damn kids, get off my lawn.

[enamoured]

At my local mall, there are these things in the food court that are essentially rotating billboards. They allow advertisers to put poster-sized notices inside, and sometimes they'll put ads for the nearest Lasik center or posters for the hot new upcoming movie. Whenever Gossip Girl premiered, they had ads for that rotating around every couple of seconds. ABC Family has some sort of big stake in it or something, since they advertise a lot of their shows on these rotating thingers, and for about two weeks now I've been seeing this in poster-sized form spinning around whenever I go up there for lunch when I'm on break from work.

I think my feelings about the show are well-documented (They are, in no particular order: OH HAAAAAAAAAAALE TO THE NO and WHY LORD WHY?!), but I think that one of the main reasons why this whole thing irks me (beyond the fact that there can only be one Patrick Verona, and even though Ethan Peck may be related to Atticus Finch, he is not Patrick) is the fact that it's making me realize that I am old enough for stuff I loved to be remade, remastered, and reabsorbed by a younger audience.

Admittedly, I wouldn't have a problem if, say, some kids the same age as my younger cousins (who are now middle school aged--when 10 Things was released, they were in PRESCHOOL and now they're this close to being high schoolers) stumbled upon the movie on TV or something and then liked it, but the fact that it's being made into this show just bugs me. I don't know if this makes any sense, but if it's any consolation it makes more sense in my head and you're free to ignore me.

And, slightly on-topic: does anyone remember that song by Madison Avenue, "Don't Call Me Baby"? I remember when we first moved down here, there was this one radio station that played all dance music all the time (they've since become JACK-FM), and they used to play that song all the time.

Comments

[tigge03.livejournal.com]

I saw a preview of the Ten Things I Hate About You show today and nearly fell out of my chair. It is ALL. SORTS. OF. WRONG.

[moirariordan.livejournal.com]

Ucccccchhh. That poster just outlines all the reasons why this idea is EPIC FAIL. They're all so YOUNG LOOKING! Remember when teen stars had like...acne and wrinkles and flaws and expressions? That girl from that Nickelodeon show that they got to play Kat probably doesn't even know what The Feminine Mystique is. Plus, she was on Nickelodeon. Jesus Christ.

I still have the soundtrack to the original movie, too. God, that was a great soundtrack. And you know that they're just gonna use like, fucking KATY PERRY OR SOMETHING on this show. UGH.

(...and how exactly are they supposed to drag this idea out into an entire TV series? Like, isn't there a breaking point for the whole "paid to date somebody" wacky Sort Of Shakespeare plot line? Then, what, are we gonna watch them all date and be cute together? Please. No.)

Clearly, this is the beginning of the era of my life in which I shake my fist at my television regularly and yell "kids these days!" while smoking cigarettes and wearing bunny slippers.

[confused11390.livejournal.com]

I totally understand what you mean about the 10 Things I Hate About You show. At least if they watched it now, it wouldn't mutilate the original.