90210 – Love It or Hate It?

September 3, 2008 8:28 am     Posted in Buzz  Lauren - University of Michigan g+ page

jesse1.jpgspano1.jpgAfter much anticipation, the new 90210 debuted last night. Personally, I was way against any show that would attempt to do the original series justice – because it is the best show of ALL TIME – but I sat down and gave it a shot. What a mistake. From the minute the new theme song started playing (“Is this the Maroon 5 version?” my friend asked) I was o-v-e-r it.


By Lauren

The acting is awful, the fashion is awful and Naomi, the evil girl character, looks like a poor man’s Jesse Spano. Oh, and the whole gossipy blog thing that Kelly Taylor’s (somehow brunette/brooding) little sister writes looks a lot like Gossip Girl. But not nearly as awesome.

I give this show one month until The CW replaces it with America’s Next Top Model marathons. I only give it that long because fans of the original, like myself, will be watching to find out if Kelly Taylor’s baby belongs to the one and only Dylan McKay.

What do you think?

14 Comments on "90210 – Love It or Hate It?"

  1. J - NYU says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20085:09 am 

    They'll never be able to replace "I'm so excited…I'm so scared!" and mario lopez's mesh muscle shirts.

    I'm disgusted they even tried.

  2. Meagan - Mizzou says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20085:43 am 

    J, that was from Saved by the Bell, not 90210…

  3. J - NYU says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20086:00 am 

    Oh God.

    You're right.

    Blame it on the pain pills.

    BUT HE SHOW STILL SUCKS.

  4. Kat says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20086:08 am 

    lol

  5. Casey says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20086:16 am 

    I missed it! I hate work :( I'll have to watch it online or something. I'll also be missing ANTM tonight.

  6. S.E. - Fordham says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20086:27 am 

    Some of my friends and I watched it last night and it was one of those awful things that we wanted to stop watching, but couldn't turn away. The whole 2 hour premiere had zero story line and it was just boring.

    I'll stick with Gossip Girl :)

  7. Alesha says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20087:43 am 

    I must say that I hated it.

    I only watched it because I wanted to see Brenda(I'm a die-hard Brenda/Dylan fan).

    As someone who has seen every single episode four of five times each I have to say I was ashamed.

    I think it lacked that close-knit bond that the original series had. Even though in the beginning of the original people were not to thrilled, it had potential.

    The whole show I kept yelling at the tv "what is this Saved by the Bell".!

  8. Mandy A. says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20081:11 pm 

    I agree with S.E. – I'll stick with Gossip Girl.

    I tried to watch it while doing my homework, but after the first hour I couldn't take it any more. I was bored. And the acting is pretty shabby.

  9. Sarah says:
    Wed, 3rd Sep 20089:23 pm 

    I felt the same way. I only watched it for Kelly and Brenda. It was one of those trainwrecks you couldn't help but watch no matter how gruesome it got over the next two hours.

    I'm happy with Gossip Girl as well.

  10. ela says:
    Thu, 4th Sep 200812:05 am 

    dude she totally got that cocochanel knock off set from ebay ;)

  11. annie says:
    Fri, 5th Sep 20084:13 pm 

    Maybe it's because I never watched the original series but I didn't think it was THAT bad. Definitely not a hit show of this generation but good enough for me to watch when I plop myself down in front of the tube as I eat dinner.

  12. Rosalina says:
    Mon, 8th Sep 20085:48 am 

    I can't stand this show. What would be so horrible building story lines around the ORIGINAL actors? Sure they aren't teens anymore, but their lives and acting abilities) are way superior to the drivel I was subjected to last week. The female lead character is nauseatingly cheerful, as annoying as that annoying beauty mark above her eye. Poor Aaron Spelling would be turning in his grave.

  13. Dagobert says:
    Fri, 19th Sep 20085:39 am 

    you guys, THE 90's ARE OVER, SO JUST GET OVER IT. Watched the original 90210 pilot yesterday to compare the acting: storyline, scripting and acting were even worse in the old days. And we don't want to begin talking about fashion and taste :)

    I see the new 90210 as a perfect mash up between The O.C. and Gossip Girl, and the ratings aren't that bad, too. So it will get pretty exiting.

    PS: People, please stop hating everybody and anything. Life is to short…

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