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140 out of 252 people found the following review useful:
This is actually pretty ... err... terrible!, 3 September 2008

Author: Armin Breuer from Linz, Austria

I very rarely have the urge to go to the web and state my opinion about a show, whether I like or dislike it. But judging from the first two episodes I hated this OC-ized version of a 90ties classic so much that for once I did feel the urge. What can I say, in my opinion this show seriously sucks (or bites, or blows, if you've seen the first 20 seconds).

Not on all levels of course, the production values are high, the teens are all eye-candy, the sets look over-the-top rich as you'd expect... You can tell that some money went into this thing, alright. But unfortunately, the story and the characters are LAME, and the acting is mostly mediocre and partly downright terrible. And you probably can't even blame the actors for that, since the characters they are playing are straight off the teen-drama-shelf clichés. We've got drug girl, spoiled princess girl, angry-athlete-guy, look-at-me-i'm-so-rebellious-girl, rich-and-somewhat-dark-but-maybe-bighearted-guy, and then we got the too-good-to-be-true family that could substitute for the entire cast of 7th Heaven.

This show feels like its elements have been assembled in more than a hurry and stuck together with duct tape. I can't bear to watch another episode to be honest.

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42 out of 61 people found the following review useful:
Same Old Same Old, 10 September 2008

Author: sweet_hawk73 from United States

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OK, to me this was just too much of the same story. Obviously it is set up to be a teen drama, but the fact that they main family is once again a family from the Midwest that has been transplanted to Beverly Hills and they're trying to find their place.

Plus, they seem to have forgotten the old story lines. For those of us who are fans of the real 90210, we haven't forgotten how the series ended. I see that Kelly is back... but what happened to Dylan. The finale ended at David and Donna's wedding with Dylan and Kelly seemingly getting back together with the implication that maybe it would work this time. So now suddenly there's a new show, it's 8 years later, and where's Dylan??? Maybe they will explain that in a later show, I don't know, but that left a bad taste in my mouth. And what about Donna and David? Kelly and Donna were best friends... where's Donna? I know the story with Tori Spelling (was gonna do the show, with her character still owning Now Wear This, then decided not to because of Shannen's return) but they still need to deal with WHY Donna is not still part of Kelly's life.

I guess the bottom line for me is that it's hard to see a couple of the original characters back and not have answers to what happened to the rest.

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20 out of 26 people found the following review useful:
Dear lord, get over it!, 1 June 2009

Author: sharky9252 from United Kingdom

I have literally been forced to write a review for this because I am sick of the amount of people insulting this show for such ridiculous reasons!

90210 is DECENT. Oh my goodness, there, I said it! "You gonna punch me now?"

Sure, it's no award worth of winning show, but what type of show with teens ever does? Just look at One Tree Hill and The O.C, both are based around teens with the occaisonal adult and it's not like either of them have awards coming out their back sides.

Yeah, it's acting isn't amazing, but seriously what did you expect? I can't think of a similar show with better acting. Again, referring to other teen dramas: One Tree Hill and The. O.C, neither of them have good acting. Shows like this are like temporary soap operas and there isn't any decent actors in any of them! Why is that? Because it's so god damn unrealistic. 90210 is unrealistic, which is why you may consider the acting bad. A situation you've never thought of happening jumps out at you and you have no idea how the characters or yourself should react.

Okay, it's a remake, so what? It may be a remake type spin off show to the 1990's 90210, but it is still a different show. If you don't compare it to it's predecessor then it makes the show much more enjoyable. I'd say the remake is better anyway, it's just more up to date. I know I wouldn't be able to enjoy that out of date BH90210.

Seriously, stop comparing it to the first one, stop treating it like it SHOULD have been made to win Oscar type awards, stop complaining about the acting when you have no idea what makes a decent actor and stop the ridiculous hating for no reasons other than the fact you "hate Annie because she is annoying".

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30 out of 49 people found the following review useful:
Was I the only one to think something's wrong ?, 3 September 2008

Author: Derrickku from Belgium

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Well like someone said (Can't remember who) "If everything is normal it will not last"...

So OK this family moves to this fancy Hollywood neighborhood but I didn't see something go wrong. Well we can understand they're not immediately into it but it would be unusual otherwise... I don't see anything really mean and threatening to their life styles (mean characters don't count, you can just take that away by avoiding them unless there's something in the story that makes it impossible). So nothing to look forward to...

Some shows avoid that in the early episodes by taking something out of the blue and give you a little spoiler on what might happen but again not the case here.

Are they counting on the reputation of the previous one ? That would be stupid with a lot of similar things on air right now...

PS: I'm sorry English isn't my native language so be my guess to correct if something isn't clear.

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21 out of 32 people found the following review useful:
would have been good If not for the bad writers, 1 May 2009

Author: Necrom8 from Canada

The only reason why I gave It a 7 is because It has potential. I liked the beginning. When I first sow It at first I though that It's going to be a good series. The main problem with It is the writers. In stead of just making a good series the writers felt the urge to give the character some really weird personalities. either the are too dumb, too emotional, angry or the are just freaks. It's like the writers literally said ,,hey the story is too simple, so we should create our own awful one''. It really is sad to think If they just made a series about normal teenagers, instead of emotionally troubled ones, It would have been a pretty decent series. Hope It improves soon. Also why did they cast actors which, the ones playing the parents look 30 years, and the ones playing their kids look 20 years old?

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25 out of 41 people found the following review useful:
The N meets The CW and Fox has been by far long gone and out of control With Reality shows., 3 September 2008

Author: The_Pen_is_Royal_Blue from United States

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I am a huge fan of the original series. I grew up to that show, it was and perhaps still is a huge part of my life.

You can't judge much of a new hit Television show by the Pilot. The original 90210 series, the first few episodes had their corny lines, and things just weren't all placed together. First things first the Walsh's house had a different set in the first few episode's along with Kelly's mom being a different actress.

There's a lot to be said about this show. First of all they rushed this series to open this fall. I feel that if they had patience they could have perhaps released it in the year 2010 and well the series premiere would be on 9.02.10 but oh well, they couldn't wait two years.

A next generation television show has been created about 7ish years ago, Degrassi- The Next Generation, which is aired on The-N (a Canadian television network). I personally love that show and I feel the production value of that is a lot better than this 90210 series. Again, it's only been one episode so who knows it can grow to be even better than Degrassi. I liked how they brought the original cast members in Degrassi better than 90210. It made more sense.

For Rob Estes character, someone who was never on the original 90210 series and they mention how he used to go to Beverly Hills. I felt that was very much unnecessary.

I still think that the original 90210 cast is too young for a comeback series, it's only been 8 years. It would have been great to see their children be the new students (just like Degrassi). I don't think it makes sense how they wrote Brenda in the show. The dialog between Brenda and Kelly was awkward and "unrealistic" from the original series. It didn't make sense. Plus Kelly's sister's name is "Erin" and not "Silver".(unless I missed them say the name Erin in the show.) And they did have Andrea Zuckerman's Daughter in the show "Hannah Zuckerman" but, wouldn't Hannah be around 12 years of age? There's a few aspects of the show that has definitely been done before with Degrassi and South of Nowhere. I feel like it's lacking originality and the dialog is very corny. It doesn't feel realistic in a teenage world especially when some guy impresses a girl he just met to go on a Jet. I'm sorry but that is too far fetched and ridiculous.

Bottom line, if they didn't rush to get the series on air, the show could have been written A LOT BETTER. And I feel that they should bring back more of the original characters. The more original characters they bring the ratings will most likely go up. I do love how Nat is there but I do not care for the new peach pitt design, they should have kept the original set up. I think it's great to have new characters, but keep the old! To conclude my opinion: Will I continue to watch this series? Yes! In hopes that it will get better!

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132 out of 257 people found the following review useful:
Trashy Teen Drama...so much fun in its sophomore year., 3 September 2008

Author: orangecountyfann from United States

Anyone who has tuned into the second season of "90210," will be able to tell you that the series has become an entertaining and fun watch. However, while the new producer Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair has done a very good job of cleaning up the mess that former "90210" exec's Jeff Judah, Gabe Sachs, and Rob Thomas left behind, she still insists to hold onto characters that serve no purpose and are a total bore to watch. This keeps the series from being it's best. Nevertheless I still recommend that everyone check out 90210's second season. It's a trashy teenage soap, and it's fun and entertaining to watch.

The second season began with a wave full of problems and questions for the West Beverly Hill-ians. Who did Annie Wilson (Shenae Grimes) presumably kill in her hit-and-run incident? Are former lovers Dixon Wilson (Tristan Wilds) and Erin Silver (Jessica Stroup) over for good? Will Naomi Clarke (Annalynne McCord) ever discover the truth behind her ex-boyfriend Liam Court (Matt Lanter) sleeping with her sister? And how will the dynamic change between Adrianna Tate-Duncan (Jessica Lowndes) and boyfriend Navid Shirazi (Michael Steger) now that she is no longer pregnant and now that her ex love Teddy Montgomery (Trevor Donavan) has returned to Beverly Hills? New characters have flooded the scene, each adding their own level of intensity to the storyline. Theses new characters being mysterious and mentally unbalanced Jasper Herman (Zachary Ray Sherman) who starts becoming to significant in outsider Annie Wilson's world, older woman Sasha (Mekia Cox) who begins a secret tryst with Dixon, the son of a famous celebrity Teddy Montgomery who finds himself drawn to Silver, surfer chick Ivy Sullivan (Gillian Zinser) who has the hot's for Liam, frat boy Jamie (Travis Van Winkle) who begins to fall for Naomi, the overweight Blaze staffer Lila (Amber Wallace) whom Navid ends up confiding in, and the punky cute news reporter and lesbian Gia (Rumer Willis), who ends up romancing a sexually confused Adrianna.

The regular characters have also improved in the development department drastically, which does allow the actors portraying them to show more range. Most improved acting definitely goes to Jessica Stroup who spent the entire first season forced to portray an unlikable character who spent the entire time whining over someone who frankly isn't worth it in the first place. This season the writers have chosen to take her away from her former boyfriend and focus on her as a character as well as her relationship with a new young suitor. The relationship between Silver and Teddy has proved to be a fan favorite and a increasingly entertaining watch. Most improved character would probably go to Annie Wilson. Last season the character, it appeared, had no flaws, this season that's pretty much all she has. Her story lines have heated up and there are no longer hate messages posted about her on message boards.

In comparison to last season, this season isn't afraid to admit that it's trashy. Last season the writers were completely obsessed with trying to shove supposed "thought-provoking" story lines down the audience's throat, and failed miserably. This season it's all about sleaze, sex, and teen debauchery, and it works much better for them.

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11 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
nothing worth seeing, 28 April 2009

Author: boidiva02 from United States

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This show is not so bad that it's unwatchable. But the issue is this. It's billed as a remake of "Beverly Hills, 90210" and yet it doesn't contain any of the elements that made 90210 a smash to begin with. Gone is the sly sense of humor the first show had, gone is the group of actors that fans came to love, gone are the characters that America related to. Gone are all the cheesy, yet addictive elements that made the show worth watching. Instead we have some half-baked soap opera without any of the fun qualities that made people watch the first series.

On it's own this show is not much more than a teen soap opera with it's clichéd stories (Adrianna gets pregnant), and vapid characters (Naomi)... it has nothing beneath the surface.

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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
Something fresh, new and amazing!, 2 August 2009

Author: rocko90

Okay let me first start with the fact the first half of season one was clichéd, boring and dumb. So it would explain why people where bashing it when it came out.

Perhaps the writers listened to our complaints, and decided hey, let's just do what we want.

And by god, this show became GREAT! Bipolar Silver. Annie getting bitchy. Naomi's fits and her sister are just so funny! Adriana became a likable character and her and Navid make an interesting couple.

Jessica Lowndes is absolutely stunning, and Shenae Grimes is getting better and better with acting.

Overall, give it a chance and you will be surprised, it's fresh, funny and has a good dose of drama that isn't redundant but fun!

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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Come on, give it a break!, 15 September 2009

Author: mean-girl-3 from Slovakia

As I see it, everyone is comparing it too much with the original series. It has not much to do with it, except for the setting and some of the original characters (that I believe were put in just to grab attention). Personally, I see it as a whole new project and I don't care much about the old one.

The first episodes started off a bit lame, it reminded me of 7th Heaven with all the we're-one-big-happy-family thing. But the last episodes got my attention back. The characters and plot developed faster, bringing speed and interesting situations.

The thing I don't like is the fact that it's all set in high school. For a few reasons: the characters don't look like they're 16 (I know, they never do, but 23-year old actors are too much for me); it's giving a non-existing picture of what it looks like in high school, it could be set in college, so that 15-year-old girls wouldn't get such a messed up picture.

I don't know, it's not that bad, for me it's another show like Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls, O.C. or whatever. They're completely different, I agree, yet it's still the same: love, hatred, family, friendship etc. If you like that kind of thing, you probably won't be disappointed.

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