I am rewatching the whole series. I do not know if the writers had their Gossip Girl in mind from the start, but I think I've seen a pretty good hint in this episode! Wonder if that conitnious during the rest of the show :)
Wow, Chuck is a nasty piece of work. Very brave to have him sexually harass two girls in a pilot episode. It didn't feel like a pilot. I honestly thought maybe I'd started watching the second season by accident but once I got used to the fact we've jumped straight into the drama, I liked the set-up. It seems more realistic. Much like 90210, it started with an entrance, in this case a return and I think that's a great catalyst to begin a story. Taylor Momsen's character Jenny is my favourite so far: clever, pretty and witty. Want to know more about Blair so she doesn't feel so much like a stuck-up bitch.
Very late to the game here! These shows aren't usually my thing in all honesty, but I've been running out of shows to watch (with a 115 days watch time, it was inevitable), so have finally started this after hearing positive things. Have to say the pilot surprised the hell out of me, found myself liking more than one character already, mostly Blakes character 'Serbriba', something a lot of shows fail to do in their pilot episode. Speaking of which this didn't feel like a pilot, in all honesty 85% of pilot episodes are awful! This falls into the 15% of great ones for me, am definitely sticking with this for now, good job Gossip Girl - Episidd 1: 8.3/10
Can I ship YOU wit7h Serena? It took me years to watch it but I actually liked it.
I came into Gossip Girl after the series ended, hearing the hype I chose to give it a look and see what happened. This pilot took far to long to get into the story-line for me, and that was disappointing. When it did get into the story-line, I found that I liked the characters. It was like watching a pre-teen Days of Our Lives, drama, scandals, rich families, and over the top situations.
To be honest even though it was interest and Soap Opera like, I feel that if I never saw it again I wouldn't be upset, nor do I sit and dwell on what will happen in the next episode as I do with other shows. I feel no hunger to continue, it will be a show that fills my time when there is nothing else to watch, or when I have on NetFlix in the background and want something that I don't have to pay attention to.
WOW, I had forgotten how fast-paced this episode was. After first seeing it in my early teens, Gossip Girl's "Pilot" continues at the top of my list as one of the best entries any TV show has ever had as I reach the end of them.
There's something so appealing about how the makeup Blair and Serena wear makes me feel, about how Chuck's scarf matches his coat perfectly, or about the hostility in the characters' eyes when they taunt each other. Beyond beautiful cinematography and fashion choices that influenced an entire generation, I thoroughly enjoy the sense of adventure surrounding the show, some of the best tics that teen drama writing has shown us over the past 20 years are here. The motivations these characters have seem natural given their background and work very well when thinking of the series as a social satire, which avoids feeling that the fallouts between them are forced. We just met the characters and it feels like they're acting like themselves.
My only issue with the footage is the use of constant close-ups on their faces when longer interactions take place, which can get tiresome in a 40-minute run, I'll be keeping an eye on that for future episodes. (Can anyone really complain about seeing Chance Crawford's hair or Leighton Meester's lips closer?)...
A soundtrack filled with VERY mid-2000s music also helps us get into the time capsule that Gossip Girl has become by now, it also makes the pace over scene transitions go crazy. And I'm already guessing this will become an issue when the messy dramatic stuff (which every CW show is apparently required to have) overwhelms the writing and the archetypal aspect of our smuggy teens.
Portraying New York like this series does also helps us understand why these characters act the way they do. From the discussion between our female protagonists on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (I only found out this while researching and it already made me love this episode more!) to the vanity in the Walford's apartment, you can tell by the arrogance in every interaction that they love living in the Upper West Side, that they love being rich and spoiled.
Althought it's true that the shows' comment on loss of identity while growing up may seem superficial (good enough for their target audience), the pilot sets the possibility of deeper deliberations on how the relationship these kids have with their parents affect their reckless behavior. The strongest commentary is obviously about how the emerging social media changed what it means to be a teenager, as everyone is afraid of vigilance and judgment but, at the same time, they're the ones that vigilate and judge the most. And I have to say... it's LOVELY that a show that focus on such topics was the first one that succeeded primarily on the Internet instead of the typical US television metrics until then.
Overall, the first look we get at Gossip Girl not only presents the dynamics that the audience will experience on a weekly basis, but also brings up a series of questions that make us invested enough to watch the next episode: What will happen between Dan and Serena? Will their parents' rivalry (Is that really a rivalry? What happened between them in the past?) affect their feelings for each other? What are going to be the consequences for Chuck after sexually harassing two girls in less than 24 hours? What about Blair, will she have to choose between Nate or Serena in the near future? And, of course, the one that started the shows premise at the first place: Who the hell is Gossip Girl?
Interesting first episode. Chuck is a complete asshole what the fuck is wrong with that ass. I actually like Dan and Serena. My predictions so far: the gossip girl is either one of the adults or Jenny or Dan.
6/10
Wow, what kind of profoundly depressing line is "You are never going to be more beautiful, or more thin, or more happy than you are now." I mean, I guess that's the point but these are the most pretentious and sad people I have ever witnessed and I have zero interest in watching this show further. It doesn't help that while this may have been how it felt to be a teenager, watching this as an adult just makes me want to grab and shake and yell at these people "grow up!" and that goes for the actual adults even more so. Hard pass.
It’s weird we like chick at the end considering what an absolute cunt he starts off as
looking for some drama to invest in right after binge watching cartoons from my childhood, and this really scratched the itch! I cannot figure out how old the characters are supposed to be and so far they are all kind of just blending in together. Really good pilot that can hook you right in.
Shout by dewdropvelvetBlockedParent2020-03-25T02:11:42Z
A great pilot.
Blake Lively was mesmerizing as Serena.