Really people, what were you expecting? If you came into this show looking for more than Saved by the Bell meets Greek, then you’ve really got to introduce your expectations to reality.
Honestly, I thought it was rather cute if you are the target audience of 10 Things I Hate About You, but let’s define the target audience. Are you a 14-year-old girl? Check. Yeah, that’s pretty much it. If you’re a fan of the movie, it might be a little rough, although love it for the fact that Larry Miller is back as the girls’ dad, in full, glorious form. He makes it worth watching. If you were, say, an English major who has a fondness for Taming of the Shrew, the Shakespeare play with the original movie is based on, you probably aren’t the target audience, so back off and tune into Leverage or something (not that I’d know anything about either of those things…).
But I’m not a hater, and it was a light romp of a half hour, so without further ado (or should I say Much Ado About Nothing), here’s the 10 things I enjoyed most about the premiere of 10 Things I Hate About You:
1. Daddy Stratford’s phone call to his daughters while they were driving to their first day of school. Man, I am so glad my dad isn’t an OB/GYN.
2. The shout-out to the bard himself, the original inspiration for the show:
“Big word, Shakespeare.” – Kat to Bianca, on her use of the word ‘beguiled’
3. Cameron’s obvious inspiration from Sheldon (or is it Leonard?) on The Big Bang Theory. He was awfully cute, crushing on Bianca, telling her she’ll never forget her locker combination because it was descending prime numbers.
4. The model look the quarterback showed Bianca in the closet at the party. Way to aspire to greatness, Zoolander.
5. The budding friendship between Kat and Mandella.
6. The brutally honest, perky principal, completely sucking up to Chastity so they keep their funding.
7. Cameron, a.k.a. Harry Potter, likening Chastity to Voldemort.
8. The fact that her dad made Kat use a wheel chair around the house as her punishment for the car accident. That’s some innovative parenting.
9. Long Duck Dong, Kim Jong-il, whatever.
“No more NPR; it’s giving me menopause.” – Bianca
10. The relationship between Kat and her dad, especially their last conversation. Pulling the dead mom card, and totally getting called on it. Adorable.
Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on Jul 08, 2009 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
I loved the movie and adore Larry Miller. Don’t know if I could get behind the TV show.
I have this recorded, but I’m not sure if I’ll like it. My main qualm is with the quality, or lack thereof, of the acting on some ABC Fam shows. I’m not talking about Greek, they’re perfectly adequate. But have you see Stick It Part Deux or whatever they’re calling it? I’m a 13 year old girl at heart when it comes to my cheesy tv, but the acting, especially of the main character, is killllllllling me.