I just watched the 'Melrose Place' pilot...
...and I wasn't disappointed. I mean, it pretty much plays out exactly the way the script was written, so there were no surprises for me, but I was sort of impressed with how it's all put together.
You know, it's not Emmy-worthy obviously, but it works. I like most of the characters and was entertained by their drama despite already knowing what was coming, storyline-wise...
In other words, it's not awful.
My biggest criticism? Not super keen on Katie Cassidy's Ella Flynn, as she's a bit cliche with the whole powerful, bad ass chick thing she's got going on. And I'm sorry to say it, but Ashlee Simpson needs to take a couple acting classes.
However, Stephanie Jacobsen's Lauren Yung (the med student/fledgling prostitute) is pretty solid. Michael Rady and Jessica Lucas make a sweet couple. We don't see a whole lot of Colin Egglesfield's character in this first hour, but he's hot and mysterious, so that's cool. As for Shawn Sipos' David Breck, the jury's still out... but he does serve a very distinct purpose in the pilot. He reveals how Sydney just so happens to be alive in 2009, even though we saw her die in a car accident 11 years ago.
Seems David's pop, a doc by the name of Mr. Michael Mancini -- you may have heard of him -- helped her fake her death.
Ha.
Of course he did...
So, yeah, "Melrose," any questions for me?
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'Melrose Place': I've got the pilot script and I'm answering all your Sydney questions
ONLY IF YOU COULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION WHICH I KNOW YOU CAN'T WHO IN THE HELL IS DAVID'S MOM? TAYLOR MAYBE...NAH CAN'T BE.LOL. I ALSO REMEMBER A INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS (MICHAEL MANCINI) SAYING THAT DAVID IS ONE OF TWO CHILDREN MICHAEL HAS AND HE DOESN'T KNOW IF THE OTHER WILL EVEN BE BROUGHT UP...I'M EXICTED CAN'T WAIT FOR THE RETURN...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE ORIGINAL.
Do they address Michael suddenly having a kid? Why did they change David from being Jake's son to Michael's?
Katie C***idy can do no wrong, in my book. And she's the HOTTEST actress on this reboot. I kind of like the fact that Ashley needs to take acting cl***es....it'll be like a trainwreck you can't look away from. We've all seen her schtick on 7th Heaven; were we really expecting any sudden improvement?
And as for Rady and JLucas being a "sweet couple," we don't NEED a sweet couple. There better be some conflict factored in real quick-like.
WHATEVA DAWG
Korbi, I envy you as always, but thanks for your seal of approval. I really can't wait for this show to premiere this fall. I am in the process of collecting the rest of the DVDs for the original series now.
saw it a couple days ago. trash. incomprehensible. worse than the 90210 reboot. nothing that happens makes any sense or has dramatic heft and i don't care for any of these new characters. and can we talk about the (surely temp) soundtrack? it was just top 40 hit after top 40 hit that didn't even have any emotional resonance with what was happening on screen.
fail.
I read that Dave is still Jakes son, but Michael has taken on the role of his father figure for whatever reason. i wonder if something happened to Jake...
Well the fans DO HATE the face that Sydney is getting killed off again. Truly an insult to those tuning in to see Sydney..and a truly bad move for the show
I agree. The fact that Sydney is only going to be on the show in flashback is an insult as well to a fantastic actress like Laura Leighton and the fans!..If they kept Sydney alive this would have been a bigger hit
I echo it. And I can collectively say from the fan blogs I've read "We Do Hate That Sydney is Dying All Over Again" Bad move CW.