r/ElleSeriesTV

I'm a huge fan of Legally Blonde because, to me, it's a movie that makes activism COOL. It makes caring passionately about a cause cool. It celebrates empathy while making superficiality and elitism look uncool. We need more of this, mostly right now!

I just started episode 1 of Elle, and I'm honestly confused... Why are all the activist teens written as bitter, salty caricatures? It feels like I'm watching the same memes people use to mock Greta Thunberg or young climate activists online.

And if this is supposed to take place in the 90s... why does everyone talk like it's 2026?

This feels like a trend I've noticed in movies and TV lately, where characters doing activism seem to be portrayed as annoying, angry, bitter... As if the audience is supposed to laugh at them?

It feels like we're being nudged toward seeing activism as uncool?? The "blue-haired environmental protester" a caricature of a character whose opinions are dismissed before they're even heard?

Personally, I'd rather see media encourage people to care. I don't care what color someone's hair is if they're fighting for cleaner air or human rights - we should be rooting for these people!

We're living through climate change, wars, and growing instability. At a time like this, I'd rather our stories inspire people to get involved than teach us to roll our eyes at anyone who does.

Does the series get better?

Well, this show is corny, tries too hard with the references to the OG, also tries to romanticize the 90s way too hard, and is lowkey cringey. However, at the same time, it's also enjoyable in the background, is kind, has great music and costume design, and an absolutely adorable lead! So I watched it with no regrets, and I will be watching S2.

However, one thing that bugged me during my watchthrough was thinking the entire time that Elle would never act this way in Harvard if she went through all of that. By that point, she would have known how to connect with different types of people and wouldn't be so (charmingly!) naive. And, more importantly, she would never ever fall for Warner in the first place. Gosh, she is ditching the preppy Hot Josh at 16 already for being "too predictable."

So I've decided to treat it as an alternative timeline! In Legally Blonde, she lived all her life in California and never had serious challenges (the botched nose job by Wyatt just didn't happen). So, all of her character development was put in suspended animation. Whereas in Elle TV series, the botched nose job indeed happened, and she had to go through a character development arc earlier.

I thought reviewers were being too harsh but yeah I’m starting to agree. This show is Gen Z trying to pretend nineties.

We did not talk like this.

okay miles was messed up for flirting with elle while he was with shannon but i feel like overall dustin kind of screwed over elle more? i mean he wasn’t the nicest when elle first arrived (unlike miles), lied to elle about not investigating principal anderson, and kissed her best friend. i do believe he’s a bit more of a fleshed out character than miles though, which is why people lean towards him. i hope that in season two we get to see more of the consequences of dustin kissing madison, and maybe some more development with miles (maybe something with his dads? idk). i loved the show though and im a sucker for a good love triangle. i might also be a littttle biased because i find miles super cute but trust that’s not a majorrr factor all things considered. 🌝

I like Dustin because he seems to have purpose (the school funding miss-allocation) but my god Miles is just not dynamic at all. I hate to say it and I may get a lot of hate, but both actors are not very interesting to watch.

Like, the rest are genuinely abysmal.

Wow, did I inhale that show fast. I absolutely adored it. I am 1000% the target audience - I'm *exactly* Elle's age (born 1980), desperately miss the 90s, love love love the music/fashion/vibe, and am also a HUGE Legally Blonde fan (watched it 30+ times in my life and even read the original book). I even experienced a fish out of water thing at an Ivy league grad school. Such a fantastic show. Liz even looked alarmingly like my best friend, which increased the nostalgia factor for me. What a gem. Thank you to the creators for this - perfect show :-)

That’s it. I think it’s cute, funny and Lexi Minetree is just so adorable and such an Elle. Love it.

I’m on episode 6 and she is just NAILING the Elle from the movies. I also keep seeing flashes of Reese Witherspoon too! That’s it. Just an appreciation post!

There are a lot of posts that are hating on the new show, but I think its so cute!!

The actress the plays Elle reminds me of Reese's Elle. It's a cute fun show, and I really think the captured the 90s which I loved that they set the show in! When I went to watch it I thought it was going to be set in present time so that was a pleasant surprise!

Excited to keep watching!

so I'm past episode 5 of the series and Miles is like such an ick like first of all he's emotionally involved/ developed feelings for Elle whilst in a relationship with a baddie, a ten, someone out of his league, Shannon. Then he doesn't tell Elle he's dating someone even though I know as a man he knows she's developing feelings for him. Then he decides to tell Shannon at her mum's MEMORIAL about the kiss so he feels better like Elle told him to shut his mouth. He's so stupid and his reasoning was she looked better now and he felt like a dick coming. Does he get better? I don't think he does truly hope Elle sees past her rose coloured glasses and realises he's a red flag.