Glee - anyone watch it?

[frogboy4]

Watched Glee on the Hulu and now I'm addicted. I'm not a big fan of High School Musical because it's a little too glossy for my taste and it largely speaks to a younger age group while this one easily connects to my high school experiences. Anyone else watch this show?

 

[Gelfling Girl]

I saw some of it but only the first few minutes of it.

 

[redBoobergurl]

I do I do! I love it, I'm hooked already!

 

[theprawncracker]

Yeeees! This is my new TV addiction! Goes right up there with How I Met Your Mother and The Office as my must-watches for the week. The writing on the show is brilliant, and the songs are fantastic. It's so real and very much what high school is. Great stuff!

 

[Ilikemuppets]

I aw it and I thought it was okay. I don't know what to make of it. Kind of felt duped by the advertising.

 

[Teheheman]

I thought that the first episode was pretty good, saw the 2nd before it premiered on TV and thought it had potential, the 3rd wasn't TOO bad. Could've been better but since I now seem to have a better sense of the characters, and realizing that this is a dramedy, I think that it was true to the show. How they're gonna keep it up is a mystery but for NOW, it's pretty good.

Daniel

 

[Drtooth]

I'm not a big fan of High School Musical because it's a little too glossy for my taste and it largely speaks to a younger age group while this one easily connects to my high school experiences.

While I hate HSM too (for obvious reasons I stated before), there is just too much realism of said high school that makes me wanna stay away from it. Sure, I guess I'd like it if I got the chance or something... but the whole aspect of the realism of high school... I mean, even the TEACHERS hate them. People treating the protagonists like crap... I watch TV to escape.

I have the same problem with Ugly Betty, It's like she's in a world that doesn't want her... It's just too depressing for my tastes. I'd rather have something where the character who is forced to be an outcast can rise up and become a hero in a half hour time frame... not the run of a series. You know, a good ol' fashioned fantasy type deal. I say, life's depressing enough not to have to watch something that depresses you.

Now, if it were a lot more like Revenge of the Nerds or something, and the bullies, jocks, and nasty teachers get their comeuppance in a non-violent, comedic way, I'm all for it.

 

[frogboy4]

While I hate HSM too (for obvious reasons I stated before), there is just too much realism of said high school that makes me wanna stay away from it. Sure, I guess I'd like it if I got the chance or something... but the whole aspect of the realism of high school... I mean, even the TEACHERS hate them. People treating the protagonists like crap... I watch TV to escape.

I have the same problem with Ugly Betty, It's like she's in a world that doesn't want her... It's just too depressing for my tastes. I'd rather have something where the character who is forced to be an outcast can rise up and become a hero in a half hour time frame... not the run of a series. You know, a good ol' fashioned fantasy type deal. I say, life's depressing enough not to have to watch something that depresses you.

Now, if it were a lot more like Revenge of the Nerds or something, and the bullies, jocks, and nasty teachers get their comeuppance in a non-violent, comedic way, I'm all for it.

I think the victories in Glee are smaller, but just as valuable. Anyone who's been in the arts in High School can attest to the fact that the department always gets hosed while the sports teams get all the acclaim and funding.

Glee has shades of Ally McBeal, but set in High School and without a creepy dancing baby or anorexic protagonist. Everyone here is beautifully flawed. Like it should be. No Zach Efrons with trendy haircuts that require constant styling. This is close to an actual High School as I’ve seen on television. Minus the technology of iphones and facebook pages of course.

 

[dwmckim]

I have the same problem with Ugly Betty, It's like she's in a world that doesn't want her... It's just too depressing for my tastes. I'd rather have something where the character who is forced to be an outcast can rise up and become a hero in a half hour time frame... not the run of a series. You know, a good ol' fashioned fantasy type deal. I say, life's depressing enough not to have to watch something that depresses you.

Not having seen Glee, i can't comment on how this may apply, but i don't see that in Ugly Betty (though i see how it can be perceived that way) One of the many great things about Betty is that she DOES often end up on top or even when she doesn't, she holds on to her dignity, her soul, and ends up coming across as the most truly beautiful person on the show...and she gets some pretty major cutie-pie love interests!

 

[Drtooth]

Not having seen Glee, i can't comment on how this may apply, but i don't see that in Ugly Betty (though i see how it can be perceived that way) One of the many great things about Betty is that she DOES often end up on top or even when she doesn't, she holds on to her dignity, her soul, and ends up coming across as the most truly beautiful person on the show...and she gets some pretty major cutie-pie love interests!

You know... I take it back, actually. The villains in that show are very cartoony (not an insult coming from me)... in fact, if you made the villain on this show all men, they'd have long capes and opera coats, twiddle their pencil thin mustaches and chortle "NYeah Eh EH!" Which I like. I haven't seen enough of Glee to really speak on its behalf (and had I known that Modern Family sucked, I woulda watched that, instead of boring myself with another Office wanna be), but the villains (or antagonists) are almost real life.

Plus, the major thing keeping me from enjoying Ugly Betty was the fact it was opposite My name is Earl. Don't have that problem anymore (* & ^ % $ Parks and Recreation)

So,I see exactly what you mean. My problem is the escpaism of a good ol' fashion Good triumphing over evil, cartoony sense. And I think Betty's exaggerated world fares better for me.