BFF 4 Never! Gossip Girl

[fembuck]

Oh Canada, my home and native land!  You give me poutine and Gossip Girl a day early and I love you for it. 

I'll admit straight up that the only reason I tuned into this was because I have a mad!crazy girl crush on Blake Lively and because the trailer infected by brain it's use of billboard hits *Glamorous glamorous*. 

That being said, it was alright and I'll probably keep tuning in.  I'll admit I didn't love it as much as The O.C. pilot, but it was fairly entertaining.  Plus, I love Serena van der Woodsen (Lively), I just like saying the name actually, it's so extravagant *hugs the name*, and Dan so far is like a less annoying and grating Seth Cohen which is nice, because you know ... it's not with the annoying and grating.

Also, Serena and Blair bonding over drinks at the Palace bar  has totally given me a reason to ship them.  Blair was so jealous ex-girlfriend and Serena the reformed and repentant philandering ex who just really wants her boo back.  [Kirsten Bell] Will these two hotties find a way to work things out? [/Kristen Bell]  They will in fanfic when they admit that Nate is really just an inadequate substitute for each other!

I have to say I didn't love the gossip girl voice-overs though.  Yes, I know the show is helping to employ Kristen Bell, but she's got the Heroes gig now, and the voice-overs were really annoying and unnecessary.  I can see Serena getting off of the train, I don't need you to tell me she's getting off of a train.  I can see Serene and Blair are having a heart to heart, I don't need you to tell me they are.  At times it was like Painkiller Jane level hand-holding.  I'll admit however that the 'teen lingo' used in the voice-overs probably grates on my nerves because I'm almost a decade out of high school and would prefer it if people didn't speak MSN lingo.

Also, I read an article that talked about how the actors/actresses names are just as ridiculous as their characters names, and it's true, which endears the show to me for some crazy reason (ex. Blake Lively = Serena van der Woodsen, Leighton Meester = Blair Waldorff, Pen Badgely = Dan Humphrey, and then there's Chace Crawford in there as well.  Awesome.)

Overall thoughts, it'll probably hold my attention for a season (which means a season of looking at Blake Lively, and this I can deal with).

Comments

[billy-rose.livejournal.com]

oh boy.. been so long... eh
there is always a ton of tension between them first off
sometimes they're best friends, other times Serena is dating Blair stepbrother or something - the usual drama that comes with books like that (the ole' "Oh poor rich stoned me! boo hoo, I could buy whatever I want but throw a tantrum when I don't get my way on one insignificant thing!" is included in that)

their characters in the books are interesting, at least
I haven't seen the pilot for the show or anything, but I'm not sure they could really capture the personalities exactly
looked up pics of the actors in the show and even they don't match up with my mental image

I'm more a fan of books with a plot, so the gossip girls series seems to be the same thing ad nauseum in different ways, but if you can get through that go for it
at least the first book is worth it, and the covers are hot - 'tis what led me to believe there could be slash in the first place

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the pilot for the show or anything, but I'm not sure they could really capture the personalities exactly

From what I understand Serena's a little different in the show, I can't say emo exactly because she dresses fabulously and has lovely blonde locks, but she's I don't know, contemplative with a deep sadness just under the surface. And apparently she's a pretty carefree personality in the books from what I've heard. Blair people seem to be finding pretty in character (though there's complaints that she's better looking than Serena which shouldn't be the case. I think that's in the eye of the beholder because I'd totally rather mack on Blake Lively), Dan is apparently too buff and good looking, Jenny doesn't have big boobs, and Nate is apparently not good enough looking. Oh, and Serena's brother is younger than her. *shrugs* I suppose in this way it's better to have not read the books first because I don't really have any preconceived notions of what they should be like (though I have been mentally comparing them to The OC characters)

the gossip girls series seems to be the same thing ad nauseum in different ways,

This is why I can't really watch dramas/night time soap operas. I figure that even if I end up liking this show I'll probably only stick with it for a season because I'll get bored with their relationship woes after that. I like plots too :D

*ponders at least checking out the first book*

[billy-rose.livejournal.com]

ha, yeah
that's why I don't watch the WB anymore
every show seems to be a dawsons creek or gilmore girls wannabe
except charmed
though I only liked charmed for the first 4 seasons... hm... *shrugs*

and yeah, that is a good point
might be best to read the books afterwards, really
did that with Alien Resurrection and now I can't stand to watch the movie for more than 20 minutes at a time because the book is so much better...
hmm.. I should stop myself before I rant...

so, if you're still watching by the end of the first season then it would probably be good for ya to check out the books ^_^