Astrid & Lilly Save the World

High school best friends Astrid and Lilly are chubby outcasts at school who spend their nights patrolling their neighborhood with night vision goggles. The mean kids call them, the Pudge Patrol. It turns out that they are the chosen ones battling the forces of evil when a portal to the monster worlds opens. They need ten different monster parts to close up the portal.

This Canadian series is ten episodes and lasted only one season. It happily references Buffy and others. I like the best friends and their issues. The show does need some better side characters. The Canadian production has some limits. It's definitely not a big production. Despite whatever issues, the two leads remain compelling and I'm invested in their friendship.

It's an amusing show to burn the brain cells. You'll chuckle. It's fresh and funny satire. Though, I don't understand the costume choices for the characters. It's the corniest of the 1980s outfits.

I LOVE this show. Shades of Buffy and Angel, which I adored, and great heroines. Acting, story lines, cast is great. I'm now an almost 60 year old and still enjoy this genre. This is my new favorite next to Resident Alien.

I look forward to new episodes. Hopefully they give this show a chance to catch on. I watch on DVR as do many, so pay no attention to live ratings. They are meaningless in today's world.

It is a ridiculous premise, in the best way. I would have rated higher if not for the 80s style fat shaming. I feel like they could have easily made this show better without it. Otherwise I'd have rated an 8.

This is one of the best new series of the season. It will appeal to viewers who understand subtly and nuance... "literalists" will not understand much of the humor here.

I was delighted to see that the two Central characters are not the cliche anorexics that tend to inhabit other movies of this kind. These characters are far more real, and realistic, than most of the Stepford Wives type females who inhabit most Canadian television productions.

Most Importantly, the production has a positive message - all about loving yourself and treating others with value.

I cannot wait for future episodes.