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Michelle Trachtenberg signs up to be "17"I'll be honest. Michelle Trachtenberg is not high on my list of favorite actresses. Perhaps it's because I was always annoyed by her as Dawn in Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
Recent casting news has done nothing to elevate Trachtenberg on my list of actresses to watch. In fact, the news has done the exact opposite. She's just signed on to join Zac Efron in the teen comedy 17. (Efron is another one of those celebs whose allure escapes me, but whatever floats your boat, I guess.) The fact that she's signed on to star opposite Efron is not what has her falling down my list. It's the plot of the film that has me all weirded out. According to the available plot details, Trachtenberg plays daughter to Matthew Perry in the film. Perry's character pulls a reverse Tom Hanks and goes from daddy to 17-year-old high schooler in the blink of an eye. I'm sure there's some message about better understanding his daughter involved in his transformation. I'm also sure it must involve some curse or another placed on a remote or maybe a fortune telling machine. (Why be original? The rest of the plot isn't.) This, in case you haven't figured it out, is where Efron comes in. He plays the 17-year-old version of daddy Perry. And guess who falls for Efron? If you're screwing up your face in disgust and muttering a chorus of ewws, you've guessed right. Trachtenberg proceeds to fall for daddy dearest.
Now, I know that's not a whole lot different from watching Lea Thompson try to woo Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future, but for some reason I found that not nearly as disturbing. I've chosen not to analyze that fact. Maybe the difference lies in the fact that I still picture Trachtenberg as Harriet The Spy.
Or maybe it goes right back to that annoying Dawn thing. At least with Buffy, I was able to temper that annoyance with the knowledge that Dawn's appearance meant I got to watch Clare Kramer slink around as Glorificus.
No such luck this time around. The only upside to this mess is the fact that Melora Hardin will be playing the high school principal. Principal Hardin, will you please hand down appropriate detentions for this nonsense?
Submitted by on December 4, 2007 - 1:00pm. |
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Ok so eww is correct
What!?
efron again???
why is this zac efron guy everywhere these days?!
i think he's always overacting and he has a very weird look/smile. i agree, he's just daniela sea's stunt double.
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Dawn is Alright
But this movie sounds odd. Back to the Future isn't all that disturbing because Marty McFly went back in time when Mrs. McFly was not only physically a teen, but mentally, emotionally, and well, actually a teen. I'm guessing in this 17 movie the Efron character is an adult in a teen's body.
And back to Dawn...I like her... Tara and Willow were like parents to her and I thought it was cute that she wanted them back together. And besides Willow she's the only one that was really shown mourning Tara's death. It was pretty damn sad when she stayed with Tara's body because she didn't want to leave her alone.
i'd go on a tirade called in defense of dawn summers
but i'm not quite in the mood at the moment. suffice it to say, i didn't care for her character at first, until i realized that joss is and always will be a genius.
this movie concept is decidedly depressing though. obviously Trachtenberg needs to be a bit more selective about her career choices (although this might get her better payroll in the future.) this isn't to say i didn't love harriet the spy, or pete and pete, or! ice princess. no. i loved them all. well, i at least loved michelle in them. and rosie, and kim cattrall, and joan cusack...
haters.
michelle trachtenberg will always and forever be nona f. mecklenberg in my eyes, with her adorable perma-cast and penchant for candy necklaces. she may just be my root.
and if not nona, then celeste, the pop star who david slept with while performing security detail on SFU.
how can you not love her? ack.
efron
I have no feelings either way for michelle tratchenberg, but I do like zac efron. While I agree with myjap that he has a weird smile, I can justify why I like him. He has been in two musicals. I don't like High School Musical, really, but I love musicals and i love actors who will make them popular to young kids.
Also, he was in a tv movie with mary louis parker. so he's pretty much my hero. (musicals + mlp = my fantasy life)
that being said, i haven't seen the second High School Musical and I probably won't see Seventeen. I mean, I like zac efron, but I have a life, you know? And I don't want to waste time watching movies I probably won't like.
I like Dawn. She's one of my
hmmmm
Zac Efron...
I THINK ZAC EFRON IS AN EVIL CLONE...
Beause I actually know a couple of dykes that look just like him (including one of my exes current girlfirend).
I think he has an evil plan to conquer the world (like Starbuck's), by infecting the lesbian community over the globe with uneducated disturbed cheap dyke pimp copies of himself.
I'll carry a sharp stilletto on my purse in case I need to pierce the back of their skulls.
Oh, and ewwwww MATTHEW PERRY!!!
The Principal...