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Calling all ironic, mid-20s females who overidentified with Mean Girls when it came out in 2004, and everybody who applies the brilliance of its one-offs to delights like macros, more macros, and also, no joke, a fuckton of macros -- it is time.

I got this in my inbox yesterday. I'm trying not to think about if this is the first sign of the apocalypse.

( MEAN GIRLS 2 Casting Call. No, I am not fucking around. This shit is serious. )

( ETA: whyareyoulikethis' embarrassing reaction to this news. )
( ETA 2: whyareyoulikethis' hair is so big because it's full of shame. )

whyareyoulikethis

Consider us kind of dubious about the new take on the King Arthur myth from the producers of Henry VIII Fucks A Lot of Women And There's Pretty Costumes. Camelot, a ~~modern AU~~ contemporary take on the legend, is set to air on the Starz network in early 2011. It was always going to have a lot to prove to folks who imprinted on Merlin, the BBC's more innocent, earnest, and totally gay version. And lo and behold, casting information on the new show has recently hit the interwebs and it's already giving us pause.

The female leads seem to be top notch if conventional choices- Eva Green, so cool and sly in Casino Royale, will be playing Morgana. Tamsin Egerton, who you might remember from her adorable and funny turn in St. Trinian's, aka that movie with the schoolgirls and the heisting and where Rupert Everett is in drag and has a total romantic subplot with Colin Firth where "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" literally swells in the background when they look at each other, no really, I'm serious, has been cast as Guinevere. (No word yet on whether Tamsin is secretly a hussy.)

( But then we get to Merlin and Arthur. )

That aside, what do you guys think of how this show is shaping up? Anyone planning on watching?

whyareyoulikethis

First things first, I am hanging on to coherency here by sheer force of will. In fact, this post was two morning cups of coffee away from being nothing but pages and pages of straight up keyboard smashing.

Why?

Because, as the scifiwire reports, Warner Bros has kicked off the script-writing process for a planned reboot of the beloved-by-fandom 1960s TV show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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Some of you might be thinking, "What the fuck are you talking about,

whyareyoulikethis? Man From U.N.C.L.E.? Was it a show about a dude with an uncle? Why should I care?"

( For you sad, deprived folks, I offer a brief introduction into the awesome. )

But why reboot?

Others of you might be thinking, "Dear God, no, why must they reboot everything? Why can't Hollywood go bulldoze someone else's sandbox?"

Now the recent trends of rebooting and Fandom is a whole 'nother essay for another day, but I for one generally love reboots. This is probably because I'm shallow and enjoy moar hot people- just think, SPIES: NO UGLIES, it could be coming!- and explosions in my entertainment.

Of course, the MFU reboot could be closer to a Get Smart fail than a Star Trek XI win, but I'm erring on the side of optimism for now. And we can always hope that at the very least it will introduce a whole new group of fans to the show.

Now the only lingering question is: who are they going to get to play them?

( Have a seat on the Fandom Casting Couch, Good Idea/Bad Idea style. )

The MFU film is obviously still in the early stages of development, so who knows when/if it will come to the big screen, but as for me, consider my ticket bought and my pants already peed from excitement. What about you guys? And do you have any casting suggestions?

[sequels] Mean Girls 2 Is Happening; Ready Your Flasks

[casting] At least this new version of the myth won't have man-on-troll action?

[news] Next in line to get the reboot treatment, Man From U.N.C.L.E.!

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