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EdBrownJr · 04-09-2001, 05:48 PM

This had to be one of the best shows i have ever seen that was canceled in its first year. I was that age and thought the show covered topics i was able to relate too.

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Mossopp · 04-10-2001, 04:51 PM

I totally agree with you. My So-called Life is my all-time favorite show because it was is so real and true to life. I have never seen another TV show or movie that captured what it is like to be a teenager more accurately than My So-called Life did.
It's a shame that it got cancelled but most shows that go on and on for ages get to be really bad after a while. MSCL didn't last for very long but at least it didn't go on for too long and lose what made it special.
When I hear people talking about how "real" shows like Dawson's Creek are I just laugh cos those shows just sugar-coat things and make them seem too idylic. I mean, c'mon - have you ever seen Dawson's Creek? - how many teenagers actually talk like that??!!! MSCL was real. It told things the way they are. That's why it was such a masterpiece.

EdBrownJr · 04-10-2001, 05:48 PM

Thats very true MSCL was very authentic. Good point on shows like Dawsons Creek there just teen-soaps i never remember anyone acting or speaking like those kids.

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factsoflife · 04-19-2001, 04:53 PM

i agree, my so-called life is one of,l if not the best show for teenagers ever. i thought that claire danes did a brillant job, and shw should have won the emmy that year. hey at least she got a golden globe. I could have watched my so-called life for another 19 years, never mind nineteen episodes.

EdBrownJr · 04-20-2001, 11:43 PM

I really wished they did something like a reunion movie or something to just see how the characters grew up.

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factsoflife · 04-26-2001, 04:06 PM

I totaly agree, a mscl reunion would be wonderful, a few years ago when ABC had the show CUPID on there was talk that they might use that show CUPID to do a mini- mscl reunioun but because CUPiD was canceled it never happened, but i think that it probrally wouldn't have happened anyway because claire danes is such a big star now that there is no way she would agree to a television reuinon movie! never in a million years... even though mos tof her movies have been bombs... like did u ever see, Brokedown palace or any of her other stinkers!

EdBrownJr · 04-26-2001, 09:24 PM

Yeah i have watched quite a few of her movies. My favorite of hers so far has to be Romeo and Juilet.

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05-05-2001, 05:21 AM

Yes!!! That was one of the best shows ever! I didn't begin watching it until the re-runs began airing on MTV and couldn't believe they cancelled such a great show.

EdBrownJr · 05-13-2001, 12:16 PM

Yeah me too i didnt even know the show was on ABC cause i believe they kept messing with the shows timeslot and advertised it poorly. Only until MTV tried to save the show i watched it all the time and ABC really made a mistake when they decided to cancel the show and not give it a second chance.

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factsoflife · 06-14-2001, 04:44 PM

i never watched it on ABC either, but i did know it was on because a good friend of mine was obsessed with the show when it was on ABC, but i never really got into it until it began airing on MTV. Then i became obsessed! I still have my soundtrack, and all of the boxed sets ( except two episodes) i am still looking for the dvd, if anyone knows where i can get the dvd please let me know! When FOXFAMILY started to air mscl again i was so pleased and watched it every saturday, until of course they stopped airing it!

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04-09-2001, 05:48 PM	#1
EdBrownJr Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 08, 2001 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 1,247	My So Called Life This had to be one of the best shows i have ever seen that was canceled in its first year. I was that age and thought the show covered topics i was able to relate too. ------------------ GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

05-05-2001, 05:21 AM	#8
PeachyPlum Guest Posts: n/a	Yes!!! That was one of the best shows ever! I didn't begin watching it until the re-runs began airing on MTV and couldn't believe they cancelled such a great show.
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04-10-2001, 04:51 PM	#2
Mossopp asleep at the wheel Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 30, 2000 Location: Helensburgh, Scotland Posts: 3,726	I totally agree with you. My So-called Life is my all-time favorite show because it was is so real and true to life. I have never seen another TV show or movie that captured what it is like to be a teenager more accurately than My So-called Life did. It's a shame that it got cancelled but most shows that go on and on for ages get to be really bad after a while. MSCL didn't last for very long but at least it didn't go on for too long and lose what made it special. When I hear people talking about how "real" shows like Dawson's Creek are I just laugh cos those shows just sugar-coat things and make them seem too idylic. I mean, c'mon - have you ever seen Dawson's Creek? - how many teenagers actually talk like that??!!! MSCL was real. It told things the way they are. That's why it was such a masterpiece.

04-10-2001, 05:48 PM	#3
EdBrownJr Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 08, 2001 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 1,247	Thats very true MSCL was very authentic. Good point on shows like Dawsons Creek there just teen-soaps i never remember anyone acting or speaking like those kids. ------------------ GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

04-19-2001, 04:53 PM	#4
factsoflife Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 11, 2000 Posts: 8,744	i agree, my so-called life is one of,l if not the best show for teenagers ever. i thought that claire danes did a brillant job, and shw should have won the emmy that year. hey at least she got a golden globe. I could have watched my so-called life for another 19 years, never mind nineteen episodes.

04-20-2001, 11:43 PM	#5
EdBrownJr Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 08, 2001 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 1,247	I really wished they did something like a reunion movie or something to just see how the characters grew up. ------------------ GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

04-26-2001, 04:06 PM	#6
factsoflife Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 11, 2000 Posts: 8,744	I totaly agree, a mscl reunion would be wonderful, a few years ago when ABC had the show CUPID on there was talk that they might use that show CUPID to do a mini- mscl reunioun but because CUPiD was canceled it never happened, but i think that it probrally wouldn't have happened anyway because claire danes is such a big star now that there is no way she would agree to a television reuinon movie! never in a million years... even though mos tof her movies have been bombs... like did u ever see, Brokedown palace or any of her other stinkers!

04-26-2001, 09:24 PM	#7
EdBrownJr Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 08, 2001 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 1,247	Yeah i have watched quite a few of her movies. My favorite of hers so far has to be Romeo and Juilet. ------------------ GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

05-13-2001, 12:16 PM	#9
EdBrownJr Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 08, 2001 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 1,247	Yeah me too i didnt even know the show was on ABC cause i believe they kept messing with the shows timeslot and advertised it poorly. Only until MTV tried to save the show i watched it all the time and ABC really made a mistake when they decided to cancel the show and not give it a second chance. ------------------ GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

06-14-2001, 04:44 PM	#10
factsoflife Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 11, 2000 Posts: 8,744	i never watched it on ABC either, but i did know it was on because a good friend of mine was obsessed with the show when it was on ABC, but i never really got into it until it began airing on MTV. Then i became obsessed! I still have my soundtrack, and all of the boxed sets ( except two episodes) i am still looking for the dvd, if anyone knows where i can get the dvd please let me know! When FOXFAMILY started to air mscl again i was so pleased and watched it every saturday, until of course they stopped airing it! ------------------ Matthew J. Cormier