrtleP! :)
This was the middlefinger to the jurys. We dint win last year because of the jury. Now we think, we wont get any points from the jury but we will get 100% of the public vote
Polaris dude needs to drink more and lighten up lol
🤣🤣🤣 You all had me in tears from laughter. I love dad's reaction when he hears "the singing... wasn't blowing me away..." 😂😂😂
Although all your opinions of the song/performance are varied, they are all totally valid. Best reaction yet.
If people like it. How it can it garbage. Try to sing is at high that he sings it. Please. We all want to hear it ❤.
Tyler just talks and pretends to be funny. Don´t actually want to hear him singing. Tyler can´t hit any notes with his voice. But I love his style. Great entertainment.
I love this song! ❤❤
My 2nd favourite after France❤ fun and catchy
I loooove it ❤❤❤❤
I loved the visuals from this performance...its super fun. But man, wish the song was better. Its super entertaining, but there's just not much going on musically.
I hate it when you guys trash Henri's voice. I don't get this mocking. Henri sings perfectly and the song is very difficult to sing!
The Egg is a joke 😂😂😂
It is related to Windows95 OS.
Microsoft included earliest products "hidden Easter eggs" so he is hiding in the egg.
Its not meant to be an art music, in finland we go festivals summertime and the main thing is that you can bounce up and down in front of the stage and have fun.
❤Greetings from Espoo Finland🇫🇮
Sadly no Win95 soundbits, but the music video is FULL of Win95 stuff. For example he is traveling between the Win95 stock background images
I come back to this video, just to see Tyler's face on that thumbnail. Like, I just can't... it's so funny 😂😂😂
Are these people going to sing or just to talk?
NEVER stop the madness😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
With the polaris man. It's a song contest.
song contest not singing contest 😂
LORDI BACK!
Only fun matters...🎉
People should check the song Rock Me by Yugoslavia. They actually won with that song. It was one of those how in the hell moments in Eurovision Song Contest History. :)
It is a song contest yes. Not a singing contest. Getting that out of the way, well, put nicely the singing part really wasn't the best I've heard. I didn't like it at all at first and didn't vote for this in UMK. But this song is actually growing on me. It hits the right spots for the 90's Eurodance fan that I was (okay, okay, still am a bit 😆). And the music video saves it all, since the singing issue is fixed there.
Clippy actually was in their green room in UMK 😄.
Henri Piispanen is talented (and trained) voice actor and singer. Aside working with Paw Patrol, he also is a singer for a band Pasa. ua-cam.com/video/r3OIbzbymWU/v-deo.html
I mean, watching UMK it was a televote magnet. Honestly, I personally preferred Sara Siipola with Paskana (it's a beautiful song and you should listen to that). Also loved Sini Sabotage who finished last :(
Sara was very close though. She topped the jury, and wasn't that far off in the televote - this was not a Kaarija style landslide in Finland.
And yes, I agree, it will get televotes, but beyond that it's not going to cut it this year for getting anywhere near the win.
Thanks for the video!
It won´t win but it can easily hit TOP-10. Italy is too good to beat this year. It is all about who will be the second and third.
@@MarkTBird I don't think Italy is a lock at all. This year will be much closer than last year with more songs in the running. Also if W95M is in top 10 it's by virtue of televotes only, and I actually don't think that will happen this year
@risM I´m putting my money on Italy. I think this year is easy win for Italy. Finland gets lots of points. But how high they get? Hard to say. And what says ESC_ChrisM which countries you think will win?
@risMAnd I actually think that too many boring safe songs this year. Norway, Italy, Ireland and Finland are so far only ones I remember. But lots of songs still coming...
My fave this year... so what is good.. really depends on personal taste.. and not on facts.
I love the way you know what JNCOs are 🙂
That singer is really a visual artist
It’s not a song contest! It’s a melody contest!
…huh, every Year must have at least one Performance like this, I guess.
Did he say "Metal voice"?
According to Finnish mythology, man was born from a bird's egg, that's why that egg
I disagree in some ways I actually really do enjoy this song. As a song it's really catchy and fun and it has been ringing in my head like Cha Cha Cha last year. windows obviously isn't a singer so those parts I didn't really enjoy as much but he's the main DJ so it's important for him to be on the stage. I think he's there to help out on the show cause without him, nobody would see it as different compared to the other entries from other countries. it's a mix of fun and seriousness and I think even if a serious song was sent I'm not sure it would win unless it was like amazing live. like there was Sara sipola who had a good song but it didn't match the expectations live, I think it's overall very engaging and perfect for Eurovision because Eurovision is the XFactor or The voice, overall it's about the show and performance. So honestly, this is in my top 5. I've listened to some of the other entries that are considered "serious" and I didn't find anything special about them, just another song you hear on the radio. 😅 That's my opinion..
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
And by the way Finland loves this family. We always want to hear your honest opinions. No faking. And I love the moments where you disagree. This song is something different by Finland and I respect that. Do I like the song as a Finnish born man who loves music more than anything else...HELL NO!!! I hate everything about this kind of music. BUT in Eurovision level...this is actually good choice for people of Finland. :D
Gentle middle finger.. last Year our win was robbed by jury’s so this time, No Rules!
Changed my vote from Mikael Gabriel to Win95 during UMK final because this show was just over performing all others by mile! All, including show presenters, were in awe what happened! I was laughing my ass off… 🤣
I don't really understand Tyler's opinions. I mean, he said Cha Cha Cha should have won, and then he totally despise this humorous show. Like.. Why? They are both completely out of the normal and typical "songs" that he was talking about. Both also were mostly electronic. And I think Henri sings pretty good, even though it's always the singing part that I don't like about Eurovision. Yes, that's another thing too. I don't give a f*** about singers shouting to the mic and telling some sob story. It's the MUSIC and the catchy melody which makes the songs great and you want to listen it again and again (also without the stage show) Just like here. So energetic and catchy. And obviously, the live show. It is ENTERTAINMENT after all in the stage. It is supposed to bring smiles and laughs. That combined with catchy music just can't be garbage. (Also, this is NOT singing contest, although jury will always vote ballads where the single person just wanders around the stage and tells sob story with shouting or something like that. (I personally think they are just generic trash without any uniqueness, boring and heard/seen million times before.) It is a SONG contest, which means you have to think all other aspects, like music, melody, rhythm and catchyness too, not only the singing.)
I don’t like it but oh well
OMG Tyler sing D5 and then say that Henry can not sing. 😅
If you watch Finnish UMK finals...you will see that Windows95man was the only one to manage that live stage performance. I was hoping that Cyan Kicks will do fantastic also live...but that performance was total letdown. The woman singer did fail so badly. Sara Siipola who came second was basic ok...but the song is too average. Windows95man is all about Eurovision. Camp, parody of old times....stage performance..art....You hate or you like it. But you will remember it although you would like to forget it. :)
Yes, it's a song contest but that doesn't mean the metrics for a song are how staid, serious and kept within the confines of some genre with a dull technically 'perfect' but characterless singer with a perfect range who proceeds to show it off when it lends nothing to the actual colour of the song.. we're not about American Idol earnest bellowing genre dullness with ESC. There are people who fail utterly to understand the art of camp and actually how hard comedy is to pull off .. way, way harder than drama or in music, earnest emotional love ballads and pop songs, which are ten a penny, are utterly worn out as a theme, and thus totally safe and comfortable to the mainstream that doesn't like any edge or challenge to their listening, just safe copies of what came before. Comedy is the easiest thing to fail at as stuff is either funny or unfunny = nothing in between . W95Man lands their 'jokes 100% with the audience through creative presentation and their song is actually catchy and lyrically, quite meaningful, a giant eff you to people hidebound by rules and conventions to the detriment of joy in life and actual creativity. I really like it, it's not my favourite but seeing it dismissed as 'crap' is missing a lot IMO, including the spirit of Eurovision. I know if ESC was a US phenom it would be entirely different and lack all sense of humour and be some corporate hell of plastic fantastic Beyonce types who yell every lyric to show off their range, but come on, try to appreciate something outside the old box eh?
😂🤩🥳🎉🔥💥👏🏻👍🏻🇫🇮💙
@Microsoft
I still feel like Italy is unbeatable..but I have not heard all the songs. :)
finland can do eurovision allvays.
POLAND reaction
Who is this sad man anyway?
Lordi wins another with: BLOODRED SANDMAN OR DEVIL IS A LOSER.
Apart from the denim and windows95 logo… whats 90s about it? Anyway hate the song they cant sing and just trying to be as quirky as last year but it wont work
I bet you are young since you can't hear this is pure 90s Eurodance.
Gays its top winer
It sounds like the music of a cheap video game from the 1990s. The show is engaging, the idea of the Win95 birth is funny, however I don't like anything about the song, there are washing machines that play better melodies.
I am so distracted by this performance, like every time I see it, that I still don't know what the song is about. After 5th watch, I conclude that this is a hard-to-listen performance. Whether intentional or not, the singing is bad and it is jarring
As a Finn, this was the worst song of the year, but the best performance as well. Hmm??
Whatever made you think of Finland as "good sports"? As i neighbour, I love them, but their biggest known traits are knives and vodka...
They're "sisu", not "good sports". Good luck 😊
tyler is right!!
Tyler: This song is complete trash! This song is complete garbage!
Maia: I agree. I don't care though.
I'm with you Maia!
Denim Dave reminded me of Weird Al Jankovic. Difference is that Mr. Weird can sing. - Oddly for a visual journey, I still have no dear what the story of this song was
I low key hated this when it was chosen because I found it more trashy and tacky than camp and fun. Song AND staging.
Still not a huge fan but I’ve learned to tolerate it.
I’m sure it’ll qualify from a televote only semi AND get some televotes on the final - there will be a lot of competition for this type of song this year though with Estonia and presumably Croatia, so… who knows how many.
There is a way to draw from the 90s - for me this is not it and I find the staging more dumb than fun. It’s like being slapped in the face and just too much of everything.
But like I said I’m sure it will be successful in the semi at least, so there’s that.