by cartiergurl01 » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:24 pm
Well, here are my character similarities with the o.c. and 90210:
Kelly= Marissa Cooper- Both introduced as wealthy, kind of considered the "it girl" at least in the beginning with the whole "perfect life" facade going on. very victimized characters. For example, Kelly: getting shot, getting cheated on, getting white, single femaled, raped twice, burned in fire, sucked in cult exc.
Marissa: parents divorcing, boyfriend cheating on her, mom sleeping with ex-boyfriend, step-dad blackmailing her, alcoholic exc.
Both definitely have the poor, little rich girl thing down. Even though, Micha Barton fame wise kind of reminds me of Shannen Doherty in a way. With leaving The O.C., cover of almost every magazine, being the lead-female character of the show.
Dylan + Brandon= Ryan- I like to think Ryan's a bit of both those characters. For example:
Like Dylan: Obviously because both, have the whole brooding, bad boy thing going on except he's not rich and not self-destructive in the same way Dylan is. Both, have a sense of street smarts, Ryan. Dylan, always had a way of knowing some of the most, dangerous and shady characters in L.A. even though he was generally a wealthy, teenage boy from Beverly Hills. Ryan, obviously more than Dylan since he's from Chino. Both, have surrogate familie's with Dylan it was the Walshes, with Ryan it's the Cohens. Both, have issues with thier parents or have been rejected by them.
Like Brandon: Both sort of have the come-to guy thing going on,for both guys and girls. Which was a thing Brandon pretty much always had going on while he was on 90210. Ryan, has that for example with mostly Marissa but with guys like with Seth, Luke, Oliver, Johnny exc. He has some of the good, logic and sense to try and get out of situations or is the one who's always trying to smooth things over.
Overall, I like to compare Ryan more to Brandon since for some reason Ryan reminds me of Brandon with his build and height. With Dylan, there was something more sexy and intense about him that just attracted me more to him and I just don't get that in Ryan.
Donna= Summer- Both introduced as fahsionable, carefree sidekicks of Kelly and Marissa with little lines or little background on the character which is something Donna had for pretty much the entire, first season and what Summer had for the first, few episodes. Both, didn't kind of fun to watch, funny characters (at least, Donna was the first three or four seasons before the major drama started pouring in.) Not, victimized too much well not Summer at least and not Donna really until after David cheated on her.
Summers, a little more original and kind of more likeable since she's a little more sassy and feistier. As much as I love Donna; Summer doesn't have that whole, gullible, goody-goody, walk all over me thing going on.
Seth- definitey a much updated version of David Silver. Trade in the Vanilla ice and McHammer style dancing and love for hip-hop for love for punk-rock and late 70's, early 80's bands like The Ramones and The Clash, add some sarcastic wit and a little bit or goofiness, u get Seth Cohen. Definitely, doesn't have the urge at least in the beginning, to fit in with the "in crowd," if so, the only reason was Summer. His relationship with Summer kind of reminds me of David and Donna's. The way, their kind of a team reminds me of them a lot. I also, have hope that they'll end up together and will be together by the time The O.C. ends.