What Are Your Thoughts About Girl Meets World (The Boy Meets World Remake)?

This blog was originally published January 30, 2013 on Xanga.

 

Whether you are in your early 30's (like myself), or happen to be from a younger or older generation, do you remember Boy Meets World? 

Nearly 2 months ago, rumors had it that Disney was in the middle of creating Girl Meets World. It will be the female equivalent of Boy Meets World. 

The Girl Meets World cast will soon be taping, next month. As I read Yahoo's article about the new sitcom, an obnoxious fanboy felt the need to insult me, the past characters, and the remake. Then again, fanboys will be fanboys. 

Fanboys cannot handle whenever somebody disagrees with them or cope with change by acting rude and belligerent.

And they wonder why they are constantly the referred to as fanboys, incels, man-children, and tards?

As I was saying, I posted a comment about Girl Meets World simply giving my thoughts about how the remake will appeal to the younger Millennials and Gen Z for viewership.

There's nothing wrong with Disney wanting to make a female version of Boy Meets World for a newer generation of female viewers. Girl Meets World will mostly focus on Cory and Topanga's daughter. 

As for someone like myself, who watched every Boy Meets World episode from 1993 to 2000, I am unsure if Girl Meets World will be able to gain and maintain a huge audience. 

We live in a completely different era, now. It doesn't seem like most people today spend enough time watching TV anymore, since almost everything is streaming online.

Also, I don't think most of today's younger viewers would appreciate the female equivalent of Boy Meets World.

At least 1 Boy Meets World fanboy on Yahoo (who keeps arguing with me about my own opinion) is highly against the remake. 

The moron fails to grasp, that BOTH genders mostly watched the original sitcom for Rider Strong and Will Friedle's characters, Shawn and Eric. 

Most of us, who were 'tween and teenage girls during the '90s, mostly watched Boy Meets World for them.

Even though Ben Savage played the protagonist, all of us did not watch Boy Meets World for the protagonist, Cory Matthews. 

Cory Matthews was an obnoxious, socially inept, know-it-all with an average GPA. He later grew up to act like a smug, self-righteous, douche bag with the mentality of a 90-year-old hypochondriac.

Speaking of Cory's hypochondriac traits, which suddenly appeared as they became adults, I found it annoying. As a veteran viewer of Boy Meets World, it felt like the sitcom's writers at ABC wanted the protagonist to perpetuate negative stereotypes about Jewish American Adults. Now, regarding Shawn and Cory's older brother, Eric...

Shawn and Eric weren't exactly the brightest bulbs. However, they were the cool, hot boys on the show, that brought comic relief, angst, and edge.  

Out of every character from Boy Meets World during my adolescence , I sympathized and empathized with Shawn Hunter the most. 

I may not have been born and raised in the trailer park, but having a deadbeat dad and attending 5 different schools, before the age of 12 years old resonated with me. 

Why do I say that? 

Because that part of my life WAS like Shawn Hunter's growing up in the '90s. Bet you didn't see that coming. 

Yes, in some ways, I am the female equivalent of that Boy Meets World character, Shawn Hunter. The writers at ABC suddenly changed Shawn's life story in "The Pink Flamingo Kid" episode. 

Originally, he HAD an older sister. Shawn's sister was then replaced with a half-brother, named Eddie from The Pink Flamingo Trailer Park.. THEN, ABC's writers changed Shawn's half-brother, Eddie to be a white privilege trust fund brat, named Jack.. 

Gotta love how 2 of the protagonist's friends (Shawn and Topanga) were neck and neck with history rewrites. Then again, ABC has history of rewriting history whether it's about fictional characters, or real news. Anyway, I digress.

In order for Girl Meets World to succeed with younger Millennials and Generation Z, it MUST  have Shawn and Eric. 

Those 2 were the characters with charisma on Boy Meets World. Girl Meets World should also have a female main character, that is similar to Shawn or Eric. I'm really hoping that, Shawn and Angela reunited and have their own daughter. 

Not having at least 1 if not most of those key components to the new series, Girl Meets World is screwed.

In a way, the female remake is already at several disadvantages because there are viewers like that fanboy, who are against a female remake.

        3 Major Disadvantages To Girl Meets World:

1) Some people cannot handle CHANGE. Meaning, the remake could lose 1/2 its original fanbase.

2) Girl Meets World will be airing on Disney as opposed to ABC like the original. Not everyone has cable and not every cable owner has Disney on his/her package.

3) The acting and storylines are the biggest challenges. If these young girls can't act and the storylines suck, Girl Meets World will most definitely tank in ratings.

With that being said, what are your thoughts?

What's With People Who Can't Handle Constructive Criticism?

This blog was originally published on Xanga January 21, 2013.

 

There are different types of criticisms, that exists. Constructive criticism is only 1 example. As I already mentioned in my latest Pulse, I am bringing up the topic of people, who can't handle constructive criticism.

Constructive criticism is not about trying to insult something or someone. It is about giving both positive and negative feedback.. Negative feedback regarding constructive criticism is about spending time correcting errors.

In a way, this can somewhat apply to the increasing amount of Facebook narcissism. Most narcissists, who currently use that site are entitled, spoiled brats. They expect everybody to constantly agree with them like good Yes Men and Women (also known as SYCOPHANTS), by constantly clicking the "Like" button and praising them ad nauseam. Being a sycophant can actually do more damage than good sometimes. 

Whenever someone interacts with somebody, who disagrees and dislikes with what he/she said or did, he/she starts throwing a tantrums like a toddler in his/her terrible 2's.

Whenever I took an Art and Creative Writing Classes in both high school and college, "workshopping" was ALWAYS a requirement; Each student had to critique by giving positive and negative feedback about another classmate's work.

If we disliked someone's poem or story, we had to explain our reason(s) for WHY we disliked it without insulting that classmate and his/her work; We had to detail what needed to be inserted, revised, removed, or expanded without insulting the person and his/her work. The same format most definitely applied to Art projects being critiqued. 

Sure, there were some very rude people (especially rude classmates), but we encounter rude people everyday in society. That's just a part of life.

People, who can't handle constructive criticism typically become extremely defensive and start attacking other people like Cujo. You know the rabid dog from Stephen King's Horror novel and film?

Whenever we encounter those types of people, they usually have anger management issues, a major inferiority complex, and they are viewed as being unapproachable.

Based on my personal experiences with some people, they are usually defensive because they're used to most people destroying their confidence. Therefore, they go into Cujo Mode, as a defense mechanism. Otherwise, there are those entitled divos and divas.

Those of that ilk with hypersensitivity must realize, that in the real world, they are not always going to get their way. Therefore, they should not expect for everyone to tiptoe around them.

How will they learn anything, if they expect everyone to constantly act like tiptoeing sycophants by praising them every nano second?

If people can't handle constructive criticism, they'll never change for the better. Not only that, but these types of people will also repel other people from them. They are normally viewed as being unapproachable.

In addition, some of the biggest nitpickers cannot handle constructive criticism. Ever hear the saying, "You can dish it out but can't take it"? Nitpickers are normally in that category.

I socially distance myself from hypersensitive people and nitpickers. I don't have the time and patience to praise Cujo by giving him a doggie treat, when he has done something wrong. I'm not an enabler. 

I will provide my personal support and opinion, however I refuse to be someone's designated enabler. This especially applies to providing constructive criticism.

Whenever I encounter butt hurt people desperately in need of coddling, I wash my hands of them. Sounds harsh but life is harsh. Everything in life is never going to be and never has been a "Kumbaya" sing-along.

Sir Thomas Moore's Utopian Communist Philosophy, "Land of Utopia" always was and still is a total crock of bullshit. That's all the more reason why I named my chapbook, "It's Not All Bunnies And Sunshine."

In the meantime, what are your thoughts?

Did Tonight's Episodes Of Family Guy And American Dad Hold A Lot Of Truth?

This previously published blog debuted on Xanga January 13, 2013.

 

 

Earlier this morning, I made this Xanga account. I would've published a blog a lot sooner, but I was busy and weighing thoughts. I used to have a Yahoo 360 account ~several years ago. Then, Yahoo decided to discontinue Yahoo 360 in America. Anyway, that's not why I'm publishing this blog, tonight.

Earlier, I watched American Dad and Family Guy. While watching both cartoons, I couldn't help noticing the hidden messages behind each episode. "Brian's Play" on Family Guy had a lot of truth to it.

Personally, I was never a Brian Griffin fan. That dog has always been a pretentious showoff, closet racist, and a pompous, self-righteous hypocrite.

A few years ago, there was a Family Guy episode titled, "Tyrone Is The New Black." In that episode, Brian asked Glen Quagmire why he disliked him. In a huge rant, Quagmire listed all his reasons for hating Brian. 

Family Guy: "Glenn Quagmire Explains To Brian WHY He Hates Him" (2013)

I LOVED Quagmire's rant. He was spot on about Brian's sickening personality!

BTW: Stewie and Quagmire have always been my 2 favorite Family Guy characters.

On tonight's episode, The Griffins attended Brian's play to show their support for the play he wrote. It was highly praised by critics.

Shortly after, Stewie asked Brian to give him feedback about the play that he (Stewie) wrote. Once Brian read Stewie's play, he realized that Stewie's play was better than his own.

Out of jealousy and letting his own insecurities get the best of him, Brian stole Stewie's play. He not only stole Stewie's play, but also buried it in the backyard.

Brian then lied to Stewie about his play being badly written because Brian could NOT handle that he was upstaged by a baby, which happened to be Stewie. 

Eventually, Stewie came to the realization that Brian lied about his play being inferior to his and confronted Brian about it. Stewie made sure to tell Brian about his play being mediocre and dumbed down for people like Peter.

As I watched "Brian's Play," I noticed that tonight's episode could be easily applied to today's society regarding education and entertainment as a whole. Some critics give Family Guy so much flack.

If more people would see beyond the pop-culture references, inside jokes, and "toilet humor," they would realize there are some hidden messages behind some of Seth MacFarlane's cartoons.

Viewers who watched "Brian's Play," could apply tonight's episode to jealous people. This is especially when those same jealous people are aspiring writers.

Believe or not, some writers are jealous of another writer's work and try plagiarizing it. Otherwise, they might insult someone else' work because they don't want to admit, that someone's work is more superior than their own.

Something similar happened to me, during my college senior year at Carthage College. I took an Advance Fiction night class and wrote my short story, "The Bill Collector."

Once I read it to my night class, so many of my classmates had questions about my story to the extent, that it sparked a debate. 

As "The Bill Collector" sparked a debate, a female classmate had the audacity to call my short story "a bunch of fluff." We all looked at her like she was insane. 

This female classmate was a classmate from my previous Creative Writing class, mind you.

Wanna know what that space cadet wrote for an Instructional Poem Assignment?

She wrote an Instructional Poem about how to apply make-up! I'm not kidding in the slightest. Could she had been any dumber, if not vapid and shallow? 

Her dumb ass literally wrote a poem about how to apply some make-up. 

That same superficial space cadet was getting her degree in Secondary Education. Sweet Jesus. Talk about appalling.

Well, I guess I shouldn't be too hard on her. She could apply for a job as a Cosmetic Technical Writer or something. Secondary Education was the WRONG choice for her.

The point is a space cadet had the audacity to call my work "fluff." Maybe if her dumb ass would've actually LISTENED and PAID ATTENTION to what my story was about, she might have understood it better.

After we attended our next classroom session, she decided to approach me and tried saving face by complimenting me on how good I was at my writing. Those who really know me, know that I will confront their B.S. in a second.

Overall, "Brian's Play" held a lot of truth to it, when looking at tonight's episode of Family Guy from a writer's perspective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, tonight's episode of American Dad also held a lot of truth to it. It was mostly about Roger being lazy and taking credit for other people's work, while expecting everyone to praise him for it.

Entitlement seems to be a growing epidemic today, if you ask some of us. It's always infuriating to witness lazy and entitled people taking credit for someone else' work.

If you haven't already watched American Dad, Roger Smith is literally an illegal alien and Francine Smith is the housewife of CIA Agent, Stan Smith.

Francine loves enabling Roger for every little thing, whereas Stan and everyone else in their family know how much of a lazy, entitled, manipulating, con artist Roger is for an illegal alien (literally).

The moment Roger doesn't get his way, he cries like a big baby and Francine rushes within seconds to enable him.

In tonight's episode, Roger was supposedly "graduating" from another college and Francine was the only family member to attend his "college graduation."

Once they parked at home, Roger cried like a 2-year-old because no one else attended his so-called "graduation" except Francine.

Hailey, who is Stan and Francine's oldest daughter and the oldest child, told Roger that it was because he's a fraud. 

Considering that Roger always has a gajillion alias names with wigs and wardrobes to match each persona, there is a lot of truth in what was said about Roger being a fraud.

I think he has so many aliases because it's the only way he can assimilate on a planet with mostly human beings. Well, that, along with him always cooking up some scheme.

Francine tried getting Roger to do something, that he could actually take pride in and be able to say, that he honestly did something independently. So, Roger entered a race and literally fell on his face. In usual format, he started crying. 

As usual, Francine enabled Roger. She bought him a cone with 3 different ice cream flavors and gave Roger his own custom made "medal," once they got back into the car.

Next, Roger jumped out the car and started running in the race again. He supposedly "won" 1st place, and threw the ice cream cone literally on Francine's face. 

Roger also "won" a red Mazda Miata. Eventually, a man beat him up for the car. Because Roger loves confiscating other people's awards, I got the impression, that the red Mazda Miata was a stolen car.

Later, Roger concocted another scheme, claiming that he "built" some island and hired paid actors to pretend they were native people. He even choreographed their dance routines and attacks on he and Francine because he wanted to impress her so badly. That last part was and still is a major eye roll because it's total hogwash.

Regarding tonight's American Dad episode, the hidden message was mostly about lazy and entitled people, that love taking credit for someone else' hard work. 

Such an ilk of people has been pissing me off for years. Within the last decade or so, they became a lot worse. 

There is always some enabler(s) around the corner, who loves coddling and rewarding somebody for a job, which was not well done, much less a job NOT done.

This reminds me of the fable, The Little Red Hen. All the other animals wanted to reap the benefits but didn't want to do any of the work. That's what today's society has become. 

We live in a society filled with lazy and extremely entitled, opportunists, beating and cheating their ways to the top. If someone doesn't belong to a certain clique, he/she is royally screwed. Well, that's enough for tonight.

What are your thoughts? Let me know what you think!