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Does no one else find this show exhausting?

posted 8 years ago by sloane-square-undergroun
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A lot of things annoy me about this show, but one of the worst is the constant quipping. If it were just Lorelei and Rory, you could conclude it was just an obnoxious family trait, but every character in this show speaks in sarcastic one-liners! It's exhausting to listen to these people, and they're all (Rory and Lorelei especially) convinced that they're amazingly clever and witty. It would have been much more effective if the writers had added the occasional humdinger, instead of writing every line like it has to out-do the one before it.

That's what I found to be the worst thing about the show. But I gave up at S2 E17 because of the myriad of other idiosyncracies that I discovered were permanent:

1) If Rory and Lorelei make one more reference to the god-like properties of coffee... Their obsession is not as endearing as they think it is. And at times they seem to assign it the powers of alcohol, like when Lorelei is stressed because she has to associate with her parents and absolutely has to have coffee in order to make it bearable.

2) Rory and Lorelei's eating habits make me gag. They live on take-out, diner food, and candy. It's really gross. And they rub it in our faces like it makes them unique and we should be impressed that they're not fat. They seem super proud of the fact that they refuse to have vegetables. In reality, they'd be fat, sluggish, vitamin deficient, acne-faced, depressed, and cavity-ridden.

3) The town is toooo perfect. It's absolutely idyllic, and totally unrealistic. Which was proven in the episode when Paris tried to find the seedy underbelly of the town and came up empty. They have nauseating picnic basket fundraisers, for goodness' sake. Not to mention that no one is poor, almost everyone is a yuppie, and they all seem to do nothing but eat, drink, and be merry. And now that I think about it, why do there never seem to be any children around? There's a whole school full of teenagers, but you rarely see any kids. Probably because kids add mayhem and the one-liners would look even less likely coming from a 5-year-old.

4) Rory has terrible taste in guys. From Dean with his stupid haircut, possessiveness, and apparent expectations of love and devotion after dating (a 16-year-old) for like 3 months, to that other loser, Jess, who I also find unattractive and whose personality is repellent. Jess is supposed to be the brooding bad boy, but he just comes across as a useless dickhead.

5) The bah-bah-bah-bah-bah musical interludes they throw in sometimes.

I found myself liking the scenes with Emily and Emily's husband (I forgot his name) best because they seemed to most closely resemble human beings.

[–] kathykato 8 years ago

I don't know, maybe this show is not for you? I don't mind the fast talking, quips, or music--I like them. I sometimes get hungry looking at the candy, pizza, and Luke's burgers while watching. I love the town! It's a fantastic escape from reality. I don't like the Rory worship or Lorelai's immature, self-centered behavior, but there are so many other things I enjoy about the show that I would never consider not watching or discussing :)
La la la la la la.

[–] perfect_lover2012 8 years ago

Same I like to watch the show after I've eaten lol especially when I see the Friday night dinners with multiple good courses and the pizza. Gilmore Girls is like macaroni and cheese for me. It's not perfect but it makes me feel good.

"When life gives you lemons"
Jessica D: sleep with their fathers and have secret lemon children

[–] A_Llama_Drama 8 years ago

lalalaaaalalala indeed :)

My teenage angst has a body count

[–] rachfite-43369 8 years ago

I feel like you should give it a fair chance. You dropped out in season 2 and there is still so much else to take in.

1. Rory has another boyfriend beyond Dean and Jess. I agree that Dean went South in season 2 and Jess is bad until his return in season 6 (hint keep watching!!). So it does get better...somewhat.

2. The food thing is a big exaggeration. I have been known however to be eating Chinese, pizza etc. and then before I know it I turn on GG and watch it while eating the food. Also who doesn't think of Lukes while at their neighborhood diner?

3. Coffee is their life/drink of choice and mine too. But I get it if your not a fan because yes their habit would repulse you. Fun fact Alexis Bledel (real Rory) hated coffee too, everytime she drank it on the show it was actually coke.

4. Love the music I find it fitting for the overall feel and vibe of the show.

5. I am from CT...small towns are just that small, low crime, friendly, everyone knows each other, and CT has a big tourist scene...people travel their from NYC etc to visit and get away at different times of the year. A lot of people own second homes in the state and their part of CT/Litchfield county area is a popular area to go to. Small towns are hot spots for them to stay in B&B's, do antiquing, take in the foliage, look at New England architecture etc. People flock to them for the cute, homey and charming feel they have. Although most of CT still has the New Englander vibe of being aloof, to themselves, not talkative...Emily Gilmore or a Luke Danes. So it's an exaggerated take. Oh and you didn't make it far enough to see any children in the show...or did you miss Miss Patty's dance kids?

[–] sloane-square-undergroun 8 years ago

It's not an aversion to coffee that makes me irritated with all the coffee references in the show - I love coffee and drink it every day. It's that the writers work in a "I'm going to murder you if I don't get coffee immediately!" type situation into every episode, and often several times an episode, and it's always explicit. They could just show them drinking coffee without constantly making reference to it, but instead they seem to want to beat us over the head with the concept. I get it - they're obsessed with coffee! If they really wanted us to think of the coffee references as cute, they could have purposely NOT mentioned coffee, just had Lorelei and Rory constantly drinking it. Parents driving Lorelei nuts and she needs coffee? Just have her sigh in exasperation and poor a cup as if it's alcohol and start chugging it. Then the audience would feel clever noting all the non-explicit references to coffee.

Same idea with the constant references to Lorelei and Rory's disgusting eating habits. Have you ever seen that Japanese movie Death Note? That's an example of how to make a sugar obsession cute. "L" dumping loads of sugar into his tea and then stirring it with a lollypop still makes me laugh. On the other hand, the writers of Gilmore Girls have to spell absolutely everything out for us. If it were a book, I'd say show us, don't tell us.

I think I've given it a fair enough chance to pique my interest. To me, Gilmore Girls really is like a steady diet of sugar and hedonism. I don't feel like the characters or the plot have enough substance.

[–] forksforrests 8 years ago

Yep, there were definitely times I needed a break from the show because it got exhausting. I think that's why I like Lorelai less than most viewers, and it's because she's sooo quintessentially Gilmore Girls, with the banter and the quips and quirks and long-winded sentences and lack of breathing between words...it can get to be too much. I usually can't binge the entire show without getting annoyed. What was especially annoying were some of those minor characters that had these grating personalities we were supposed to find funny, like TJ or Liz or Taylor or Michel ().

But the first three seasons were really special to me, I quite loved season 2.

A rose is just a rose.

[–] amnk1225 8 years ago

I completely agree. I love this show and love the atmosphere and overall coziness of it but there are many times I just wish Someone would tell Lorilei to shut the hell up. I definitely feel like out of her and Rory that Rory is more mature and classy. I also feel bad with the way Lorilei treats her mom. I get it that they had a bad blood between them in the past but she won't ever just have a normal conversation with them. And then she is surprised when Rory doesn't have the same hatred toward Emily she is trying so hard to force on Rory. But I just started season 2. Maybe it will change.

[–] CakesAndAle 8 years ago

TJ bugs the hell out of me. I have to FF through all his long-winded speeches. Too self-indulgent...the writers, I mean. Too much in love with their own writing. Some edting would have been nice.

[–] biba_yu 8 years ago

I find it exhausting and at times all characters annoying but I still kinda like it and watch it. It's weird. I would like more Paris thou. She is my favourite.

[–] kem7696 8 years ago

Its not just you, I decided to start watching when I saw Netflix was for 4 episodes in November, I'm currently stuck on S5 and have been for a few months now. I want to finish it but cant find myself interested in it.

[–] SilverSpring86 8 years ago

The only aspects of the show I find exhausting are:

A) the Rory/Jess/Dean love triangle: Dragged on and on for the better part of 2 seasons when I (and I'm sure everybody else) knew where it was going immediately.

B) *beep* Taylor Doose. I'm currently watching the episode where he makes Lorelai jump through hoops to get the inn approved by the historical society and I want to axe murder him

[–] A_Llama_Drama 8 years ago

Haha, fair points. Except I disagree with more of them.

My teenage angst has a body count

[–] AndrewGS 8 years ago

Rory and Lorelei's eating habits make me gag. They live on take-out, diner food, and candy.

The town is toooo perfect. It's absolutely idyllic, and totally unrealistic.

I think the show in general isn't supposed to be realistic, much more like wish-fulfillment. I don't think the town is exactly perfect (mostly that Taylor sometimes acts like a dictator, although at other times the residents just ignore him) but the town acts like it has no flaws.

In most series most of the enjoyment of episodes depends on how much you like the characters; I liked Rory a lot and most of the others were middle-of-the-road (and the episodes overall were pretty hit-or-miss) so I got through the first three seasons.

Rory has terrible taste in guys. From Dean with his stupid haircut, possessiveness, and apparent expectations of love and devotion after dating (a 16-year-old) for like 3 months, to that other loser, Jess, who I also find unattractive and whose personality is repellent. Jess is supposed to be the brooding bad boy, but he just comes across as a useless dickhead.

In most TV shows the guys are usually (over) possessive but I agree it can be annoying and was with Dean.
What did you find so repellent about Jess's personality? What kind of brooding bad boys do you think were done better?

The bah-bah-bah-bah-bah musical interludes they throw in sometimes.

LOL, I disliked those too (and the troubador's songs), a little too smugly cutesy.

[–] welchyd 8 years ago

You forgot about the fact that Lorelai is supposed to be a poor single mom yet they can order tons of fast food and eat at Lukes for almost every meal.

Also, Lorelai and Sookie act like they own the Independence Inn. Sookie uses the kitchen for her personal use along with food supplies. Who pays for all of her personal baking, like when she made all of those desserts for Lorelai's birthday or wedding (I can't remember which it was now).

In the beginning I wondered who cooked the food at Lukes because he was always with the customers but magically food was cooked and ready in minutes. A few seasons later they added a cook.