No, Not Really
I think I just crapped my pants.
Today in 90210 Outrage
Insert your own "Donna Martin Graduates!" joke here. Tori Spelling will not be appearing on the Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot/spin-off/whatever, even though I'm pretty sure the actress herself was lobbying to return. Why? Because, according to Nikki Finke, Shannen and Jennie are being paid more than she is. The Hell? Doesn't Tori already have all the money? Why does she care? I blame Dean or whatever his name is.
Who's Next? Scott Scanlon?
So I think this is old news: Shannen Doherty is definitely joining 90210 for at least a handful of episodes. This was confirmed last week, during the networks' press tour. Today, Michael Ausiello reported that Ann Gillespie will also be back, as Kelly's Mom (as well as the mother of high schooler Erin "Silver" Silver), Jackie Taylor.
While I liked Gillespie's performance as the drunk Jackie during the first season, I thought the character lost focus after she dried out. Consequently, I'm not that excited about this news. In fact, I'm not looking forward to the return of Shannen, for that matter.
Am I alone in thinking that bringing back all of these actors from the original show is a bad idea? Maybe, but I think I have a good argument. First of all, I'm having a hard time imagining how this is going to work -- how many people are on this show now? Who is our audience? The people who were around for the first iteration of this show -- and stopped watching at least four years before the show went off the air? The teens who weren't alive when the original show aired? Adults who like watching shows about high school? Which of these groups really wants to deal with Tori Spelling and Shannen Doherty on their television? (Do you even remember what that was like? It was not good, and that was before Tori got all over-tanned and mother-hating, and she's the talented one: Shannen was wooden back in the day, and judging from fleeting recent glimpses, she's only gotten worse.) Which section of the audience cares about the further adventures of these characters? Isn't all of this specious nostalgia going to take away from what we really want -- young people and their angst?
Today in 90210 Vampires
No, no updates on Shannen Doherty . . . Two other actors have joined the cast of 90210, though: Meghan Markle, apparently best known as #24 on NBC's Suitcase Or No Suitcase (er, Deal of No Deal), and Kellan Lutz, who plays Emmett in Catherine Hardwicke's upcoming adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight (which I am reading right now).
Here's the story.
902Fug0
This is pretty funny:
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/05/the_new_90210_commits_the_ulti_1.html
By the way, here's some more from the Fug Girls about 90210 fashion:
http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2006/06/90210_a_legacy_.html
and here:
http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2006/06/beverly_fug_902.html
You Gotta Live By the Code
It's the new 90210 promo. Check it out:
Donna Martin Graduates . . . and Yet . . .
Meh news all around:
First, according to OK!, there's talk of a Project Runway All-Stars season or special. Because those always work out so well.
Second, Tori Spelling seems to be bullying her way into 90210. I feel bad about this: I like Tori, but I feel like she's become kind of a freak since hooking up with Dean McDermott, and I never cared one way or another about Donna. Plus, most importantly, we know from Degrassi: The Next Generation, that it's boring and sucky when the original cast members return.
Today in 90210 Casting
Huh. It makes a certain amount of sense. Actually, wait. I think it makes a little too much sense: Estes was on Melrose Place (after we all stopped watching, but still . . .), which was originally a spin-off of the original Beverly Hills, 90210. I guess Grant Show was busy?
90210 The Next Gener-Something
The latest Beverly Hills, 90210 Extreme casting news is a bit of an anti-climax: Jennie Garth has signed on to play Kelly Taylor, now a guidance counselor at West Beverly. Nothing against Garth, but I feel like we already knew about this.
