Monday October 19, 2009 at 13:01

I’m all caught up, you guys! The producers of The Hills did an incredibly good job. The way they manipulated the reality of the show through editing. Cutting between a distant look and a character walking away is a great way to make a depressing scene, when really they’re probably just looking at a drinks menu. I’m sure there are a lot of non-chronological shots intended to suit the intention of the plotline the producers have devised. I think this is part of what LC was talking about when discussing her reasons for leaving the show. Speaking of Lauren, I liked her less and less as the series went on. While it was cute to see her go from clueless-but-motivated intern to a pretty professional, I found myself getting bored with her. She’s like a favorite song I’d listened to 300 times in a row and was ready to forget about for a year. I spent much of the time from series two to series four Ohhing and Awwing over Audrina, until that night with Brody in Hawaii. On that note, just because she’s the single one doesn’t absolve Brody of responsibility. The fact that most of the characters thought it did was fucking insane to me. Spencer is the most real one, because he’s the most upfront about his fakeness. I nodded profusely when Brody said “You just pretend to be different” after Spencer asked him to the wedding. He’s unapologetic about who he is, and I love that. He made up with Heidi’s Mum, I believe, just to suit his own ends rather than out of any sincerity. That’s what makes him the best character. Why would Spencer and Heidi get married? I can see why Spencer would: Heidi is easy to manipulate and a source of great enjoyment for him. Fairly typical Svengali behavior. Heidi on the other hand is constantly berated and insulted by Spencer. Girls these days. Stephanie was at least fairly interesting, and despite being hailed as untrustworthy by everyone, turned out to be the least insidious. In my memory, she lied exactly once: When she told Lauren that Heidi invited herself, when if it wasn’t for Stephanie’s prodding, she probably wouldn’t have gone. Other than that, she always seemed straight-up. She was less bitchy than Lo, less narcissistic than Heidi and less willing to sleep with a dude in a relationshit than Audrina (when she left the club after she found out that White Tie Affair guy had a girlfriend, I cheered a little on the inside). Her real downside is that she has less independence than LC. If it wasn’t for her shocking sensitivity, she’d be MOTL. What more is there to say? So little happened in this series. I feel bad that my story with these characters has come to an end, but I crave no more. I came out of this show with nothing. No lessons, no new perspective. In fact, I feel like the drama on this show was kind of a rehash of the drama I faced from October ‘08 to April ‘09. Maybe if I’d caught this series a year earlier, I’d be much changed. Fortunately, I can leave this show behind now. It was fun while it lasted.

I’m all caught up, you guys!

The producers of The Hills did an incredibly good job. The way they manipulated the reality of the show through editing. Cutting between a distant look and a character walking away is a great way to make a depressing scene, when really they’re probably just looking at a drinks menu. I’m sure there are a lot of non-chronological shots intended to suit the intention of the plotline the producers have devised. I think this is part of what LC was talking about when discussing her reasons for leaving the show.

Speaking of Lauren, I liked her less and less as the series went on. While it was cute to see her go from clueless-but-motivated intern to a pretty professional, I found myself getting bored with her. She’s like a favorite song I’d listened to 300 times in a row and was ready to forget about for a year. I spent much of the time from series two to series four Ohhing and Awwing over Audrina, until that night with Brody in Hawaii. On that note, just because she’s the single one doesn’t absolve Brody of responsibility. The fact that most of the characters thought it did was fucking insane to me.

Spencer is the most real one, because he’s the most upfront about his fakeness. I nodded profusely when Brody said “You just pretend to be different” after Spencer asked him to the wedding. He’s unapologetic about who he is, and I love that. He made up with Heidi’s Mum, I believe, just to suit his own ends rather than out of any sincerity. That’s what makes him the best character.

Why would Spencer and Heidi get married? I can see why Spencer would: Heidi is easy to manipulate and a source of great enjoyment for him. Fairly typical Svengali behavior. Heidi on the other hand is constantly berated and insulted by Spencer. Girls these days.

Stephanie was at least fairly interesting, and despite being hailed as untrustworthy by everyone, turned out to be the least insidious. In my memory, she lied exactly once: When she told Lauren that Heidi invited herself, when if it wasn’t for Stephanie’s prodding, she probably wouldn’t have gone. Other than that, she always seemed straight-up. She was less bitchy than Lo, less narcissistic than Heidi and less willing to sleep with a dude in a relationshit than Audrina (when she left the club after she found out that White Tie Affair guy had a girlfriend, I cheered a little on the inside). Her real downside is that she has less independence than LC. If it wasn’t for her shocking sensitivity, she’d be MOTL.

What more is there to say? So little happened in this series. I feel bad that my story with these characters has come to an end, but I crave no more. I came out of this show with nothing. No lessons, no new perspective. In fact, I feel like the drama on this show was kind of a rehash of the drama I faced from October ‘08 to April ‘09. Maybe if I’d caught this series a year earlier, I’d be much changed. Fortunately, I can leave this show behind now. It was fun while it lasted.