For as much as we've ripped this show to pieces on this comm...

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

...I thought we would all enjoy this. Anyone who doesn't watch/follow fandomsecrets and missed this nostalgia kick on Monday's batch...

 

Gotta say, love the closet fan series love the most. ^_^

Comments

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

Aww thanks, I no longer follow F!S so I appreciate it when people pick out and link me secrets of interest! ;) Although lol tome the Ani kids still look a bit old for HS...

[amusesme.livejournal.com]

BEST SECRET EVAH.

[iapetusneume.livejournal.com]

I had forgotten to comment on that when I saw it. I have a soft spot for Animorphs!Secrets besides the obvious reasons, since it was from F!S that I found this comm!

And the secret is totally right. I do love how they actually look like real teenagers.

[mattiris.livejournal.com]

Hah, except Brooke was the youngest by quite a bit, and she was 16.

Christopher Ralph is now THIRTY-FOUR.

[rivier.livejournal.com]

LOL, I see the secret-maker didn't include Paulo Costanzo in that "looked like a real kid" lineup!

[anijen21.livejournal.com]

they never use actual teenagers to play teenagers because they have to obey child labor laws. Kids can only work like 6 hours a day.

idk, I worked on one movie where there was like one kid under 18 and she was in like two scenes, and a very large percentage of the production schedule revolved around the fact that she was under 18. When you can hire young-looking 18-24 year olds to play teenagers, it just makes it a lot easier/cheaper to film your work and adhere to the law.

this is actually part of the reason I'm so impressed with the Game of Thrones adaptation. The shrewd thing to do (which would have also totally ruined the story) was to make it about the adults, even though it was always kind of about the kids. I'm glad the creators resisted that urge and really let us get to know Bran/Arya/Sansa, even though I think Britain's child labor laws are more strict than the US's.