Oh, Max is great! You'll like him when you get your chance to see it. :)

It's a little too early to tell, though it looks like they've discarded the happy ending of the old. Rather than a triumphant exit from the asylum, Alice was basically told, "Okay, you're as sane as we can get you -- go forth and be prosperous or something." Which is more realistic, granted, but still a little sad in my opinion. :( And of course the realms look different, but I'm giving them that one because its WONDERLAND -- Alice just has to imagine them different. :p

I probably won't be watching any of those for a while -- though apparently Helloween's gonna be doing one. :D