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shannigansx July 25 2006, 00:21:57 UTC
I haven't seen really any specific GG spoilers yet. At least not any that really pertain to the main characters. Well, except Chris and Lorelai did sleep together. And umm... the first six episodes or so are going to be really rough for L/L. And... I can't remember anything else.

I'm planning on watching except not in the fall, because I won't be here. I plan to get someone to record/download the episodes so I can watch them when I return, and then I will probably watch the rest of the season.

But I am just so tired of Christopher always showing up.

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_jems_ July 25 2006, 02:01:54 UTC
I never doubted that Chris and Lorelai slept together, but I was surprised to read that she went there with the intention of moving on to Christopher. Or whatever the heck that thing that David guy said, that she wanted to take her life in a new direction. That didn't really jive with the acting I saw in that final scene, looked much more like remorse to me.

I forgot, you'll be in France! Well, at least you'll have that while some people will have to suffer through episode after episode of dreck.

I probably wouldn't mind Christopher so much if it wasn't for the fact that they ruined Luke, Lorelai and Luke/Lorelai last season, and it seems it was all just to get them to this point. Why should I want to watch a show about people I've grown to dislike and a couple I'm apathetic about? (And funnily enough, at this point that applies to both C/L and L/L.) By the time L/L gets back together (at least that's what I'm thinking will happen) I'll probably just hate it.

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shannigansx July 25 2006, 02:15:13 UTC
Really? I hadn't read that she had the intention of moving on to Chrisopher. I've just been scanning most of the interviews with the new guy. That definitely doesn't go with the last scene of the episode. He must have made that up himself, because I didn't see that from what the Pallidinos had done.

I can get through all the bad painful episodes in a matter of hours instead of weeks. So that might not be too horrible, and I won't have time to really reflect on them before (hopefully) reaching happier episodes.

I used to like Christopher. Not with Lorelai, but I liked him. But after S5 and everything after that crap, I can't stand the guy. When I first heard he'd be around in S6, I was hoping it would be for Rory. Now that, I wouldn't mind seeing. But I am sick of them just bringing him back to drive a wedge between L/L.

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_jems_ July 25 2006, 02:23:34 UTC
The moving on thing is probably just my interpretation, but he said something about her being determined to take her life in a new direction and she ended up on Christopher's doorstep, so it's apparent that that was her new direction.

I just responded to someone else that if things look up around winter hiatus I may download and marathon the episodes.

The stuff in season 5 didn't really make me hate Christopher because I never doubted he was that selfish a bastard, and I it didn't make me hate him before, just made me extremely apathetic towards him. I've never understood him and Lorelai, though. I can't imagine two people more unlikely to work as a couple.

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bluegreensmoke July 25 2006, 00:39:29 UTC
Michael Ausiello posted a positive review of the GG season premiere script here, if that's any consolation.

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_jems_ July 25 2006, 02:04:41 UTC
I think my biggest problem is that last season killed almost every bit of love I had for every single character. Before season 6, Lorelai was my saving grace on the show, but she was screwed with so royally that watching a continued downward spiral will just make me hate her. At this point it feels like I'm better off not watching and at least retaining my love for the earlier seasons.

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mangofandango July 25 2006, 02:10:31 UTC
I'm really pissed about the whole Christopher storyline. Really, really pissed. However, I do plan to watch the show in its' last season, just because...I want to see it through to the end. Despite the anger and disappointment.

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_jems_ July 25 2006, 02:14:29 UTC
One of the reasons I've all but decided not to watch is that I don't think I can take the weekly stewing. If people say it's good I'll most likely download, and if things start looking up by winter hiatus I may download the episodes at that point and marathon them, that usually helps a lot.

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lapses July 25 2006, 02:21:38 UTC
I've been reading spoilers in the hopes that I will actually WANT to watch the show. I'm with you, Lorelai was the reason why I stuck around at all. I think the showrunner mentioned something about a baby, which is horrible. I hate babies when it comes to TV shows.

Christopher is all right. I think I might like him and Lorelai if they actually had the chance to give their relationship a shot, but it's never worked out, so... KNOCK IT OFF. Randomly sleeping together is getting old. Like the both of them. And it doesn't help that it seems like Rory is dating a younger version of her father. THAT creeps me out.

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_jems_ July 25 2006, 02:31:53 UTC
Apart from the initial interview I read I've only skimmed stuff, but I don't remember a baby. Are you sure he wasn't talking about Gigi?

I used to love Lorelai, even though I never much identified with her. She was just so fun it was hard not to be happy just at the sight of her. But then season 6 rolled around and I couldn't believe what was on my screen. Character assassination all over the place!

I've never really understood the appeal of Christopher. Had he been about ten-fifteen years younger, then yeah, but at his age the rebellious free spirit stuff smacked of desperation to hold on to his youth. He's vain, a terrible father and partner and just because he had a daughter that's supposed to have made him grow up in the last year doesn't mean those twenty-odd years of complete and utter selfishness have just been erased.

I never even thought of Logan as Christopher Jr. Now I'm officially skeeved!

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lapses July 25 2006, 03:25:51 UTC
Hmmm... I think he was mentioned the baby bit to Kristin from E! but I don't remember for sure.

I just re-watched the season two finale, when he goes back to whatsherface because she's pregnant with Gigi. And ugh. Just ugh. I'd hate to think that they are gonna let Chris and Lorelai have another go at their relationship. I think Lorelai should just stay single. I only really liked her with Luke, but that was only for two episodes (the last two of season four).

I guess I won't hold out hope that the new showrunner will turn things around.

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darlulu July 25 2006, 07:46:33 UTC
I never even thought of Logan as Christopher Jr. Now I'm officially skeeved!

Yeah, that scene where Logan and Chris met and bonded over their white richass selves getting kicked out of various prep schools was the first time I made the connection and it really didn't sit well with me.

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bijal July 25 2006, 02:30:26 UTC
I spoiled myself, too, just to decide if I wanted to tune in this season. I felt pretty much done with the show after the season finale (honestly, probably mid-S6), and reading the spoilers just kind of confirms that feeling for me.

I loathe Christopher, and he and Lorelai in any capacity make me crazy. I mean, seriously, how long can they keep doing this dance? It's getting old and it's not at all interesting to watch. It's just not C/L either, since at this point, I don't care about Luke and Lorelai - that ship has pretty much sailed. I can't bring myself to care about them. I just want Lorelai to get her head clear of all this mess because she's always been my main reason for watching (well, her and the elder Gilmores).

I'm not even going to get into Rory since that will just make me want to tear my hair out.

I have a feeling I'll end up watching anyway, at least as a way to kill time before VM.

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_jems_ July 25 2006, 02:40:39 UTC
I think my breaking point for the show was actually the season 5 finale. They've never really redeemed themselves in my eyes, that proposal was just horrible and I hated it. And the way they "dealt" with it had me rolling my eyes. I really thought season 6 would be the last of it and that I'd be done, I don't think I've ever been so disappointed to hear about a show being renewed.

I can actually see Luke as being in character for the better part of season 6, even though he was acting like the jackass version of himself. Luke/Lorelai was just sliding downhill for so long that I started not to care, but the thing that drives me nuts is the utter destruction of Lorelai. I'm almost wishing I would have stopped watching after season 5 so that I wouldn't have ever had to experience Pod!Lorelai, who was even worse than Pod!Veronica. I just didn't love her as much as I loved Veronica, so it didn't cut quite as deep.

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