This show has become depressing
These kids need therapy. The episodes make me want to get therapy.
Can this show be a happy comedy show?
No, because this show is actually about something.
No, because this show is actually about something.
No...no it's not.
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Admittedly the writers have had their troubles, but yes, yes it is actually done about something and it's done very well - there's a message in every episode. But, while they call it a comedy, it is generally anything but.
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I'd hate to be the one comparing this show to the "glory days", but in BMW, the things Cory & the gang reflected upon were actual events happening to them (Turner's accident, Cory & Topanga spending the night in the video room at school, ...); and they learned to cope because it was just a part of life. That is what made BMW the great show that it was. Throughout all of the zaniness, there was a definite reality to it. Growing up is difficult, but with the right people to guide you, you'll get there.
GMW, on the other hand, and especially the current season, does the exact same thing over and over: Cory talks about a topic in front of the classroom; Riley & the gang completely miss the point; they reflect on the school lesson (keyword being "school", not "life"), and all of a sudden they do understand, and start preaching pretty much directly to the audience.
There is absolutely no catalyst to the topics being handled in GMW. They are bluntly shoved in, in the hopes of having something meaningful to say the way BMW did. Sure, there are some exceptions (and those are usually the stronger episodes too), but even those fall short because of lackluster writing.
Oh, and Auggie and Ava are the absolute worst thing on TV right now. Every scene they're in just makes me cringe.
Oh, and Auggie and Ava are the absolute worst thing on TV right now. Every scene they're in just makes me cringe.Augie and Ava are a prize - the real highlight of the show. They both a have a great future - that's obvious.
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Agree Treiden.
Also, for setting to be NYC, they seem to live in a fantasy world. They don't want anyone feeling sad or being hurt or misunderstood to the point of the dude not being able to say which girl he likes more because no one wants hurt feelers.
In the words of Eric Matthews, "Life's tough; get a helmet."
I will agree though that every episode has a lesson. That makes every episode a "very special" episode. You know what I mean? Where a usually light hearted sitcom has a very special episode that is super serious and not funny and handles some serious issue a ham-handed way. GMW if like an after school special every episode.
This show is about nothing.
Wait, Treiden, I thought that was Seinfeld. π
Oh, and Auggie and Ava are the absolute worst thing on TV right now. Every scene they're in just makes me cringe.
They are a pleasure to watch, separately and together. π Ava Melanie Ruth Esther Morgenstern is a an absolute hoot. π No, neither August Maturo nor Ava Kolker are my children or grandchildren, and no I am not related to DanDanger.
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To be fair, I don't watch tv so I can't really comment but I can understand and see what you're saying so all I will say to everyone about this is that
the truth is that we, fans of the original Boy Meets World that grew up with the show, were all spoiled rotten to have a series like that shown on tv and for as long as it did during our childhood
it was sweet
and now obviously, even without seeing it I can imagine that it can't compare and that even with reviving the series in a way, it's not the same execution as it once or originally was shown in but you have to remember that times have changed, things are different, the 'world' so to speak, is different now
not that I am so arrogant to think that we are special or something but millennials know and can understand that even the seemingly small or subtle changes like the more prominent use of cell phones and now social media make an overall drastic difference from the world we grew up in
the reason I bring that up is to say that the bottom line is that even if you don't see the original heart of BMW in GMW because of the differences, it's still the closest thing you'll get to see on tv, I imagine, to BMW
especially in this day and age and if nothing else
I am glad to think that younger generations could be exposed to BMW through GMW and go back and watch what we grew up with and how things used to be, how people were presented and were with each other
To be fair, I don't watch tv so I can't really comment
lol
You've been on these boards for 10+ years and your profile is full of posts about TV shows but you don't watch TV. Then you say you can't comment and then go on for several paragraphs with your comment.
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Auggie and Ava aren't my favorites by a long shot, but they've improved a little bit. The play in tonight's episode was obnoxious though.
shareYes, there is a message in every show... Unfortunately that message is essentially plastered across the screen in gigantic, bold, red font most episodes. It's refreshing when on the occasional episode they don't spell it out like we're all 4 years old and apply just a TINY bit of subtlety.
shareYeah, actually it is, in my opinion. There is a moral to this show.
Yeah, actually it is, in my opinion. There is a moral to this show.
To be kind to special ed kids (that is, Riley).
Seriously Riley is really something. She's supposed to be a high school freshman, but she acts like she was dropped on her head or just emotionally really stunted (like a 5 year old). At least Cory in BMW was age-appropriate. share
OMG thank you!
She seriously acts like a child and everyone treats her with kid gloves.
By the time I was in high school I knew that the world wasn't all rosy colored like Riley thinks it is. I was 9/10 when during the first war with Iraq. I remember when Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm and it scared me. I wasn't hidden from all that.
I was in the 8th grade when the Oklahoma City bombing happened. Again I wasn't hidden from that. We had a discussion on it in history class.
*beep* I had sex ed in 5th grade along with my other class mates. If you are a freshman in high school and don't already know what has and will happen to your body your boned.
Why can't this show be more realistic.
*beep* I had sex ed in 5th grade along with my other class mates. If you are a freshman in high school and don't already know what has and will happen to your body your boned.
Yeah, I was in sixth grade when we had sex ed. We needed our parents' permission and then there was only one or two kids who were sent out of the room because their parents objected. But it was mostly diagrams and medical terms. And by that time, my father had already given me a talk about the birds and the bees a few years prior.
In 10th grade biology class, I think there was discussions again, but it was mostly scientific. Not some kid like Smackle using crude terms and profanity.
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No...no it's not.
Yes...yes it is. It's the most mature show of the current bunch on Disney Channel. You just have to look beneath the surface.
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It's the most mature show of the current bunch on Disney Channel.
Where are you getting this? Are we watching the same show?
It has dumbed down lessons. It tells (read lectures) instead of shows. No ones feelers should be hurt. No one should feel bad or sad. If you just have your friends then the world is a wonderful place and they will shout down anyone who makes their friend have the sads.
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It has dumbed down lessons. It tells (read lectures) instead of shows. No ones feelers should be hurt. No one should feel bad or sad. If you just have your friends then the world is a wonderful place and they will shout down anyone who makes their friend have the sads.
I so agree. The lessons are told to us, but not really played out. In the last episode, the lesson was kind of mixed. Riley decided she was going to make new friends, so she approaches some random girl, expecting instant friendship. The girl responds by saying she doesn't like Riley (who can be super-annoying, so I get it). Riley gets overly emotional she needs consoling from her friends. Is she a basket case? Seriously, she didn't know the girl, just move on. But the lesson they were trying to convey is "Accept the things you can't change" or something (which is one of the first steps of A.A., but whatever).
Then, the episode shifts to Riley wanting the Health teacher replaced because she's "sensitive" and doesn't think the big burley P.E. teacher will delicately explain sex ed to her. So she gets Corey to complain and in return Corey becomes the health teacher to unfunny and predictable results. So, the original teacher comes back and he's actually really good at his job (as he said he's been teaching the class for 20 years, but Riley knows better). So the lesson is "Don't judge a book by its cover."
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It was at first, but now it's behind Backstage, KC Undercover, and maybe Liv and Maddie. If this show wasn't part of the "Meets World" universe, people would be ripping it to shreds just like they do with every other Disney show.
shareGeez, why does the Disney Channel continue to disintegrate itself like this? It used to be great!
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