Teen Wolf: On MTV they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows

Why is originality so hard to find these days? Why can't TV (especially at MTV) just think of an original show? Well, unsurprisingly, MTV's new series is a "remake"of the 1985 Michael J Fox film Teen Wolf.

To be honest, I only watched the premiere of Teen Wolf because I knew I'd have fun ripping it apart in my review because of how bad I knew it would be, and I was not disappointed (well, I was, but that was the point).

Teen Wolf was god-awful. It's one of those instances where you think to yourself "Why did they even call this a remake? Give it a different name and you'd have no idea what it was based on." 

Scott McCall is an average teenager. He plays lacrosse, has a hot girlfriend, and is mildly popular. One night, Scott decides it's a good idea to search in the dark, desolate woods for a dead body (what type of sick, twisted high school student does this?) and is attacked by a werewolf, subsequently turning him into one and giving him enhanced athletic abilities along with improved sight and smell.

Sound anything like the original Teen Wolf? No? No. Not at all. 

For those of you who haven't seen the original Teen Wolf, it tells the story of Scott Howard (apparently McCall is a more updated last name?) who is a fairly dorky teenager in love with a girl dating a total douche (apparently its more updated to just be dating the hottest girl in school?) and playing on the below par school basketball team (apparently lacrosse is a more updated basketball?) He soon discovers that, after hitting puberty, he has become a werewolf. Scott soon discovers that it is a long-time family curse that his father never told him about (apparently searching for a dead body in the woods and getting bit by a werewolf after an encounter with horrible CGI deer is a more updated version of this?). Scott soon gains incredible basketball skills and, with the help of his wolf alter-ego, improves the team and wins the championship.

The new, more "up-to-date" Teen Wolf was so bad that I found myself having to switch the channel back to Family Guy every once in a while to avoid suicidal thoughts while watching it.

It was essentially just a combination of the American version of Skins (the worst, most poorly written and poorly acted show on television) and the Twilight series minus the vampires. 

Horror fans, if you have any self respect, don't even consider watching MTV's Teen Wolf and just watch the original instead.