I loved the bonus chapter from Welcome to The O.C.! So funny/sad about the unheralded voice actors. Really looking forward to the whole book. I’m curious whether your rewatch changed your perspective on the show at all, from a critical standpoint? For instance, did Season 3 / Marissa get any better for you (or worse, somehow)? Or is your…
I loved the bonus chapter from Welcome to The O.C.! So funny/sad about the unheralded voice actors. Really looking forward to the whole book. I’m curious whether your rewatch changed your perspective on the show at all, from a critical standpoint? For instance, did Season 3 / Marissa get any better for you (or worse, somehow)? Or is your overall assessment largely the same as it was when it aired? (I read your blog then too!) Thank you!
I liked some parts of it more than I did back then, though not Season 3. (Everyone — Josh Schwartz included — is incredibly candid about all the ways that season was disastrous.) But I came out of season 2 more impressed than I remembered at the time, particularly in the second half. And there were also some stretches of season 1 that were less thrilling this time around, like almost anything with the parents in the second half of the season. (Did you remember that Sandy and Jimmy opened a restaurant?)
Haha I do remember the restaurant, I think that storyline played better weekly when we had hope it would be *going* somewhere. I agree that Season 3 is the weakest, but at the same time…Summer is a total delight throughout it (maybe the best Summer season!), as is Julie. Plus, Taylor (and Kaitlin)! And Mischa’s a much stronger actor by that point.
I loved the bonus chapter from Welcome to The O.C.! So funny/sad about the unheralded voice actors. Really looking forward to the whole book. I’m curious whether your rewatch changed your perspective on the show at all, from a critical standpoint? For instance, did Season 3 / Marissa get any better for you (or worse, somehow)? Or is your overall assessment largely the same as it was when it aired? (I read your blog then too!) Thank you!
I liked some parts of it more than I did back then, though not Season 3. (Everyone — Josh Schwartz included — is incredibly candid about all the ways that season was disastrous.) But I came out of season 2 more impressed than I remembered at the time, particularly in the second half. And there were also some stretches of season 1 that were less thrilling this time around, like almost anything with the parents in the second half of the season. (Did you remember that Sandy and Jimmy opened a restaurant?)
Haha I do remember the restaurant, I think that storyline played better weekly when we had hope it would be *going* somewhere. I agree that Season 3 is the weakest, but at the same time…Summer is a total delight throughout it (maybe the best Summer season!), as is Julie. Plus, Taylor (and Kaitlin)! And Mischa’s a much stronger actor by that point.