Wow, yeah... that was a slap in the face.

It reminds me of the Flintstones reboot by Dynamite comics, in which they allegedly do the series in a more realistic, grittier manner. To me it was more like some contemporary show or series, just reskinned as the Flintstones. The essence of the original was absolutely gone.

It looks like the same thing happening with this Strange Planet series. They didn't even try to make the voices or mannerisms seem 'alien.' Sadly, it's not hard to understand why Pyle agreed to this, though.