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meganbmooreI watched Arrow up until about halfway through the episode where Laurel's mother showed up and Helena returned, and somewhere in between Roy calling Thea a "rich bitch" and Diggle referring to Helena as "your psycho ex-girlfriend," I realized not only was no woman between the ages of 20 and 30 was ever going to appear of the show without being thrown at Oliver, and, remembering spoilers I've read about Shado, the only way the comic book ladies were going to appear on the show and still be allowed to fight is if they were evil killers (and I'm still rather enraged from earlier in the season when Helena and Dinah/Laurel were made rivals who apparently can't stand each other over Oliver.)
The Lady Vanishes: A BBC TV movie that, like the Alfred Hitchcock movie, is based on Ethel Lina White's novel The Wheel spins, in which a young woman travels by train from Croatia to England in the 30s. On the train, a woman from her compartment disappears, and the other passengers in the car claim she never existed, leading the rest of the train to believe the young woman is delusional because of sunstroke. I can't compare it to the book or the Hitchcock movie, but I enjoyed it a lot, though I question Our Heroine's love interest falling for her while believing she's insane and would benefit from temporary instutionalization, and Our Heroine has some very cringeworthy xenophobia in the first half (it doesn't go away in the second, but she seems to have realiazed that xenophobia is not cool and only causes problems after a while) but her xenophobia is actually an important plotpoint, as opposed to the narrative agreeing with her when she's going on about how people in other countries should learn English for the convenience of British tourists and it's silly to speak any other language.
Person of Interest 2.19:
-Aah, Cal, I figured you would be toast the second we learned whether you were good or bad. (But, Head HR Dude, your own godson? REALLY? And Main HR Dude even suggested a non-lethal suggestion and everything, and I think that was hard for him to do.) I have no real opinions on Beecher as a character, but I did enjoy listening to and looking at him.
-Fusco and Carter have had way too little to do lately, especially Carter. Not to mention way too little to do with Reese and Finch.
-Shaw! Is going hunting for Root! Oh, if only f/f fanon ships could have half the following any random m/m fanon ship gets.As both Arrow and Once Upon A Time appear to have abruptly been cleared off my slate (maybe I'll netflix them when I'm over my current annoyance- and I'm still very behind on Bomb Girls, Nikita and Beauty and the Beast, but I intend to catch up with them, and I think The Borgias is back too), I'll take a moment to list new/somewhat new-ish shows that I've been thinking about checking out (not including some Asian shows I need to watch and a few other British series that have finished airing):
The Americans
DaVinci's Demons (though not until I've heard feedback that isn't about "ZOMG SEX")
Deception
Defiance
On Top of the Lake
Orphan Black
The Vikings
Please feel free to PM me trigger warnings for any of the above(misogyny, rape, racism, homophobia, ableism, the woobifying of white men who like to engage in the above, and excessive gore) or leave non-spoilery general warnings in the comments. Graphic sex for the sake of graphic sex/shock value/"being edgy" also isn't exactly a favorite thing of mine and is a bit of a turn off. (I actually have seen a list of trigger warnings for TotL and am pondering, as I can handle most in a narrative that handles them properly, but I'm not sure about all of them at once.)
In non-new-TV news, I finished revisiting canon for RareWomen (more accurately: I skimmed it a while back, planned and plotted, and rewatched all the scenes with the character who will be the subject of my fic) and am sad that there will be mo more of it ever. I also watched the first season of Sarah Shahi's shortlived Fairly Legal and simultaneously enjoyed it a lot (though I didnt enjoy the fact that her character is apparently white, and so want her to be secretly adopted) and wasn't really surprised that it didn't last long, as it doesn't fit easily within any strict "categories," and USA likes its categories. Very disappointed the second season apparently wasn't released on DVD, and probably won't be.
(PS-I've read your comments re: Adam Horowitz and rape-apologia and nod with each of you.)
The Lady Vanishes: A BBC TV movie that, like the Alfred Hitchcock movie, is based on Ethel Lina White's novel The Wheel spins, in which a young woman travels by train from Croatia to England in the 30s. On the train, a woman from her compartment disappears, and the other passengers in the car claim she never existed, leading the rest of the train to believe the young woman is delusional because of sunstroke. I can't compare it to the book or the Hitchcock movie, but I enjoyed it a lot, though I question Our Heroine's love interest falling for her while believing she's insane and would benefit from temporary instutionalization, and Our Heroine has some very cringeworthy xenophobia in the first half (it doesn't go away in the second, but she seems to have realiazed that xenophobia is not cool and only causes problems after a while) but her xenophobia is actually an important plotpoint, as opposed to the narrative agreeing with her when she's going on about how people in other countries should learn English for the convenience of British tourists and it's silly to speak any other language.
Person of Interest 2.19:
-Aah, Cal, I figured you would be toast the second we learned whether you were good or bad. (But, Head HR Dude, your own godson? REALLY? And Main HR Dude even suggested a non-lethal suggestion and everything, and I think that was hard for him to do.) I have no real opinions on Beecher as a character, but I did enjoy listening to and looking at him.
-Fusco and Carter have had way too little to do lately, especially Carter. Not to mention way too little to do with Reese and Finch.
-Shaw! Is going hunting for Root! Oh, if only f/f fanon ships could have half the following any random m/m fanon ship gets.As both Arrow and Once Upon A Time appear to have abruptly been cleared off my slate (maybe I'll netflix them when I'm over my current annoyance- and I'm still very behind on Bomb Girls, Nikita and Beauty and the Beast, but I intend to catch up with them, and I think The Borgias is back too), I'll take a moment to list new/somewhat new-ish shows that I've been thinking about checking out (not including some Asian shows I need to watch and a few other British series that have finished airing):
The Americans
DaVinci's Demons (though not until I've heard feedback that isn't about "ZOMG SEX")
Deception
Defiance
On Top of the Lake
Orphan Black
The Vikings
Please feel free to PM me trigger warnings for any of the above(misogyny, rape, racism, homophobia, ableism, the woobifying of white men who like to engage in the above, and excessive gore) or leave non-spoilery general warnings in the comments. Graphic sex for the sake of graphic sex/shock value/"being edgy" also isn't exactly a favorite thing of mine and is a bit of a turn off. (I actually have seen a list of trigger warnings for TotL and am pondering, as I can handle most in a narrative that handles them properly, but I'm not sure about all of them at once.)
In non-new-TV news, I finished revisiting canon for RareWomen (more accurately: I skimmed it a while back, planned and plotted, and rewatched all the scenes with the character who will be the subject of my fic) and am sad that there will be mo more of it ever. I also watched the first season of Sarah Shahi's shortlived Fairly Legal and simultaneously enjoyed it a lot (though I didnt enjoy the fact that her character is apparently white, and so want her to be secretly adopted) and wasn't really surprised that it didn't last long, as it doesn't fit easily within any strict "categories," and USA likes its categories. Very disappointed the second season apparently wasn't released on DVD, and probably won't be.
(PS-I've read your comments re: Adam Horowitz and rape-apologia and nod with each of you.)
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Date: 2013-04-25 12:31 pm (UTC)(And I can't speak for last week, but this week a lot of tumblr's opinion of Irisa seems to be "ugh, she has no personality and just grunts a lot and is a ripoff of Leeloo.")
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Date: 2013-04-25 08:17 pm (UTC)Ugh. I know I started it, but that was really more than I wanted to know about Defiance fandom. Why do fandoms always have to be so terrible? ....I've rarely seen a less Leeloo lady alien before.
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Date: 2013-04-25 10:46 pm (UTC)The potential triangle that worries me is Amanda/Nolan/Kenya, because we all know how those triangles always turn out.
The comparisons seem to be largely based on the very similar hair and superhuman fighting skills, but their personalities are nothing alike and their relationships with their older scruffy roguish white dude guardian are certainly going to be very different. (Given that Irisa calling Nolan her father were practically the first words of the series that were uttered, I think we're safe from anything being sprung on us there.) Irisa's design, though, seems to be an offshoot of Jool's in Farscape (the sneak peak of her with other Irathians looks even more Jool-like) which is by the same creators. (Actually, I derived considerable enjoyment from playing "spot the Farscape makeup" while watching.)
I suspect Irisa/Deputy is the "will they/won't they of the show, at least the first season or so, unless they kill him off.
I have a feeling that criticism of Irisa is going to ping me the same way bashing of Jason Neville does, in that things I recognize as being a result of abuse (even if Irisa has been removed from the abuse for years) are things fandom dubs annoying traits or proof they're weak/poorly developed characters.