All in all, I think High School Musical: The Series has a huge potential to be a hit. Its going through the revival of the franchise in the right way. It has a level of self awareness that keeps it from going overboard, and its not setting its sights on surpassing the success of the original. Its  merely borrowing some luster from its success to jumpstart the continuation of the franchise in a new platform.

All in all, Polar had extremely strong and extremely boring moments that will make you feel like a yoyo for the entirety of the film. As much as I love Mads and Vanessa, I don’t think I could sit through the entire film again while fully awake.