i appreciated the BUNHEADS cameos
― maura, Saturday, 26 November 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
otm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 26 November 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
not holding out hope for 4 bunhead minimovies from netflix since vegemitegrrl, maura, and myself were probably the only people who ever watched that show, but it would be cool anyway
― akm, Sunday, 27 November 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link
okay, i like this a lot. forget what i said about being a reunion hater. i love seeing everyone and its funny and i loved this show and i still love them.
i couldn't watch bunhead cuz i didn't have cable and it was never on hulu/netflix. i totally would have watched it though.
― scott seward, Sunday, 27 November 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
we are gonna watch one episode a night.
― scott seward, Sunday, 27 November 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
i missed paris so much. why oh why did they not have a paris spin-off.
― scott seward, Sunday, 27 November 2016 01:07 (seven years ago) link
I totes watched Bunheads, would totes watch more Bunheads but the Bunheads have to be pushing like twenty now so prolly not gonna happen.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Sunday, 27 November 2016 01:07 (seven years ago) link
Bunheads was great but it's time has passed. In this era of neverending scripted shows, it feels like the last genuine sudden cancellation loss.
This revival was fantastic. I needed it. Hit the tone perfectly. I hadn't thought much about GG in the years since it left, and never really bothered with trying to rewatch it all, but it made me feel warm, which is not what I get out of a lot of TV these days.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 27 November 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
rediscovered one high point of S7
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/3687097518_d8f8a6132c.jpg
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 November 2016 06:36 (seven years ago) link
lorelai self-actualizing via chick lit bestseller
i groaned at this at first and then it ended up being a pretty effective gag. also i think characterizing wild as chick-lit is uh....wildly off the mark
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 November 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
how does everyone feel about the last four words. i boo'd at the screen but also like the ending in a perverse way
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 November 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
emily's character arc over the last episode is the most satisfying thing that i've ever seen happen to a character i love
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
emily's storyline was great & very satisfying
those last words... my eyes could not roll back far enough in my head. all i could think was "when book research goes too far"
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
i rewatched the last episode last night. I feel fine about the last 4 words. I'm hoping it's the wookie's kid.
― akm, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
part of me likes thinking how it might play out ... brad def otm re liking it in a perverse way.
but still. ugh.
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
xp no way, wookie is in the spring episode
― intheblanks, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link
how badass was Liza Weil? and those looks omg
the way she was wearing her scarf when she visited the diner sort of blew my mind
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
Honestly this is about as good a reboot as i've seen, and if it doesn't quite match the show's peaks, it definitely stands shoulder-to-shoulder with seasons 5 and 6, I'd say. Emotional arcs were super-satisfying, banter was still strong, and it successfully combined its narrative with all the obligatory character check-ins.
Yeah, the Star's Hollow musical was too drawn out, and I groaned when Logan's goon crew showed up. But otherwise really good!
― intheblanks, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah, life and death brigade scene was probably the stupidest part. like, these guys are in their 30's at this point. they're still doing this? Idle rich i guess.
also, this didn't really touch on what a shit Logan really is.
― akm, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
that was drowned out by kirk chasing a pig in circles for half an hour like a family guy outtake.
I don't know, if you thought the Kirk stuff was qualitatively different than all the shit his character did during the series' regular run, I don't know what to tell you. And they smartly front-loaded that stuff so it wouldn't interfere as the drama revved up.
― intheblanks, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
super-otm, the paris stuff was everything i hoped for. Even a nice bit of physical comedy as she blocked the bathroom door with her foot
― intheblanks, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
The stuff with Lorelai and Michel was really good, it felt like a great examination of the respect they have for each other even as most of their interactions are trading gripes at the Dragonfly
― intheblanks, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
life and death brigade is the nadir of the revival and upsets the rhythm of what i think was a really well plotted and paced finale but also i just hate logan's rich larper friends
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
no shit, particularly the australian guy and his mannered quirkiness, I want to punch him. the best part of all of that was the wizard of oz goodbye.
― akm, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
I just learned that the actress who played Bertie is the same actress who plays Gypsy, which I didn't even realize.
― akm, Sunday, 27 November 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
wait wtf
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 November 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
berta's jokes in the subtitles were a rare and treasured moment of self-awareness in this show
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 November 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
as of ep18 s1 i hate rory enormously, is this standard?
― mark s, Sunday, 27 November 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
i caught that it was gypsy right away. i kinda hated the berta stuff?
life and death brigade song interlude was hella lame but i confess that i am a tiny bit fond of Finn. sorry.
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 November 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
idk berta just being like "can't believe emily can't even boil a pot of water" in the last episode was one of my fav things
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 November 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
Hrishikesh Hirway (NPR Song Exploder, West Wing Weekly etc) is a GG superfan and wrote a great otm thing about Gilmore Girls a while back - I just read it for the first time today & I think he's hella otm and now I want to rewatch the whole thing
https://medium.com/@hrishihirway/entropy-unhappiness-and-the-gilmore-girls-cb57b46bd8bd#.t1asri44f
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
the way this show uses music discourse as an easy-read adjunct of characters annoys me
― mark s, Sunday, 27 November 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
you're positioning yourself with 'ban' lj here, you sure about this
― imago, Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link
tt has assured me that after 2 episodes of the new series, rory is still awful but is at least having a midlife crisis
― imago, Sunday, 27 November 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
this is hilarious
― Treeship, Monday, 28 November 2016 00:00 (seven years ago) link
Just finished this, very satisfying. Paris is still the best.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 28 November 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
Lorelai & Emily in therapy felt v classic GG to me also
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 November 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
idk why lorelai is hating on this charming musical
― Treeship, Monday, 28 November 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link
I remember people really disliking the April plotline, but I really enjoyed her scene in this series. Would like to see more April-Rory heart to hearts.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 28 November 2016 00:56 (seven years ago) link
april makes much more sense as a college student
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 28 November 2016 01:20 (seven years ago) link
the april plotline is definitely one of the low points of the series, but imo it had nothing to do with the actress, and everything to do with the scenario being a stupid cliche deployed to transparently add "drama." The writers had luke hide it from lorelai for an extended period of time, it was ridiculous.
I agree that April's scene in this was good. With all the aforementioned nonsense in the past, they did a good job showing how the family dynamic would work a decade later. It made sense that she would idolize Rory and her nervousness and lack of a filter would add to Rory's building shame at how things are going.
― intheblanks, Monday, 28 November 2016 01:37 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah, life and death brigade scene was probably the stupidest part. like, these guys are in their 30's at this point. they're still doing this? Idle rich i guess.also, this didn't really touch on what a shit Logan really is.― akm, Sunday, November 27, 2016 10:19 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― akm, Sunday, November 27, 2016 10:19 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I understand that it was supposed to be a last hurrah/"goodbye to all that" moment for Rory, but it was hard for me to suspend disbelief that these jerks have no commitments that would prevent them from dropping everything to rampage all over a small Connecticut town. Obviously that's a quibble; I mainly just didn't want to see them at all. It's not like anyone was seriously wondering, "I wonder what's happened with Finn since 2007?"
― intheblanks, Monday, 28 November 2016 01:46 (seven years ago) link
yeah, fuck those stupid steampunk idiots
― Treeship, Monday, 28 November 2016 01:50 (seven years ago) link
That cover of "What a little help from my friends" was pretty bad.
Now knowing those mythic "final four words," a bummer to think Amy S-P was going to end Season 7/the series with Rory being pregnant at 23-24.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 28 November 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
the song part was like something out of Across The Universe
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 November 2016 02:46 (seven years ago) link
My Facebook friend who's a Wordsworth scholar is pretty upset that the Wordsworth quote on the grandfather's grave is attributed to Longfellow and there was no hilarious payoff.
― JoeStork, Monday, 28 November 2016 04:54 (seven years ago) link
Overhearing tt listening to the last episode - la la person's blithe strumming over graphic description of whale killing methods = the greatest sonic cognitive dissonance in TV history
― imago, Monday, 28 November 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
"the song part was like something out of Across The Universe" that's where that cover version is from, apparently
― akm, Monday, 28 November 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
la la person = Sam Phillips
― akm, Monday, 28 November 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
"My Facebook friend who's a Wordsworth scholar is pretty upset that the Wordsworth quote on the grandfather's grave is attributed to Longfellow and there was no hilarious payoff."
haha, that is hysterical though; can't imagine that wasn't intentional