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rubykatewriting) wrote2006-08-07 10:08 am
rubykatewriting) wrote2006-08-07 10:08 am
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So I went to Kroger yesterday to refill a couple of Mom's prescriptions for her. I'm standing there, reading Entertainment Weekly (the one with Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx on the cover) while I wait when I read the most disturbing news. Disney is doing a remake of Adventures in Babysitting. First of all, that is an 80s classic you are trying to fuck with, Disney, and in the immortal words of Chris Parker, DON'T FUCK WITH THE BABYSITTER.
But – and this just about kills me to report – it will star Raven-Symoné. Yes, that Raven – she of The Cheetah Girls and That's So Raven and The Cosby Show.
Please kill me now so I don't have to watch a movie I have LOVED for over half my life get massacred on the altar of Disney's squeaky-clean image. As a vehicle for RAVEN-FUCKING-SYMONÉ. This is the one "kid" movie my mom will actually sit through repeatedly just to watch Chris and the kids sing the blues.
Hey, Disney, you know that plan to cut back on movies per year? The one that is pushing you to cut over 600 jobs? Yeah, why don't you start with this one, mmkay? No harm, no foul, and nobody gets hurt.
Also, in other rant-inducing news, just as something FINALLY starts happening on Hex, it's season finale time. This amuses me since BBC America has taken all of series one and half of series two and combined them into a season one for the US. Why they don't just play them all in one continuous stream is beyond me, but far be it from me to question the scheduling brilliance of TV execs. BUT! Now BBC America announces that the next season? Won't start airing here until summer 2007. SUMMER 2007!
What the FUCK, I ask you? Talk about killing any forward momentum you've got going for you, BBC America.
But – and this just about kills me to report – it will star Raven-Symoné. Yes, that Raven – she of The Cheetah Girls and That's So Raven and The Cosby Show.
Please kill me now so I don't have to watch a movie I have LOVED for over half my life get massacred on the altar of Disney's squeaky-clean image. As a vehicle for RAVEN-FUCKING-SYMONÉ. This is the one "kid" movie my mom will actually sit through repeatedly just to watch Chris and the kids sing the blues.
Hey, Disney, you know that plan to cut back on movies per year? The one that is pushing you to cut over 600 jobs? Yeah, why don't you start with this one, mmkay? No harm, no foul, and nobody gets hurt.
Also, in other rant-inducing news, just as something FINALLY starts happening on Hex, it's season finale time. This amuses me since BBC America has taken all of series one and half of series two and combined them into a season one for the US. Why they don't just play them all in one continuous stream is beyond me, but far be it from me to question the scheduling brilliance of TV execs. BUT! Now BBC America announces that the next season? Won't start airing here until summer 2007. SUMMER 2007!
What the FUCK, I ask you? Talk about killing any forward momentum you've got going for you, BBC America.