Gilmore Girls - Gilmore Girls DVDs #3 ~ Now ALL Seasons on DVD! - Page 4

Sheila*Bryant · 11-29-2007, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Mareike (View Post)

I definitely hadn't seen that before with Kelly looking that way. I also think that I haven't seen the exact pic of the S7 thing with Ed and Kelly.

Yup, I hadn't seen those before either.

The S7 pic is definitely pre S4 (EH without mustache?)
The EH shot looks like it is from the same series of pictures we know as S3 promo shots.
What confuses me a bit about the KB shot is that she wears the same outfit as in the S1 promo shot but he hairdo & make-up is definitely post-Pilot.
I also think that both pictures were taken separately and then put together afterwards.

Mareike · 11-29-2007, 02:15 PM

I think it's from the Promo stills for S1...

**maplezbear** · 11-29-2007, 08:02 PM

Wow! Thanks for posting all the box set details and pics, Sheila*Bryant. It's a shame there isn't any new extras with it though.

And that shot with the gazebo... I really liked that pic. Glad they at least put one new thing in there.

**let me sign** · 11-30-2007, 12:40 AM

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And that shot with the gazebo... I really liked that pic. Glad they at least put one new thing in there.

but that just prooves just how many pics they still have and never showed to us!! that's a CRIME!!! I mean just think how many more they can have! and we will never know!!!!

not to mention those season 7 S/L ones!!!

Cappuccino · 11-30-2007, 11:09 AM

I have only seen that version of the picture -> click

Miss GoodManners · 11-30-2007, 12:07 PM

Thanks Cira for the detailed description! Can I say this entire box looks like a really bad thing from Barbie's world? Really! When I was a child I had tons of things like Barbie's suitcase that became a house,Barbie's camper and things like that,but surely they had more fashion and style than this thing! And why didn't they use a recent shot of Emily and Richard? He's pre.S4 for sure and she has the same dress as in the pilot even if make up and hairstyle are recent ones(thank God!).

lancer1993 · 11-30-2007, 01:27 PM

I have to wonder who the new box set is aimed at, maybe 5-12yo girls?

jensinger · 11-30-2007, 03:37 PM

Yeah, that series box set is definitely aimed for a younger audience.

fox24 · 12-01-2007, 01:02 PM

Well I am happy that DVD people in the complete box set at least remembered Logan and put a picture of him.

vaso · 12-02-2007, 04:42 PM

Thanks for those pics. The box set is MUCH worse than i expected. Well i'm not 12 so i'm not buying it.

lancer1993 · 12-02-2007, 06:59 PM

If I didn't have the first 6 season I would probably not get S7, but I will just to complete the set.

**maplezbear** · 12-04-2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by lancer1993 (View Post)

If I didn't have the first 6 season I would probably not get S7, but I will just to complete the set.

Same here

lancer1993 · 12-04-2007, 05:30 PM

I'm hoping some kind person will post the other extras

then I can wait till it comes out here and drops to 1/2 price since that's all the last season is worth

lancer1993 · 12-06-2007, 08:57 PM

Sorry for the double post.

Nadine posted this link on the LG News thread.

It's a pretty good review, praising Lauren.

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DVD Review: Gilmore Girls - The Seventh Season
Written by Patrick
Published December 06, 2007

I stopped watching the seventh season of Gilmore Girls about two thirds of the way through it. I’d seen, and loved, the previous six seasons, but the departure of the show’s creator Amy Sherman-Palladino robbed the show of its soul. A lot of people had issues with the sixth season, but I loved what she had done with the characters, and was eager to see her finish the story.

Midway through this season, there’s a plot development so bad, it pretty much knocked me off the show. The incredibly tight character focus that the Palladinos had developed over the course of the series was neglected for sensational soap opera plotting. The show had drifted so far from what I liked that I didn’t have any particular desire to see the end.

But then the season came out on DVD, so I figured I might as well finish it up. Watching the final six episodes, I was actually pretty impressed. It was still not near what the Palladinos were doing, but it was competent enough to be a satisfying finale to the series.

The series always had two great strengths, Palladino’s writing and Lauren Graham’s performance. Even though the writing isn’t there, Lauren Graham is still amazing. Lorelai Gilmore is one of the most likable and complex characters in the history of television. A lot of TV characters go through a litany of really awful stuff. Look at Nate on Six Feet Under, he’s a regular guy, but suffers through so much, it’s hard to relate to his troubles on an everyday level. Lorelai’s problems are the sort of things that real people face, and her constant refusal to really engage with those problems is how a lot of real people deal with the stuff they face. With the exception of the amazing drunk confession scene at Lane’s wedding, we generally watch her suffer in silence, claiming to be fine even as she feels increasingly worried about her impending loneliness.

That loneliness is magnified as she starts to realize that Rory will soon be leaving her forever. Even before Rory graduates, you can see her starting to worry about her potentially lonely future. The Christopher arc earlier in the season was a big mistake because it filled plot without allowing for real character development. It was a brash, hard to believe decision, and from the moment it happened, it was clear that it would eventually be undone. Once it’s undone, we can view Lorelai not as part of a romantic unit, but just as herself. The show usually worked best when Lorelai was isolated, her relationships with Max or Digger were low points for the show because her participation in the relationship numbs her individuality.

In the background of the season, we get her gradual move towards reconciliation with Luke, but that’s not the focus, it happens naturally. Luke is the character who comes out of the last season the best. We get a better understanding of his behavior at the end of the sixth season, and can watch him and Lorelai struggle to return to what they were after the schism at the end of last year.

The other storyline that works really well is the bonding between Luke and Zach/Lane. They adopt him as a father figure, and his experience with April gives them a template for dealing with future developments in their storyline. That was a great use of supporting characters for a successful plot line.

However, I still have huge issues with the major Lane storyline of the season, and the way it’s handled doesn’t make things better. Without getting into spoilers, the Lane of yore basically dies in this season, in the service of another sensational, uninteresting plot. On this show in particular, crazy big events don’t have to happen, much of the joy is in just watching the characters.

While I absolutely loved parts of these episodes, the things that always bothered me about the show were still there. The townspeople are almost always just annoying. I think Twin Peaks did the definitive wacky townsfolk, and countless other shows have presented similar one-note, quirky characters. The show always pulled in a number of directions, and the town direction usually didn’t work so well.

The last episodes combine the annoying townspeople with the other thing that really bothers me about the show, and that’s the overly effusive praise of Rory. I think she’s okay in her own storylines, but I hate how the characters of the show constantly praise her. It’s one thing when her grandparents do it, but I’d hope that the townspeople would have better things to do than want to go to Rory’s graduation at Yale, and I certainly don’t think they would be distraught when they find out they can’t get tickets. I suppose it’s not meant to be realistic, but it just bothers me when they do stories talking about how great Rory is.

That’s one of the reasons that the show plays better when watched in bulk than week by week. The bad town stuff just sort of blends into the background, and the stronger stories remain in the fore. I think the show would have been very different, and probably better, if there was less focus on the quirkiness of the town and things were centered more around the three generations of Gilmores. The stories about Richard and Emily almost always work well, particularly the slightly on the nose but still successful trip to North Carolina episode.

But ultimately, it’s Lauren Graham who makes the show so good. She is the center of everything, and is able to skillfully navigate between comedy and drama, frequently using her comedy as mask for the sadness underneath.

The show ends on a slightly predictable, but still satisfying note. This isn’t a Six Feet Under-style perfect ending, or a Sopranos-style controversial statement. It’s just the story resolving itself for now, the characters going on, growing and changing, but keeping the relationships they had.

This last season still lacks some of the magic that the Palladinos brought to the show. The camera work is more conventional, and the characters frequently are subsumed to overarching plot machinations. But the performances are still strong and the show goes out on a good note.

**maplezbear** · 12-07-2007, 05:05 AM

Thanks for posting that, Craig.