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Degrassi: Next Class coming to Netflix

Alright, here’s a different kinda post. Sorry, tumblr is going to get this twice. In light of the announcement of Degrassi: Next Class airing via Netflix on 2016, here’s a conversation between my best friend and me. This basically tells you all my thoughts on the subject.

JS

and I got your text about degrassi

is there an article somehwere about it??

AK

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1552117/degrassi-graduates-to-netflix-the-next-class-coming-in-2016

DHX Media Ltd. | Degrassi Graduates to Netflix – The Next Class Coming in 2016

HALIFAX, June 9, 2015 /CNW/ – DHX Media Ltd. (“DHX” or the “Company”) (TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B), a key player internationally in the creation of content for families and children, today announced Degrassi: Next Class, a new series in the critically acclaimed Degrassi franchise, will premiere on Netflix in…

AK

lol still had it open

JS

uh…it worries me that it’s being produced by the people who made teletubbie

s

AK

HAHAHA

JS

what if they turn iti into a disney channel-esque

show

I’ll die

AK

think of it like this – DJH was on PBS…. telletubbies was on PBS…..

oh yea. that would SUCK

JS

but I’m happy that they’re most likely scrapping all the current characters

AK

i cant stand disney channel now

JS

but it DOES mention dealing wtih drugs, racistm, etc

AK

wait, what about the pressures of balancing modeling with school and the repurcussions of sleeping with famous football players?

what about when you get an internship at a music channel in new york and your rich boyfriend’s sister tries to sabotage you?

JS

and planning elaborate proms that look like they would have taken a team of designers

AK

hahaha

JS

and when your billionaire friend gives you 20 grand so you can get a kidney

I love how fionas like 17 and shes just giving away money she didnt’ earn

AK

HAHAHAHAH!!!! YES!

in the 80s it was like “i need 20 bucks for a concert ticket”

JS

and “we need $ to buy cokes so we can stay in the strip club”

Links Between DH and TNG

Time for another discussion. This time it’s about connections between old and new.

Watching the first 3 seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation, there are many references to the good old original. Mr. Simpson talking about his band, the password “broomhead”, mentions of Tessa Campanelli, and so on.

However, after spending some time in the online Degrassi community, you will see many people asking – why didn’t the writers incorporate MORE, however subtle, references to the original? It wouldn’t have hurt anyone. It wouldn’t have messed up the story, or confused the young audience. Like, for example, somehow alluding to the fact that Mr. Perino was once Jeff on DJH!

And today, I thought of another. This morning, as I was watching TNG Season 2 episode “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, I realized something as Emma and Manny crashed the 80s dance.

WHY didn’t the DJ play one of the songs that DJH/DH used to have playing at all their dances?! Specifically Gowan! I mean come on! I became really angry. That would have been so simple! So here, have some Gowan.

Moonlight Desires

Burning Torches of Hope

Ships. (?!?!)

I’m probably like the ONLY person in the world who doesn’t understand this “shipping” and combining of names to represent a couple. But… what is this? WTF people.

People used to do that when two people spent so much time together “they were practically one person” – if Joe and Sally are so obsessed with each other that they’re never apart, people would jokingly refer to them as Jally. And then there was Brangelina, the exceptionally popular celebrity couple that got their own special name which in turn spurned a cultural disease. Ships.

So apparently, now, if you’re dating, you’re automatically Soe or whatever obnoxious name combination people can think of. And there’s no standard! If you want to call them Camaya, do it, if you want to call them Mam, do it! Be as annoying as you want!

And what the hell is shipping? That’s about the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of. And endgame? WTF does OTP stand for? Like, where am I?

And what’s with the obsession with relationships in the first place?! You know, on DJH and DH, and even TNG, some people never dated at all! Or dated only a couple of people! Now everyone dates everyone and their dead brother!

Back in the day, there used to be more important concerns besides dramatic relationships and careless sex!

And what’s with this term fandom? That’s about annoying as shit. I hate to be lumped in with these shipping teeny boppers comprising a fandom of “omg i luv her i wish i was as pretty as her”. This, my friends, is a different type of blog, you can rest assured.

What has Degrassi – and its audience – become? Anyone else out there feeling this way?