Aryanna
-
Posts
532 -
Joined
Content Type
Blogs
Gallery
Downloads
Discussion
Posts posted by Aryanna
-
-
11 hours ago, LadyIrony said:
I think we will see more of her next season. The actress however looks/is older than I think Katie really is which can get confusing.
There's not much more that they can realistically do with this show in my opinion. The eps where they went to Mongolia were over stretching it. I think they made a mistake by killing off Ty as well. Even if the actor wanted to leave they could have sent the character somewhere.
I feel like we're stuck with all of the dullest regular characters. I am bored by stupid by Sam's political career and her goofy assistant.
I know it sounds like you and I are bashing the show and hate watching but that's not it at all. We're just disappointed bc it used to be so entertaining with good characters.
I agree that killing Ty was a mistake. When Graham wanted to move on the show should've taken that as an opportunity to wrap things up.
Is Georgie completely off the show now? Do I need to stop holding my breath in hopes of seeing her again?
I've never been a fan of any of Lou's endeavors. She seems to half ass many things instead of doing one thing well. And she gets bored easily. That's why she hops from thing to thing. She's like a dog chasing cars. She doesn't know what to do with once she catches it. The best thing about her was Peter. And the writers kinda did him dirty.
-
1
-
-
2 hours ago, LadyIrony said:
It was a shame that Caleb and Ashley didn't work out. I understand them having a hard time but for her to just walk away was a bit rough.
I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason. Cindy is better looking than Amber and Caleb and Ashley were far more interesting than Amber and the Fleming clan.
On the youth front there is Baye McPherson who is playing Katie they are making more use of her now that the character of Katie is in her teens. But as per the long tradition of this show they just repeat story lines anyway.
I'm surprised they haven't made Katie a more active character. They actually seem to be more interested in her friend.
I also agree with you about Amber losing interest. She seems to just be cashing checks now.
-
17 hours ago, LadyIrony said:
I have good memories of when I started watching it and when it was still a good show. The last few seasons have been pretty dull.
Mallory and Caleb make visits this season so there's something for you. To me Caleb and Ashley were the true heart of the show and it was sad when they left. I miss Georgie as well which is odd as I couldn't stand her when she started as the annoying little kid.
I feel like Amber Marshall has also lost interest in the show and just keeps it going for the money as she knows her prospects are limited. Same with most of the cast really.
I loved Caleb and Ashley. From what I've heard Cindy Busby didn't wanna leave. I wonder if Caleb/Ashley was getting too popular and they were afraid they would overtake Ty/Amy on the show.
I know a lot of people didn't like Georgie to begin with but I've always liked her and miss the character. She, like Mallory, provided separate storylines and a younger perspective. Now they don't have that.
-
2
-
-
14 minutes ago, LadyIrony said:
It was a very uneventful season, I can't recall any loose ends. I was kind of "sleep watching" most of the season.
Hrm...disappointing.
I'll probably watch it when it's available in the states. And although I still like the show I sometimes feel I'm only still watching bc I'm a bit of a completionist. I'm just watching out of duty and inertia more so than bc I wanna know what happens.
I feel it's gone on too long. It either needs new blood or to come to an end. Or to have some oldies return like Ashley and Mallory.
-
1
-
-
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has a problem with this show. It plays like the fantasy of a teen. No responsibility. Tons of freedom. Allowed to drink and smoke weed in high school with no consequences.
And the dialogue. Oh wow the dialog. I don't remember which episode but Belly tells one of the douche brothers that she thinks her mom "got railed" tonight. Who talks like that about their mom? Who even wants to think about their parents having sex?
-
1
-
-
On 11/22/2022 at 10:23 AM, balmz said:
i had a take on why degrassi in later seasons largely failed and was hoping for feedback
the show is supposed to show people from all walks of life, not just pretty white boy #9000 or white musician #5000. along with the changed intro in season 6-7, 13 and beyond along with following the characters to post high school plots or college when if anything the main character and setting is degrassi itself(the building), the show needs to show more then just white musicians or bands or white romance plot #3000 in a row, it needs alternative characters like toby, liberty to a degree, terri, campbell, wesley, connor, ellie to a degree
think about it, seasons 1-4 and to a degree season 5 are considered the best of tng, the show had the most alternative characters in that time period. Alternative characters generally played a major role in some of the most iconic episodes (terri with rick, toby with helping save emma in the pilot, tss, rock this town)
when season 6 came, along with the college plots and the different intro which was widely disliked, most of the alternative characters were gone or removed, terri was long gone, toby was taken out of the intro and not a main and when jt died, it also really lost the dynamic he brought with liberty and toby, with toby also being removed and having a reduced role there was less chance to showcase alternative characters like him and the plots and interactions that were fairly unique to him and his type
note in season 8-9 when they did return to the regular intro, it is still generally not considered to be a high point of the show, toby was gone, they were still doing college plots, liberty basically had no one to play off on(emma and manny didn't work), the new characters they did bring on as a main didn't workout for the most part until much later(sav, connor, kc, blue, ,riley, zane, fiona, declan, jenna, alli), the rich characters of declan and fiona were considered to be too out of place in the show and more fitting in gossip girl
season 10 is generally considered to be a vast improvement over seasons 6-9 and did introduce new alternative ones(eli, wesley as a main, bianca, adam, additionally characters from earlier seasons finally got alot of love and attention since the college plots were gone and were best developed there, wesley had good interactions with connor and dave and drew to a degree, bianca offered a different outlook, eli was fairly different, adam showed a very new and different archetype, the characters added from season 7 on also got real development and interaction( sav, anya, holly j)
season 11 introduced imogen who was different also and also hannah and mo to a degree
season 12 did drop the nerdy characters like wesley, hannah, kc to a degree but more then made up for it with campbell who was super unique and also added tori, both were poc and campbell was fairly unique as a poc on the show(dylan everett was partly indigenous and his character archetype was very different and his plots were mostly really different and some of the darkest in the series, easily able to stand among tss)
season 13 and 14 changed the intro which was very unpopular , they also started doing college plots again with eli and bianca which were disliked, also had plots like paris that were not at degrassi which is the main point of the show and didn't really have enough alternative characters which were different enough or developed enough, it also removed the nerdy characters from the show completely, winston didn't count really as he didn’t really do nerdy things or offer a different walk of life(and with andre’s vile rl behaviour in season 14, he lost alot of fans)
and hunter was too different from most nerds or didn't fit any usual alt archetype, they then also went pretty much right away with a cliche and boring path of making him evil
next class still lacked the proper intro and also still lacked alternative characters who were different enough and developed enough, it did stop with the college plots but it still is considered a low point to the point kevin smith said no one watched it
Yael, vijay and baaz technically did count but with all the evil stuff they did(sending rape and death threats and swatting maya and zig which could have gotten them killed), any likability was lost forever and it took away from being an alternative character( there are certain lines you don’t cross or do if you want to be a likeable character and sending rape threats is one of them) also yael's nonbinary plot loses appeal or value with the vile behavior earlier, it was a waste of a potentially good plot to give it to yael when it could have gone to someone more likable and hadn’t done such vile things
The show trying to ignore what they did and not even really addressing it is similar to 13 reasons why trying to redeem a rapist. That got alot of critics and anger from people and the fanbase of the show. Really vile characters like the gamer club, rick, derek in later seasons, luke and dean are simply not appropriate choices to have as a main character since the show would not want viewers who identify with those archetypes, vile characters like them are best suited as guest or plot characters, note how dean and rick were not mains or recurring but are considered iconic
Saad, rasha and goldi also count in theory as alternative characters but they weren’t given enough development in practiceso you see the show needs the following to work at its best
*different characters like toby, terri, wesley, connor, campbell and the different plots they bring to either balance out darker plots, add their own unique dark plots or introduce ones that don't work with other characters and to showcase all different walks of life and to showcase the interactions that are unique to the alternative characters, not just generic white girl or boy 500# as mains
*no college plots or long plotlines away from the school which is arguably the true main character of the show, not emma or joey or spinner, degrassi the building itself
* a proper intro that shows the characters at the school doing things that showcase who they are.
And if this is not proof enough, notice how season 6, generally considered to be the start of the decline of the show if the season 4 kevin smith episodes and season 5 are not considered to be the start of the decline, season 6 no longer has characters like terri, hazel and toby as mains or in the opening credits which were changed from the classic one?
Interesting post.
Part of the problem, I believe, is that degrassi lost its way. Go back to the original Kids of Degrassi Street specials that aired infrequently in their original run. They were just regular kids. The show tried to teach lessons. Junior High still had the DIY aesthetic that was part of the appeal of the original specials and it still had normal kids and tried to teach lessons. High had a bit better production values, was less interested in lessons but was still about normal kids and their lives.
TNG was slick and well produced but the normal kid approach was quickly abandoned it became just another teen soap and didn't even pretend to try to teach lessons. Plots existed purely to stir up drama which meant they often didn't make sense or were out of character. Spinner and Paige seemed to be great together but then broke up. Why? The writers felt they needed drama even though it didn't make sense for those characters to suddenly break up and not get along. Craig suddenly is bipolar. Why? Because drama was needed. He had never shown any indication of being bipolar in previous seasons. That's not how bipolarism works. It doesn't just happen out of nowhere like a sneeze.
And tng just continued to go further and further down the teen drama path. There was nothing setting it apart from any other teen drama. It was once unique but became white noise along with all the other teen drama.
I know Paige was supposed to be the spoiled pretty girl that we all hate but I think she was one of the best characters. Liberty and Mani were always super annoying to me. Emma could be annoying sometimes too but less so. I thought Paige's rape storyline was interesting. I wish they had gone deeper with it bc I believe it had more to say. I kinda feel that they just left it unresolved.
TV shows are missing regular teens. Look at Disney Channel. One of their best remembered shows is Lizzie McGuire. A show about a regular girl that we could relate to. She went through regular ordeals like most teens. Buying a bra. First heartbreak. Crushing on someone. Then came Hannah Montana and suddenly shows about regular kids were gone. They had to be about secret pop stars or secret wizards or secret super heroes or rich kids and on and on.
-
I also feel like Amazon didn't do a great job at promoting this. Couple that with their terrible interface and it's a recipe for failure. They're just throwing money into the wind.
Now that they've messed up Amazon Music, I'm done with Amazon. I don't order that much from Amazon anymore and I don't click on Amazon as much as I do my other streamers.
-
On 12/5/2022 at 3:22 PM, Kirsty said:
It's a lovely show and I'm sorry there's no second season.
Bwhaaaa?!
**goes to check internet**
I hadn't heard thst it was canceled. I was kinda enjoying this. It wasn't perfect but it was kinda fun. I'll forever wonder what happened to these girls now.
I know it's based on a graphic novel and i could go to the source to resolve my curiosity but we all know that I'm not gonna do that. I see they're shopping it around to other streamers but I'm not holding my breath.
Of the new shows I picked up on lately, this was one of the better ones. I also watched The Summer I Turned Pretty but that was kinda dumb. :(
-
1
-
1
-
-
On 12/12/2022 at 4:24 PM, LadyIrony said:
I won't give anything away for you then.
I'm guessing by the way you're posting that nothing is tied up and we're looking at a season 17 in the future.
-
3 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:
There's plenty of comedy from there to mine though.
My thoughts bezackly.
-
On 11/21/2022 at 12:14 PM, DoctorAtomic said:
When the Belchers were walking away and there was the sound effect of the yeti breaking, but it also sounded like the little girl might have gotten hurt. It was Thanksgiving and they were the only family. You go inspect the yeti, you see the pencils, you know something's up. Better to just cop to it at that point, and take the L. If they were messing with it, and it just got stuck, then eh, just walk away.
Also I think Louise felt bad for ruining that little girl's fun.
Am I the only one that was hoping the episode would be about going to Tammy's party? I enjoyed this episode but I imagined all the hijinks that would occur at the party would be fun.
-
1
-
1
-
-
Interesting that both plots dealt with childhood disillusionment.
Gene realizing that his dad wasn't trying to keep him from having fun but was really trying to protect him from wasting his money on something that sucks. Some of those lessons you just have to learn the hard way tho.
And Tina and Louise not knowing what to do after they reach their goal that they've had for so long. It's the danger of getting what you want. And then you don't know what to do with it and it doesn't feel like you thought it would.
-
2
-
-
I thought line dancing was a 90s thing.
It'd be cool if they had a show similar to this but in the 90s...oh wait.
More Johnny Atkins pkease. He's not on much any more but the few moments he is he knocks it outta the park.
-
4
-
-
I find it interesting how Craig is all of a sudden bipolar. Because that's how being bipolar works. It comes out of nowhere like a sneeze.
-
I liked zeke and Tina's commentary during dance class.
Where has Mort been? It's nice to see him again.
-
3 minutes ago, Scarlett45 said:
Those topics continue to be relevant for adolescents so I am not bothered by the recycled plot points, especially since they always felt very contemporary in how they wrote it.
I guess. It just feels like they dusted off an old script and changed the names. If they would find different or clever ways to recycle then ok. But this feels lazy.
-
7 hours ago, LadyIrony said:
All the best characters are long gone.
Agree
I think I continue to watch because I'm a bit of a completionist.
-
1
-
1
-
-
Why am I still watching this show?
At the beginning it showed a clip of graduation from one of the previous seasons. It looked like a real graduation with other students and their families. Now Erica graduates in a room with 3 people and then later has a "ceremony" in her mom's house with next door neighbors in attendance. I'm beginning to think a nuclear holocaust happened and the Goldbergs are the only survivors bc there world doesn't appear to be populated by other humans.
I didn't even chuckle in this episode. Not at one thing. Not even a little.
::sad face::
-
3
-
5
-
-
I'm into season 4 now. They seem to be repeating Degrassi Junior High/High plots. Pregnancies, abortions, parents dying in car wrecks, abusive boyfriends, gun deaths at school...
-
Teddy is the worst. I loved Bob letting Teddy have it but I didn't like that they seemed to walk it back at the end. Teddy really needed to hear that.
Hey Bob's Burgers writers (bc I know you're all here reading this page), less Teddy. More Zeke. More kids episodes. TIA.
-
1
-
4
-
-
I'm late to the party on this. I know many of you probably watched different versions of Degrassi when they were originally on but I've been going through them on streaming.
I started all the way back with some episodes of Kids of Degrassi Street. It's weird to see the progression. Degrassi started out as little life lesson shows for young kids. With Degrassi Junior High and to some extent with Degrassi High, they still kind of had the facade of teaching lessons. But those lessons got thinner and fewer and further between as it went on. And with The Next Generation they just said "Forget it. This is a full on teen drama now." It stopped pretending to be about lessons and became 90210 or something.
I'm currently in the 4th season of Next Generation. I'm not sure how much longer I can last as my interest is waning.
Part of the appeal of Junior High was its unpolished nature. And even though High was more polished and professional it was still good because I was invested in the characters. I even enjoyed School's Out.
In the 4th season of Next Gen they seem to be changing characters because...reasons. Spinner who was always a sweet and caring bf despite his being a doof sometimes. In season 4 he makes a hard left turn and decides to be a jerk to Paige. Makes no sense. Emma is now becoming self centered and surface when she had more or less been the voice of reason in the past. Even when she hadn't been the voice of reason she had passion and cared about things deeper than herself.
Mani was always a terrible character. She only ever cared about herself with no regard to how it affected others around her or how it made anyone else feel.
Liberty is straight up annoying. Writing hearts and boys names on her books. In high school. Are you 11? Because that's what an 11 year old would do. And I can't hear another character say her name without getting that stupid Liberty Mutual jingle stuck in my head. Maybe she's the reason I get so many Limu Emu ads while watching this.
-
On 10/9/2022 at 9:30 PM, DoctorAtomic said:
Was Louise's hair supposed to be John Wick?
I think the whole first story was supposed to be a John Wick take off.
Funny episode. So many little jokes squeezed in. I like the Gene Machine.
-
17 hours ago, LadyIrony said:
I didn't like Georgie at first, she was like a rehash of the Mallory character. Heartland like to rehash stories! But as she got older she grew on me and became her own character.
Caleb was like a proper cowboy/rodeo rider, something the show has lost. There was that Mary Sue character (Jade?) they had for a little while who seemed to go from never riding a horse to being a rodeo star overnight, but that never seemed authentic to me.
I agree.
Caleb did the rodeo because he loved it. Jade was a Mary Sue and she did it because she had a chip on her shoulder not because she loved it. And a character that's always angry is not a character the audience wants to spend any time with.
-
1
-
-
6 hours ago, LadyIrony said:
I'd prefer to see a proper finale or final season than to just have it Peter out.
The real heart of the show for me were Caleb and Ashley, once they split up then left the show it started it's spiral.
would be nice to see them come back and Georgie.
I know a lot of people didn't like Georgie when she showed up but I always liked her. I miss her being on the show. And I agree with you about Caleb and Ashley. They were great together. I also miss Mallory.
-
1
-
Sleepover
in Movies
Anybody remember this movie? It's an old movie from 2004 starring the girl from Spy Kids. You watch it thinking your slumber parties will be as fun and as adventurous as theirs but you just end up watching this movie during your slumber parties.
Not a perfect movie. It definitely has its cheesy and cringy parts but I love it. It's like comfort food, not particularly good for you but you keep coming back to it because you like it.
We used to be able to quote so much of this movie line for line. I can still quote a lot of lines. Maybe not perfectly but I can come close.