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2010-05-02 04:05:00
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think it over once or twice

A picspam for challenge nineteen over at [info]picspammy  - Second Chance.





Popular has always been one of my favorite shows ever, and with the popularity of Glee, I think that everyone needs to watch Ryan Murphy's original kickass show! For anyone that doesn't know, the general plot of the show is; two girls (Brooke and Sam) who dislike each other because they're at opposite ends of the social ladder, are forced to become step sisters after their parents get engaged. The show does a really great job of showing just how important popularity is to everyone in high school, even those that say it isn't, and just what people will do to be popular - as well as what that popularity does to them! I'm pretty sure I'm gonna do another spam for this challenge, and it'll be comparing Popular to Glee, unless  someone does it before I get the chance. So look out for that, I'm gonna have a lot of fun with it! To the spam!






six.

One can never underestimate the power of a good theme song/pretty credits, if you ask me. Who doesn't miss when shows had opening credits? It really sets the mood of the show, imo, and really gets your pumped for an episode, and Popular had some of the best credits ever. Not only were they super duper pretty (the editor or whatever went on to win an Oscar!), but the song is just perfect for the show. You know you have good credits when the song is fun to listen to outside of them!




five.

I don't know about you guys, but some of my favorite scenes on any show, is when all the main characters, or at least a lot of them, are together. I don't know what it is, but it always just makes those scenes more fun, don't you think? Anyway, Popular had lots and lots of large group scenes, especially in the first season, and that always makes me happy. Plus! It was so fun to see the two groups beginning to blend together as the season progressed, and where the two groups just became one big one.




four.

Pretty much the most popular episode of the show, and really the episode where the show hit it's stride, I think. It really defined it, anyway. The plot is basically that all the girls get their periods at the same time, making life a living hell for each other, but especially the boys, who decide it's a good idea to lock them in the girls bathroom for the night. On top of that, they had just written down their biggest secrets in a special class, as an attempt to clear their conscience. In true Nicole fashion, she steals all those secrets from the garbage, and the girls spend the night confessing to them, most of which involve Josh.




three.

What sets Popular apart from all other shows, like ever, is how cracktastic it is. Seriously, it's so ridic and over the top, and campy, it's perfect. It starts off like a pretty normal show, until Ryan Murphy got bored, and started to really make it what it was. In that way, the Pilot and the first couple of episodes do not reflect the show at all. Obviously the whole show isn't cracky, there's usually one serious plot per episode, but the cracky stuff is the best part, definitely. It's such a shame that the WB interfered and tried to make the show something it wasn't in the second season, but still. It's just amazing.




two.

Okay, this one is biased, not gonna lie, but I don't care. I really do think that their plot line is pretty much what OTPs are made of (yes, I've said that a billion times), and anyone that ships in fandom (aka everyone), will love them. How can you not love enemies that are forced to become sisters, and eventually become them? Whether you end up shipping them as sisters, or you ship them slashily (I go back and forth - sisters on the show, slashy in fics!), they're awesome. Embrace them.




one.

Seriously, there really is no better reason to watch Popular than for the most amazing character ever created, Mary Cherry. There is no way that I can express her epicness, but I think the caps do a good job of it, lol. No matter how many times they ask, wonder, or call her retarded, it never stops being funny. She's just perfection and the show wouldn't be the same without her.





Leslie and Carly thank you for your time.



finish.
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Tags: character: mary cherry, ship: brooke/sam, spammer: waxandstrings, tv: popular, type: list, type: picspammy

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[info]pippivirgin

May 2 2010, 09:24:29 UTC 2 years ago

GOING TO WATCH IT NOW.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 18:06:27 UTC 2 years ago

PLEASE DO.

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[info]pinkrosebudx

May 2 2010, 10:12:19 UTC 2 years ago

AWESOME.

♥

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 18:06:37 UTC 2 years ago

MERCI!

[info]sparkagrace

May 2 2010, 10:20:51 UTC 2 years ago

I love this spam! I haven't seen it in so long and it looks so shiny and happy. Caged is my favorite episode! And I loved where they all changed hair colours!

I started singing the song because of your cut text and, you're right, it's so catchy and it fits the show so well.

Brooke/Sam were so cute. I loved how they became friends and sisters. I was so jealous of their bathroom.

Awesome spam, bb. I need to watch it again!

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 18:08:50 UTC 2 years ago

There's a few episodes that I can just watch over and over again. My favs are probably Caged and All About Adam (the one with Wentworth). I love singing the theme song, it's so much fun.

They were the cutest! I really loved how they progressed, and made improvements over the season, and then by S2, they were trying to get their parents back together because they wuved each other, aw.

Rewatch it with us when we do!

[info]heartsafool

May 2 2010, 13:52:51 UTC 2 years ago

LOVE THIS SPAM! Such awesome reasons <3
Everytime you picspam something to do with this show, I think I'm going to re-watch it. But I still haven't. Maybe in the summer though :D

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 18:07:08 UTC 2 years ago

A few of us are gonna watch this summer I think, some rewatching, some for the first time, obvs you should watch then!

[info]cookiesmonsters

May 2 2010, 13:55:33 UTC 2 years ago

Mary Cherry MADE this show for me. Even though when it aired, I watched only like half the first season, the first person I latched onto was her. I should rewatch this show now. You should totally do the compare/contrast between this and Glee, that'd be awesome.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 18:10:01 UTC 2 years ago

Obvs! She was the greatest ever. I really need to sit down and really rewatch the show as a whole soon, which I plan to do! And I'm totally gonna do it, and it'll be awesome and EMBARRASSING FOR YOU RYAN MURPHY.

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[info]breakingsilence

May 2 2010, 19:23:03 UTC 2 years ago

The best part of last summer was me watching this show, thank you very much ♥ And..I don't have popular icons, wtfff.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 19:51:00 UTC 2 years ago

I'm so glad you finally watched it, it's perfect! And I had no icons for the longest time, but had to upload some. GET ON IT.

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[info]reachingaway

May 2 2010, 19:25:44 UTC 2 years ago

I can't wait till we all watch this show together! It's gonna be so fun! And I love loooove Leslie Grossman, she was so hilarious on What I Like About You, omg. And Leslie Bibb was on Law Abiding Citizen! I was so sad when she died ):

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 19:54:49 UTC 2 years ago

I can't wait either! It seems so far away! But the show is seriously so fun and cracktastic, you'll love it. Do you love her from WILAY? She was good on that show, but WAY better on this one, so if you liked her on that, you'll loveeee her here. And I know! I wasn't expecting her in that, and was bummed when she blew up =/

[info]breakattiffanys

May 2 2010, 19:44:05 UTC 2 years ago

YES x10000000000!!!! I was so sad it got canceled and with a cliffhanger ending.

Caged is my favorite episode too (Josh, you slut).

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 19:53:20 UTC 2 years ago

Honestly! They need to do a movie or something. They talked about it on the commentaries and we all down, it's be amazing.

Josh is a total slut!

[info]beyondtheworld

May 2 2010, 19:50:37 UTC 2 years ago

I love this picspam! You did a really great job! I saw the show for the first time this year and it was so much fun.

Also,
It starts off like a pretty normal show, until Ryan Murphy got bored, and started to really make it what it was.
this is so true, haha.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 19:51:51 UTC 2 years ago

He like pretty much says exactly that on the commentary, lol. That after like the fifth episode he was so bored, lol.

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[info]pirate_smiles

May 2 2010, 19:53:52 UTC 2 years ago

Ahhh! PERFECT! I totally agree with your #1. Seriously, such an underrated show. I need to buy it on DVD now.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 19:55:27 UTC 2 years ago

Aw, you should! Not only is it awesome to have all the episodes available whenever you want, obviously, but the cast commentaries are awesome!

[info]elenielofnarnia

May 2 2010, 19:56:44 UTC 2 years ago

Mary Cherry was awesome. Like, who comes up with a character as hilarious as that? And it helps that the actress makes the character too. =D

Awesome picspam, I agree with all of this. ^^

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 19:58:07 UTC 2 years ago

Definitely. She is just completely out of this world. And yes, Leslie really makes her awesome too. I love how she says on the commentary that she tried to make her accent as horrible as possible, one that would make every acting coach in the world cringe, lol. Perfect.

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[info]dc_svfan

May 2 2010, 19:56:47 UTC 2 years ago

I loooved this show. Really did. Awesome reasons.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:00:36 UTC 2 years ago

It was way too awesome.

[info]numbly

May 2 2010, 19:57:38 UTC 2 years ago

One of my all time favourite shows! :') Mary Cherry was so quotable and funny. Wouldn't it be amazing is she showed up on Glee as Brittany's mother/sister/relative/SOMETHING! They're a lot alike, I would just die of happiness.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:00:17 UTC 2 years ago

I'm definitely waiting for the first Popular alum to show up on Glee. I'm definitely voting for Leslie (for MC awesome, there has to be come kind of connection or SOMETHING, she can't just play a random), or Carly (since she sings and dances). I think her being related to Brittany would just be awesome for the lols of them both being stupid and 'retarded', but Britt can't touch MC, lol. But I think they're getting kinda compared when I compare the two shows, Santana/Britt = Nic/MC.

[info]anaklazaro

May 2 2010, 20:10:11 UTC 2 years ago

OMG THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSS
i really miss this show :(

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:39:20 UTC 2 years ago

Me too. I always break out my DVDs at random times to watch.

[info]reassembles

May 2 2010, 20:11:02 UTC 2 years ago

okay i definitely want to watch this! especially because Mary Cherry looks like she has serious favorite character ever potential

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:15:10 UTC 2 years ago Edited:  May 2 2010, 20:27:22 UTC

You have NO idea. She is just epic.

[info]womanonarampage

May 2 2010, 20:12:39 UTC 2 years ago

I'm only seen a few random episodes (in no order or anything) and I need to remedy that. But when Is aw this I was like IF MARY CHERRY IS NOT ONE THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG. Glad to see all is right in the world.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:38:54 UTC 2 years ago

OF COURSE. There's no way she could not be number one, let alone not on the list at all! She's just EPIC.

[info]ant0nini

May 2 2010, 20:18:07 UTC 2 years ago

I'm feeling the need to see this.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:36:32 UTC 2 years ago

I suggest you go with that feeling! You won't regret it!

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[info]kiki_dissonance

May 2 2010, 20:22:34 UTC 2 years ago

I LOVE YOU.
SERIOUSLY, THIS PICSPAM IS PERFECTION ON A PLATTER.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:35:59 UTC 2 years ago

YAY, THANKS. Popular was just perfect, so it's easy!

[info]zombie_boogie

May 2 2010, 20:26:28 UTC 2 years ago

OH THIS SHOW. It has a lot of the same problems as Glee and the second season went too far in the Very Special Episode of Popular direction. But oh, the crack. The delicious, delicious crack. "Caged" was amazing and so was the Finale Cliches Finale. The characters were just awesome - especially Nicole, Ms. Glass, and of course HBIC Mary Fucking Cherry. LOVE.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:34:40 UTC 2 years ago

Definitely, with the Glee thing. I think it's obvious that it's written by the same person, but at least with Popular, the show WAS so cracktastic, that the continuity and pacing problems didn't matter as much, because you just didn't really pay attention. And YES, stupid WB, trying to make it seriously. We didn't CARE enough about Harrison to give a shit about his cancer, etc. I think the only srs bsns storyline I liked was Brooke/Sugar Daddy in the eating disorder clinic thing.

[info]pada_something

May 2 2010, 20:28:33 UTC 2 years ago

THE COLORING IS SO PERFECT

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:35:22 UTC 2 years ago

Popular caps are AMAZING to color. That show was so bright and colorful and well lite, it makes me very happy.

[info]viennawaits

May 2 2010, 20:29:56 UTC 2 years ago

I didn't watch Smallville for 3 seasons because I blamed it for Popular getting canceled. This picspam was wonderful.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:37:50 UTC 2 years ago

EW, was it really because of that? FAIL WB.

[info]brightly__wound

May 2 2010, 20:36:21 UTC 2 years ago

LOLLL I MISS THIS SHOW SO MUCH!!

I vaguely remember it, but I know that I was basically obsessed with it when it was on air. Wasn't one of the finales a musical? I loved that!

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 20:37:20 UTC 2 years ago

The S1 finale basically checked off every finale cliche as it went, and one of them was a musical number, yes. It was pretty awesome.

[info]lalita_b

May 2 2010, 20:46:33 UTC 2 years ago

I agree with all your reasons. This was my favorite show EVARRRR, and yeah, the opening credits were just so pretty *O*

Thank you for this gorgeous picspam! Looking forward to the Glee/Popular one :)

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 21:36:57 UTC 2 years ago

It's seriously just so awesome, and really stands the ~test of time. It's one of those shows that you remember and call one of your favorites, even like a decade later <3.

[info]smirk_dog

May 2 2010, 21:26:26 UTC 2 years ago

I MISS THIS SHOW SFM.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 21:35:53 UTC 2 years ago

ME TOO.

[info]burn_to_emerge

May 2 2010, 21:30:10 UTC 2 years ago

Perfect reasons and order of reasons! Of course HBIC Mary Cherry is # 1. And I also go back and forth, shipping Sam and Brooke as sisters or romantically.

Such a fantastic show. And a gorgeous picspam. Although I think "the huge amounts of gay" should be a reason in itself.

[info]waxandstrings

May 2 2010, 21:39:08 UTC 2 years ago

OF COURSE. There couldn't be any better reason to watch Popular than the Retarded One! They're easily shippable both ways. Like, if I really shipped them totally slashy, I would be annoyed when they say they're sisters and stuff on the show, but it just makes me all warm inside, so I figure it's mostly just fics.

Haha, that would be a great reason, because it really was. I love when they say that on the commentaries, that it wasn't a show for teens, but really 30 year old gay men, lol.

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