Gilmore Girls Reunion
June 9, 2015 12:26 PM Subscribe
All three Gilmore Girls, (Lorelai, Rory and Emily) plus series creators Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino and a whole bunch of cast members show up for the Gilmore Girls cast reunion at the Austin Television Festival. You can watch a video of the [almost] full panel.
In addition to Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel and Kelly Bishop, the actors for these characters also showed up: Luke, Lane, Michel, Miss Paty, Dean, Jess, Logan, Paris, Doyle, Taylor, Zack, Brian, and an empty chair for Richard.
In addition to Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel and Kelly Bishop, the actors for these characters also showed up: Luke, Lane, Michel, Miss Paty, Dean, Jess, Logan, Paris, Doyle, Taylor, Zack, Brian, and an empty chair for Richard.
Not ALL of the Gilmore Girls -- what about Trix?
/gilmoregeek
posted by St. Hubbins at 12:40 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
/gilmoregeek
posted by St. Hubbins at 12:40 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Well, Trix died, sadly. :(
posted by CrazyLemonade at 12:41 PM on June 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by CrazyLemonade at 12:41 PM on June 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
The Gilmore Guys were there! Is everyone listening to The Gilmore Guys? You should be if you aren't (especially the interview they just did with Scott Patterson). I, like Demi, am watching the series for the first time. I like the Guys more than I like the Girls at this point (top of season 4 is snooze city for me, hopefully it picks up soon).
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:45 PM on June 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:45 PM on June 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
It's crazy to me that Kelly Bishop looks so great when my grandmother is dead since I am pretty sure Emily Gilmore and my grandmother were actually the same person.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 12:48 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 12:48 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
The loss of Edward Hermann is just so devastating. While I was watching the Twitters the other night, I put this clip on, which is my favorite Gilmore Girls scene ever.
That being said, I find the Gilmore Guys completely awful. Dislike, dislike.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 12:49 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
That being said, I find the Gilmore Guys completely awful. Dislike, dislike.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 12:49 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
I was sad that they didn't mention that Melissa McCarthy wasn't there. Like, why not note the glaring omission? (Although I get that she was busy with Spy)
Also this was delightful, but I wish Kelly Bishop spoke more, and Amy Sherman-Palladino spoke less.
posted by likeatoaster at 12:53 PM on June 9, 2015
Also this was delightful, but I wish Kelly Bishop spoke more, and Amy Sherman-Palladino spoke less.
posted by likeatoaster at 12:53 PM on June 9, 2015
I like the Guys
I find the Gilmore Guys completely awful.
God is it Friday night dinner ALREADY?
posted by MCMikeNamara at 12:54 PM on June 9, 2015 [12 favorites]
I find the Gilmore Guys completely awful.
God is it Friday night dinner ALREADY?
posted by MCMikeNamara at 12:54 PM on June 9, 2015 [12 favorites]
I was recently turned on to The Gilmore Guys! Their podcasts (at least the early ones -- I haven't gotten too far yet) are charming and make me laugh inappropriately at the gym. I love that they identified Emily as the best character basically immediately; I'm "the same age" as Rory so adolescence blinded me to that fact until more recent re-views.
posted by telegraph at 12:55 PM on June 9, 2015
posted by telegraph at 12:55 PM on June 9, 2015
MCMikeNamara, martini please.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 12:56 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 12:56 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
TPS, we are Gilmore twins because I am watching season 4 episode 10 RIGHTNOW. I had never seen the Gilmore Girls before the binge started last month. What the hell is wrong with me?
posted by something something at 12:56 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by something something at 12:56 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Pips is a big fan and sort of drew me in as well. And this show is where my crush on Melissa McCarthy began. And it was also great seeing Edward Hermann do some great character acting.
posted by jonmc at 1:13 PM on June 9, 2015
posted by jonmc at 1:13 PM on June 9, 2015
Also, Hep Alien reunited, minus that old dude on guitar. I wonder what Kirk was up to?
posted by cottoncandybeard at 1:15 PM on June 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by cottoncandybeard at 1:15 PM on June 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Of particular note: Jess is Team Dean, Dean is Team Jess. And of course, no one with any fucking sense is Team Logan.
posted by Etrigan at 1:16 PM on June 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 1:16 PM on June 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
Surely Etrigan you can't leave out Team Paris.
posted by Wretch729 at 1:32 PM on June 9, 2015 [12 favorites]
posted by Wretch729 at 1:32 PM on June 9, 2015 [12 favorites]
And of course, no one with any fucking sense is Team Logan.
Totally disagree with this; I think Logan is PERFECT for Rory. She does not live up to her mother and grandmother; she gets by through the support of people awesomer than she is by being sweet and likeable. Jess is too good for her and Dean is too boring for ANYONE. He does have the Rory hero worship to which she has become accustomed but I don't think marrying someone like that would work for her long term. Logan, on the other hand, loves her and respects her abilities and ambitions just enough without being completely in awe of her, and that's what she needs. Everyone has always been in awe of Rory for no real reason and I think someone with a realistic perspective is very healthy for her.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 1:37 PM on June 9, 2015 [28 favorites]
Totally disagree with this; I think Logan is PERFECT for Rory. She does not live up to her mother and grandmother; she gets by through the support of people awesomer than she is by being sweet and likeable. Jess is too good for her and Dean is too boring for ANYONE. He does have the Rory hero worship to which she has become accustomed but I don't think marrying someone like that would work for her long term. Logan, on the other hand, loves her and respects her abilities and ambitions just enough without being completely in awe of her, and that's what she needs. Everyone has always been in awe of Rory for no real reason and I think someone with a realistic perspective is very healthy for her.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 1:37 PM on June 9, 2015 [28 favorites]
I am also Team Logan. He's the only one who called Rory on her shit.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 1:39 PM on June 9, 2015 [11 favorites]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 1:39 PM on June 9, 2015 [11 favorites]
Thanks for the video. I wished I could attend ATX. (There was also a panel about "Journeyman," which ran for what, 7 episodes?!) I’d been going through another "A Chorus Line" obsession again recently, and Kelly Bishop is always Sheila (“You need any women?”) as well as Emily Gilmore to me.
posted by NorthernLite at 1:50 PM on June 9, 2015
posted by NorthernLite at 1:50 PM on June 9, 2015
Alexis Bledel is the same age now that Lauren Graham was when the show premiered. Time continues moving forward for some reason.
posted by aaronetc at 1:53 PM on June 9, 2015 [22 favorites]
posted by aaronetc at 1:53 PM on June 9, 2015 [22 favorites]
Gilmore Girls is such a weird show for me.
In general, the characterizations were pretty good, there weren't many miscasts, and the actors did the scripts justice.
It's compelling TV when you're in the mood for that kind of over the top drama.
The problem is, they are almost all horrible characters.
With the exception of the diner guy and Mr. Gilmore (who I think of as mostly harmless), the entire show is filled with odious, narcissistic jerks.
It's like the writers read all of the AskMe DTMFA threads and decided to make the MF the hero of the show.
Better yet, let's see if we can make people root for the bad guy!
It's amazingly done.
posted by madajb at 2:25 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
In general, the characterizations were pretty good, there weren't many miscasts, and the actors did the scripts justice.
It's compelling TV when you're in the mood for that kind of over the top drama.
The problem is, they are almost all horrible characters.
With the exception of the diner guy and Mr. Gilmore (who I think of as mostly harmless), the entire show is filled with odious, narcissistic jerks.
It's like the writers read all of the AskMe DTMFA threads and decided to make the MF the hero of the show.
Better yet, let's see if we can make people root for the bad guy!
It's amazingly done.
posted by madajb at 2:25 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Alexis Bledel is the same age now that Lauren Graham was when the show premiered. Time continues moving forward for some reason.
Shortly after the show ended its original run, my boyfriend at the time was watching the show for the first time on ABC Family, and in a Season 1 episode, I said "Alexis Bledel was such a baby!"
The other day, same-guy-now-my-partner was watching a season 1 episode again and I said "Lauren Graham was such a baby!"
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:25 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Shortly after the show ended its original run, my boyfriend at the time was watching the show for the first time on ABC Family, and in a Season 1 episode, I said "Alexis Bledel was such a baby!"
The other day, same-guy-now-my-partner was watching a season 1 episode again and I said "Lauren Graham was such a baby!"
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:25 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Alexis Bledel is the same age now that Lauren Graham was when the show premiered. Time continues moving forward for some reason.
To make us all old, obviously.
But seriously, thats crazy. I'm only a year younger than Alexis Bledel, and watched from the first season. We basically grew up together.
posted by CrazyLemonade at 2:43 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
To make us all old, obviously.
But seriously, thats crazy. I'm only a year younger than Alexis Bledel, and watched from the first season. We basically grew up together.
posted by CrazyLemonade at 2:43 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I am pretty sure Emily Gilmore and my grandmother were actually the same person.
That can't be possible, because Emily Gilmore is MY grandmother. Except we're much lower class.
(Also, totally Team Logan. Sure, he's kind of a douche, but he's the only boyfriend that challenged Rory and made her grow. Jess would have done that if he'd been more sure of himself and had less emotional baggage, but he ended up being kind of too good for her in the end. And Dean, bless his sweet floppy-haired heart, dating him is like dating a cardboard cutout. So boring.)
posted by palomar at 2:47 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
That can't be possible, because Emily Gilmore is MY grandmother. Except we're much lower class.
(Also, totally Team Logan. Sure, he's kind of a douche, but he's the only boyfriend that challenged Rory and made her grow. Jess would have done that if he'd been more sure of himself and had less emotional baggage, but he ended up being kind of too good for her in the end. And Dean, bless his sweet floppy-haired heart, dating him is like dating a cardboard cutout. So boring.)
posted by palomar at 2:47 PM on June 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Swell. Once more, attractive and likeable characters have an opportunity to quickly speak clever witticisms at each other.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 3:09 PM on June 9, 2015
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 3:09 PM on June 9, 2015
I have such a complicated relationship with Gilmore Girls -- I only ever watched it on ABC Family and never on prime time (it was a matter of scheduling -- I was working evenings) and then I binged the whole thing when it showed up on Netflix this year.
I like Lorelai (until I don't). I like Rory ... sort of (I do dream of writing fan-fiction from the perspective of some Stars Hollow teen who started a "I Hate Rory Gilmore" club). Lane was awesome until ... well, yeah, let's just ignore Lane's eventual fate. Paris is great. Sookie and Jackson ended up in a weird place. (I'm Team Jess because Jess got his shit together, but Logan was probably the best match for Rory.) But yeah, Emily Gilmore is really the best of the bunch.
It's definitely a show about likable assholes (who don't realize they're assholes). Or unlikable people you don't realize are unlikable until you think about it? I'm not really sure. The weirdest thing about it for me is that while I remember plots and general arcs and storylines, there's very few individual episodes that stand out for me. Other than something like "They Shoot Gilmores Don't They" or "Friday Night's Alright for Fighting" that do play with structure a bit, all the episodes just kind of blur together. I don't have a favorite. I can't think of a Gilmore Girls episode that I'd point to as "This is why you should watch this show."
However, it's perfect passive watching since it's so talky. It's a good binge-watch. I recently went through Season 3 again and I'm now in Season 4. I may make it through Season 5 and then I'm done.
posted by darksong at 4:26 PM on June 9, 2015
I like Lorelai (until I don't). I like Rory ... sort of (I do dream of writing fan-fiction from the perspective of some Stars Hollow teen who started a "I Hate Rory Gilmore" club). Lane was awesome until ... well, yeah, let's just ignore Lane's eventual fate. Paris is great. Sookie and Jackson ended up in a weird place. (I'm Team Jess because Jess got his shit together, but Logan was probably the best match for Rory.) But yeah, Emily Gilmore is really the best of the bunch.
It's definitely a show about likable assholes (who don't realize they're assholes). Or unlikable people you don't realize are unlikable until you think about it? I'm not really sure. The weirdest thing about it for me is that while I remember plots and general arcs and storylines, there's very few individual episodes that stand out for me. Other than something like "They Shoot Gilmores Don't They" or "Friday Night's Alright for Fighting" that do play with structure a bit, all the episodes just kind of blur together. I don't have a favorite. I can't think of a Gilmore Girls episode that I'd point to as "This is why you should watch this show."
However, it's perfect passive watching since it's so talky. It's a good binge-watch. I recently went through Season 3 again and I'm now in Season 4. I may make it through Season 5 and then I'm done.
posted by darksong at 4:26 PM on June 9, 2015
I'm searching and searching and I still don't see cat-kirk. Someone tell me my eyes are deficient!
posted by Carillon at 4:40 PM on June 9, 2015
posted by Carillon at 4:40 PM on June 9, 2015
Totally disagree with this; I think Logan is PERFECT for Rory....
I am also Team Logan. He's the only one who called Rory on her shit.
Matt Czuchry isn't even Team Logan. As he put it before the panel, "[A] lot of me thinks Rory probably made the right decision in terms of saying no. Not just because of it being Logan, but just at that time in her life."
Notice that everyone fobs her off on someone else, whether in the form of the other guy in her life at the time or just generally "Nah, not right now." Rory Gilmore is a work of art that you're pretty sure is great, because everyone tells you it's great, and it's pricey, and the artist is either super-famous or "about to break out", but it doesn't really grab you, and it doesn't go with your decor at all, so you leave it at the gallery, trying to convince yourself that you're just not good enough to own a Rory Gilmore. Maybe some day you will be, but... no, not yet.
posted by Etrigan at 4:44 PM on June 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
I am also Team Logan. He's the only one who called Rory on her shit.
Matt Czuchry isn't even Team Logan. As he put it before the panel, "[A] lot of me thinks Rory probably made the right decision in terms of saying no. Not just because of it being Logan, but just at that time in her life."
Notice that everyone fobs her off on someone else, whether in the form of the other guy in her life at the time or just generally "Nah, not right now." Rory Gilmore is a work of art that you're pretty sure is great, because everyone tells you it's great, and it's pricey, and the artist is either super-famous or "about to break out", but it doesn't really grab you, and it doesn't go with your decor at all, so you leave it at the gallery, trying to convince yourself that you're just not good enough to own a Rory Gilmore. Maybe some day you will be, but... no, not yet.
posted by Etrigan at 4:44 PM on June 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
I'll be Team Pete Campbell.
I'm on my fourth binge now. I watched the first time when it was on released on DVD (how can that sound so old-fashioned already?), then the next two times on Netflix streaming.
The more I watch it, the more unlikeable Rory becomes as she works through Yale. Seriously. It's weird! I don't like this feeling, and I want a reunion movie to show what kind of person Grown UP Rory became.
Also, I hate people like this (like me), but I DO feel like I deserve credit for having loved loved loved Melissa McCarthy way before she became superstar Melisa McCarthy. I even watched Samantha Who? because of her!
posted by MoxieProxy at 5:27 PM on June 9, 2015
I'm on my fourth binge now. I watched the first time when it was on released on DVD (how can that sound so old-fashioned already?), then the next two times on Netflix streaming.
The more I watch it, the more unlikeable Rory becomes as she works through Yale. Seriously. It's weird! I don't like this feeling, and I want a reunion movie to show what kind of person Grown UP Rory became.
Also, I hate people like this (like me), but I DO feel like I deserve credit for having loved loved loved Melissa McCarthy way before she became superstar Melisa McCarthy. I even watched Samantha Who? because of her!
posted by MoxieProxy at 5:27 PM on June 9, 2015
Danny Strong does pretty well for himself getting roles in iconic tv shows, yeah?
posted by gaspode at 5:48 PM on June 9, 2015
posted by gaspode at 5:48 PM on June 9, 2015
Did anyone else get a Shut up, Rory, t-shirt?
I did. I loved it. Of course no one ever knew what it meant.
posted by CrazyLemonade at 6:53 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
I did. I loved it. Of course no one ever knew what it meant.
posted by CrazyLemonade at 6:53 PM on June 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
I wonder what Kirk was up to?
Kirk's doing other things these days.
posted by downtohisturtles at 7:07 PM on June 9, 2015
Kirk's doing other things these days.
posted by downtohisturtles at 7:07 PM on June 9, 2015
My most favorite moment is Kirk's auteur turn in "Teach Me Tonight" with Mary Lynn Rajskub as "'Girlfriend' in Kirk's Film".
Oy with the poodles already.
posted by ltracey at 7:19 PM on June 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
Oy with the poodles already.
posted by ltracey at 7:19 PM on June 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
So, my only acquaintance with this show is as a passerby in the room as my daughter binged, re-binged, and re-re-binged GG reruns. It's the show with the old-enough-to-know-better doofus in flannel and backwards ball cap.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:35 PM on June 9, 2015
posted by Thorzdad at 7:35 PM on June 9, 2015
I can't really listen to Gilmore Guys after listening to the analogous Dusted (for Buffy the Vampire Slayer), which is smart and thoughtful, while putting serious thought into how characters and plot work together (and sometimes not).
posted by yellowcandy at 8:38 PM on June 9, 2015
posted by yellowcandy at 8:38 PM on June 9, 2015
What have you done, yellowcandy. I just came here to distract myself from learning for a few minutes and you link to a Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcast?!
nooooooo.
posted by bigendian at 2:24 AM on June 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
nooooooo.
posted by bigendian at 2:24 AM on June 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
Did they talk about how the Sherman-Palladinos wanted the show to end? I care about the answer to this question so much.
posted by jeather at 6:50 AM on June 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by jeather at 6:50 AM on June 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
Did they talk about how the Sherman-Palladinos wanted the show to end? I care about the answer to this question so much.
You'll just have to wait for the reunion show to find out.
posted by phearlez at 7:50 AM on June 10, 2015
You'll just have to wait for the reunion show to find out.
posted by phearlez at 7:50 AM on June 10, 2015
I haven't watched the video of the panel yet, but I'm grateful for the link!
I absolutely love Gilmore Guys, but I realize it might not be everyone's cup of tea. For those of you who started it and didn't like it, I'd suggest skipping around and listening to the interviews they've done with those who've worked on the show. Those are definitely more formal and less jokey and so I think even if you really hate Gilmore Guys, you'll enjoy the interviews.
posted by lucy.jakobs at 7:54 PM on June 10, 2015
I absolutely love Gilmore Guys, but I realize it might not be everyone's cup of tea. For those of you who started it and didn't like it, I'd suggest skipping around and listening to the interviews they've done with those who've worked on the show. Those are definitely more formal and less jokey and so I think even if you really hate Gilmore Guys, you'll enjoy the interviews.
posted by lucy.jakobs at 7:54 PM on June 10, 2015
Did anyone else get a Shut up, Rory, t-shirt?
I did! I did! I also bought one for my best friend (a guy) who loved GG but found Rory insufferable. He still wears it.
posted by Bunglegirl at 7:37 PM on June 11, 2015
I did! I did! I also bought one for my best friend (a guy) who loved GG but found Rory insufferable. He still wears it.
posted by Bunglegirl at 7:37 PM on June 11, 2015
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Sadly, I will have to wait until I get home to watch it as my work computer has no speakers.
I did see the pictures. I will never be stop being freaked out at how massively tall Jared Padalecki is. Liza Weil - I want your haircut!
posted by Kitteh at 12:32 PM on June 9, 2015