I hated how Serena was always getting what she wanted, while Blair actually worked hard for everything she wanted and often got snubbed. Blair was my favorite not Serena.
EXACTLY!!! And I never understood why the fuck she was mad at Blair for dating Dan, does she keep forgetting that she FUCKED NATE!!!??? WHILE Blair and him were dating, she kissed Dan when Serena and him were waayyyy over. Not only that but Blair does EVERYTHING for Serena, Serena never does shit for Blair
If Rufus and Lily never got together in the books, why the hell would they write that storyline for the show? I think they just needed an excuse for Dan and Serena to break up so Dan could literally date every other female on the show.
You missed how different Nate is!! In the books he's a massive stoner, who's gorgeous and sweet, but rather stupid. And the main plot of the books is the love triangle between Serena, Blair, and Nate. Also, Dan and Vanessa didn't just have a "will they or won't they" relationship" in the books, they were soul mates! Also, Chuck was bisexual!
Veronnica MacKillop in the show he mentions he has kissed boys multiple times before and Nates character is kind of similar. We dont see it much nor does he dress like it but its been seen and mentioned many many times that he is a stoner. Also its clear in the show that he is sweet but a little stupid
Everyone keeps saying that they forgot to mention how chuck was bisexual in the books but in the series he admitted to being with guys before in the past to Blair...
Kyah Clauzel yeah but in the series it sounds like he just experimented with other guys in the past, but is actually straight. In the books he actually IS bisexual, and not just experimenting.
Valeria Funez exactly. In the show he doesn’t seem interested in guys. Actually, the only time he kisses a guy in the show is in order to help Blair in a scheme.
He admits to kissing guys but they never outright say he's bisexual. It doesn't seem like he's really interested in guys throughout the show. In fact he seemed grossed out when he had to kiss that one guy. But they definitely did hint at it a few times and I honestly think they missed an opportunity to make him bi in the show bc it would've fit a lot with his character.
@@Emily-ii6si true. it would’ve been so interesting to see Chuck with boys. I’m 99% sure he IS straight in the show, though, because when he said he’d kissed guys before it sounded like it was just an experience he’d had.
1. Nate's character and family are really different on the books from the show. He is the major male character, along with Dan, but the two of them hardly interact, in fact they don't even go to the same school! His obscession with smoking in the books is a really big part of his charcter. In the books Serena and Blair are constantly fighting over Nate, whereas on the show it was a mistake Serena made once and regrets. His father is a really tough Captain, and his mother is a waify french socialite. 2. The characters in the books are a lot less focused on schemes and taking each other down, and a lot more consumed with their own individual crazy adventures like Dan becoming a poet, Serena becoming a famous actress, Vanessa as a DoP and Jenny becoming a model. They have a lot more random celebrity friends in the books. 3. There is a lot more references to strong drug use in a very casual way in the books like the ski trip with Georgina Sparks, or stealing the viagra from the teacher. 4. Overall the tone of the books is a lot more light hearted. The parents are barely involved in the children's life and they are often away, leaving their children completely to their own devices. 5. Vanessa's character is really awesome in the books and she has a lot more backbone. She is actually friends with Blair and Serena in the books and mostly pretty oblivious to the major class differences and she only cares about film. 6. Chuck's character in the books is also briefly gay! 7. Blair has 4 siblings in the books! 8. Rufus still always cooks in the books but he's a terrible cook and puts rum in everything! 9. Nate and Jenny date for ages in the books, even living together at university! 10. The books are much more Blair focused whereas the Tv series alternates between Blair and Serena. Both the books and the tv series are awesome and totally addictive!
for #9, apparently the reason why they never properly finished the nate + jenny storyline is because chace crawford was uncomfortable “dating” a minor. and also once taylor momsen had turned 18 jenny was basically non-existent in the show
@@mrods999 The fact that Ms. Momsen wanted to focus more on her music (her band, The Pretty Reckless) was a big factor for Jenny's fewer appearances and later being written off (until her return for the series finale)
I went to high school with these two girls who were best friends and they both dated the same guy on and off. It was like some messed up exchange every few weeks. *shudders*
+xxIluvyouguysxx Boo I watch daytime soaps but even in that everybody don't date everybody....Mostly be like brothers in love with the same girl or whatever....Plus this is a primetime soap it shouldn't have been that soapy😒
I actually felt liked her. Never did I hate main characters as bad as this show. However, I had a love-hate thing for Dan, Blair, and Chuck's characters. I did love Dan and Blair as a couple though.
I’m glad that Chuck was a main character on the show, he was so interesting. On the other hand, I agree Blair’s bulimia was a total missed opportunity. And Vanessa, I prefer Vanessa’s book version much more.
The way the show did Dan and Vanessa may have been the most disappointing thing about the show. Those two are supposed to be outsiders, remain outsiders and be damn proud that they are outsiders, as well as bringing a shred of humanity to the upper east siders. They are not supposed to scheme with them and against them.
Agreed vanessa was the most disappointing. The actress who played her said she herself and her character being a biracial minority was the result of the majority Caucasian writers not writing good storylines for her
DL1982 Peters I’m saying the show writers just didn’t know how to explore the complexity of Vanessa characteristic similar to the other characters bc of her biracial background that something the actress and even the author of the original book series said
I actually do think bliars bulimia was a missed opportunity I would have loved for them to delve into the story line and I was disappointed when they didnt
Emily Smithson I agree but I also feel like it would make Blair more relatable and it would probably help a lot of teenaged girl going through the same thing, show them that you can be powerful despite having a mental illness
Im a guy and i am late but this topic wasnt the thing to talk about at the time. nowadays it is way different. people arent scared to talk about it even on television. it was difficult to handle on tv.
possibly because its a story line thats been overdone so much already, cant believe people are still interested in it. I actually rolled my eyes at that episode. its just such a cliche writing. oh the pretty girl hanging over a toilet with masacara running down her eyes to still look pretty(eating disorder have been romantized so much im so fucking done with it) any teen drama series has had a center topic on eating disorders since the 80s lol.
I am watching the show now..and I HATE SERENA! Blair at least owned up to it..she was competitive and she admitted it. Serena was always so sly..I just watched the episode where she tries to get her cousin to be the 'it' girl..then gets jealous and humiliates her...I know it's just a show but it infuriates me that Serena is still portrayed as goodie goodie on the show despite herself.
I like the girl with temptation...who feels like a real person being good and being with those friends. Just felt like it was a lazy hook in the story lines to have her keep resorting back to her old behavior.
Haha no she's not. To me she is portrayed as a spoiled privilege white girl that plays the victim all the time because she has no clue what to do with herself half the time. She think she has it all together but doesn't; she still in high school and makes a lot of dumb choices. But that's what I see and how the show portrayed her to me. 😊 ahhh I love seeing the comments here to hear people's opinion it's so fun and interesting!!!
Also, the t.v. show reveals Dan as being Gossip Girl but the books never reveal Gossip Girl's identity. Jenny's character on the show also seems to take more elements of her personality from the "It Girl" books rather than the Gossip Girl books.
@@xXTheRedrubyXx No. A few "readers" (in the letters to GG in the book) asked this, and GG answered "I have no monkey friend by my side (referring to Chuck's pet monkey), and I'm as girly as a girl can get". GG's identity is never made clear, not even in the spin-off "Gossip Girl: The Carlyles", where another "reader" asked if she was Chuck, since the previous core group (B, S, N, D and V) left to college and GG was still online.
Literally not a single scene of that show is outrageous EXCEPT maybe when Dan slept with their teacher that one time, but otherwise??? I mean I like the show, believe me, but in comparison to other teen shows it IS tame.
To add another difference: in the novels, Blair is wait listed at Yale, doesn't haze a teacher and actually gets admitted. She also decides to pursue a career in law unlike in the TV show where she goes to NYU then Columbia and pursues a career in fashion like her mother. Also, in the novels Chuck & Blair do end up dating while running into each other during a semester studying abroad at Oxford but end up breaking up. It's never really stated whether or not they get back together. The last novel just shows Blair & Serena deciding to travel throughout Europe together leaving Nate behind and ultimately choosing each other over constantly fighting over him (which was also one of the main story lines throughout the novels and not in the TV series).
@@annerittwage1401 hi! I know it’s been 4 years but I literally just saw this comment now when I was notified that someone else commented on original post lol Yes, you’re right. In the novel (which is also portrayed in the show), Blair kisses her Yale interviewer on the cheek in a moment of panic and desperation after pretty much tanking her interview 😂 at least she got in in the books despite all of that
What about Aaron Rose. He was in almost every book and he was in love with Blair. I actually liked all the changes they made in the Gossip Girl show except their exclusion of Aaron Rose.
Greatest Eva he is, in the books though he was more frequently featured. We never see him again after him and serena broke up even though he is Cyrus' son
@@moon.937 Doesn’t make it any better lol just because someone was “better” towards you (which Dan wasn’t at all either,she was so damn lost for the most time) doesn’t mean they are better for u. Dan fell in love with a character from his book and not Blair and unlike him Chuck actually loved her. And in the end they found their way to each other again 🤷🏻♀️ Chuck might have been an A class asshole to Blair but he grew and matured. He had an amazing character development. Dan and Blair had such a great friendship and imo they really shouldn’t have ruined that 🥴
it just didn't make sense tbh, and they should've toned down on all the haters to lovers- Chuck and Blair were fine as haters to lovers, but adding another one? seemed like they were too hungry for drama WHICH WAS UNEEDED.
maxine chan 1.mona dies after falling off the cliff. 2.ezra is a Minor character only. 3.caleb doesn't exist in the books. 4.aria dates noel for most of the books. 5.toby was a creep in the books and he also commits Suicide. 6.hanna and Lucas dates on the books. 7.emily dates both girls and guys in the books and ends up ding dong ditching her baby. 8.hanna dates arias brother Mike. 9.theres no N.A.T club in the books. 10.hanna ends up in radley after -A exposes her bulimia (where as in the show it was spencer in radley). 11.No Spoby. 12.emily has 2 sisters and a brother. 13.ali's twin sister Courtney was the one who was friends with the girls (also mr Hastings is Ali and Courtney's father making them spencer and Melissa's half sisters).
I beg to differ that Rufus and lily were a favorite, they were on and off so much...it was annoying. And they didn’t even end up together in the finale (not that they could) but damn...
honey monet since I read the books before I watched the show (and I didn't watch a lot of it), I could not get over the fact that Rufus and lily were brought even remotely close together. Completely different from the books. Why did everyone on the show have to be hot? Rufus was old, had a pot belly and was a slob.
I think Ed Westwick brought so much to the character of Chuck they couldn’t help but make Chuck a forefront character. His and Blaires plot lines carried the show. Ed and Leighton have incredible chemistry and the writers worked around that. In regards to Rufus I think the writers were inspired by a Sandy Cohen type dad. (Same creators from the OC after all) i think they saw how well it worked there and replicated the same archetype dad with him. Approachable, loving, down to earth, full of good advice. Lily also reminds me or Kirsten now that i think about it so i think there was a lot of cross over ideas there.
Another difference between the books and the show...the whole timeline. In the show, the first season starts off with them being juniors in high school; second season, seniors. In the books, up until book 8 I think, it is set during their senior year of high school only.
Micah Williams it was pretty much like book 1 would be the first month of school so September, by book 7 it’s like late May/early June...something among those lines
I was skeptical about reading the books at first because of that, but they are SO good. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I feel like the author nailed the world of Gossip Girl in a totally different way than the writers of the TV show did
I think it would have been nice if Eric was older and had a brief romance with Blair--it would be very juicy. I hate vanessa but if she has to be in the show I think it would have been interesting to stick with the book version.
Paul Pogba The Black Sensation oh they never dated each other in the books. Chuck is bi and dan was experimenting with another person that was not Chuck lol.
I only got up to the 4th book in my teens (i plan on getting back into the series), but I remember thinking that Nate and Serena deserved each other... and I don't mean that in a good way. I didn't like either characters; I saw both of them as dumb airheads that never seemed to have their feet to the floor. I held much more respect for Blair despite how much of bitch she can be. She deserves much more than having Serena and Nate as they 'friends'.
Different strokes for different folks but I prefer to show especially with how much Chuck grew and how they handled Dan. Could have done without Dan and Blair dating. They could have just been good friends and it would have been fine.
sharu812 I think she did at first, but then she stopped, she did idolise Serena in the first couple of episodes, so you could say she idolised them both
lorettaluvs maxine chan 1.mona dies after falling off the cliff. 2.ezra is a Minor character only. 3.caleb doesn't exist in the books. 4.aria dates noel for most of the books. 5.toby was a creep in the books and he also commits Suicide. 6.hanna and Lucas dates on the books. 7.emily dates both girls and guys in the books and ends up ding dong ditching her baby. 8.hanna dates arias brother Mike. 9.theres no N.A.T club in the books. 10.hanna ends up in radley after -A exposes her bulimia (where as in the show it was spencer in radley). 11.No Spoby. 12.emily has 2 sisters and a brother. 13.ali's twin sister Courtney was the one who was friends with the girls (also mr Hastings is Ali and Courtney's father making them spencer and Melissa's half sisters).
because the author worked as an executiv eproducer on the show i thought it was very similar to the books but i have been FOOLED wtf im buying the books today
Not gonna lie, I liked what Bart brought to the show as a character, and I wish they would've done more with his and Chuck's relationship when they brought him back.
In the book they described Vanessa as a pale, bald girl whose wardrobe was filled with black shirts, but when i started watching the show I was so confused. Same with Eric, he was supposed to be older than Blair.
People hate Vanessa for No reason she deserved more air time and a way better story line even while being the hero it was misconstrued as her being an enemy. Which literally made no sense as though she adds humanity to every character
@@cierrajackson9982Vanessa and Georgina drugged Serena and got her sent to rehab….. Blair dated chuck who sa’d her best friend and Jenny. Y’all are comparing Serena’s boy drama to things that are ILLEGAL. Vanessa was not a good person .
Chuck had an amazing story arc in gossip girl but all the story arcs of the major characters were rushed to a climax in season 6. Why did s6 only have 10 episodes??? They had so much content to end the gg universe in a fulfilling way, i.e. showing a Blair labour scene with Chuck next to her holding her hands. That would have literally melted my heart
jennifer karat maxine chan 1.mona dies after falling off the cliff. 2.ezra is a Minor character only. 3.caleb doesn't exist in the books. 4.aria dates noel for most of the books. 5.toby was a creep in the books and he also commits Suicide. 6.hanna and Lucas dates on the books. 7.emily dates both girls and guys in the books and ends up ding dong ditching her baby. 8.hanna dates arias brother Mike. 9.theres no N.A.T club in the books. 10.hanna ends up in radley after -A exposes her bulimia (where as in the show it was spencer in radley). 11.No Spoby. 12.emily has 2 sisters and a brother. 13.ali's twin sister Courtney was the one who was friends with the girls (also mr Hastings is Ali and Courtney's father making them spencer and Melissa's half sisters).
Chelsea Canales So the actors are good looking, not a good reason to watch the show, especially with the rumors going around that Ed possibly raped 3 women.
I like both books and show but if you thought the show was already the worst with everybody dating everybody, in the books everybody CHEATS on everybody, and nobody even minds.
OMG I'm so glad they changed it, the tv show is far much better like can anyone imagine Gossip Girl without Chair because I know I ceraintly can't. They were the reason I continued watching GG of course otherwise than the fact that the show is great.
Okay to everybody that hasn't read the books and watched this video thinking the books are boring; Watch Mojo did a shitty job explaining the books and what kind of feeling they had compared to the series. The books are amazing: deeper, darker, more interesting and at the same time more toned down. The only thing that is better with the tv-series is what they have done with Chuck and his relationship with Blair. When I first started watching the show I was so disappointed, but had to acknowledge that the show was a new story and had nothing to do with the characters I fell in love with in the books.
What’s better with the TV show is Blair. Leighton made the book character come alive and then some. Cecily Von Ziegesar, the writer of the GG novels, thought Leighton was “totally perfect for Blair”.
