Gilmore Girls? What am I missing?

[Anonymous]

I love Gilmore Girls. I only began watching it years after it was already off the air. I stumbled into a marathon and never looked back. What I love, the wit, the mother/daughter relationship where Rory was more mature than her Mom at times. The grandparents relationship with Rory was also nice. The Mom is not my favorite person, admittedly. Emily is usually always right, ultimately. The idea of living in a quaint little town where everyone knows everyone and there isn’t even a traffic light, no crime or nastiness. (Ok, the fake Mayor is horrible). It was just so appealing to me. I live in DC proper and am a big city girl, but the idea of Stars Hallow is really appealing to me (and I’m a black woman) and I lost myself in that world. So essentially it was escapism to this foreign, mythical place that did it for me.

[Anonymous]

I loved it when it was on the air. But I like it less now because Lorelei is so selfish and the reunion Rory has awful character.

But my teens watched it over the pandemic and loved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re missing the moment. Most things don’t look great decades after the Zeitgeist has passed.

Gossip girl and the OC still seem great to me. So does friends. And Seinfeld. And veep. 30 rock. Even Dawson’s creek.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love Gilmore Girls. I only began watching it years after it was already off the air. I stumbled into a marathon and never looked back. What I love, the wit, the mother/daughter relationship where Rory was more mature than her Mom at times. The grandparents relationship with Rory was also nice. The Mom is not my favorite person, admittedly. Emily is usually always right, ultimately. The idea of living in a quaint little town where everyone knows everyone and there isn’t even a traffic light, no crime or nastiness. (Ok, the fake Mayor is horrible). It was just so appealing to me. I live in DC proper and am a big city girl, but the idea of Stars Hallow is really appealing to me (and I’m a black woman) and I lost myself in that world. So essentially it was escapism to this foreign, mythical place that did it for me.

This.

[Anonymous]

We have a second home in the town that supposedly inspired Stars Hollow and it is a truly magical place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a second home in the town that supposedly inspired Stars Hollow and it is a truly magical place.

22:31 here, please tell me about it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a second home in the town that supposedly inspired Stars Hollow and it is a truly magical place.

22:31 here, please tell me about it!

I assume that's Washington Depot, CT. Looks charming!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a second home in the town that supposedly inspired Stars Hollow and it is a truly magical place.

22:31 here, please tell me about it!

I assume that's Washington Depot, CT. Looks charming!

Just mapped that! Much longer drive to Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport than is depicted in the show! 🤣 “Stars Hollow” has to be somewhere closer to Wallingford.

[Anonymous]

Nothing. It’s terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The rapid-fire quip, quip, quippiness of the lines is borderline exhausting.

I think you either love it or you don't. I love it, reminds of 1940s movie dialogue. I find it clever and amusing, keeps me entertained.

[Anonymous]

I liked the setting of "Stars Hollow" but never could get into the main characters of the show. It all seemed so unrealistic, trying to pretend to be real.

[Anonymous]

I love the show… I don’t know how it would hold up 20 years later. It is literally what 23 years since it premiered?

I loved the town and how everyone knew each other, and it was just very cozy and comfortable. I really loved how they evolved the dynamic between Lorelei and her parents. If you stick to the end of the season finale… Oh my God I was bawling. It’s a really complicated relationship and I think they show it over the seasons really well. I also thought Paris was really funny during the college years later on, and has some really great lines.

it’s hard to figure how the show would do now, I think we forget the 23 years ago There was like network TV and no other options, there wasn’t even social media and scrolling on your phone at that point. You got hooked on things, and it just became there wasn’t even social media and scrolling on your phone at that point.habit to watch them. There were some episodes that were great, and some that were misses. Some of the quirkiness was dumb… But overall, I really enjoyed it.

[Anonymous]

I’d watch a Rory/Logan spinoff with Grandma Lorelei. Can someone make that happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love Gilmore Girls. I only began watching it years after it was already off the air. I stumbled into a marathon and never looked back. What I love, the wit, the mother/daughter relationship where Rory was more mature than her Mom at times. The grandparents relationship with Rory was also nice. The Mom is not my favorite person, admittedly. Emily is usually always right, ultimately. The idea of living in a quaint little town where everyone knows everyone and there isn’t even a traffic light, no crime or nastiness. (Ok, the fake Mayor is horrible). It was just so appealing to me. I live in DC proper and am a big city girl, but the idea of Stars Hallow is really appealing to me (and I’m a black woman) and I lost myself in that world. So essentially it was escapism to this foreign, mythical place that did it for me.

It's great escapism. And yes, Emily is almost always right!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the show… I don’t know how it would hold up 20 years later. It is literally what 23 years since it premiered?

I loved the town and how everyone knew each other, and it was just very cozy and comfortable. I really loved how they evolved the dynamic between Lorelei and her parents. If you stick to the end of the season finale… Oh my God I was bawling. It’s a really complicated relationship and I think they show it over the seasons really well. I also thought Paris was really funny during the college years later on, and has some really great lines.

it’s hard to figure how the show would do now, I think we forget the 23 years ago There was like network TV and no other options, there wasn’t even social media and scrolling on your phone at that point. You got hooked on things, and it just became there wasn’t even social media and scrolling on your phone at that point.habit to watch them. There were some episodes that were great, and some that were misses. Some of the quirkiness was dumb… But overall, I really enjoyed it.

Some of it holds up, some of it doesn't. I think the problematic behavior of the characters would have to be called out as problematic instead of letting viewers figure it out. You didn't always know if ASP knew how problematic the characters were, I guess - and I think now it'd have to be explicit.

But it's such a good show.