The news that Netflix is reviving Gilmore Girls has spread with the speed of Lorelai and Rorys caffeinated banter. The streaming service is reportedly going to deliver four 90-minute episodes, which will begin production early next year.
Loyal fans and Gilmore Girls fans are nothing if not fiercely loyal have been overwhelming social media with big cheers. Indefatigably, since the seven-season show ended in 2007, theyve been calling for a series revival.
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Most of the shows original cast will be back, including Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Kelly Bishop, and Scott Patterson. Actor Edward Hermann died last year the new episodes will surely deal with his absence poignantly and there is no word yet on whether now-box-office-star Melissa McCarthy, Matt Czuchry, or Liza Weil, will be on board.
Most important of all, show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino whose sensibility and voice made the series work will be back, after having left the production before its final season due to contract disputes. Her return is a triumph of sorts for fans, many of whom felt the final season was a disappointment, and for Sherman-Palladino herself, who has said she never got to end the series in the way shed always planned.
Could this BE any more fantastic? [Vocal tone: ironic.]
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Let the end be the end, when it comes to TV showsI know I should be excited, and not dooming this venture before seeing it, and just being a positive person in general. I was an admirer of the series, even if the pop-filled high-speed exchanges could be wearying and precious. Why not revisit good old Stars Hollow and check in with the gang?
But, ever since the announcement of the return of Arrested Development a few years ago, I have written frequently of my problem with reviving series that died a natural death years earlier. By the end of the next year or two, we will have seen new episodes of 24, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Full House, Heroes, and The Comeback. These arent reboots, which are reinventions of old shows and movies with new casts; these are resurrections zombies, in a way, since they are revivifications of dead bodies.
Im not skeptical about them solely because they run the risk of harming a shows legacy, although I do think that the recent season 4 of Arrested Development diminished the historical take on the series from a three-season wonder of TV perfection into just a once-great sitcom. It went from a classic to a classic with qualifications, so that when you recommend it to someone you have to note, Watch the first three seasons, but dont bother with the fourth.
Im more skeptical about these nostalgia-tinged series revivals because they arent usually creatively driven. They are often the result of a numerical sense of audience desire, a corporate understanding that the show is presold and as streamers such as Netflix compile statistics about what their subscribers watch, that understanding is more specific than ever.
Really, just because audiences may want more Gilmore Girls or Twin Peaks isnt necessarily a reason to give it to them, is it? We always long for more candy, but sometimes its more powerful yes, here is where I drag out one of entertainments most relevant quotes to leave us wanting more.
If a series ended from natural causes, like The X-Files, Heroes, and Twin Peaks, it was tapped-out. Lets let all of them rest in peace. Zombies are popular right now, but zombie series? Please, no.
What do you think of the revivals of Gilmore Girls and other shows?
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