1 thing I like about you

[bennet_7]

So remember when I got very, very angry about the new TV series based on 10 Things I Hate About You? Well tonight I decided to give it a go, partly because I was pretty curious to compare and contrast, but mostly because there is so very little on at the moment and I'll watch pretty much anything.

Verdict? It's not awful, and sometimes it's even pretty good (note: my bias is totally clouding my judgment. I love the film with a passion). Don't care much for the characterisation at this point but the writing is generally sharper than you'd expect for one of these ABC Family series and there are some funny lines.

But I'm going to keep watching mostly because of the guy who plays Patrick.

Now, I wasn't wrong about him looking like a lost Jonas brother. He does and it kinda freaks me out. But here's the thing: unlike the Jonases, whom I could take in a fight, this guy is solidly built and not a waify elf-child. And he's decently tall too.



He's a bit too pretty here...



...but yes I would like tickets to the gun show.

For the first 2/3 of the show he mostly sits and broods and looks mysterious and vaguely dangerous and rides a motorcycle because that's what bad boys do (actually, real bad boys steal from you so that they can go and buy heroin after they've cheated on you with some other girl). But then, they finally let him talk and whoah. Dude has an unexpectedly deep and sexy voice - I really did not expect him to sound like that but it's good.




He and Kat run into each other outside a party and she threatens him with bodily harm.





And then they have a short conversation about both of them being weird and scary that comes way too soon considering that they have only known each other for one day. But seriously, the unexpectedly manly voice (the actor is 23 and Gregory Peck's grandson for those of you who are playing at home) is kinda making me swoon.

So yeah, I'm gonna keep watching because mostly because I'm shallow...and partly because I'm hoping that the White Rastas, Urban Cowboys, and Bogey Lowenstein will eventually show up.

Comments

[spadada.livejournal.com]

It's on my TiVo but I haven't watched it yet. I didn't even get to interview for the job because they ended up re-hiring a former asst who needed work :(

And by the way, it's not much of a comparison because Ethan Peck is 23 and the Jonases are 16, 19, and 21, but they are more athletic and solid than you think. The tighter than skin pants are misleading.



I'm linking to this one because I am embarrassed that I even found a picture that illustrates my point this well.

[bennet-7.livejournal.com]

I'm sad to hear you didn't get a chance at that job but hopefully something even better will come along soon.

I'm slightly horrified by that picture. While he does appear to have a better body than I'd thought, that pout is so feminine and lip-glossy. I understand why they do it for some people but they're not my type.

[spadada.livejournal.com]

We should delete this comment exchange so that you don't have to look at that animated pic every time you open this post!

[bennet-7.livejournal.com]

I have no problem with the .gif - it's funny! The picture you linked to creeps me out a bit. He's trying so hard to be sexy! He's wet! But it's hard to sell sexy when you're wearing a chastity ring ;-)

[spadada.livejournal.com]

Glad you don't hate the gif. Joe jumps on Nick because he says something like "I don't like to be touched." when he hugs him the first time. Maybe that's why they aren't sexy. They're really just such teenage boys and that shouldn't be sexy to us. It is adorable though.

And you're right, that pic is kinda creepy. And so out of character. I was so surprised it even existed when it popped up in my search.

I'll have to watch the show tonight. Maybe while I am frantically waiting for SYTYCD results.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kirsty/]

*waves hello*

But then, they finally let him talk and whoah. Dude has an unexpectedly deep and sexy voice - I really did not expect him to sound like that but it's good.

Agreed! So far, I don't think Captain Intensity lives up to his name, though. And he reminded me more of Wes Bentley's character from the beginning of American Beauty than of Patrick Verona from the original 10 Things.

[bennet-7.livejournal.com]

So far, I don't think Captain Intensity lives up to his name, though.

Yeah, he doesn't really scream DANGEROUS to me - motorbike riding and wood carving (at least, I think that was what he was doing in the lunch scene) do not a bad boy make. But then, looking dangerous without actually being dangerous is pretty hard to pull off. They might actually have to make him a drug dealer this time if they want us to believe that he's so scary.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kirsty/]

But then, looking dangerous without actually being dangerous is pretty hard to pull off.

That's true. But I think they only need to estabish that he doesn't care much about what most people think of him.

I wish they'd stop dressing him like... James Dean by The Gap or whatever. He wears what an unimaginative 10-year-old thinks a bad boy would wear. This probably seems like a ridiculous complaint but his look is so painfully conventional it bugs!

Haha, woodcarving.