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BFF 4 Never! Gossip Girl
Sep. 18th, 2007 11:24 pmOh 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).
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).
