Spoilers - 10 Things I Hate About You S&S #1 - Page 2

*OldHollywoodStarlet* · 07-01-2009, 11:24 PM

Here is a pretty positive review.

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There's Nothing to Hate Here

By Casey Gillis

Published: July 1, 2009

It’s the Stratford sisters’ first day at a new school, and Dad has some advice for them.

“Don’t get pregnant,” he says in the pilot of “10 Things I Hate About You,” a new ABC Family series that premieres at 8 p.m. July 7.

It’s good to know Mr. Stratford’s often blunt ways haven’t changed in the 10 years since the release of the movie on which this series is based. Heck, he’s even played by the same actor, Larry Miller.

I didn’t want to like this show because of its unoriginal premise. I worried about the state of our television future if writers were so desperate for material that they had to resort to reviving ’90s teen comedies.

What’s next — “American Pie: The Series?”

But this incarnation of “10 Things” didn’t feel at all like the tired rehash I was expecting. It was entertaining, with good humor, likeable, well-rounded characters and — the real way to my heart — witty pop culture references.

The story, however, remains the same.

The Stratford girls are complete opposites: older sister Kat is a feminist always ready with a biting retort, while the perky Bianca only cares about being popular.

The girls have a typical love-hate sister relationship, heightened by the fact that their overprotective father won’t let Bianca date until Kat does, a feat that seems unlikely, given her surly attitude.

But all hope is not lost for Bianca; Kat soon meets her match in the mysterious Patrick Verona, a bad boy who rides a motorcycle and has all of two lines in the first episode.

Actor Ethan Peck, taking over the role originated by Heath Ledger, makes up for the silent treatment by throwing lots of intense gazes Kat’s way. I’m telling you, it won’t be long before girls everywhere are going gaga for this guy. The boy-crazy teenager in me sure is. (And here’s a fun fact: Peck is the grandson of legendary actor Gregory Peck.)

As for the other characters, I actually like the sisters more here than in the movie. Kat, played by Lindsey Shaw, is more believably snarky than Julia Stiles, and Bianca, played by Meaghan Martin, isn’t nearly as shrill or annoying as Larisa Oleynik’s Bianca was.

The only character I’d change is Bianca’s love interest, Cameron, a geek desperate for some new female blood at school because everyone else remembers that time in fourth grade when he wet his pants.

So it’s love at first sight when he spots Bianca, but his awkwardness often gets in the way.

I remember liking him more in the movie, in which Joseph Gordon-Levitt played him in a less dorky and more earnest way, although I did love the TV version’s Harry Potter shout-out: “I don’t have much time until her social status is determined,” he says about his new crush. “It’s like she’s about to reach into the sorting hat at Hogwarts.”

There are plenty of things to hate about TV these days — the train wreck that is fellow ABC Family series “Secret Life of the American Teenager,” anything involving Heidi and Spencer Pratt, and that creep Wes on “The Bachelorette,” to name a few.

This show definitely isn’t one of them.

There's nothing to hate here | Lynchburg News Advance

Here is another article.

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Owen-TV: 10 things to know about new '10 Things I Hate About You'
Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 13:58. By ROB OWEN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette television

Among late-1990s teen movies, "10 Things I Hate About You" has a better reputation than its peers. Ten years later, that also holds true for a new ABC Family TV series based on the movie.

Here are 10 things to know about the new half-hour show (premiering 8 p.m. EDT Tuesday):

1. "10 Things" is easily the network's best comedy to date.

2. Sisters Kat (Lindsey Shaw) and Bianca (Meaghan Martin) move to town with their doctor dad (Larry Miller, reprising his role from the film) and approach their first day at a new school from two decidedly different angles.

3. Kat is a sharp-tongued feminist with a tendency to overreact; Bianca wants desperately to be accepted by mean, popular head cheerleader Chastity (Dana Davis), who immediately clashes with Kat.

4. Ethan Peck, grandson of actor Gregory Peck, plays the school bad boy, the character originated by Heath Ledger in the movie.

5. Gil Junger, who directed the "10 Things" movie, also directs the premiere.

6. Carter Covington, previously a writer/producer for ABC Family's similarly entertaining "Greek," writes and executive produces "10 Things."

7. Unlike last month's ABC Family misfire "Make It or Break It," "10 Things" contains clever dialogue that's rooted in its characters.

8. When Kat's father overhears her taking a stand he asks, "Are you talking to me or the Democrats in your head?"

9. Bianca, feeling ostracized by the cool kids due to Kat's tiff with Chastity, announces, "I guess I'll join show choir. Closeted gay guys are fun."

10. Don't tell Fox's "Glee," but as new kid on the teen TV block, "10 Things" may not sing, but there's a lot about it to like.

Owen-TV: 10 things to know about new '10 Things I Hate About You' | ScrippsNews

ETA: Thank you Nikki!

preenad · 07-02-2009, 12:04 AM

thank you

**diamondmolls** · 07-02-2009, 07:03 AM

Thanks so much for the review and article!

I watched the pilot and loved it. I am excited for more.

**gizzie_fan** · 07-02-2009, 11:35 AM

I soooooo want to see the pilot, but i live in norway so i can't dl it from iTunes

Kiane · 07-02-2009, 01:30 PM

This might be the show I find interesting on ABC family. It looks like the sisters Bianca and Kat have sibling chemistry, Kat and Chastity as adversaries. Kat and Patrick with the tension between them.

*OldHollywoodStarlet* · 07-03-2009, 08:15 PM

Here is a more elaborate description of the fourth episode. I've put in the opening post.

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EPISODE 1.04 - "Don't Give A Damn About My Bad Reputation"

After Bianca falsely tells Chastity that she's dating an older guy to try to rid herself of her goody two-shoes reputation, Chastity sees Bianca "canoodling" with her geometry teacher and instantly starts the rumor around school that the two are dating. What happens when Bianca's attempt at being popular ends up turning her into the subject of some really juicy gossip?

While Bianca is dealing with her own mess, Kat and Patrick are sent to detention together for garbage duty after the two get into some trash talk of their own on campus. Then suddenly, an unexpected incident - OK - Kat accidently stabs Patrick's foot with a trash stick - sends him to the school nurse. In yet another unexpected turn of events, Kat gets to know Patrick in a new way. (ACESHOWBIZ).

Also there are 4 or 3 days until the show premieres (depending on where one lives)!

RubyGrace · 07-04-2009, 03:45 PM

Thanks for all the effort you're putting into collecting all of this stuff. It's much appriated.

The 4th episode sounds like it might be really good.

**chasing starlight** · 07-04-2009, 04:18 PM

Just watched the pilot, I really wanted to hate it since I love the movie so much, but I kinda ended up loving it.

It was a lot funnier than I thought, and I have to agree with one of the reviews that sad Lindsey Shaw was a lot snarkier than Julia Stiles. She cracked me up and is definitely my favorite so far.

HeRa · 07-04-2009, 04:31 PM

They're making a TV-series based on the movie? That's great! I really loved the movie. Hope I get to see the show one day [I don't live in the States]. Also hope it's as good as the movie was.

I might come and visit this thread from time-to-time.

**chasing starlight** · 07-04-2009, 08:51 PM

New stills for 1x04:

**satisfy the crave** · 07-04-2009, 09:24 PM

I definitely can't wait for this to air.

*OldHollywoodStarlet* · 07-04-2009, 09:46 PM

chasing starlight - Thank you for those!

I'll make sure to put them in the opening post after the "PILOT" airs since I have filled up the amount of photos that I'm allowed to have at the moment.

You're welcome! I'm glad to see people coming and giving the show a chance!

Again depending on the day, there is 3 or 2 days until it premieres!

RubyGrace · 07-05-2009, 03:56 AM

I'm glad people seem to be enjoying it. I was weary when I first heard about it but it seems like it will definitely be worth a shot.

preenad · 07-05-2009, 04:00 AM

i really cant wait to see the pilot (itunes is being silly)

**chasing starlight** · 07-06-2009, 01:58 PM

EW reviewed the show, they gave it a B-.

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The wonderfully sour Larry Miller reprises his role as the dad in 10 Things I Hate About You, an ABC Family sitcom adaptation of the 1999 movie. He is forced to utter a cringeworthy line in the premiere: ''Boys want to put a baby in you.''

That's directed at his teen daughters, Kat (Aliens in America's Lindsey Shaw) and Bianca (Camp Rock's Meaghan Martin), but things actually improve a bit after that. While Bianca is the status-conscious, superficial center of the show, Martin makes her kinda sweet, and Shaw is downright excellent as the status-hating, politically aware Kat. ''We're the last superpower and we don't have universal health care,'' fumes Kat. When was the last time you saw a teenager in a sitcom get worked up over universal health care? How can you not root for a character like that, even if you don't agree with her politics?

For the priceless Kat, we can put up with jokes about a certain boy wizard the show refers to as ''Harry Pooper.'' And to balance off the dad's ''baby'' line at the start of the show, it ends with a close-to-funny one, with Bianca telling Kat to change the radio station because ''NPR is giving me menopause.'