Oh, I didn't know about the butterflies, that's cute. But overall, they put so many unnecessary things into the transformations… I didn't even notice the bubble from which Musa appears the first time. It's just another pointless, meaningless detail. Paradoxically, there's so much of this stuff that in the end nothing really sticks in your mind.
After posting my message, I rewatched Enchantix and Believix in 3D, well... Even Sirenix in 3D looked better than reboot transformations because the background wasn't as overloaded with different details (though their endless movements still annoy me

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Is overstimulation really so in fashion now? Is it the only way in our TikTok-driven world?
As for the references, in my opinion, Winx themselves are a self-sufficient pop culture phenomenon. So many things were so well blended and reworked in Winx that it resulted in its own cool original lore. That's why I agree that overusing references to our world would be out of place in Magix...

And, you know, there were references to pop culture in the old series before (for example, Zing's transformations and Hallowinx! episode), but those were really clever references. And that's why throwing in out of nowhere these obvious Little Mermaid and MJ moonwalk things feels a little bit weird...

They would've been better off focusing more on self-referencing instead. For example, they could have given the legendary(!) crossed-arm ✌✌ gesture to all the fairies in their transformations. Why did they give it only to Musa?

(not even Bloom lol)
And yeah, I'm glad that Winx Club is still alive and didn't die out like, for example, W.i.t.c.h., but it's a shame that the project was so blatantly turned into a cash cow. Although unfortunately, I can believe that the creators genuinely think the reboot looks super good now lol

Ugh, I feel so bitter after writing all this... I really need to cool down.

I hope I'm not bringing too much negativity.

I'll still try to believe in the best, wait for the episodes to come out, and do my best not to jump to long-term conclusions. At least the teaser had a warm, lively atmosphere...
me trying to stop venting 