Turns out it was too good to be true
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bennet_7Attention everyone: the Apocalypse snuck up on us over Easter.
The end is nigh. Be on the look out for four horsemen. I am outraged. I am sad. I am confused.
Why would somebody do this?
WHY????
Why would you remake the awesome 10 things I hate about you into a crappy TV show ten years after it was released? I do not understand.
The girl who plays Kat does not look capable of kicking a guy in the balls and then saying that he kicked himself in the balls. The boy who plays Patrick looks like a Jonas brother. And Bianca? How dare you replace Alex Mack! SHE HAS A SECRET WORLD! (Is that show on DVD yet?) Bogey Lowenstein isn't even mentioned in the new cast list - will Nigel still bring the brie?!
Why yes I have seen this movie 9 million times. How did you guess?
How can they top this moment:
The real rub of it all? The TV show is being directed by the same guy who directed the movie. Kat's father is being played by the same actor too.
Still, it's going to be wretched. For those of you who want to rewatch the film it's here on YT. For me, this will always be Heath Ledger's best work.
The end is nigh. Be on the look out for four horsemen. I am outraged. I am sad. I am confused.
Why would somebody do this?
WHY????
Why would you remake the awesome 10 things I hate about you into a crappy TV show ten years after it was released? I do not understand.
The girl who plays Kat does not look capable of kicking a guy in the balls and then saying that he kicked himself in the balls. The boy who plays Patrick looks like a Jonas brother. And Bianca? How dare you replace Alex Mack! SHE HAS A SECRET WORLD! (Is that show on DVD yet?) Bogey Lowenstein isn't even mentioned in the new cast list - will Nigel still bring the brie?!
Why yes I have seen this movie 9 million times. How did you guess?
How can they top this moment:
The real rub of it all? The TV show is being directed by the same guy who directed the movie. Kat's father is being played by the same actor too.
Still, it's going to be wretched. For those of you who want to rewatch the film it's here on YT. For me, this will always be Heath Ledger's best work.
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Date: 2009-04-17 06:16 pm (UTC)But where's the suspense? We know they're going to get together and I highly doubt that the new actors will offer a more interesting take on the characters than the originals.
Well, if I ran the circus, this is how I would do it:
1) Start the the "10 Things" series after the end of the movie, like BtVS. Otherwise, yes. Why bother? You're dooming yourself before you even start.
1) Watch every movie version ever made. Take copious notes.
2) It's been a while since I saw "10 Things," but in the remake, I'm pretty sure the two romantic leads are only dating. Also, it's not the Renaissance. This can lead to no end of problems.
3) Go back to the Shakespeare play; take a long and squinty-eyed look at everything. Find dangling plot threads, especially involving characters who are not Katrina or Petrucchio.
4) Go to the library, pick up every edition of the play, and read only the footnotes.
5) Decide that Bianca is secretly a werewolf.no subject
Date: 2009-04-17 06:31 pm (UTC)5) Decide that Bianca is secretly a werewolf.Now that I would watch.