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April 21 2012
April 07 2012
“ In 2010, someone suggested that Community treasure [and black person] Donald Glover should be cast as Peter Parker in the forthcoming Spider-Man reboot (the role eventually went to Andrew Garfield). White people went FUCKING BERSERK. Glover received death threats. Just for the idea of him being allowed to audition for a movie version of Spider-Man (a movie that, by the way, already exists with a white actor in the lead role). ”— I See White People: Hunger Games and a Brief History of Cultural Whitewashing
“ "people are MAD that the girl that they cried over while reading the book was "some black girl" all along. http://t.co/HM6d427i #WTF ”— Autofocus
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RagamuffinMarch 21 2012
“ Sherlock's sexuality (this post is missing one important viewpoint, which I [tzikeh] have added at the end of the conversation)— Where is my Jet-Pack?
Steven Moffat: Sherlock wants sex with women. He just abstains from it.
Benedict Cumberbatch: Sherlock's straight, he just has a bromance with John.
Martin Freeman: Sherlock and John...They're in love.
Mark Gatiss: SHERLOCK'S GAY FOR JOHN. THEY COMPLETE EACH OTHER. FORGET SUBTEXT, LET'S JUST MAKE IT HOMOEROTIC.
The fans: None of us have to give a FUCK about what any of you think. The story is ours to do with as we please. But, hey, by all means, go on enjoying the delusion that you can control the fans' interpretation of the work by telling us how we should see it. Better yet, go to Wikipedia, plug in "Death of the Author," read it, and then get back to us. Or, on second thought, don't get back to us, because of that whole "not giving a fuck about what any of you think." To paraphrase Seal, "Sherlock is the space between us and you." ”
aww, authorial intent. how quaint.
NorkNork
March 19 2012
“ People will often cry gross over-intellectualisation when popular culture is critically addressed, as if it is somehow exempt from serious consideration because it is itself ‘non-serious’, just a bit of fun that doesn’t require or deserve dissection. I disagree; every expression of art is a product of its environment and as such will reflect the concerns, preoccupations and neuroses of the time. Mainstream entertainment particularly, by its very nature, has to reflect the dominant modes of thinking in order to qualify as mainstream, and in that respect, mass entertainment is even more fun to pick apart. ”— Simon Pegg, ‘Nerd do well’
via Where is my Jet-Pack?
“ Of all the varieties of irritating comment out there, the absolute most annoying has to be “Why can’t you just watch the movie for what it is??? Why can’t you just enjoy it? Why do you have to analyze it???”— And we shall call this “Moff’s Law” | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
[...] Believe me, the person who is annoying you so much by thinking about the art? They have already considered your revolutionary “just enjoy it” strategy, because it is not actually revolutionary at all. It is the default state for most of humanity.
So when you go out of your way to suggest that people should be thinking less — that not using one’s capacity for reason is an admirable position to take, and one that should be actively advocated — you are not saying anything particularly intelligent. And unless you live on a parallel version of Earth where too many people are thinking too deeply and critically about the world around them and what’s going on in their own heads, you’re not helping anything; on the contrary, you’re acting as an advocate for entropy.
And most annoyingly of all, you’re contributing to the fucking conversation yourselves when you make your stupid, stupid comments. You are basically saying, “I think people shouldn’t think so much and share their thoughts, that’s my thought that I have to share.” If you really think people should just enjoy the movie without thinking about it, then why the fuck did you (1) click on the post in the first place, and (2) bother to leave a comment? If it bugs you so much, GO WATCH A GODDAMN FUNNY CAT VIDEO. ”
December 30 2011
The homoeroticism bait
Just a random thought of the day.
Like everyone else I enjoy my homoeroticism in my TV shows and movies, and recently it has reached some very high level of teasing in many many fandoms.
I see reblogs on my dash, Sherlock, Merlin, AGOS, or House, to so many others and suddenly I’m angry.
I’m angry because none. of. them. will cross that line.
It is now acceptable to play with homoeroticism, without thinking of the bigger pictures which is: this can go no further.
I’m not saying all of them should go “there”, and I’m sure many would agree that we don’t need, or we don’t want more in some cases. But at the end of the day, something pretty twisted happens, which is that it’s ok to suggest romantic homoerotic feelings in a mysterious way, but anyone crossing the lines of actually making these characters obviously gay will go into a very not-acceptable place.
It’s like homoeroticism is becoming a joke, a trope, or just some kind of humor to throw in people’s face. As if it’s it’s not serious, as if none of those characters could really be gay.
There is a lack of challenge in terms of characters writing, a lack of boldness, a lack of motherfuckin balls, because again that’s what it’s all about, so very few people out there are willing to build up the tension and keep. going.
I’ve said it before, and I’m gonna say it again, I don’t see enough gay guys in my media. I’m talking average TV shows or films, that show great guys characters who fall for each other, without some crazy fuss. Of course you can find them here and there, and if you start looking at LGTB oriented media, well yes, you will find them. But I want to go to the cinema and sometimes see the homoeroticism being more than just a joke or a gimmick. I want it to happen. I want them to kiss, and fuck, and succeed or mess up, I want them like any other couples.
December 27 2011
“ There is, in short, a nexus of interrelated assumptions built into the basic language we use of music: that musicianship is the preserve of appropriately qualified specialists; that innovation (research and design) is central to musical culture; that the key personnel in musical culture are the composers who generate what might be termed the core product; that performers are in essence no more than middlemen, apart from those exceptional interpreters who acquire a kind of honorary composer’s status; and that listeners are consumers, playing an essentially passive role in the cultural process that, in economic terms, they underpin. But because these assumptions are built into our language we can’t easily talk about them; we can’t even see them for what they are… — -Nicholas Cook ”— Jay's Other Stuff
paket
“ A female character shouldn’t have to be banging the hero in order to be relevant to the plot. ”— How Are You I'm Fine Thanks
December 19 2011
“— Adventures of Comic Book Girl: Mary Sue, what are you? or why the concept of Sue is sexistSo, there’s this girl. She’s tragically orphaned and richer than anyone on the planet. Every guy she meets falls in love with her, but in between torrid romances she rejects them all because she dedicated to what is Pure and Good. She has genius level intellect, Olympic-athelete level athletic ability and incredible good looks. She is consumed by terrible angst, but this only makes guys want her more. She has no superhuman abilities, yet she is more competent than her superhuman friends and defeats superhumans with ease. She has unshakably loyal friends and allies, despite the fact she treats them pretty badly. They fear and respect her, and defer to her orders. Everyone is obsessed with her, even her enemies are attracted to her. She can plan ahead for anything and she’s generally right with any conclusion she makes. People who defy her are inevitably wrong.
God, what a Mary Sue.
I just described Batman.
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"Wish fulfillment characters have been around since the beginning of time. The good guys tend to win, get the girl and have everything fall into place for them. It’s only when women started doing it that it became a problem."
November 23 2011
via counteragent - Photos and video from SPN Pilot shoot for my beginner's film class
source has lots more screenshots as well as video clips of genderswitched supernatural pilot re-shoot.
AND THEN THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A WHOLE FILM: The Other Side, a fan-made "alternate Season Three episode", written by naomi novik, planned for release in spring 2012. *waits*
more info here.
finkregh
via Serious BusinessSteve McQueen asking a lineup of six white male directors why they so rarely cast minorities in movies. Also, how about that telling list of only three female directors at the beginning?
August 04 2011
via Shortpacked! - Nobody
July 31 2011
An observation about blunt head injuries on television shows that I have watched.
Superman hits you on the head? (Repeatedly? At least once an episode?) Unconscious for a convenient period of time with no lasting head trauma.
Simon hits you on the head? Head explodes. Instant death.
via How Are You I'm Fine Thanks
July 26 2011
“So, why do you write these strong women characters?”
Because equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women. And the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who is confronted with it.
We need equality. Kinda now.
“So, why do you write these strong female characters?”
Because you’re still asking me that question.
—Joss Whedon (x)
July 15 2011
“ Men aren't allowed to be sad and cry at ordinary things – sometimes not even ordinary deaths! – so in order to preserve masculinity in its most rigid and painful form, Scully has to be kidnapped by aliens, and specifically has to be kidnapped by aliens because Mulder didn't get there fast enough to save her. Hotch's wife has to be kidnapped and killed by a serial killer, and specifically has to be kidnapped and killed by a serial killer because Hotch wouldn't back off the case. This is, btw, the main reason that John Crichton from Farscape isn't in this vid – when he cries, most of the time, he cries for himself, for things that have legitimately happened to him. Not very many men on tv are allowed to cry for themselves. ”— thingswithwings | some thoughts on manpain. um. many thoughts on manpain, actually.
July 12 2011
“— X-Men: First Class Commentary of the Day - TDW GeeksX-Men: First Class Commentary of the Day: Alyssa Rosenberg at ThinkProgress posted an insightful piece about the mutant rights/gay rights metaphor in X-Men: First Class, and things in the comments got a bit heated.
A long thread where a troll insisted that “there’s nothing gay about X-Men” was shut down by First Class screenwriter Zack Stentz, who showed up to post this classic bit of ownage:
Um, no offense, but you’re wrong. I helped write the movie, and can tell you the gay rights/ post-holocaust Jewish identity / civil rights allegory stuff was all put in there on purpose. Joss Whedon designed the whole “Cure” storyline in the comic books specifically as a gay allegory, and Bryan Singer wove his own feelings of outsiderdom as a gay man into the movie series. The whole “Have you ever tried NOT being a mutant” coming out scene in X2 isn’t even particularly subtle, while it is effective.
I’d say that pretty much settles things.
Screenshot after the jump.
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mushu
June 22 2011
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