Tell me what's happening on "Gilmore Girls" a.k.a. The "Gilmore Girls" thread.

Well, that's good news. The more I continue to watch the weirder the idea of her not being in it became, particularly since Jackson Douglas is coming back. I started to wonder if they were just faking us out.

a third is an awful lot of a car tho

I'll grant you that much.

Ha, it didn't occur to me until this rewatch that Jess was basically a proto-April ("We need some fresh blood for the second season...hey, I know, maybe Luke has a nephew he's never mentioned before!")

http://www.avclub.com/article/lets-overanalyze-first-pics-new-gilmore-girls-235089

Gawdamn, I feel like I've contracted a low-grade form of progeria compared to these ageless people who were frozen in time fifteen years ago. The only one who looks appreciably different is Miss Patty, who appears to have lost a lot of weight.

alexis bledel has always looked about 5–10 years younger than she actually is. i looked it up, and yeah, she's 35.

My favorite Gilmore Girl-ism - made up example:

A: What is the matter with her? Did you see her?
B: This box sure is heavy.
A: She wasn't like this yesterday.
B: Boy, does he expect me to move it all the way over there?
A: I call her and she doesn't answer!
B: There should be laws against making people lift boxes this heavy.

What's the name of this trope?

I think we should call it a Sherman-Palladino

isn't that called "cross-talk"? -- there's a lot of it in "his girl friday," which is think is probably the ur-text for gilmore girls.

I guess. Can't find it clearly defined, though. Tvtropes is surprisingly rubbish at this.

it's not just a tv trope, though -- it's a staple of screwball comedy. you'll also find it in robert altman films, albeit in a different, less staccato manner.

I think cross-talk is just rapidfire dialogue. I don't know what to call the case where the characters don't seem to hear each other. Reminds me of Beckett a little.

Yeah I think 'the Sherman-Palladino' could serve a purpose as label.

xp tvtropes.org cover any recurring thing in fiction in general. But I assume there's little quality control.

Crosstalk means people are talking at the same time. At least in subtitling land that's what it means.

tt is watching all gilmore girls ever and i keep overhearing/seeing it and basically at this point i want rory to suffer some sort of great misfortune, she really is the most irritating privileged little shit in the history of television, why does she even exist and why do people keep doing nice things for her, the show is completely ruined by her character

and that voice! nails, chalkboard

YOU'RE completely ruined by your character

started watching this show in its entirety a couple of weeks ago for the first time

i managed to miss it the first time around

now i know where treeship's persona is based off

Rory is the goddam princess of this town and you take that back, you monster.

^^^

I loved the show, but in retrospect I wish there had been one episode where a stranger comes to town and wonders why an entire community has decided to turn a single teenage girl into their collective object of adoration - sort of like the Frank Grimes episode of The Simpsons.

Because she's smart as a whip and instinctively kind

bc she's Rory Fkn Gilmore

xp otm! I've never heard a character in any show so frequently be heralded as 'amazing'.

Rory is the worst, but GG in general is untouchable. Back off imago!

I guess it is nice that the unwanted child of a teen mum can be portrayed as the princess of the town, but born into *so* much privilege even considering that. what about the forgotten, the abandoned daughters of stars hollow. what is for them

i don't think it's particularly controversial to think rory sucks a lot, even if you like the show

of course i didn't think that when i first saw it 100 years ago

but with age i have realized the best characters objectively are emily and paris

also, y'know, poor lane

the most interesting character arc of the show was that rory's personality started resembling emily gilmore more and more, no matter how hard lorelei tried to stop it

omg ban brad (and obviously louis)

Emily and Paris are absolutely the best. Also Jess to a lesser extent. But I'm only (!) on season 6 so nervous about what may still happen.

I'm quite surprised how ethically dated it feels. I'm sure Dawson's Creek wouldn't hold up this badly.

are u really

I def recall cringing at more than a few homophobic "jokes"/moments when I rewatched about 2 years ago

Haha EVERYONE on this show is annoying and unreal and wtf! Yet nevertheless loveable and amazing

the most interesting character arc of the show was that rory's personality started resembling emily gilmore more and more, no matter how hard lorelei tried to stop it

think u confused "interesting" with "inevitable"

Netflix trailer. Does Lauren Graham age?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGNNSmGDpU

"She's Jack Kerouac..." [Rory is in line at Comic Con]

NO ONE looks like they've aged!

i'm really looking forward to this; i need some twee feel-good tv in my life right now.

it looks like it will be great! best thanksgiving ever imo

sidebar: i tried listening to the Gilmore Guys podcast bc i heard it was v fun but it made me feel old & grumpy & i had to stop

:)

It makes me feel old and grumpy as well. Those young people wear their ignorance so proudly, and I really dislike podcasts (and companion shows like Talking Dead or whatever) that have guests on who have clearly watched this one episode and nothing else.

That said, their interview shows are great. I particularly enjoyed the one with Sam Phillips and Helen Pai, and the one with Jane Espenson.

Yeah I used Gilmore Guys to get a rewatch going last year and I did get my rewatch going but had to abandon the podcast. They harp on and on about how sympathetic the character motivations seem to them. I'm sure they're nice guys though, and yeah, it was nice to hear interviews with various members of cast and staff.

yeah they seem v chill and nice - i feel kinda bad!! but half the references go over their heads and i'm like "oh you adorable children pls shut up"

i will check out the interview episodes

'Okay, guys, you'll never believe this but I found out there's a singer who named himself after the Gilmores' dog. How cool is that!'

no you don't understand paul anka is the name of my canadian-american singer, songwriter, and actor

SPOILER

Lalala

We're all back in Stars Hollow but why

Oh I know it is because we haven't thrown another gala for RORY about how she is the greatest person

Luke is a bit of a lunkhead and Chris is back in town. ROMANTIC TENSION

Lala

RORY is also choosing between a posh one and a rough one, who both know she is the greatest person in the world, but instead she chooses dinner with her grandmother

It is time for the gala! RORY IS AMAZING say all the signs and everyone in Stars Hollow gives her all their hidden gold

Lalala exeunt pursued by a cutesy zinger

go peddle your Rory hate elsewhere, weirdo

<3

idgi

this was bad

you grinches better can it til i've watched

omg ban brad (and obviously louis)

― k3vin k., Wednesday, September 28, 2016 4:20 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fuck u k3v i'm objectively right