'76 Angels, today.

Beat Cop Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 123

What if the show came out only this month? Same angels at their same ages, same everything. Put the whole show in a time machine.

We've talked already about how the show would be different today, so I'm talking more about the girls. Which 20-something angel would be the most different under the influence of modern fame? Who would be exactly the same?

Is Angel Mania full blown or are the girls lumped in with other 20-somethings you hear about on TMZ? Does Farrah have a different haircut?
Does Kate complain on twitter during her lunch hour? Are Cheryl's fashion decisions vastly different? Is Jaclyn still obsessed with Gone With The Wind?

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:21 am

First off, the show would have fan sites and twittering ala Lost and Twilight. Jaclyn would probably get her K Mart stuff off the ground while on the show. Cheryl would be more visible politically, but probably not sing as much, but maybe woulda had a better shot at Broadway. Farrah would be the TMZ fixture. Kate might have gotten to do movies at the same time since it's easier or more acceptable to do today than back then. And I'd say about the same for Shelley and Tanya.

Overall, assuming it would have been very updated, I think they'd stand a better chance than being lumped in with the CW Gossip Girl crowd. Aaron Spelling would have known how to make it work for this time. When actors are so unique (which most of the 20 somethings are not), they transcend the contraints of time. Farrah, Angelina, Jennifer Aniston, Jodie Foster last because that 'it' factor never goes away.

And even if the media today is way too saturated, we might have gotten to know them better since questions aren't as silly as in the 70s and 80s. But back then we got to see the inside of their homes, and interviews with their families, that you don't see so much now.

Sorry, this answer was a little all over the place.

Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:37 pm

For one thing, the angels wouldn't be wearing bell bottom pants today. And that would be a big disappointment.

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:06 pm

I think bloggers would have crucified Shelley more than Carson or the media did back in 79.

I think Tanya Roberts would be the most downloaded person online ala Jenna Jamison

I think Kate Jackson would take her greivences to a blog and dog out Lasko and Spelling.

I think the cynical nature of writers today would have the angels be more catty with each other. Every ep would have a 1 love 2 angels vibe...

Steed's Favourite Umbrella Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 1808

Sup wrote:

I think the cynical nature of writers today would have the angels be more catty with each other. Every ep would have a 1 love 2 angels vibe...

yeah. and each Angel would have at least one borderline neurotic quirk that they'd parade through every ep ad nauseam.

and - of course - the whole series would be terribly gritty.

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:06 pm

Of course now Charlies speaker box would be a cam internet link up....which would make the "what does he look like" aspect of the show seem silly..

Jill: We still don't know what Charlie looks like"

Bri: We could always google him.

Kelly: Google him? (kelly still gets the dumb lines in 2009)

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:54 pm

Kelly would say, What are you getting at Bri?

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:29 am

Sup wrote:

Jill: We still don't know what Charlie looks like"

Bri: We could always google him.

Kelly: Google him? (kelly still gets the dumb lines in 2009)

Kris.

I don't know if I could stand Kelly if she uttered lines like that.