Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Discussion Thread

[gleek4114]

Posted: 11/24/16 at 3:31am

Friday can't come soon enough! I'm already planning an all day binge of all 6 hours!

 

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 11/24/16 at 8:02am

I know Gilmore Girls isn't perfect but it's my favorite show. I got into it semi-late, the summer when season four just ended. I spent all summer watching the first three seasons, you know, back when Netflix sent you DVDs through the snail mail, so "binging" wasn't really a thing. I then watched the last three seasons every Tuesday at 8 and upon first watch, sobbed through the finale.

 

I honestly don't know if I've ever been more excited for a piece of entertainment. I've watched every episode of the show at least fifteen times (between reruns, me owning the boxed set and now of course Netflix). My boyfriend moved in with me in July and he had no interest in it but I made him watch it and he quickly fell in love and we watched the whole series and we will be watching the revival tomorrow.

We are waking up at 2:45AM, getting food ready (also getting take out Chinese tonight before they close so we have it for the show, obviously) and we will be binging all six hours of it right when it comes on at 3:01AM. I am SO EXCITED this is happening.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 11/24/16 at 12:20pm

Friday is a big day for us. My wife has a doctor's appointment in the AM. If we get good news, we've made plans to stop at the huge supermarket, with a big American section, and spend WAY too much money on PopTarts to kick off our Gilmore viewing. 

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 11/25/16 at 6:11pm

Watched episodes 1 & 2 already and it just feels like coming home...

I laughed a lot and cried a bit... so happy the Gilmores are back!

Just sad to see how botoxed Lauren Graham looks...

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 11/25/16 at 6:28pm

My sister's review (she's 26 for reference):

 "Was the dialogue this bad when I was an idealistic young tween??"

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 11/26/16 at 7:03am

I binged the whole thing!

 

I am torn. Part of me really enjoyed it, but I think I am left mainly feeling like Stars Hollow might be the kind of place you can't really go back to.

 

What I loved:

I REALLY enjoyed a great deal of the cameos. The Parenthood people interacting with Lorelai seemed to pop up every time I was just about to throw in the towel.

Carol King hitting piano made me get up and dance. 

Sally Struthers. She can just do no wrong on this show in my opinion. Babbette is a national treasure.

Paris. That seems like exactly where Paris would be now, maybe minus the kids.

The last four words:

 

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I thought that might be the subject of the last four words when I first heard about them years ago. I liked how it made you look back to her meeting with Christopher and have it all come together.

 

What I didn't:

It's been 6 years. I think too little has changed. I needed some sort of improvement in Lane's band. lol 

Luke's hair. Was that a toupee? Hair plugs? 

The over-the-top dream-like sequences that weren't actually dreams. 

Rachel Ray. Really?

Sookie. It felt weird and forced for her to just show up and, for some reason, it really bothered me that Melissa McCarthy doesn't sound like Sookie any more. 

I don't buy that Rory would put up with being the other woman. I don't buy that Logan would marry someone else, when he was clearly in love with Rory. 

It bugged me that Luke blew up at Lorelai because she decided everything about their relationship and he just went with it, only to be thrilled when she not only decided that they were going to get married, but when and where. 

 

 

So, I assume we're getting more? 

[sabrelady]

Posted: 11/26/16 at 11:52am

No, think the ending brought it full circle. Oscar Wilde said "All women become their mother. That is their curse".

And I think it was a toup.

Logan will marry a suitable woman who will support his career and build a life w her- one he can't get from Rory.t

[madbrian]

Posted: 11/27/16 at 6:30am

I was very disappointed.  In fact, that's kind.  I hated it.  Has Graham had Botox, or was this the worst makeup ever?  As usual, Kelly Bishop was the best thing about it.  And the ending may have very well been appropriate for the original series, but it fell flat with a 32 year-old Rory.

[Petralicious]

Posted: 11/27/16 at 11:24am

Updated On: 11/27/16 at 11:24 AM

[Petralicious]

Posted: 11/27/16 at 11:36am

Overall it was great time  to spend with old friends.

I loved loved loved the Rory-Lorelai and  Lorelai Emily scenes. Paris and Luke were good too. I didnt mind that Rory had a hard time finding herself. We cant expect that Lorealai wouldnt have aged in 10 years.

But there was way too much time wasted on Michel,  Kirk, Taylor and other wacky towns people though. it seemed forced. The Rotating chefs was just stupid. Worst of all was that horrible way too long Stars Hollow Musical. 

 

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Updated On: 11/28/16 at 11:36 AM

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 11/27/16 at 6:38pm

It has been a LONG TIME since I've watched the show, but I was hoping for more with Lane. She was one of the only characters that looked like me on TV when I was younger, so I was excited to see her back.

You could have taken out Kirk, the musical, and the chef stupidity and given more more Lane, and I would have loved it.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/28/16 at 8:30am

JerseyGirl2 said: "I binged the whole thing!

 

I am torn. Part of me really enjoyed it, but I think I am left mainly feeling like Stars Hollow might be the kind of place you can't really go back to.

 

What I loved:

I REALLY enjoyed a great deal of the cameos. The Parenthood people interacting with Lorelai seemed to pop up every time I was just about to throw in the towel.

Carol King hitting piano made me get up and dance. 

Sally Struthers. She can just do no wrong on this show in my opinion. Babbette is a national treasure.

Paris. That seems like exactly where Paris would be now, maybe minus the kids.

The last four words:

 

 

Click Here To Toggle Spoiler Content

I thought that might be the subject of the last four words when I first heard about them years ago. I liked how it made you look back to her meeting with Christopher and have it all come together.

 

 

What I didn't:

It's been 6 years. I think too little has changed. I needed some sort of improvement in Lane's band. lol 

Luke's hair. Was that a toupee? Hair plugs? 

The over-the-top dream-like sequences that weren't actually dreams. 

Rachel Ray. Really?

Sookie. It felt weird and forced for her to just show up and, for some reason, it really bothered me that Melissa McCarthy doesn't sound like Sookie any more. 

I don't buy that Rory would put up with being the other woman. I don't buy that Logan would marry someone else, when he was clearly in love with Rory. 

It bugged me that Luke blew up at Lorelai because she decided everything about their relationship and he just went with it, only to be thrilled when she not only decided that they were going to get married, but when and where. 

 

 

So, I assume we're getting more? 

 

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I agree with the dream sequences.  They were odd and out of place. 

I feel some storylines were introduced for no reason and not really resolved. Or give us reason to care. Like I was pretty let down by the hype of Sutton Foster and Christian Borle because they were just there for the musical stuff.

I also want to know where Rory got the money to travel back and forth to London so many times if she was broke. Or was there something there that I missed?

Overall it was good. Interestingly,  I preferred the first 2 episodes to the last 2. 

[Petralicious]

Posted: 11/28/16 at 12:01pm

Marianne2 said:I also want to know where Rory got the money to travel back and forth to London so many times if she was broke.

Overall it was good. Interestingly,  I preferred the first 2 episodes to the last 2. 

 

"I am guessing her man bought her the plane tickets to come see him.

 Interesting, I preferred Amys Episodes 1 and 4. 

As for the last 4 words....

 

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Dont be so sure the babydaddy is Logan.  Dont forget, she did sleep with that WOOKIE at Comic Con!!!!!

 

I still can not get over how long and bad that Stars Hollow Musical was. What a waste of valuable time.



Updated On: 11/28/16 at 12:01 PM

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 12/2/16 at 4:03am

What a waste of valuable time. 
 

And talent! Kerry Butler, Sutton Foster, and Christian Borle and you make it suck? What's the point? Put nobodies up there and shorten it!

[Marianne2]

Posted: 12/2/16 at 10:38pm

They should have had Kirk star in it. At least it would make sense for it to not be great then,

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/26/17 at 3:34pm

Okay, so everyone was SO EXCITED about this and I'd heard about the show for years, but never actually watched it.  So, I decided to give it a fair shot and watch every episode of every season and then understand A Year in the Life in context and "get" what all the buzz was about.

LORD HAVE MERCY, WHERE WAS THE MAGIC KOOL-AID THAT GOT PEOPLE TO WATCH THIS THING?!?!?!

I can't recall any television characters more detestable, yet inexplicably embraced and worshiped by nearly everyone in their fictional world, and to such an insufferably nauseating degree, than Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.  Either of them could ruin as many lives as they wish and still, everyone would happily give their last dollar and sacrifice their lives and souls for them.  I think Sookie and Miss Patty were probably the only characters I didn't end up hating at some point in the entire run.  

The most amusing thing about the show was that people thought it was "feminist".  Well, that and Stars Hollow: The Musical only because of Sutton and Christian.  It was funny and had nothing to do with any of the horrible characters.

I'm flabbergasted this show had so many fans and ran past...well, season two at the most.

Updated On: 6/26/17 at 03:34 PM

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 6/26/17 at 3:47pm

Likely because you aren't in their demo (teenage girls)....