#Nerdy Thoughts on My Generation
Alrite, so I just got done watching My Generation on hulu. *cue @gomiso checkin*
Now, I have to admit - I do have a personal connection to this show ... which I can't announce yet - but my word and honor are the absolute only thing I have in life, so I just need to lay that card down on the table. All personal whatevs aside, I have to say at the risk of being unpopular, it just wasn't that good.
This is one of those cases where the buzz doesn't do the show justice. I totally dug the concept. This is my kinda show!!! Historical fiction!! DUDE!!! BEST GENRE EVER!!!! Friggen love it - like for real, would donate one of my fallopian tubes to the cause of there needing to be more historical fiction shows in this world.
Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself, the show's concept is this "where are they now" type scenario, where cameras came into the class of 2000, and filmed what their hopes and dreams were. Flash forward a decade, we are caught up on what they are actually doing. OMMMGGGGGGGGGGG the stereotypes were just so effin forced. I just, BAHHHH!!!
For real, I didn't have a clique in high school. I was kinda a floater. I pretty much got a long with people, but was not spared a few moments of humiliation and taunting. I just kinda did my thing, and graduated early. But I can say, that all this show did was highlight all that hollywood does wrong in portraying high school kids. Seriously, the nerd in the class totally thinks they are the coolest kid ever. Nerds don't realize they aren't cool, because we live in our own little world where the sun shines every day. Nerds are very cerebral, duh - and we just march to the beat of our own drummer and don't care about the rest. The dude that played the nerd was the Michael Cera type, socially awkward, longing for the girl blah blah blah. Newsflash: the nerds did get the girl. I get laid more being a nerd than I ever did being a model - haha, very true story ... so yeah, hello Hollywood - this is nerds IRL and um, yeah - you got it wrong.
I am definitely willing to give the show another chance, but comeeeee oonnnnnnn!! I already know what my friends are doing from high school, hello, Facebook!!? Anyone ... anyone!! One of the characters, Brenda, checked her Facebook - but other than that ... its like really?!?! Maybe it's a Texas thing (as the show is set in Austin, TX) - but in Connecticut, we are all up in everybody's business. I KNOWWWW what the kids from my school are up to, I read about it in my newsfeed. So yeah, social media disconnect for sure ... and for real - a nerd longing for love?? Seen it. Been there. Done that. My ADD is no longer interested.
#sigh
