The millennium generation experienced growing up in a new type of environment with that came new norms. It was something that had not been seen ever before. The internet and hand held cellphones were two big inventions which changed the way society lived day to day, those two inventions led to the introduction of social media. Social media has evolved and expanded tremendously, especially over the past decade. It began as a way for people to communicate with each other but it has gone a lot further than that now. It’s being used as a job, a way to get the daily news and a way for people to find out everything about you. And this is what I believe is the main idea of the 2018 Lifetime series You. Developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, You is a modern day psychological crime thriller, it focuses on two young adults living the daily life in New York City, Joe Goldberg and Guinevere Beck. The series focuses on taking their usual lives and twisting it all thanks to the power of social media.
Joe Goldberg, a smart, geeky young adult who works in a local Brooklyn book store seems like the perfect guy to date. When a viewer first begins to watch the series, they instantly falls for Joe and fan girls. He’s played by Penn Badgley, whose also played many key characters in other hit shows such as Gossip Girl. He has that mysterious vibe to him, it leaves the viewers hooked onto to him and to the show. Joe acts so mysterious and kind you want to believe or as a matter fact the writers make you believe he’s one of the good ones. Personally, I was divided throughout most of the show going back and forth whether I was on Joe’s side or whether he was actually a psycho. He acted weirdly, he stalked Beck but he did it out of love. Joe was in love with Beck or at least trying to be, he wanted to get to know her better. We’ve all been there someone or something catches our attention, we instantly want to know more about them or that thing. We google about it or ask people, it’s almost a natural instinct, it’s curiosity. We can’t blame Joe for wanting to get to know Beck but did he take it a further step than we do? Does that mean he’s a psycho?A psychopath is one suffers from a mental disorder that causes unusual or violent social behavior. Can we officially consider Joe a psychopath, if he excessively stalks Beck, I mean he’s only using resources that are public to anyone.Things I would change about the show would be the setting. I believe the NYC setting is very hectic and ciaos. It adds a lot of tension to the show, I even think it makes the stalking easier. Something else I would change would be to make it less predictable. Every second you know what is going to happen next. To add a little spice to it I would make them both stalk each other and have the same plan in the end. Have them both have the idea of killing each other. Or maybe have Beck stalk Joe rather than the other way round. I think having Beck do all the actions Joe did would be interesting, taking into consideration gender rolls. It would be interesting having Beck be so interested in Joe to that extent
Joe Goldberg, a smart, geeky young adult who works in a local Brooklyn book store seems like the perfect guy to date. When a viewer first begins to watch the series, they instantly falls for Joe and fan girls. He’s played by Penn Badgley, whose also played many key characters in other hit shows such as Gossip Girl. He has that mysterious vibe to him, it leaves the viewers hooked onto to him and to the show. Joe acts so mysterious and kind you want to believe or as a matter fact the writers make you believe he’s one of the good ones. Personally, I was divided throughout most of the show going back and forth whether I was on Joe’s side or whether he was actually a psycho. He acted weirdly, he stalked Beck but he did it out of love. Joe was in love with Beck or at least trying to be, he wanted to get to know her better. We’ve all been there someone or something catches our attention, we instantly want to know more about them or that thing. We google about it or ask people, it’s almost a natural instinct, it’s curiosity. We can’t blame Joe for wanting to get to know Beck but did he take it a further step than we do? Does that mean he’s a psycho?A psychopath is one suffers from a mental disorder that causes unusual or violent social behavior. Can we officially consider Joe a psychopath, if he excessively stalks Beck, I mean he’s only using resources that are public to anyone.Things I would change about the show would be the setting. I believe the NYC setting is very hectic and ciaos. It adds a lot of tension to the show, I even think it makes the stalking easier. Something else I would change would be to make it less predictable. Every second you know what is going to happen next. To add a little spice to it I would make them both stalk each other and have the same plan in the end. Have them both have the idea of killing each other. Or maybe have Beck stalk Joe rather than the other way round. I think having Beck do all the actions Joe did would be interesting, taking into consideration gender rolls. It would be interesting having Beck be so interested in Joe to that extent