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Jun. 20th, 2016 09:02 pm I watched the first 2 episodes of MTV's Scream (based on the movies) and liked them. It enjoys the meta without being obnoxious about it, and borrows heavily from Pretty Little Liars, and some from Harper's Island* too (and notably did NOT talk about either when discussing gothic and slasher TV shows).
THAT SAID, it has THE MOST GENERIC LOOKING CAST EVER. Every time a character shows up, I looked up the actor to see where I knew them from because I was SO SURE I'd seen them in something where they had another major role, but NOPE. Aside from a couple of guest roles I don't even remember, the only ones I can claim any familiarity with are Brooke's dad (who was in Mad Men for a while) and Audrey (was was briefly in season 2 of iZombie. Sadly, she was not as genre savvy there as I would have liked.) I do wonder if it isn't at least partly deliberate when it comes to some of the teens, but I doubt I'll lose any sleep over that.
*I will not be convinced that Brooke's actress wasn't cast partly because she looks like Chloe's actress.
THAT SAID, it has THE MOST GENERIC LOOKING CAST EVER. Every time a character shows up, I looked up the actor to see where I knew them from because I was SO SURE I'd seen them in something where they had another major role, but NOPE. Aside from a couple of guest roles I don't even remember, the only ones I can claim any familiarity with are Brooke's dad (who was in Mad Men for a while) and Audrey (was was briefly in season 2 of iZombie. Sadly, she was not as genre savvy there as I would have liked.) I do wonder if it isn't at least partly deliberate when it comes to some of the teens, but I doubt I'll lose any sleep over that.
*I will not be convinced that Brooke's actress wasn't cast partly because she looks like Chloe's actress.