my search is not taking me right to what I want, but along the way:
Lorelai's line "Rory, the penal system is not something we enjoy. It's something with a name that makes us giggle." report at TWoP forums of this in EntertainmentWeekly soundbites. though the wit is not what I esp like in Gilmore Girls, I do find this one worth a smile.

this google cache of a 'low-fi' version from TWoP) has many good comments :
-Season three of the "Gilmore Girls" on DVD: Do you like doing the commentaries?
Rory: They make us. I sometimes don't want to. I watch these other TV shows from our network and I've never seen one where the actress does commentary. I feel like I'm getting duped because I have to do a commentary every couple of weeks.
I never really felt the need to post until I read this. Man, Alexis is either very precious or hasn't watch many of the WB's DVD's.
-Alexis does not seem to try very hard. She got the GG job because of her looks (whether it is because she looks like LG or is just plain beautiful, is irrelevant - it's still her looks that landed the part). She just doesn't seem interested in acting, at least on GG.
- It's the other way around, unfortunately. Lauren Graham was cast because she looks like Alexis Bledel, one of the first to be cast. Wow, AB whining to Newsweek about having to do commentaries on the DVDs sounds a lot like the bratty Rory of this past season. A privileged princess. I thought ASP was writing immaturity into Rory's character for dramatic effect, but maybe it's AB who's changed. Next we'll be reading that she's dropping out of acting for a year to kick back in her grandparents' poolhouse.
- More like, Alexis was cast because of this...
Sherman-Palladino says Bledel came in and had the flu and had no desire to talk to the producers. She was annoyed by the entire situation. She couldn't have cared less if she got the job or not. She had to be somewhere at four o'clock. We were like, `What's it like to go to NYU?' And she's like, `Ugh, chitchat, I guess I can do that.' We were, like, `Oh, she hates us! I love that!'
and Lauren because of this...
We wanted someone who could act, make you cry, break your heart, be funny, be gorgeous, be tough, "and still be sexy and vulnerable."-damn straight- Lauren Graham walked in and encompassed "everything that I wanted and then some." Sherman-Palladino compared Graham's bonus gifts to buying Clinique "and you get the gift combo package that goes alongside."


and some of what I did want, re Alexis being the weak link and her story line changing:
- I saw AB's movie last night and I agree with the reviewer of the posted article. While I thought her acting was a great deal better than it has been on recent episodes of GG, she was the least inspiring of the four leads. -definitely-. In addition she played a character who was very Rory-ish. yup. (and the director says on DVD that he thought the character was the other end of the spectrum ! bc reserved instead of verbal. but as both girls she is mainly awkward.)
- What I have heard more of is that it's her character Lena's storyline that is the most cliched and not as moving as that of some of the other girls. Coincidentally, her storyline is the one that is the most changed from novel to screen and probably is the most traditional (or boring).
- yeaah, Alexis' part in the movie probably has the least amount of character arc the way it was adaptated - pretty scenery though. yes, I really liked seeing Greece, so all the more wish I'd enjoyed the character.
-More or less liked the movie and all the actresses except Alexis. good.

and more that is pleasant just as appreciation of Gilmore Girls-
-Entertainment Weekly has an article called "Dear Emmy Voters" and are pushing GG for nods for Actress (LG) and Comedy Series:
Lauren Graham has deftly turned Lorelai Gilmore into a study in contradictions: flighty, yet driven enough to open the world's most perfect B&B; sometimes self centered, but a mother lion when it comes to protecting her whiz-kid daughter from a broken heart. Lorelai could have stalled out at "cool mom" but Graham has made her magnetic, complex and always real. right on.
What started as an occasionally twee mother/daughter dramedy (remember that troubador) has blossomed into the most hilarious and moving hour on TV. yay. Within each densely packed script are wonderful witty musings on family, loyalty, class and the struggles of growing up...whatever your age.
-I don't get how GG can be put in the comedy catagory - maybe I'm too set in the "comedy=30 minutes, drama=60 minutes" mold. I mean, yes Gilmore Girls is smart and funny, but it has some of the best dramatic moments on TV. Maybe the invention of the "Dramedy" catagory would help. - - - what was it that got me about this on the Emmys...? I think Boston Legal was called drama and Desperate Housewives comedy... and BL is so much funnier (and lighter in tone, as far as the framing of the show).
- Hollywood Reporter has a section today discussing the possible acting nominees for the Emmy's. There is a big quote though of Amy's that had me laughing out loud. It's the only quote pulled from the article on the page, right above Lauren's picture."No one else on TV does what Lauren (Graham) does. No one else has to be that funny, that dramatic, be in charge of that much material every week...It's the hardest job in TV, and she does it so amazingly well. Who do I have to blow to get her a nomination?" -- "Gilmore Girls" creator/executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino. I heart Amy!
- WB also placed a really beautiful For Your Consideration ad for Lauren, with that AWESOME quote from TVGuide, "Lauren Graham, the Katharine Hepburn of the small screen, is giving the kind of standout performances that scream Emmy."
- ASP is right. Name another working actress that carries an hour COMEDY completely on her shoulders - and so well. You can't find any other actress out there that is like her (hold on the TH comparisons please - I said carry the show) and can transform even lackluster (TLALD) episodes into something remotely watchable. She has the most screen time and GGs has the longest scripts. Do the math. Give her an Emmy. - - - who is TH?

- A magazine here in Brazil did a special on the theme "Why women are still desperate to get married?". In one of the articles, the journalist wrote about how movies and tv shows work to boost or counter the "modern-Cinderella" myth (always waiting for Prince Charming to save her life) . Basically, she said how Bridget Jones, an icon to many, is just another woman who has a life out of control until she finds Mark Darcy to save her (like when he got her out of jail).Then she said that, although she loved Sex and the City, the finale was a disappointment, since Carrie needed to be saved from Paris (where she went to because of a man) by Big. And the paragraph that really concerns us: The Friends finale also sucked. Rachel and Ross live happily ever after, as expected. But something is really wrong when even Phoebe, the airheaded one, finds a Prince. Sorry, but that didn't fit. Funny that the show known to be mushy is the only one in which women can be alone and happy. I'm talking about Gilmore Girls. Lorelai lives happily with her daughter Rory. Do they have boyfriends? Yes. But it's very different having a guy that comes into your life (that was already great) and adds things from having a messed-up life that needs a Prince to fix it. In the category "salvation doesn't come from others", the provincial Lorelai kicks the modern Carrie's ass.

ah ha found the actual TWoP url - couldn't tell what page it was - it's page 141 - http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=877435&st=2100 skip pages in the forum by changing that last number - as it's not a page # , I guess it's the number of the top post?
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