We haven't done a Disney Channel Original movie lookback in some time so I guess it's time to do that. This time are taking a look at "Stepsister from Planet Weird" that first aired in June of 2000. So we have jumped in time some long time. One of my favorite Disney Channel Original movies it is but gushing we will not. Let's take a look at this movie.
The movie starts with our main character named Megan Larson , who is played by Courtnee Draper who did a Disney Channel trifecta of being in their original (and sadly not talked about much) series , "The Jersey" and in a previous movie called "The Thirteenth Year" (We may get to that one day). She is windsurfing that what she does who calls herself an average teenage girl and there's some boy named Cutter. Guess he's important. Cutter asks her if she wants to be his girlfriend then her mom and dad appear and they say they are getting back together and her brother says he's never..., wait a minute... I think , yeah that's not real. Mostly because they are standing on water. Yep it was dream.
Buy Evian Today, taste the nature/ Copyright Disney (Evian didn't pay for this as an ad )
The movie pans to her room to show that's asleep and then her brother jumps on her. Her younger brother's name is Trevor. He is played by Myles Jeffery , who if you are fan like me of "Early Edition" will know him from 19 episodes of that series. He wants to be a men in black to which his sister says he can be men because he's only person but logic is dead. Megan talks in voice over about her dad who is one of those over working dads you get in 1990's to early 2000's media. I wonder why her parents broke up, I can't tell why. Her mom is is named Kathy played by Khrystyne Haje whom you may know from the 1980's TV series ,"Head of the Class". Megan who's voice overs are her writing in her diary, tells about her mom's dates (wouldn't this have already been written in the diary?). Now what else, do we need in this movie?
The store orange juice in a vase?/ Copyright Disney
Meanwhile a math equation Ordinary High School Girl jn Movie x Drama = popular girl and wanting to be with them. This movie needs that. We have that! Even a mean girl, well maybe. ( Disney Channel don't fail me now!) This one is named Heather Hartman, Who is played by Lauren Maltby Margie in the Disney Zenon movies. Now maybe she has reason to be mean, Megan lied to her about being related to singer Jewel. (For that lying who will say Megan's soul? She really shouldn't have played this foolish game, if they only were to be friends because they think you are related to celeb. then they weren't made for you.) Good thing this was the early 2000's now that rumor would have been quickly debunked and posted.
I won't save your soul /Copyright
Why does Megan want to be the popular kids? Because of that boy named Cutter whom she likes.
Math: movie + Teen Girl+ Teen Boy= Movie plotline. Cutter once fell down an entire mountain. (extreme!) He's also not very bright.
Homer Simpson falls down a mountain now in Live action/ Copyright Disney
Eight minutes in this 85 minute long movie , and still no step sistering from planet weird. Megan says that her mom met a man. (ooh) His name is Cosmo Cola. (What?) The brother spoils the whole movie, I'm out .. This time we are writing about a Disney Channel movie called "You Wish" starring.... alright alright, guess I'll continue. Trevor thinks Cosmo is a space alien. Kathy met Mr.Cola (wonder if he's related to Coca Cola) thought she need to be rescued. Cosmo is from Canada.( No No that's not right) "Canada" (That's better). Specifically the Yukon which is not very populated infact, if you have a GMC Yukon you have more people in that car than in the actual place. Cosmo has a daughter named Ariel (Disney 50pts). Also she's 14 years old. Now it's time for them all to meet. Megan doesn't seem to like Cosmo. (Wanda is sometimes not a fan either.) He did bring a large case of soda (so he's my friend if he shares).
My Hero / Copyright Disney
The daughter , Ariel, is afraid of wind why you ask, you'll find out more later in this movie. (Cheap shot) Ariel does the diary thing too and whole movie rewinds. (no ooooh stop no oh) You see Ariel is not a human she's from a planet called Zircalon where everyone is a bubble of gas floating around. The CGI is alright for 2000, I guess. The reason she left her father was a freedom fighter because the emperor was awful. They had to leave the planet and her mother got popped. (the movie shows it and that's kind of dark.)
Bubbles of Trouble. wait no! /Copyright Disney
Ariel doesn't like her human body or Earth stuff. (It's not that fun here) Cosmo is more enthralled by Earth and thinks a good place. Also on their planet diamonds are worth much so they have alot of them so they are making a good amount of worth on Earth. Ariel misses her boyfriend Fanul who also happens to be the emperor's son. (This comes up later) She can't talk to him because of that whole hiding in exile thing. It gets to the part where Cosmo meets Kathy Larson and explains to his daughter that he likes her. Now it all connects to where we where earlier with Ariel under the car hiding from the wind.
What an interesting house/copyright Disney
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