1. Jerrica is too young to run Starlight music with Eric Raymond (evil guy left in charge after her dad dies) but not too young to run Starlight House, a home for foster girls? In episode one he calls Jem 'a kid'. Apparently a kid is perfectly fine to look after other young girls who are most likely more traumatised about never having a real home and are now getting looked after by 4 girls and a random nanny we see once. Heh. I never really understood how old Jem/Jerrica Bennett is meant to be. She must be over 18 otherwise she'd be into foster care herself but to be still called a kid, she'd probably need to be under 21. I'm going to go with 19.
Lesson learned: 19 is too young to run a music company (presumably because it is just outside the target demographic) but is quite alright to run foster children's home.
2.Mr Bennett (dear daddy who dies right at the beginning and we never get a glimpse of) is a truly outrageous clothes designer. Never mind the fact he also designed this whole synergy hologram program, the clothes (and car) the girls get presented with the first night they meet Synergy/secret warehouse were the coolest thing in the world to me in the late 80s when I was introduced to Jem.
I'm not sure if I'm just holding onto my childhood a teeny bit too much but some of the clothes the band wears is still pretty cool. I really wanted to go as one of the characters for my 80s party last year but it proved a bit hard with my lack of skill with a sewing machine. Shame because some of those outfits are still rad.
Lesson learned: Mr Bennett may have been gay, but he left his daughter a great parting gift with some awesome clothes and accessories.
3. Girl power is great, but for those really tough times you really need a strong boyfriend with purplish hair. Sure Jerrica can (attempt) fix her kitchen sink plumbing, pull off a concert when the band was only formed the day before but for those times when you're about to fall off a speeding boat or have a gargoyle statute fall on you, Rio is just handy to have around. Lesson learned: aim for the Spice Girls version of girl power.
I loved Jem as a youngster, I was never aware it was anymore than the first episodes that I watched originally, as I used to rent it from our video store where it was marketed as a movie. My favourite character was Kimber or Aja. Jem was okay but a bit predictable while Kimber had cool red hair, wrote the songs and was the 'other' sibling.
Several years later my grandparents got foxtel and I discovered the series continued and even had new characters and new songs I wasn't used to! The pain. I prefer not to watch these now and have just bought the original 1st disc DVD. I just pray this story isn't true. Some things should just be left in the past, in particular the 80's. It was a special time.
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