Goodby My Friends! - Page 3

GeekyPenguin · #1 05-07-2004, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by valkyrie
Why is the Ross & Rachel thing such a big deal? I don't care if they get together or not. I guess I'm not really a fan of the show -- I watch it from time to time but I don't love it. I thought the moving to Paris story line was great the first time I saw it -- on Sex and the City.

ROAR.

I am thrilled, as fans of my LJ know, about Ross and Rachel because one of my relationships is somehow tied to theirs in that hopeful teenage way.

I love guys like Ross, and I'd take a dorky sensitive guy over just about anyone.

AXO Alum · #2 05-07-2004, 12:19 AM

Okay - so I had a show tonight that took over an hour to get to, and totally forgot in between that Friends was on. Yeah, I know, who the heck could forget??

So what happened?

I hope "Joey" does well - I think it will be cute if they can take him beyond the past 10 years. I'm sure they'll have LOTS of "special guests" -- gee, I wonder who...

DeltAlum · #3 05-07-2004, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by honeychile
Let's face it - guys like him don't even get to DATE the women he married on the show, let alone marry and/or have children to them!!

Geez. Don't tell my wife that. She was (is) a beauty queen type and married a skinny Delt she met in college. It's worked out pretty well.

By the way, isn't that way of thinking a tad sexist? If the guys were having the reverse conversation it probably would be considered so.

GeoffZ · #4 05-07-2004, 02:01 AM

I'm happy the way it ended. Except for the twins thing there weren't any surprises, but it was good. The cast will also be on Oprah tomorrow for their last (for now) interview together.

thetalady · #5 05-07-2004, 02:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GeoffZ
The cast will also be on Oprah tomorrow for their last (for now) interview together.

OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JUST KILL THEM ALL AND BE DONE WITH IT!!

I am so sick of all the completely overblown hype for the past couple of weeks. It has now gone completely over the edge. I do like the show & watched every week. NBC has sucked every bit of enjoyment out of the show for me lately.

The poor cast has been trotted out on EVERY talking idiot show for a week, saying the same things over & over & over. Get on with it, for heaven's sake.

UKDaisy · #6 05-07-2004, 05:15 AM

The love Friends!! I love the way it ended!! I wanted Ross and Rachael together sooooo bad!!!! There for a second I was really upset.... but its all good now.

Oh and about Emma. When Rachael's character got pregnant a lot of fans complained that the baby would interupt and become a "7th" friend. So I think thats why they don't always mention her all the time.

justamom · #7 05-07-2004, 06:52 AM

Sour Grapes at Fraiser. They ran for 11 years, received numerous awards and in the end...no hype.

Liked the ending, MUCH better than Seinfeld.
Glad they tied everything up. I would bet my bottom dollar there will be a reunion show down the road. (When they realize they can't create more appreciated characters than they did on Friend's)

Who is going to "make it" beyond Friends?
Agree- hope Joey finds success.

DWAlphaGam · #8 05-07-2004, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I love guys like Ross, and I'd take a dorky sensitive guy over just about anyone.

ITA. I've always had a thing for kind of nerdy guys (and whenever it comes up, my boyfriend says, "Gee, thanks for calling me a dork." LOL).

I'm so glad it ended the way it did, with everyone happy and getting what they wanted. Although I did think it was a little odd that Mike and Emma weren't there.

BTW, did anyone watch Leno? Lisa Kudrow has a brown bob now for a movie role...it looks so strange.

SSS1365 · #9 05-07-2004, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
IAlthough I did think it was a little odd that Mike and Emma weren't there.

Mike was there at the end. He and Phoebe talked about starting their own family.

Taualumna · #10 05-07-2004, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by UKDaisy

Oh and about Emma. When Rachael's character got pregnant a lot of fans complained that the baby would interupt and become a "7th" friend. So I think thats why they don't always mention her all the time.

Is that why TPTB (The Powers That Be) never made Gunther a main character/appear in the opening credits, despite being in practically every episode?

xo_kathy · #11 05-07-2004, 10:26 AM

What I thought was funny was how completely sad and helpless they all looked. It was like they would never see each other again.

First off, Monica & Chandler are moving to Westchester! I live in Westchester and make it into my NYC office 5 days a week in a whole *gasp* 35 minutes! It's not like they can never go to Central Perk again.

And, hello, Ross is Monica's brother! It's not like they won't hook up for a holiday here and there in the future!

I'd actually read what I though was a fake spoiler earlier in the day (I haven't watched Friends in years, so I didn't really care) and I thought this person was just making something up. She was completely right - scene for scene. I felt a little psychic while watching!

MysticCat · #12 05-07-2004, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Taualumna
Is that why TPTB (The Powers That Be) never made Gunther a main character/appear in the opening credits, despite being in practically every episode?

Just seemed like he was in every episode -- according to TVTome.com , he was in 60 or so episodes, which would be about 1/4 of the total number of episodes. He rarely had more than a few lines in any episode that he was in, and he was a one-dimensional character whose relationship with the main characters did not extend beyond his crush on Rachel or beyond the coffeehouse.

Yes, it was a little odd that Ross (especially) and Rachel barely mentioned Emma when talking about her staying, but not nearly as odd as Chandler and Monica bringing the twins home from the hospital the day they were born. (And someone needed to show Matthew Perry how to hold a newborn.)

But it made perfect sense that Mike and Emma were absent in the last scene (and the twins were "hidden" in a stroller.) The show was called "Friends," not "Friends and their spouses and children." It started with the six main characters, it was always primarily about the main six characters and their relationships with each other, so it was appropriate for it to end with just the six of them.

MysticCat · #13 05-07-2004, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
lol, my bf hates Ross. Every time he is on screen he gets annoyed by Ross and says, "That nerd would never get Jennifer in real life."

Kind of how a dweeb like David Arquette would never have a chance with someone like Courtney Cox?

honeychile · #14 05-07-2004, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Geez. Don't tell my wife that. She was (is) a beauty queen type and married a skinny Delt she met in college. It's worked out pretty well.

By the way, isn't that way of thinking a tad sexist? If the guys were having the reverse conversation it probably would be considered so.

I think guys have that discussion much more often than they'd be willing to admit!

And frankly, I love my fiance to death, but he can be a little dorky at times.

DWAlphaGam · #15 05-07-2004, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SSS1365
Mike was there at the end. He and Phoebe talked about starting their own family.

Oops, must've missed that. And MysticCat, I totally agree with keeping the very end just about the 6 of them. It would have been wrong to have any intruders.

Re: Gunther. I saw an interview with him, and he said the only reason he landed the gig was because he was the only extra that knew how to work the cappuccino machine. Who would've thought that skill could get someone so far?