Comments on: News Roundup: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, 90210 and More

By: teendramawhore

teendramawhore — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:50:26 +0000

Alyssa, you make great points. Josh Schwartz would probably deny it but he still has The O.C. syndrome–moving through too much plot too quickly (and a lot of the time with those unessential characters) so you run out of things to do. He swore he learned his lesson on The O.C. and wouldn’t make the same mistake with Gossip Girl, but I think he easily did the first season. So much happened during that time, and during the second season, that could’ve been saved and spread out in the future. It’s frustrating.

I haven’t heard anything about Jenny this season, but I’m sure she’ll have her own storyline at some point.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:09:13 +0000

Gossip Girl frustrates me for many reasons too. Besides Chuck and Blair’s relationship, it seems that there are no storylines that last beyond a few episodes. I want to see more growth in characters like Jenny, Serena, and Nate. There have been too many random characters/love interests that come and go very quickly without much depth; Gabrielle, the duchess, Aaron Rose, the teacher that dan hooked up with, Poppy Lifton, and I have a feeling Bree Buckley will join that list soon. I want to see more drama within the group. Why don’t they create storylines for Jenny who is a series regular, rather than random unessential characters.

By: teendramawhore

teendramawhore — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:50:26 +0000

From what I’ve read on Twitter (I have a column dedicated to Gossip Girl, so I see the tweets whenever someone mentions it), most people seemed to think it was an improvement from last week. That said, you have some valid complaints that I very much agree with. I don’t know that Carter’s a nice guy now–I think he’s just falling for her and everyone falls in love and has that vulnerability. We’re seeing conflicting sides of Serena to the point where I have no idea who she is anymore and it all just feels repetitive. Pitiful waif does describe Blair quite well. She didn’t earn any sympathy from me last night. Georgina did seem pretty genuine and changed last night but her past tells me not to be fooled–she can change at any moment. Yes, Jenny, Eric and Lily weren’t in last night’s episode but they’ve been missing before. Whether that’s good or bad is up for debate!

Scott and Vanessa are annoying me. I guess they are making this a slow-build to what the real story is but I’m getting frustrated.

By: Rinth

Rinth — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:59 +0000

I love “Gossip Girl” but after last night’s episode, my head is spinning. Let’s see: Carter is now a nice guy. Half the time, Serena now acts like Blair on her worst days; the other half, she acts like an airhead. It hurts me to say it because I identify with Serena. Blair is now a pitiful waif. Everyone’s forgotten that Georgina is a dangerous psycho, and now she’s got Dan again — but as herself this time. Some of the cast is just missing.

About the only things that made sense to me were the fashions, which I envy, and Scott’s relationship with Vanessa, which seems to be going as I expected. I’m going to watch it almost no matter what, but I hope it gets better than last night.