rocky845

^ That is exactly how I felt about him. In the beginning, I was drawn to him because I thought he was cute. Then as the years went by, I found myself getting sucked in by how tough he had it, and how he dealt with things.

msstock87

Right! I loved learning more and more about his back story as time went on.

rocky845

^ Oh, me too. I always wondered how he was so knowledgeable that he was always giving Cory advice ...but then I found out why. He had to grow up faster than his friends and classmates, so he had to learn the ways of the world before they did.

starryeyesxx

He did, I missed a lot of it when I was younger, but when I go back & rewatch I notice a lot that clues you in to what his homelife was like. It's like how they liked to show him eating a lot at school, to hint that there wasn't much food at home

msstock87

Right! When you go back and watch as an adult, you realize how strong Shawn really did have to be.

rocky845

^ Oh, yes. He didn't like people knowing how hard he had it, so he tried his best to keep it on the down-low.


The part in bold -- I missed that part. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for that.

starryeyesxx

I was watching an episode with the commentary & MJ mentioned it specifically otherwise I probably wouldn't have noticed either

msstock87

I remember that commentary! I love those on the DVDs.

starryeyesxx

Me too, I wish that the later seasons had them too

rocky845

Thanks for sharing that detail. I don't have the DVDs so that is brand-new information for me. Please feel free to share any other details that you come across.

starryeyesxx

Sure, unforunately they're only on a few eps on the first two seasons though, no more after that

rocky845

^ Rats! The commentaries and other behind-the-scenes goodies are why I love buying the DVDs. I love discovering new details that I didn't know about when I watched the show.

I just checked Rider's IMDb page, and it looks like he's kept busy since Girl Meets World ended.

starryeyesxx

Me too, I'm hoping that they might get around to doing some more commentaries at some point...

& that's great for him

rocky845

^ That would be awesome...even though I don't know how that would work. How would they do commentaries if the DVD sets are already out there?

I knew that he would find other projects to take on. Rider has found plenty of post-Boy Meets World work, so of course he was going to be able to find other projects after Girl Meets World.

starryeyesxx

Well, they'd have to release new dvds

I think Rider could have been way more successful if he wanted to be, but I think he kinda lost interest in acting. Still, I wish him all the best behind the scenes if that's what he'd rather do