Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Saturday, November 25, 2006
An Open Letter To Amy Sherman-Palladino
Leigh-Ann and I just finished watching the “Gilmore Girls” episode from the 14th. Gah, it keeps jumping the shark, and then jumping it again this season. Yes, I HATED Luke & Lorelai last season, and the character of April is just horrible - a (finger quote)tragic(finger quote) chemistry experiment, done by the girl genius, gone awry would be lovely. She’s really really annoying and boring. She’s like Punky Brewster, but not nearly as interesting. However, this season is putting the crappy parts of last season into perspective. Rory’s new BFFs, Lucy & Olivia? Terrible, just terrible. If the Palladinos had written them, I’m sure they wouldn’t have tried to give them Lorelai and Rory’s lines and expected them to be able to pull them off. Instead, it’s like watching girls from “Laguna Beach”, only without the pretty scenery. I’ve never watched an episode of that show, but “The Soup” has shown enough clips for me to be able to make the comparison.
Unlike many GG’s fans, I don’t hate Christopher. He seems like a nice enough guy these days, so having him around occasionally is okay. But at the expense of Sookie, Michel, the elder Gilmores, Mrs. Kim, Paris, Taylor (where the hell is Taylor?), et al.? No, a thousand times, no. The last season of “Buffy” left much to be desired, but there were still episodes that were brilliant; not so with “Gilmore Girls” this season. It’s so sad that it’s going to end its run with a whole wasted season. When recommending the show, I’ll tell people to buy/rent seasons one thru six, and to just forget about seven.
I honestly don’t know why I titled this “An Open Letter to Amy Sherman-Palladino” in order to just complain about whomever is running the show now. But, I’d like to end it with, “Amy, I hated the Luke & Lorelai crap, and I think April is one of the worst plot devices to infect a great tv show, but this season...I miss you terribly. The writing is missing all of the great pop culture wit. It’s missing the supreme comic relief of the townies. It’s missing the Palladinos. Please let them pay you whatever it takes to write, say, a two hour season/show finale. Let the show go out on a good note. Please?!?!”
Now, I want to write about some good television - “Heroes”, if you’re not watching it...start now. You can catch up by watching the episodes on the NBC website. I promise that you’ll love the show, or I’ll give you back all those hours of your life. No, really, I will. And, if you have more time to spend, please also watch ”Studio 60 Live on the Sunset Strip”. If you’ve been wasting your time on “Gilmore Girls”, it’ll thrill you to see good snappy writing again. One more NBC show plug - “30 Rock”. I wasn’t overly fond of the season premiere, but since then, it’s been damned good. Alec Baldwin is spectacular.
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