So last night while attempting to watch and understand my first episode of “Pretty Little Liars” (admittedly, jumping into a “Scooby-Doo with lesbians who aren’t Velma” teen mystery show in its second season is a little tricky), I saw an ad for an abomination. As in hell fire, eternal damnation, do not pass go do not collect $200 abomination. Why is there a “Mean Girls 2?” What fuckery is this? The direct-to-DVD sequel to the 2004 film that lacks a) original star Lindsay Lohan, b) original writer or co-star Tina Fey or c) any of the stars, story or – from the more than bland trailer – sophisticated sensibilities of the original. Boo, you whore! After a little research, I found out that Tina wisely declined (
repeatedly) to be involved in any sequel shenaniganery. Instead lesbian director
Melanie Mayron (the red-head from “thirtysomething”) directed the whole thing. For shame. As I was saying, an abomination.
So to cleanse the palate of such horrors (why, Disney, why must you resurrect something that was perfect and turn it into a Frankenstein monster no one wants?), let’s just celebrate the original. Watching it for the first time in the theater I discovered that a) this Lindsay Lohan girl can act, I hope she grows up nicely, b) this Tina Fey person can do a lot more than tell jokes behind a desk, I want to go to there and c) this movie is like “Heathers” for another generation, but in an amazing non-derivative way. You go, Glen Coco.
p.s. The original also gave us this Tina Fey in her bra. No sequel could ever improve on that. Ever.
7 comments:
Love that last screengrab of TF in bra with LiLo looking on. It's probably what turned LiLo to our side...
I WANT MY PINK SHIRT BACK!
On the bright side, though - they did repeat the original movie. So there's that.
I found the marathon reshowing of the first season of Pretty Little Liars to be helpful in figuring out what was going on. Fortunately, I managed to catch most of it.
On the bright side, your Amy Winehouse reference made me spew out my coffee. You owe me a new keyboard.
"Get in loser, we're going [lezing]!"
I saw the mean girl like two years ago
on TV, I guess. Lohan is Lohan....
feel Kind of...
I even don't understand
your posting today,
what did you want to say today?
saw the preview for #2....awful!
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