The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. All characters seem to be White by default. The only villain here is Liz’s lovelorn imagination, provoking her into foolish lies that cause actual hurt feelings but she is sufficiently self-aware to make amends just in time for the most important trope of all: a blissfully happy ending. Wes makes for a delightful bad boy with a good heart, and supporting characters-including a sassy best friend, a perfect popular rival, even a (not really) evil stepmother-all get the opportunity to transcend their roles. Creative, quirky, daydreaming Liz is just shy of an annoying stereotype, saved by a dry wit and unresolved grief and anger. If only Wes, the annoying boy next door, would help her with her scheming! This charming, fluffy concoction manages to pack into one goofy plot every conceivable trope, from fake dating to the makeover to the big misunderstanding. Surely she can get Michael to ask her to prom. Liz hopes that her senior year might turn into a real-life romantic fantasy, as an old crush has moved back to town, cuter and nicer than ever. Liz Buxbaum has always adored rom-coms, not least for helping her still feel close to her screenwriter mother, who died when she was little. Comparing Cliffhanger and Demolition Man side by side, the latter has a far more expansive story and world to mine.A grieving teen’s devotion to romance films might ruin her chances at actual romance. After Phoenix is thawed and unleashed in the year 2032 in the new San Angeles, Spartan is freed in order to stop him, but finds himself entering a very different world of political correctness in which even profanity is outlawed. In Demolition Man, Stallone plays Los Angeles cop John Spartan, who is cryogenically frozen in 1996 alongside terrorist Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) following the death of civilians during one of Phoenix's plots that Spartan is blamed for. RELATED: Demolition Man's Handshake Explained: How It Predicted The Future Why Demolition Man Needs A Sequel More Than Cliffhanger Stallone has also spoken of Demolition Man 2as recently as 2020, and it remains the best of Stallone's '90s action movies to build upon. While Cliffhanger remains one of Stallone's career highlights, his 1993 action-comedy Demolition Man not only shares that distinction, but has also grown in appreciation in the decades since its release. Cliffhanger is set to be revived on cinema screens, with Stallone himself on-board and the new Cliffhanger described as a reboot in Deadline's report.
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