The early seasons of BMW were not silly. They were a bit childish because the protagonist was a kid. Cory had normal concerns for a little boy, but there was at least Eric to center episodes about more mature topics around. But there was never the Disney buffoonery like we got when Riley tried out for cheerleading.
The elder Matthews parents acted like adults. Characters like Feeny, the teacher who took in Shawn, and Ely gave the show some depth. Cory never outgrew his being a manchild. In fact he actually became less mature as he aged. He was the typical Disney adult male buffoon on GMW.
In the later years, the adults were phased out and idiot Eric's role grew. That silliness continued in GMW.
Compare the nuance of Shawn and Angela's romance to that Maya, Riley, and Lucas triangle. Did he and Riley ever go on a date or even hold hands? Did they have more than three scenes alone together?
I know girls are different. They are close in a way guys aren't. That's why a lot of things Cory and Shawn did were funny, but would not have been if it was done by Maya and Riley. Girls may share insecurities, but the constant "we're bff" stuff I don't buy. Jacobs forgot an important rule of storytelling, show don't tell. Jacobs didn't trust his audiences so he had characters repeatedly tell us how good friends they are.
I think that when you grow up you do stop talking to certain friends, you do go to separate colleges, you do move around. I think girls do talk about it being upsetting to move away from one another and what it will mean for them as friends.
Agreed. That's a concern IF it is actually happening. It wasn't. In fact, that would have been a neat story arc, Farkle getting a gf and moving away from the group a bit or Maya getting a bf that was jealous of all the Riley time. In fact, if Lucas had dated Riley then I would expect a big "I hope we are always this close" talk.
In three seasons, Riley misbehaved once. That's a big part of being a kid. Getting in trouble, being punished, and then doing it all over again. But Riley was almost perfect. Maybe that is why Maya kind of became the star of the show.
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decarus427
8 years ago
I definitely think that Girl Meets World has been made for a younger audience, but i don't think that makes the writing bad. I don't think it is fair to compare the adults from Boys and sixteen year old Eric to the kids from Girl Meets World. The cast is a lot younger in Girls. I don't think that makes their storylines badly written or more silly or more unrealistic.
Eric and Cory were always silly characters. There was some real in there, but they were silly. Also, Maya is not the star of Girl Meets World. Riley is definitely the center, but i would say Riley and Maya are the co leads and were always supposed to be the co leads. The show was always supposed to be about their relationship and them growing up.
It has been twenty years since Boy Meets World. I grew up in the 80s too and it was just a different time. That show is a product of the 90s and just would not work now because the stuff those kids did is so dated. This show is more about issues and about the larger world then just about one single family, but that seems like a product of this time. It is different, but it is still good, in my opinion.
For me, it seems like people wanted a show that was about the adult Boy Meets World characters. They wanted that to be the focus and they wanted the guys from the old show to be the focus and it wasn't. This is a new show. It's Riley's world. The girls are the focus, the issues are the focus. That is then called bad writing or silly or Riley is called immature, as if Cory wasn't immature. This show is good. I totally get saying this is just not my kind of show or saying that you don't like it, but not liking something doesn't by default mean it is badly written.
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