90210
Nov/080
I’ve been watching a lot of 90210 on Netflix lately. The original of course, not that new stuff. I was a big fan of this show growing up. Mostly because I was watching it in 1990 when I was 8 years old thinking I was cool like my older brothers. Brenda was actually my first crush. I had a poster of her and everything (I think I also had a poster of Dylan which I later realized was meant for girls, but let’s just pretend I didn’t say that.) Looking back on the show now it’s astonishing how bad it was. The dialogue is just scary bad. Last night I watched the episode where Brenda loses her virginity at the Spring Dance to Dylan (yeah!). That’s all I remembered about the episode. I’d completely forgotten about the weird subplot of Steve getting drunk because Kelly forgot his birthday and the fact that he was adopted or the other one where Andrea imagines herself as Carrie. Weird. There was a pretty hilarious discussion at the end of the episode that sums up how bad the dialogue was.
Brandon: Is it just me or was tonight one of the strangest nights of all time?
Steve: Definitely one of the strangest nights.
Andrea: Definitely.
Kelly: Definitely.
Donna: Definitely.
Brenda: Definitely.
Dylan: What can I say? Spring. Is in the air.
First of all, that doesn’t even make sense. Second of all, that line is supposed to make Dylan look cool. He said it like that too. “Spring (dramatic pause) is in the air” and here I am thinking that Dylan is probably the coolest character in the history of television. I almost named my son Dylan! (Alternative name: Logan as in Logan Echols from Veronica Mars. Also, if I’d have had twins I was shooting for Brenda and Brandon. I have problems, I realize this.) I should probably stop watching this as it’s causing me to rethink everything.
- Were Brandon and Andrea the ultimate will-they-won’t-they-but-never-actually-do couple of all time? Sure, it’s a nice thought. The two smart poor kids surrounded by rich people hooking up, but let’s be for real. Brandon was way out of her league and he was much better served hooking up with hotter girls like Emily Valentine and later Kelly.
- Speaking of Andrea, will there ever be a girl like her in a TV show again? Now whenever they want a girl to be not as attractive as the other girls they just “She’s All That” a pretty girl (who is usually prettier than the pretty girls.)
- It sucks that Shannon Doherty was such a bitch as she was one of the best characters. The show died a little when she left.
- I love how every character has flaws in the early seasons that are later erased. Dylan went to A/A (this would lead to some of the greatest episodes of all time when he fell off the wagon), Kelly was a slut (in one episode she drunkenly sleeps with Steve(!)), Steve was a drunk, Kelly’s mom snorts coke, Donna was really dumb, David Silver is a loser. In later seasons everyone is perfect and they need to bring in outside guys to make the mistakes.
- Ian Ziering is one ugly dude. I bet he logs into his myspace everyday.
Who am I kidding? I’m going to watch every episode until Brenda leaves.
