Like pretty much everyone else, I’ve been a fan of superheroes for a long time. I started liking superheroes in the aughties with superhero media made for kids like Sky High and Teen Titans, and then (again, like everyone else) became fully obsessed when the MCU and DCEU machines started cranking out content. As an adult, it’s easy to become cynical about the billion-dollar genre (and there are valid criticisms), but superheroes still hold an undeniable appeal.

Like many kids from the 1980s-2000s, I grew up with the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? franchise. Over the years, I retained two pieces of information about Carmen Sandiego: She’s a fashion icon and she is completely evil. So when Netflix first announced a reboot with Carmen as the heroine, I was skeptical. Didn’t Rockapella tell us she was trying to flimflam every nation? If I spent my childhood trying to stop her, does that mean I’m the bad guy now? Will Netflix stomp all over the source material?