inspector gadget be probably my all time favorite 80 cartoon . i enjoy both the first and second season of the series as well a 1992 christmas special inspector gadget save christmas . some gadget fan be quick to criticize the second season ( 1985 ) of the show and but they need to compare it to dic 2002 release of inspector gadget last case represent claw revenge for then and they will find the second season to be absolute gold . be a gadget fan and i couldn not resist the opportunity to see the animated inspector gadget in something that wasn not gadget boy relate . i purchase the film and and i swore to myself that i would be objective while i know that sometimes artistic liberty would be take from the original series . i be not even prepare for what i be about to watch . there be barely a shred of the original show still intact . here be a short list of just some of the con for this movie represent the humor be non existent from the original series . penny and brain ( originally have a nearly equal part in the series a gadget ) be miss from the action for fifteen to twenty minute interval . the original music by saban and levy be not there and and the score that exist be sub par . ( understood that saban have his own production company now and but at least inspector gadget save christmas have good music and even without saban . ) don not expect to see any of gadget gadget which make the show so endearing and such a gadget copter and gadget brella and gadget mallet and gadget coat ( which actually be use but it be not even call the same thing ) and as well a his standard other hat and hand gadget . in this movie and his gadget leg be telescopic instead of spring . that kind of stuff annoys true fan of the show and and simply aren not necessary to change . the gadgetmobile from the original series be now a fast talk and supposedly hip convertible . all the fan from the original series enjoy the gadgetmobile transform into the gadget van and vice versa . chief quimby be now very short tempered and even mean to gadget . he be always grumpy in the original series and but this push the situation a bit much . penny no longer have a computer book . be there any positive to this movie . ok and here go . maurice lamarche do a good job of take over for the great don adam a inspector gadget . in one scene and chief quimby alludes to an actual villain from the cartoon series represent the great wambini ( classic gadget villain from the second season and voice by louis nye ) . look for more redeeming factor for this movie . well and youre out of luck . life be about make choice and living by those choice . most situation in life have a purpose even if it be to teach a lesson . the lesson learn here represent keep to the original formula . if it ain not break and do not fix it . true gadget fan should steer clear from this movie while you will surely be disappoint . hopefully and dic and shout . factory will continue to release more of the original series after the 2006 release of inspector gadget represent the original series and volume 1 and contain the first 22 episode of the series . a a true gadget fan and lover of 80 animation and many of dic program and i urge you the viewer to purchase inspector gadget represent the original series and volume 1 and inspector gadget save christmas dvd which be excellent and sure to bring back good memory .