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[norwich36]

I'm surprised that only one person on my f-list seems to have watched the premiere of 90210.

I'm pretty sure it's not going on my regular lineup. A friend asked me to a premiere party, and it was fun inasmuch as I got to snark my way through the whole show, which made it a lot more palatable--but even with my weakness for teen soaps (the OC, VMars, Buffy, etc.) I found it way too predictably soapy and OTT. I liked a couple of the younger female characters--Annie was just tremendously appealing, Silver seemed interestingly complicated, and Naomi, despite looking about 30 years old, is the sort of bitchy-but-complex character I can generally like--but none of the male characters appealed to me at ALL. And they're not even very pretty. I wasn't too into the older generation, either, except for the grandmother. And the plots were so damned predictable I actually hurt myself hitting my forehead with my hand at one point. So all-in-all, I thought, kind of lame, unless you're deliberately watching it to mock.





BONES PREMIERE

I almost didn't watch this because just the ads hit my embarassment squick in a big, big way; Seeley being an obnoxious American tourist is not my idea of humor. And I kept having to mute the TV whenever things started going in that direction. Other than that, though, I did like the London casefile a lot, mostly because Inspector Pritchard was fantastic, and I liked the forensic anthropologist who got killed a lot too.

On the other hand, I am furious that they broke up Angela and Hodgins. They were definitely my OTP of the show, and I kind of loved the fact that they got to have a successful romance *because* they weren't the main characters (while we know Booth and Brennan won't go there until the last part of the final season). And the reason for their breakup was SO DAMN DUMB. Argh! I assume they will get them back together at some point, but I hate stupid breakups that exist solely so a show doesn't break the Moonlighting rule.

Also, I was kind of sad that they got rid of the cute lab guy (I can't remember his name, and IMDB is failing me by not listing the guest stars) because he couldn't put up with the soap opera at the Jeffersonian. I liked him, and was kind of hoping he was going to be the new Zach replacement.

Comments

[duskwillow.livejournal.com]

I must say I was disappointed with Bones. It just didn't feel like older seasons. Like you said, the break up was dumb. There was way too much focus on relationships, and they did it in such a cheesy way. There were so many stereotypes, like with Booth being embarrassing American in London, in how English were portrayed, and so on. Not to mention the whole "the butler did it". The whole premier felt a bit like a joke. :(

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and not a very funny joke. :( And the ugly American thing with Booth was just cringe-worthy.

watched the premiere of 90210

[ender24]

hee, I watched it! but yeah, no, but thank, no.
I will stick to GG.

and for Bones, maybe its because I am neither a Brit, nor American, but I did found it funny ;D
though yup, Angela and Hodgins`? I agree, why not let them getting together?
and the Moonlighting rule??

Re: watched the premiere of 90210

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

There was an American TV show called "Moonlighting" in the 80s--it starred Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis. It was a detective show, but the drama was mainly about the sexual tension between the two stars. They got together fairly early in the run of the show, which killed the show's chemistry. Since then, it's constantly used as an example in American TV as to why you can't have the show's two leads get together before the end of the show, lest you kill the chemistry.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Belated drop-by, to say that I, too, was invited to a premiere party for 90210--but three days later than you as that's when it airs in Aus. But OMG THE BAD, NORA! supacat and I kept up near-constant snark for the full two-hours but by the end I was so completely wiped out with even trying to be funny about this show. Our hostess kept looking for excuses to make coffees and generally not watch the TV!

And they're not even very pretty
Yuh. And one of them was Pete Ross! (or as good as) *weeps*

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was wretchedly bad. Especially when you consider the much-less anvilly teen soaps (like GG--even though I didn't get into it I could tell the writing was good--and the OC.) Don't they realize they themselves have raised the bar for teen soaps higher than this dopey melodrama?

Btw, your icon is a thing of beauty.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree--there are much better versions of this show these days. I think in its day 90210 was fresh, but this felt the stalest of the stale.

The icon is duskwillow's genius and I went into paroxisms of delight when I found it. :)