When I first saw the trailer for Pretty Little Liars, my thoughts were...
"God this show is gonna be stupid." I had just seen Sorority Row a few weeks back, and I thought that it was going to be a rip off of that, and I didn't even like Sorority Row. But, boy, how wrong was I. It turned out that the show was smartly written with likable and relatable characters. While shows like Gossip Girl and and 90210, which exploits the positives of being young, hot and popular, Pretty little liars dwells into the dark side of it. Whatever these girls do, it has consequences.
The story follows four teenaged girls and their leader, Alison Dilaurentis, Who is Queen B(itch) of Rosewood High. One night while the girls were camping out, Alison goes missing. One year after her disappearance, Ali's body is found, and her former posse starts getting text messages from the mysterious A (Think Gossip Girl's mentally unstable sister), each Text being super personal. Now they have to find out who this A is and put an end to his/her/it/bitch's blackmailing, while also piecing together what happened on the night Alison was supposedly murdered.
My favorite thing about the show are the characters. Now, these girls are no Blair and Serena. As much as I love Gossip Girl, I'm pretty sure normal girls could never relate to them. The only place you'd see girls like Blair and Serena are in magazines and E true Hollywood stories. but as for these four liars, I'd say their the first relatable characters in teen dramas I've seen in a long time. There are girls in my High School who are very similar to Aria and Emily.
Unlike the Gossip girls, whose only problems are rich girl problems, like jewelry, clothes and boys, These Liars go through some serious crap. Aria has to keep her father's affair with a student a secret from her mom and brother, while also having a secret relationship with her teacher, Mr. Ezra Fitz. Hanna has to deal with her insecurities, much like most teenaged girls do. At one point in the show, Spencer goes to a bad place, because she might or might have not hurt Ali on the night of her supposed death. Emily loses Maya, her first true love, after they find her body at the end of season one.
My favorite moments of the show are always when the girls are sleuthing it out, and trying to solve the mystery of A, the show's main antagonist. Now, I haven't been intimidated by a villain since Heath Ledger's Joker. A is such a bad ass villain, and yet we have never actually seen him yet, or know what he looks like. And for those PLL fans who need catching up, A's a guy, and his real name is Charles. Oops, I accidentally spoiled it for you! Sorry...not sorry. But the best part about A, is that, yeah, Charles is A, but when he's defeated, and believe me, he will be. Somebody else can easily take the role of A. And no matter how hard these girls try to end it, the future is very unpredictable, and Alison has hurt alot of people. enough to keep the spirit of A alive. Anyone can be A, even the girls have a bit of A in them, like Aria,...Who I still think is A.
Anyways, Love it or Hate it, Pretty Little Liars is a turning point for teen dramas. The main focus of the show is not romance. It shows that a Teenage girl is capable of more than thinking about boys. In fact, the Liar's love life's are only secondary plots. The main focus of the show are these four girls, and the friendship they have for one another. Sisters before Bfs and Gfs.
Unlike the Gossip girls, whose only problems are rich girl problems, like jewelry, clothes and boys, These Liars go through some serious crap. Aria has to keep her father's affair with a student a secret from her mom and brother, while also having a secret relationship with her teacher, Mr. Ezra Fitz. Hanna has to deal with her insecurities, much like most teenaged girls do. At one point in the show, Spencer goes to a bad place, because she might or might have not hurt Ali on the night of her supposed death. Emily loses Maya, her first true love, after they find her body at the end of season one.
My favorite moments of the show are always when the girls are sleuthing it out, and trying to solve the mystery of A, the show's main antagonist. Now, I haven't been intimidated by a villain since Heath Ledger's Joker. A is such a bad ass villain, and yet we have never actually seen him yet, or know what he looks like. And for those PLL fans who need catching up, A's a guy, and his real name is Charles. Oops, I accidentally spoiled it for you! Sorry...not sorry. But the best part about A, is that, yeah, Charles is A, but when he's defeated, and believe me, he will be. Somebody else can easily take the role of A. And no matter how hard these girls try to end it, the future is very unpredictable, and Alison has hurt alot of people. enough to keep the spirit of A alive. Anyone can be A, even the girls have a bit of A in them, like Aria,...Who I still think is A.
Anyways, Love it or Hate it, Pretty Little Liars is a turning point for teen dramas. The main focus of the show is not romance. It shows that a Teenage girl is capable of more than thinking about boys. In fact, the Liar's love life's are only secondary plots. The main focus of the show are these four girls, and the friendship they have for one another. Sisters before Bfs and Gfs.
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