I don’t hide the fact that I was… am a fan of the old sitcom, Boy Meets World. Recently, there’s been news circulating that a spin-off show is being created “cleverly” named Girl Meets World. With the basic premise is that it’s going to be the same show pretty much all over again, except instead of the protagonist of the showing being Corey Matthews, it’s going to be a girl.
But get this, not just any girl – it’s going to be Riley Matthews, the purported daughter of Corey and Topanga, who got married at the tail end of the Boy Meets World, and have clearly gotten busy since the show ended. I don’t really know quite how to feel about this.
I like to think that I’m not one of those sheep that explodes and overreacts to things as they happen like people did when it came out that Disney acquired the rights to well, George Lucas. Personally, I think that the next Star Wars flick might not be terrible, and much like I did for the second trilogy, I’d approach them with fairly marginal expectations to begin with. I think what Girl Meets World is kind of like, would be like approaching the Jaden Smith starred remake of The Karate Kid AKA Kung-Fu Kid.
As long as I keep my expectations low, I can’t imagine that Girl Meets World would be all that bad. I didn’t mind Kung-Fu Kid, because frankly it’s a movie I’d seen before, and I liked the original. Thinking optimistically, with the reports that many of the original Boy Meets World cast going to be present, I have to say it will be exciting to see the current Topanga, now that she’s shed a lot of the baby chub from the original show, and got pretty hot.
But what would really solidify Girl Meets World is if they could find a way to get Shawn Hunter back into the storylines. Rider Strong hasn’t really done much these days anyway, why wouldn’t he try to get back onto the ABC Network gravy train again? But only if they brought back essentially the same Shawn Hunter from Boy Meets World, as in that he’s a monumental fuck-up, but older and probably sleazier in his current age.
Have storylines where Riley is poorly influenced by “Uncle Shawn,” or a drug-addled Shawn Hunter has done some more stupid shit again, like joining a cult or fallen into Scientology, and it creates all sorts of problems and conflicts for the Matthews Family, circa 2013. And then when all the shit looks like it’s about to hit the fan, in bursts an aged, but sage and always inspirational Mr. Feeny.
Ultimately, the best-case scenario of Girl Meets World is if it follows the formula of The Simpsons; as in, the show starts really focused on the kid, Riley, but eventually the viewers choose who their favorite is, which should be Shawn Hunter fucking shit up over and over again, and then the show basically revolves around him.
