# A Netflix reboot of Little House on the Prairie on the way **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix\ **Created:** [January 30, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647 "2025-01-30T22:40:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647/21 "2025-01-31T16:20:07Z")
Regardless, I think we all know the show will last two seasons at best. The second season might even be cancelled before the first is available for viewing. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647/22 "2025-01-31T16:28:12Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > What’s wrong with reboots? Hypothetically, nothing. In practice, most of them are substantially worse than the originals (IMO), and are just trading on viewers’ good memories of the originals to attract eyeballs. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647/23 "2025-01-31T16:39:12Z")
And now that I’ve actually read more about this specific reboot, it’s going to be pretty true to the tv series and be family friendly. My tv panel will not be infected with it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647/24 "2025-01-31T16:40:04Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > Very meh on the original (watched a bit in syndication when nothing else was on), and not interested in the sequel series. I expect some will be outraged it isn’t like the original, nevermind that the original itself was different than the books (or that the books were at the very least edited to a political/societal agenda). To expand on your comment about the political agenda, in 2012, The New Yorker ran [this paywalled article](https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-libertarian-house-on-the-prairie) on how Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane were _fervent_ followers of Ayn Rand’s libertarian philosophy and edited the books to emphasize these ideas. Both women _hated_ FDR’s policies. (If you can’t read The New Yorker article, you _should_ be able to read [this piece](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-subtle-libertarian-politics-of-laura-ingalls-wilders-little-house-books/16584/) from the PBS American Masters series.) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647/25 "2025-01-31T17:37:33Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > > [@hajario](#): > > > > I might watch it if it was gritty and true to the source material > > Well, it is Netflix and not NBC, so I can see death, hunger, pain and suffering being put front and center. Imagine the pitch meeting: “it’s Strawberry Shortcake meets Blood Meridian!” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647/26 "2025-01-31T17:51:23Z")
Is it going to be “gritty” and “dark”? I think Laura being a hitman dressed in black would be a good start. maybe bring in aliens. or Zombies. Or…alien zombies! ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647/27 "2025-01-31T17:58:43Z")
Whoever is cast as Charles Ingalls needs to be required to do a remake of _I Was a Teenaged Werewolf_ first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647.md?page=1)