Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Dreadfully Boring

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

It's one of my favorite TV shows! I remember watching this show when I was little and I was a fan then. Watching A Different World inspired me to attend college. I loved seeing the characters interact with each other. Jalessa, Walter, Mr. Gaines, Freddie, Kim, Colonel Taylor, and Ron were wonderful characters and made the episodes so funny. Whitley and Dwayne were my favorite characters. Whitley was so hilarious and intelligent. We never knew what to expect her to do. Dwayne was smart and understanding. Dwayne was always there to comfort and love her. I loved seeing them as they evolved into the lead characters of the show. Their relationship was so interesting to watch. Seeing Whitley and Dwayne grow from friends to husband & wife was so great. It always kept us wondering what was gonna happen with the Mr & Mrs Wayne. As the seasons went on, the show kept on getting better. Each season finale was amazing. This show was well written by great producers and directors. Having guest stars like Diahann Carroll and Patti Labelle made the show so amazing! It's so true to say Jasmine Guy (Whitley) and Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne) were the stars of the show. This show is truly one of a kind and there won't be another show like it. Now, I'm a college student and I can relate to some of the issues that the students on A Different World faced. I still watch this show. The re-runs never get old. A Different World showed us that we could attend college and be successful. Truly, A Classic Show that I will continue to watch!

I have to agree that A Different World had a rocky start. When The Cosby Show spin-off debut in 1987, I was skeptical about the show, considering Lisa Bonet's character, Denise Huxtable never really developed on The Cosby Show. She wasn't able to carry her weight as a lead actress. Other characters was obviously popular, like Jasmine Guy's "Whitley Gilbert" and Kadeem Hardison's "Dwayne Wayne." After that disastrous second season, the show really took off, touching on social and ethnic issues that were apparent at that time. Many people attributed the show's improvement by having the character's Kimberly Reese and Freddie Brooks on the show but I think the real success was the hiring of Debbie Allen, who directed the show and was named an executive producer. For those who love the show, it is on the Oxygen channel weekdays Monday through Friday.

This was one of the worst shows ever.A Different World was lost from the start without the Cos and his mighty sweater to save the day. Lisa Bonet is as worthless an actor as Lucas would be playing professional football. You never hear anyone ever complimenting anything other than her hair. Ooooh, girl, she's got nice hair! Uh,huh! Kadeem Hardison? The only good thing he's ever done is that Blackula Movie. Did he die in that movie? I sure hope so.I don't remember Marisa Tomei being in this show. I must have missed that episode.The only good thing about Sinbad is that he's not currently on TV. For god sakes, he's got BAD in his NAME! He's more spoiled than day old Sushi. "You ever notice how funny it is how people never know what they're gonna order at McDonalds?" No, SinBAD, I never noticed that. Why don't you elaborate.And Jasmine Guy. Jasmine, Jasmine, Jasmine. That girl is like Fran Drescher without the talent. A Different World.Now it's a Different Channel.

I love this series; I grew up on it. I actually wanted to go to Hillman College until I was told that it was just a made up college based on the great Morehouse and Spelman. I have to agree that I didn't like Season One hardly at all. Lisa Bonet may be a good actress, however, she didn't/couldn't bring out the best of ADW. Jasmine Guy is incredible; she brings that Whitley Gilbert character to life each time the camera rolls. ADW raised issues on school pressures, peer pressures, drugs, abuse, rape, and racial discrimination. To sit here and read that it was a tired attempt at humor just astonishes me. This was the first sitcom (African-American at that) that actually based actual facts on the college life. What people seem to forget is that when they were in college, it just wasn't all about studies (although it should have been.). Yet, they had fun and they had tears as well-don't "hate" A Different World just because you live in one...