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By Nick Manteris · 0 Comments · Leave a Comment
I can’t say that I had more than the tiniest bit of curiosity about the new version of Beverly Hills, 90210 (succinctly called just 90210 now), but, because it’s technically a new show, I decided to watch it anyway. Even though many of my friends were fans of the original show it never really did anything for me, but maybe I would have responded differently if it wasn’t primarily populated by blondes. The only blonde in the new 90210 was also in the Beverly Hills version, and two of the new girls are seriously cute. Cute girls are probably not reason enough to regularly tune in though. (Of course, Kristen Kreuk kept me interested in Smallville long after I realized that the terrible writing was literally decreasing my intelligence…but I digress.)
The point that I want to make is that the new 90210 provides nothing of substance. The storylines all seemed way too familiar. There’s the new kid in town, the token minority, the spoiled-brat rich kid, the one with a drug problem, the outsider. Everything I’ve seen so far has been presented in other, better shows like Veronica Mars, My So-Called Life, or Freaks and Geeks, just to name a few. There is a surprising scene depicting oral sex before school, but it feels out of place with the rest of the PG material and is quickly forgotten by everyone, including the viewers. Unless they really step things up they just won’t be able to compete with the myriad other shows that seem almost identical in every way. But what do I know? I’m sure the creators of 90210 weren’t considering me when they planned their series -- at least…I hope to GOD that I’m not part of the target audience. Because I wouldn’t want this blog entry to cause any problems, even though the cute girl Silver says, “Yeah, well that’s what a blog is supposed to do. Cause problems.”
