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Post by dandoubledtwice on Aug 24, 2005 13:52:07 GMT
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Post by audrey notwhatsheusedtobe on Aug 25, 2005 12:06:04 GMT
*GASP* YES! Oh I loved it soooo much and wanted to be Claire Danes. I even dyed my hair like her, although unfortunately didn't get off with Jared Leto. Ricky tunred up in ER I think and I've seen the pissed mate in a few things. You can it on DVD for region 1.
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Post by QuincyMD on Aug 25, 2005 12:57:57 GMT
Oh I loved it soooo much and wanted to be Claire Danes. I even dyed my hair like her. Did you have the same stupid centre parting? Did you have a self rightous inner monologue?
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Post by audrey notwhatsheusedtobe on Aug 25, 2005 13:58:24 GMT
Yes to the parting. Nope to the teen angst monologue. Claire was quite boring, but I wanted to look like her and Jared Leto has never been more dashing. This is all very poor quality given that I should have been too old for the show. The show just had such a fantastic feeeeel. Like a less-depressing Part of Five.
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Post by marknyc on Aug 26, 2005 3:53:41 GMT
My So-Called Life was the greatest series of it's kind. I haven't seen it in over half a decade since MTV(!) in America reran it daily for a few months, but let me rant for bit based on my hazy memory and probably incorrect recollections - the best way to remember great things (after all, nothing kills great memories like facts). Remember the nerdy kid and former best friend until Claire started getting horny and moody? The one who rode his bike in circles in the street and was the apple of Claire's dad's eye and did something involving a ladder and a roof. He hated Jordan Catalano. Because Claire loved Jordan Catalano. And who wouldn't? Jordan was hot and moody and when he grunted 'hey' or something at Claire you couldn't help but quiver. Jordan is a big movie star now and did something semi-gay recently that allowed him on the cover of gay magazines. He's maybe straight though. Calm down. The nerdy guy on the bike did something else. I can't remember what it was though, and really, who cares? I was a cross between the guy on the bike and Ricky. But only because I was gay. I never dressed as badly as Ricky. At least I don't think so! Haha. Anyway, I digress. Remember the school dance episode aka THE GREATEST TV EPISODE OF ALL TIME?!?!?! That was when Jordan said to Claire something like "You're weird". And the fat girl who i think went on to do Hairspray on Broadway was in love with Ricky. Ricky threw a fit and broke down and confessed his gayness. He cried. She cried and said she had kind of figured it out. She just liked having a safe crush. Awwwwwww! Then they went out on the dance floor and wowed the crowd with a gay dance routine to 'What Is Love?' (baby don't hurt me!!). Claire and Jordan soon started kissing in the school basement everyday, but he wouldn't be seen with her in public. Hot. Claire had another best friend who was a quasi-hippie/quasi-new waver and was a bit unstable with the drink and the drugs. I had a friend like her! Just like real life! Claire's parents were well-meaning liberals who freaked out when their daughter tried lesbianism. Oh wait, they may be another show. Was it the one with Corky? No, I think it was another one. Anyway, the hippie girl showed up on China Beach, I think. I didn't watch China Beach. It was a series about lesbians on vacation at a tropical resort/burn unit or something. And Ricki Lake was on China Beach when she was really fat and cried on the beach about being really fat. She was in the film Hairspray. OMG. Anyway, Claire Danes was really young, 15, when she made the series and she won the Golden Globe for best actress and then thought she was too good for television. She wore a nice dress and cried. You knew it was all over. Her crazy friend had an overdose and her mother remembered having a crazy friend too. And there was a snotty baby sister who Claire grunted at. As you do. Was there a house party episode? I'm sure there was. It ended with the overdose/hospital, right? Of course, the greatest episode was the Christmas one where Claire brought home Juliana Hatfield because she mistook her for a homeless girl (it was called grunge! It was all the fashion! Silly mistake. You would have done it, too) and it turned out she was an angel! OMG. It pissed all over the 90210 episode where Steve brought the abused gay kid home for the holidays. I hated Steve. Anyway, about two years later I was seeing Claire Danes all over town because she was dating Indie music's Ben Lee. They were the talented teens who were allowed to drink underage because one of them had a Golden Globe award (it is the law). I told her she was the girl who brought death to life. She thought maybe she should get a t-shirt. She broke up with Ben and started dating Billy Crudup who had a wife who was nine months pregnant. The wife is on the new Showtime series called Weeds and is selling dope to suburban types and blackmailing gay teens. As you do. Awwwwww!
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Post by marknyc on Aug 26, 2005 3:59:12 GMT
On second thought, I don't think the crazy girl best friend was ever on China Beach. I think I am thinking of Chloe Webb. Easy mistake!
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Post by marknyc on Aug 26, 2005 4:01:39 GMT
Ricky played J Edgar Hoover's boyfriend in the film JFK! Controversial! Remember the gay conspiracy to kill the president? Kevin Bacon was part of it. The filthy prison slut!
Oh, I loved My So-Called Life.
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Post by marknyc on Aug 26, 2005 4:20:05 GMT
Here are some actual episode facts:
Ep1 The very first episode of 'My So-Called Life'. We're introduced to Angela Chase, her family and friends. Angela dyes her hair a shade of Crimson Glow and spends her time now with her new friend, Rayanne Graff.
Ep2 Rayanne arranges for Jordan to sell Angela a fake ID, while Patty and Graham stumble through ballroom-dancing lessons meant to re-spice their marriage.
Ep3 A gunshot in the hallway and a rumor about Angela and Jordan send ripples through the Liberty High School community.
Ep4 Angela gives Graham the silent contempt treatment while Patty must deal with her own father when both the Grateful Dead and the IRS come to town.
Ep5 The Annual Three Rivers Mother-Daughter Fashion Show is approaching. Rayanne's slut potential and Sharon's hooters get mentioned on a sophomore girls list and Angela gets a zit.
That was a classic episode.
Ep6 An unconventional substitute teacher temporarily turns Angela's English class into a Dead Poets Society and causes a stir when he takes over the school's literary magazine.
Ep7 Angela and Jordan get close when she learns of his reading problem, and closer when she hears his new song. Patty and Graham try to cope with a possible pregnancy.
Jordan had a learning disability! I forgot all about that. It made him cuter, somehow. The opposite of real life. That is because Jordan had magical powers. You would have found this out during the second season.
Ep8 Angela's relationship with Sharon and Graham's job dissatisfaction both hit critical levels when Sharon's father has a heart attack.
Boring parent storyline. When would they learn?
Ep9 Halloween rolls into Three Rivers, blurring the line between facades and realities.
Ep10 Angela is entranced by Rayanne's hip hippie mom, while Patty gets the daughter treatment from her own mother.
Ep11 This episode is told from Brian's point of view. Everyone's love life gets screwed up by the school World Happiness Dance.
THE WORLD HAPPINESS DANCE!!
Ep12 Jordan won't acknowledge his new relationship with Angela, Graham starts his cooking classes, and a new teacher invites Rickie to join the drama club.
"Drama club". That is what happens when you come out in High School.
Ep13 Angela considers sleeping with Jordan, while Graham considers starting his own restaurant.
That fucking restaurant.
Ep14 Feeling left out of Angela's life, Rayanne becomes lead singer of the Frozen Embryos. Meanwhile, Patty thinks Rayanne has started drinking again.
Ep15 Christmas in Three Rivers finds Rickie out on the street after a fight with his abusive uncle. Angela, aided by a mysterious homeless girl (Juliana Hatfield), tries to help him, putting her at odds with Patty. Meanwhile, Brian faces Christmas alone.
Ep16 The new year begins, and everybody makes their resolutions without resolving to keep them. Rickie's home situation puts him on his own odyssey, Brian and Jordan do some mutual tutoring, Graham considers Hallie's proposition(s).
Ep17 Rayanne wins the starring role in the school play, but loses Angela's friendship after she and Jordan get drunk and umm... in his car.
Ooooooooh!
Ep18 Rayanne accidentally handcuffs herself to Patty and Graham's bed when Angela's parents go out of town for a weekend.
Ep19 Everybody in Three Rivers is having weird dreams lately. Jordan, hoping to win Angela back, enlists Brian to help him say the right words, resulting in The Letter. Delia has a crush on Rickie, Patty dreams about her old beau and Graham cooks for the investors. Rickie's odyssey and the MSCL season comes to an end.
This was a good one. And the premature end.
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Post by audrey notwhatsheusedtobe on Aug 26, 2005 10:36:42 GMT
Oh how my heart broke when Rayanne did the dirty with Jordan in episode 17. I felt Angela's pain. It summed up everything that was wrong and evil in the world. I think that this episode opened with Angela getting out of bed to 'Blister in the Sun' and having a bop because she thought she was over Jordan. Oh so cruel! She should have given Brian Krakow a sympathy-shag to re-establish equilibrium in the teen universe.
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Post by dandoubledtwice on Aug 29, 2005 10:32:02 GMT
marknyc you are a GOD ...... perfect write up about the show, and love the little synopses (sp?!) for each show. I downloaded all of these recently and just need some time to veg out and have a complete MSCL marathon! Then when I have money ill get the DVD from eBay.
The show just hit me on so many levels. And of course, my favourite line - "You're so beautiful, it hurts to look at you"
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Post by Lucinda on Aug 29, 2005 21:14:17 GMT
This was great school holiday telly. Wasn't there that one episode where they all found out about Kurt Cobain's suicide and loads of them were wearing black in school? I have such a hazy memory of this show sometimes, and I could be thinking of a different show entirely.
Of course, marknyc, you have made it much easier to recall parts of it. Thank you!
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Post by Lisa on Aug 29, 2005 21:14:45 GMT
I'm sure it's general knowledge that the best episode ever is 'Self-Esteem' (Ep 12 I think) - the one with Buffalo Tom, where Jordan holds Angela's hand at the end after not wanting to make their 'relationship' public but being persuaded by Rayanne's speech which I think goes: "You know you like her. Would it kill you to admit it? Maybe even treat her half-way decent? Because, you know, she deserves it. And she's not gonna wait around for you forever."
The moment I think about the most was at the end of the not-having-sex-with-Jordan episode, when Angela voiceovers about how people always say you should be yourself, like yourself is this definite thing, like a toaster. "But sometimes you have this moment when being yourself, right where you are in your life, is like... enough". She is riding her bike and takes her hands off the handlebars when she says this and it's PERFECT.
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Post by mintjesus on Jan 22, 2006 17:10:45 GMT
Used to love this show...dont know how i would find it these days...however as i've watched THE FAMILY STONE and will be watching SHOPGIRL this week..think i will still like ti very much
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2006 21:03:51 GMT
There's a scene in Shopgirl where Jazon Schwartzmann is walking through a DVD store and the shelves are filled with copies of 'My So-Called Life'. I never saw this show when it was actually on, but years later, on videos. Thankfully, I am emotionally stunted and immature, and still felt like the characters were OMG TALKING ABOUT ME.
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Post by smellslikesomeghost on Apr 16, 2006 22:26:17 GMT
Why are there copies of "my so called life" going for loads and loads of pounds on ebay? Is it ok to buy a cheap dvd? I want to watch it all again, I loved Jordan Catalano soooo much, and Angela. Pretty people, angsty lives, happy sigh...
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Post by richdidnt on Apr 17, 2006 2:42:50 GMT
Why are there copies of "my so called life" going for loads and loads of pounds on ebay? Is it ok to buy a cheap dvd? I want to watch it all again, I loved Jordan Catalano soooo much, and Angela. Pretty people, angsty lives, happy sigh... It was because My So Called Life was licesensed for DVD when TV DVD's were still not that popular and still very expensive (£79.99 a set expensive). The studios didn't think it would sell, but then online retailer anotheruniverse.com got the exclusive rights to release them and a special lunchbox. Anotheruniverse basically screwed a lot of people on thier orders and then they went bust! A single disc release of the pilot and a couple of other episodes was then realeased to the general stores but anotheruniverse had exclusive rights to the set or something and so no one else can release it until 2008. As a result the 10,000 or so that were realeased have become collectors items and are very expensive. I only know all this, not because I am sad (well i am), but because I did my Commercial Law seminar all about it in University! It wasn't as good as my Atomic Kitten getting scottish kids to drink milk for Admin Law essay but it helped me pass Uni anyway! Hoorah for Claire Danes. Rich
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Post by smellslikesomeghost on Apr 17, 2006 17:22:38 GMT
Wow rich, that was so much more of a complete answer than I expected! Thank you, I have often wondered. Jeez, I don't know that I want to wait till 2008 to indulge my nostalgia. Hmmm.
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Post by panda on Jun 30, 2006 12:41:05 GMT
2008 cannot come quickly enough for the box sets.
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Post by 107 on Aug 19, 2006 17:54:16 GMT
Pretty people, angsty lives, happy sigh... I know. It's the perfect combo.
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Post by Lucinda on Aug 21, 2006 11:17:06 GMT
You know what would be the perfect combo? Showing this after Party of Five on ABC1 every morning. The perfect way to start your day. It'd be a mid 90s angst-o-rama!
I found the first episode on YouTube last month and it made my day! Especially the voiceover bit introducing Jordan Catalano. Angela lists all these things about him being hot and dangerous, and ends with "...and he's been held back in school. Twice." or something like that.
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Post by booers on Aug 29, 2006 12:47:48 GMT
I hated this show. But the dad in it was fit.
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Post by skillex on Aug 30, 2006 20:05:01 GMT
One of the best shows EVER. I cannot wait for the boxed sets, they'll nicely replace the beaten up and poorly recorded videotapes I made when the series was repeated over the summer of 1997.
The programme made me listen to "Late at Night" by Buffalo Tom on my walkman and be a tragic gayboy who probably thought he was Angela Chase (with the noted absence of a Jared Leto hanging around).
There was apparently a book which came out which wrapped up the series in a mucho crap way.
Brian: "Are you sure this is the Teen Helpline?" Rayanne: "It's the helpline alright.."
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Post by dirtypop on Jun 14, 2007 11:17:54 GMT
Just trawled through to find this thread and say that all the episodes are on tvlinks.com.
I know what i'm going to be doing with my next week. Sigh - Jordan Catalano makes me feel about 14 again.
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Post by mcflooze on Jun 14, 2007 11:33:55 GMT
It was released on DVD last month, yay!
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Post by skillex on Jun 14, 2007 18:27:15 GMT
Yay indeed!
I found a copy in Asda for a meagre £22, which I think was mispriced as items in the Asda near my work often seem to be. My friend and I discovered it one morning on the way into work and literally screamed with excitement. I almost hugged the cashier with joy.
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