90210: Totally boring, and a weak rip of Gossip Girl + South of Nowhere. Annie Wilson, you’re no Spencer Carlin.
John McCain: Even more boring.
Sarah Palin: Less boring than McCain, maybe in a tie with 90210. Weak rip of every late 90s neo-con talking head + first-person “It Happened to Me” stories from Ladies Home Journal.
Fox News: Hurricane Gustav a “blessing in disguise.”
Rudy Giuliani: Made me puke in my mouth seven times. And I will never spell your name right on the first try.
America’s Next Top Model: Possibly not completely transphobic? Still too close to call.
Gossip Girl: So worth the wait. “I haven’t been honest with you… I’m British.”
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I’m sorry 90210 disappoints, but your report makes me feel much better about having to miss the first two eps. I agree about the delightfulness of Gossip Girl, though. The start of the season is my consolation for the imminent demise of Middle Man.
Though I should say, I never watched the original 90210, so there’s that. Middle Man? What’s that, and what have I been missing out on?
Here’s some info re: The Middle Man:
http://io9.com/5024749/you-fools-why-are-you-not-watching-the-middleman
It’s got its hokey moments, but seems totally aware of this, which I find endearing. Sometimes there’s too much exposition, but that also seems like an intentional choice. Ditto the recycling (w/minor modifications) of classic themes/tropes — alternate realities, possessed vampiric ventriloquist’s dummies, evil aliens masquerading as a boyband, a haunted sorority.
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