Posted by Dustin on 03.10.2010 at 10:09 pm

So last night “90210″ and “Melrose Place” finally returned, after what seems to be months off the air. Here are some quick thoughts. It’s been a long day, and I can’t remember everyone’s name I’m also too tired to go look them up and say “Oh yeah that’s it!”

“90210?” I don’t know. I don’t like the whole story with Jasper blackmailing Annie into staying with him at all. I have a feeling he’s going to find himself as dead as his uncle soon!

The Naomi-Liam-Surfer Girl triangle bored me to tears I’m afraid. I rather see Liam with Surfer Girl than Naomi honestly.

The same goes for Dickson-Silver-Teddy. What the hell, suddenly Dickson suddenly realizes he still loves Silver and wants to be with her?

Adrianna and Rumer Willis’ lesbian romance could be interesting, if done right. It at least seems cute, sweet and innocent at this point, unlike all the other romances on the show.

Finally a big NO to “Aunt Becky” suddenly finding the yoga instructor cute at the end of the show. After having to deal with her uproar over Kelly and her husband, this is what she does?

As for “Melrose Place,” well I hadn’t seen the last 3 episodes or so, so I never saw the resolve to the Syndey murder storyline. It seems I really haven’t missed too much. I felt the show was a bit of a snoozer. That boring couple who were engaged is still having problems and still stinking up the scream with their lack of chemistry!

Posted by Dustin on 01.20.2010 at 4:52 pm

Just after the Jennie Garth announcements comes another apparent punch in the gut to the show. Radar Online is reporting that Rob Estes, who plays Harry the dad and principal of West Bev, is leaving the show after this season! Reports range from his parting because he and the show felt the role had run its course, to the usual disputes over money.

Posted by Dustin on 01.19.2010 at 8:07 pm

I posted this as a tweet several days ago. Now the news is all over. Jennie Garth is off “90210″ it would seem. You can watch a clip of her talking to Access Hollywood explaining not only is she not doing it anymore, it’s been awhile since she’s been on!

Jennie instead is focusing on a children’s book and a project with her husband Peter Facinelli.

I’ve posted a new poll asking if Jennie’s departure will affect your viewing habits of the show.

Posted by Dustin on 12.02.2009 at 8:35 pm

So last night on “90210″ we finally saw Liam and his gang take Jen down, and it was oh so good. She went down in a ball of flames in front of Naomi, and Ryan was filled in on her lies as well. However given this is “90210,” once the bitch goes down the bitch usually rises back up to get even. Should we all be skeered? I think so!

Navid woke up in the hospital and it took him the entire episode to remember that he was pushed, and he said he remembered who pushed him as well. So it looks like Jasper’s downfall could be soon as well. However if Jasper goes down, then Annie can’t be too far behind him. She’s been in the safe-zone far too long for her hit and run.

Dixon and Silver finally made up, and Naomi made a long over do call to apologize to Annie at the end of the episode as well.

I didn’t bother to watch “Melrose” and will do that online at some point, or if they run an encore this week.

Posted by Dustin on 10.22.2009 at 8:44 pm

Honestly, the title says it all. My enthusiasm for “90210″ has worn thin, and the only reason I tuned into “Melrose” this week was to see Daphne Zuniga, who was poorly used.

“90210″
I hate hate HATE the Dillon and Sasha storyline, have since the beginning. Now we are supposed to believe she’s pregnant? Given we did the teenage pregnancy story last year, I am not buying. I think we all have guessed she’s probably faking it, or is pregnant but lying about the daddy.

Teddy and Silver bonding I didn’t like, mainly because it seems Teddy bonds with a different girl every episode. I think only Annie is left for him to bond with.

Speaking of Annie, oh lord, her getting involved with that criminal kid and stealing the car and all. I just can’t even feel sorry for her anymore over what has happened to her.

Noami and her go-green attempt to get into college was dulls-ville, thankfully that story is over.

Liam . . . . I don’t care about him and that surfer chick Ivy at all. I just want to see the truth about Liam and Jen come out, anytime in the next few years!

Finally the whole Kelly-Deb-Harry thing . . . . NO! Just put an end to that story right now. Can’t she get back with Mr. Matthews?

Melrose Place

Really, I only tuned in this week to see Daphne Zuniga return as Jo, and I wasn’t to thrilled by her story. I think they are using the old cast members to keep original watchers around at this point. BTW, where the hell is the new landlord Jane? She was great, and then they just have made her disappear again!

The news came out today that both Violet and Auggie are out of Melrose by the end of the year, the who killed Sydney story will be solved, and a whole new batch of residents added in (I guess because they realized this batch was boring as bleep!).

I have to say, Violet and Auggie are actually the most interesting of the new batch. I would rather have seen a lot of other characters go before them!

Posted by Dustin on 09.30.2009 at 10:15 pm

So some quick thoughts on both 90210 and “Melrose Place.”

First up, what a tease with the Jen and Liam story. I knew Jen wouldn’t tell Naomi the truth, but was actually shocked she did tell her about the whole going broke and marrying a rich guy to get by story. Of course she spinned it to make herself look like the victim and so that Noami wouldn’t be pissed that her sister is using her. How can Noami be so dumb and blind?

Fortunately a glimmer of hope at the end when Liam recorded Jen saying “Naomi will never believe we slept together.” Wait a minute, did someone on a show have the brains to record a conversation? I almost fell over and died! (Daytime soaps take notes here.)

The Dixon story I don’t care about, am not interested in, am completely bored by. Zzzzzzzzzz.

Silver was put off by Teddy for most of the episode because of his attitude towards the homeless man that was killed and he happened to find. He finally admitted he can’t talk about it with anyone but the police as it’s an on-going investigation. However I think Silver has become smitten with Teddy. To bad Adrianna likes him too, and Silver caught them kissing!

Adrianna is gunna go down, especially after having guilt sex with Navid after kissing Teddy. I think it’s gunna be a Silver vs Adrianna match for Teddy. Poor Navid will be caught in the middle . . . but does anyone really care about Navid as a character? He was adorable last season, this season not so much.

The nephew of the guy Annie ran down over the summer showed up. The guy was homeless, but loaded, and left everything to the high school. The nephew acted like his uncle was just this weird guy he barely knew, but I didn’t buy it. I think he’s faking it and is trying to find out who killed his uncle, and is onto Annie.

Onto “Melrose Place,” well this week’s show was again a better one, but I think Jane Andrews/Mancini was the saving grace here. Something tells me the show has gotten the memo than the new cast is a snoozer without the old cast, which is why Heather Locklear has been brought in. I think they are also banking on her saving the show the was she saved the original to be honest.

Jane showing up as the new landlord and blackmailing her way to fame with Ella was awesome. However what was not awesome was that dress she made for that movie star. Oh Jane, I’ve seen better on “Project Runway!” I did love that at the end of the show, Jane called the cops on Ella even thought Michael’s son thought he had blackmailed her into backing off. Yes!

The stuff with Violet is also the show’s saving grace right now. Who would have thought little Ashley Simpson would be the best actor on the show, minus the originals. Her character is nuts, but is far more likable than anyone else living in Melrose Place right now!

Post Note: I forgot the other saving grace of this episode, “Nip/Tuck’s” Kimber showing up as a possible new madam for Lauren. Yes! Again, a major plus for the show if they keep her around. (Now can we just evict half of Melrose Place and find some new tenants?)

Posted by Dustin on 09.23.2009 at 1:56 pm

Just my weekly thoughts on last night’s “90210″ and “Melrose.”

Dixon’s new love story on “90210″ was just too much for me. How Sasha could believe he was a record exec is beyond me, especially when he’s on a boat full of partying high schoolers that she was hired to DJ at? Something tells me she isn’t this stupid and knows who he really is, but is playing the games he is because maybe she does like him.

I hate what they are doing with Debbie, Harry and Kelly. The word is that the “affair” storyline is supposedly scrapped as Jennie Garth protested it. Let’s hope so! She’s the only original 90210′r that is somewhat regular, so I don’t want to see her character ruined that way. Given she’s supposed to be the guidance counselor, yeah it would ruin her character.

Teddy showed his true colors to Adrianna, but it seems from the previews she may return his feelings. I never really liked Navid all that much, but feel bad for him.

I loved Annie getting revenge on Naomi. How Silver could feel sorry for Naomi at all is beyond me though. It’s like she forgot she was a social outcast for most of last season, and Noami and her were mortal enemies at the beginning of the show.

Spoiler Alert: Next week is when Liam exposes Jen to Naomi. It should get good!

Onto “Melrose . . . ” The major use of Michael in this episode helped keep my interest. That and Boomkat, who I love.

The previews of Michael bringing Jane in to take over as the landlord is awesome! So does Michael own the building now? Was Sydney blackmailing him into making her the landlord or something?

Their backstory and faking Syd’s death left me confused. She acted like some guy from her past did this to her, and that Michael was in danger from this guy. Who was it? I thought Syd exploded in a car crash (and I thought Kimberly had something to do with it?). It’s been so long that I don’t remember.

I actually felt a little bad for that Jonah guy, he got screwed out of work credit and his fiancee Riley is a jerk. She clearly wants that Auggie guy and doesn’t want to marry Jonah that much, otherwise she wouldn’t have kept it a secret. She only announced it to her family and friends at the end after she kissed Auggie. Don’t get me wrong, they are still a boring couple though.

Posted by Dustin on 09.16.2009 at 2:26 pm

So I’m gunna do my usual “thoughts” on “90210″ and “Melrose Place.” I’m not recapping theses shows as much, unless I really start getting into them. Last season I just did sporadic thoughts on “90210″ because I was give-or-take with it through much of the season. Honestly, without “90210″ as a lead-in, I’m not sure “Melrose” will even last . . .

First up, people keep finding the blog searching for answers on Ethan. Dustin Milligan is no longer with the show. Ethan was written out, he supposedly stayed with his dad in Colorado. Last season he gave up summer sports camp to visit his dad there, well he stayed.

Onto the show!

Jen is making Naomi look like a saint. What a total bitch! Poor Ryan is really in love with her, or at least falling, and she’s just using him so she doesn’t look like a gold digger to the rich men she wants to snag. Then there is Liam, who she just screwed around with and is toying with. He’s gunna burst and tell Noami the truth sometime soon, but Noami probably won’t believe him. How long before Jen blows Naomi’s trust fund and they are both broke?

Throughout the episode, what with the guy she killed and now the “sext” I was wondering how long before Annie attempts suicide? By the end of the episode though it seemed she got her mojo back, and the previews seem to show her going after Liam for real to get back at Noami. Go Annie!

When Noami really does realize what Jen has done, will it be too late for her? I hope Annie doesn’t offer her house up to a broke Noami again. Make her do the walk of shame back to daddy!

Dixon finally stepped up at the end and decked the guy who took the sex pictures of Annie. I was glad, as he was just being a dix.. towards Annie.

As for “Melrose,” well I felt the 2nd episode was way better than the pilot, but towards the end I found myself FFing through a lot. I still don’t know a lot of the names of the characters, but that film guy and his girlfriend . . . I’m sorry, but those two are so boring that I don’t really care if that Amanda-wannabe breaks them up. Seriously, they are a snooze!

The med-student turned call girl storyline is so overdone it’s not even funny. I get it’s an ode to Sydney and the original MP, but really this is unoriginal.

I feel the same about the new Amanda on the show, the publicist wanna-be working for Victor Webster’s character. I felt like they were shoving down my throat “Hey this girl is the new Amanda, she’s a total bitch okay?” The most amusing part of her story was that Victor Webster was playing a gay guy.

I did find the Violet girl interesting, especially the end twist where she was obsessed with Sydney and thought she was her mother. Is she? Sydney seemed pretty adamant she never had a kid. Again this is an overdone horror-storyline, but interesting (I can’t remember if the original MP did anything like this?). She’s clearly the new Kimberly, ie the looney tunes of the show.

I was happy to see a lot of Sydney, even though it was only in flashbacks. How long they’ll keep the flashbacks going is anyone’s guess. Honestly, without Sydney I probably wouldn’t give the show a second look. Sadly we all know Sydney is dead, unless the show pulls a classic “Melrose” twist and brings her back (which they may have to in order to keep the show around!).

Posted by Dustin on 09.09.2009 at 7:05 pm

Just some quick thoughts on both of these shows . . .

First up, “90210″ was pretty entertaining. Ethan is gone, having decided to stay in Colorado with his dad, rather than returning to West Bev. To replace him they brought in a tennis champ named Teddy, who many might recall played Jeremy Horton on “Days” a few years back. Yeah, he fits in as a high school student about as well as Luke Perry did

Naomi is back to being queen bitch of the school, and is still furious with Annie. How long will it be before she learns it was her own sister Jen who slept with Liam? Jen didn’t even appear in the episode unfortunately. I guess she’s busy having sex with Mr. Matthews!

Annie is depressed because the guy she hit finally kicked the bucket. Enter a mysterious kid who gets her drunk, seduces her and then takes naked photos which Naomi sees and sends all over school. Looks like this guy is going to be getting his “I know what you did this past summer” revenge on Annie! Yup, he’s supposedly the nephew of the guy she killed.

Then there was the love problems with Dixon and Silver, who had been texting Ethan all summer. He was about to take her back till he found out about those texts. Frankly I thought Dixon was a di… in this episode, especially to Annie, who was trying to open up to him about the accident. He treated her just like everyone else in school had been, like dirt.

Meanwhile, Adrianna was missing her baby, and Navid was pissed that Adrianna wouldn’t have sex with him. Finally Naomi is interested in Teddy, but he has an interest in Adrianna it seems. Poor Naomi, it’s hard being her! She can’t find any guy who likes just her it seems.

It was an okay premier, nothing to write home about. “Melrose Place” on the other hand . . . Well I have to try and watch this one again. I just found myself bored and fast forwarding hoping something good or interesting would happen. The only interesting people for me were Sydney, who they killed off in this murder mystery storyline, and Michael, who may have killed her. The new residents just seemed boring. The only one I bothered to pay attention to was Michael’s son, and only because I wondered who his mother was.

It took me some time to like the new “90210,” so perhaps I’ll come to like “MP” at some point.

Posted by Dustin on 07.04.2009 at 9:47 am

Two new roles on “90210″ have been cast (previously mentioned in the Tweets). The first is Trevor Donovan playing the new JFK Jr-Like hearthrob Teddy. He’s supposedly a silver spoon, white bread, tennis star that makes the girls swoon. You may remember Trevor as playing Jeremy Horton on “Days” a few years ago during the “Touch the Sky” fiasco of a story.

Meanwhile Rumer Willis has been cast as Gia, a punky lesbian student who works at the school newspaper with Navid, Silver and Adrianna. Rumer is of course the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis.

Good casting calls, or truly reaching here for these two to play high school students?