90210: The New Class

The new 90210 is set and cast (for the most part) and the CW is already showing clips to get everyone excited (complete with the same 90210 theme song) is it worth the time to watch this new show of teens who are in real life 25?

Megan's Point : Have you seen previews? Well there is a brother and sister… but one is adopted and black and was “at risk”, aka Ryan Atwood. And they moved from Kansas… kind of like Minnesota. The mom, “Aunt Becky”, is a WAY hotter Mrs. Walsh so she looks more like a Kirsetn “Kiki” Cohan ala The OC. The spoiled girl or Kelly Taylor meets Summer Roberts, looks like she will sleep with her teacher… speaking of enter hot young high school teacher. We all know what hot young teacher will lead to or also known as my favorite “Dawsons Creek” story line where a precocious Pacey does the dirty with his sophomore English teacher. Then we have “Silver”, yes her name is Silver… (Any relation to David Silver??) but she is the hippie in the crew, I mean she is wearing a string around her forehead which is almost like wearing a homemade daisy crown… she also probably has a hemp backback, recycles and protests when someone gets caught drinking at prom and then told they will not graduate high school because it said in the “prom handbook” that if caught with booze they will not get to walk… I can already hear “Donna Martin Graduates!”. So pretty much what I am saying is that I can’t be more excited. They are using a formula that works and mixing 90210 with The OC meets Dawson’s Creek and the world will be a better place because this show exists. Now if only someone can get a job at The Peach Pit and hire Joe E. Tata to play Nat, everyone’s favorite waiter, we are set!

Barb's counterpoint: The new 90210, along with all other over-rated teenage melodramas will be a complete waste of time and will probably die a terrible death- much like the horrible car crash that killed Marissa (is that her name?). There are much better ways to spend one's tv time. For instance, while everyone else was watching the beautiful youngsters of West Beverly fall in and out of love, develop and recover from substance abuse, and sometimes even deal with their dad exploding in a car (that happened, right?) I was learning all the words to the newest Homey The Clown sketch. Then I got a little older and all the other kids started obsessing over the Dawson-Joey-Pacey-will-they-won't-they love triangle. I was obsessing over the Soup Nazi and the Close Talker. And finally, when all my friends started to wear mini skirts with ugg boots in an attempt to emulate the perfectly styled "effortless" laid back Southern Cali fashion of The OC (don't call it that*) I was starting to emulate the crippling neurosis of Larry David and his cohorts. So I guess what I'm trying to say is: I didn't care then, and I think I care even less now if that's possible. Does that make me some sort of traitor to my generation? Probably.

*if anyone gets this reference you win50,000 awesome points and a big kiss from me.

Megan's countercounterpoint : Are you saying you are too good for pointless teenage melodramas? Because while I was watching “Donna Martin Graduate” I was also discussing Fire Marshall Bill. While Pacey was sleeping with his teacher I was watching Jerry make his TV debut in a puffy shirt and while Seth and Summer were trying to find out if they loved each other I was… OK, so I never watched “Curb Your Enthusiasm” but I didn’t have HBO in college. The point is its pointless drivel that makes me feel like I don’t have it so bad since I have never experienced some chick copying my looks and then trying to kill me.

Barb's countercountercounterpoint: No, Meg. What I am saying is I don't care! Why are we supposed to care about the antics of another group of spoiled rich kids? Maybe if these shows were on HBO and showed full on sex and hardcore drug use like you would see at any real Beverly Hills High School, then I would watch. Until then, I'll stick with the classics on dvd, like my Strangers With Candy Collection.

Megan’s countercountercountercounterpoint: Make it DVD’s of ‘The State’ and I am in!

Barb's countercountercountercountercounterpoint: You got a deal. Omg, we are so much alike.