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It's funny.....

posted 8 years ago by applechik04
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Now that the show is ending/ has ended, I realize that maybe this show wasn't meant for people who loved and grew up with Boy Meets World. It tried to pull us in with cameos from the characters we loved but it still didn't hold up. In my opinion, girl meets world was a little preachy and Barney-ish. Every episode had a lesson that seemed to be tied up neatly at the end ( except for that ridiculous, unnecessary ass love triangle ? that was stretched way too long). I will miss the show a little because I feel the show didn't reach its full potential by being shown on the Disney channel

[–] decarus427 8 years ago

I think that is right. I think that the Boy Meets World audience, in general, could not deal with having a show with female leads. I don't think the show was too preachy or too cartoonish. I think it found the happy medium.

[–] RvaBread22 8 years ago

No, ,this show flat our sucked with the too young-ish parents and the the brunette girl who couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. Sorry.

"Life is like a box of Krispy Kreme donuts".

[–] Educator07 8 years ago

She is a horrible actress. Not even Disney lead level quality.

What do we want? More Asian actresses and actors. When do we want it? Yesterday!

[–] cTitus924 8 years ago

I found BMW more Cartonnish especially the first two-three seasons?

even in "The College Years" Did Cory actually think Topanga was having a Three-Way w/ Shawn and a Cow? Holy Cow, how Stupis is that/is he?!

 Women, can't live with em; So stuff your mother and live with that.(Bullet Tooth 504)

[–] Educator07 8 years ago

It told stories about a young child so, the first two seasons weren't serious, but they weren't silly. People acted like real human beings and did things instead of just talk about their feelings. Corey would make mistakes and get punished and learn. Eric too.

That never happened to Riley.

The College Years started to get stupid and that carried on to GMW.

Corey in high school was a fairly normal guy.

What do we want? More Asian actresses and actors. When do we want it? Yesterday!

[–] arh-51749 8 years ago

What's wrong with female leads?

[–] Educator07 8 years ago

Nothing. That was just something the OP pulled out of nowhere.

What do we want? More Asian actresses and actors. When do we want it? Yesterday!

[–] decarus427 8 years ago

Nothing is wrong with female leads. This show is Girl Meets World. It is about the girls, the female leads. This show is not about the Boy Meets World cast. That was another show entirely. This show is about the kids just like Boy Meets World was about the other kids. The idea that Boy Meets World gave a bunch of focus to the adults is a load of crap.

[–] fonz600 8 years ago

They should have done it on ABC and maybe it could of had a life span the same as boy meets world

[–] SaidNDone 8 years ago

putting it on abc doesnt magically not make the writing terrible

also network tv is much more competitive, probably would have been cancelled midway thru s2 on network like most shows

[–] Utpe 8 years ago

That was their biggest draw initially. They were trying to feed off of the nostalgia of the original fan base, and by garnering a new one from a younger generation.

It worked...for a little while. Then, adults were catching onto the shoddy writing and piss-poor story arcs. The cameo appearances weren't helping the ratings, and when Girl Meets Texas: Part 3 (2015) aired, Disney would never see those types of numbers ever again.

Girl Meets STEM (2016) was the final nail in the coffin for me.

You're right though, GMW never had the same feeling as BMW. It just doesn't work nowadays like it used to in the '90s.

Not to sound like a broken record since we've pretty much pounded this subject right into the ground but, yes, being on Disney was a huge problem. Plus, Michael Jacobs's writing talent was starting to slip. That was becoming evident in the last season of BMW.