Gossip Girl

I just finished the pilot episode and come straight here to see if I am the only one who is feeling so annoyed or there are others.. No surprise almost everyone here is left high and dry.. What are they thinking? I can understand they have tried to be inclusive of black community but atleast they could have found better faces or more likeable characters.. We are used to watching Sarena and Blair.. there is no one near to them in this reboot.. Rivalry between siblings.. oh it couldn't get any more lame..

I think that for gossip girl original followers this reboot is a dull and boring copy. It's just another series about 2021 and basic drama and basic issues like any other series. Not as poetic and classy, just sexual and unoriginal. This is an offensive (in my opinion) reboot for the culture that gossip girl created years ago and that's still in our lives today.

The OG isn't fantastic writing or anything but it had a great sense of what it was a trashy soapy drama. This one takes itself too seriously and then tack on the characters which don't have the same charm as Blair/Leighton, Dan/Penn and Chuck it makes for a very dull first episode.

Proof you don't need to remake/reboot everything for the sake of it.

Not being a super fan, I did watch the original so it is hard not to make comparisons. So I will begin with that:

• Original characters were more likeable (even the "mean" ones) and had more depth
• Plot of the original much more interesting. E.g.: the secrecy of the GG made things a lot more engaging
• Fashion also much better on first run
• The new GG is creepy

All in all, the show by itself can be a meach passing your time if you have nothing at all to do.

I came to see it with so much of expectations cause I am huge fan of original gossip girl & the storyline itself. The relationship turmoil with each other. I know its a little bit early to come to a judgement but involving teachers in the students schemes its beneath the art & creativity even unrealistic.

& as far as character goes whom are prioritized in the first episode I personally don't feel any interest to know more about them.

If in the future I give it a another shot that's only because of Audrey & Max. Really want to know what's the deal between them.