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Archamasse t1_jdgh6m8 wrote

Something about Gen Q didn't click. The OG L Word was never exactly Shakespeare but there was a blackly comic wit in it not unlike OITNB that kind of carried it, and this just didn't have that.

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Bellyflops93 t1_jdhqceo wrote

Ive said the same thing. The original had issues but at least it often made me laugh, it was entertaining! This version of the show was like episode after episode of queer people having serious conversations about serious topics and apologizing to each other, which wouldnt be that big a deal to me if it was interspersed with more actually fun and funny scenes/moments. And a lot of characters in the OG had good, believable chemistry, I didnt feel much of that in this version. I didnt have FUN watching this one the way I did the original

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myassholealt t1_jdic7hg wrote

The characters didn't really have much depth to them. They all came across as surface level, where all you have is the 2 sentence description a writer comes up with when building a rough draft of their character list. And at times it felt like it was being used as a vehicle to educate the audience rather than tell stories. You don't need to present representation and inclusivity as a PSA.

Conflicts were predictable. Reactions were predictable. Basically was as cheesy as a daytime soap opera.

Nevertheless I still watched it, cause we have almost no shows like this, and am disappointed it got cancelled.

Get a better team behind it. Don't just kill it. So we'll see what happens with the reboot.

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