Leverage and some random things...
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hells_half_acreAlthough Tumblr has been doing its best to get me to watch Teen Wolf, I promised that Leverage would be the next series that I try out.
Leverage!
I've watched the first episode. I could do without Christian Kane's batman voice - but I like the show! I developed a small crush on Aldis Hodge when I saw him at VanCon2010...and I knew a little about his character (or at least his character's speciality). I was picturing his character a little differently - less stereotypically black, I guess. I'm not sure if that makes the show racist, or it makes me racist....maybe both? ETA: Okay, he seems to have toned it down to a more realistic (to me) level in the second episode. Kane still has a batman voice though.
Anyway, like I said, I do like the show so far and I'm looking forward to seeing more....which I'm going to do, right after I finish typing this entry.
Random thought about Black Widow (from the Avengers)
So, on the plane back to Vancouver, I watched The Avengers again. The first time I watched it, I ended up with two questions concerning Black Widow: 1)What is her special weapon?...everyone has a special weapon, except seemingly her. Those two small pistols can't possibly count! 2)Why do I find her so awesome?
Turns out, there is one answer for both questions. What I like about Black Widow is the fact that her special weapon is whatever her enemy's special weapon is. She takes whatever the enemy has and turns it back on them. She interrogates her interrogators. Watch her in a fight, and within fifteen seconds, she'll have her enemies weapon in her hand and will be using it to beat the shit out of them. When she needs a ride to Stark tower, she not only uses an alien ship, she uses the alien riding it as her own personal puppet. She shuts off the portal with Loki's staff (granted, he dropped it when fighting Hulk, but still, it's Natasha who uses it to cut off his reinforcements. Anyway, I think that's pretty cool. Her resources are her enemies resources, so she's always on an even playing field...except, of course, when it comes to someone like the Hulk, who terrifies her.
Sherlock - The Great Game rewatch progress report:
This one is going to be longer than my A Study in Pink rewatch, folks. Start bracing yourselves now. I'm halfway through and I'm honestly afraid to do a word count.
Leverage!
I've watched the first episode. I could do without Christian Kane's batman voice - but I like the show! I developed a small crush on Aldis Hodge when I saw him at VanCon2010...and I knew a little about his character (or at least his character's speciality). I was picturing his character a little differently - less stereotypically black, I guess. I'm not sure if that makes the show racist, or it makes me racist....maybe both? ETA: Okay, he seems to have toned it down to a more realistic (to me) level in the second episode. Kane still has a batman voice though.
Anyway, like I said, I do like the show so far and I'm looking forward to seeing more....which I'm going to do, right after I finish typing this entry.
Random thought about Black Widow (from the Avengers)
So, on the plane back to Vancouver, I watched The Avengers again. The first time I watched it, I ended up with two questions concerning Black Widow: 1)What is her special weapon?...everyone has a special weapon, except seemingly her. Those two small pistols can't possibly count! 2)Why do I find her so awesome?
Turns out, there is one answer for both questions. What I like about Black Widow is the fact that her special weapon is whatever her enemy's special weapon is. She takes whatever the enemy has and turns it back on them. She interrogates her interrogators. Watch her in a fight, and within fifteen seconds, she'll have her enemies weapon in her hand and will be using it to beat the shit out of them. When she needs a ride to Stark tower, she not only uses an alien ship, she uses the alien riding it as her own personal puppet. She shuts off the portal with Loki's staff (granted, he dropped it when fighting Hulk, but still, it's Natasha who uses it to cut off his reinforcements. Anyway, I think that's pretty cool. Her resources are her enemies resources, so she's always on an even playing field...except, of course, when it comes to someone like the Hulk, who terrifies her.
Sherlock - The Great Game rewatch progress report:
This one is going to be longer than my A Study in Pink rewatch, folks. Start bracing yourselves now. I'm halfway through and I'm honestly afraid to do a word count.
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Date: 2012-08-19 08:16 pm (UTC)Good point. You're right.
My feeling on allies and such is that yeah, we should totally avoid attacking those who are clearly trying. It's all too common in the social-justice circles. You know, the pile-on, the race to find something to knock someone down with.
Exactly. It really hurts when I see that happen - because no rights movement is going to get very far if they turn against their supporters. People aren't going to get their rights in the public discourse, or educate the world about their social group, if people are afraid to talk about them even if it is in support.
So I can be aware of the things that Joss does really, really well without needing to hail him as the BEST FEMINIST EVAR!!!!!!!! and I can point out the things he's a little weak on, without making him into the enemy. I think it comes down to being okay with people being flawed. Unfortunately, it seems that there are many people who can't handle a little contradiction. Everything's got to be all one thing or the other.
Yes, exactly. This constant insistence that things have to be one way or the other really really annoys me. I find American culture is absolutely torn apart by it, quite frankly. You are either a socialist liberal or you're an anti-abortion misogynistic conservative....and I'm not sure how you feel as an American, but from my vantage point in Canada, it seems really poisonous and detrimental to your political choices. Though, don't get me wrong, we have similar problems in Canada at the moment, they just aren't nearly as pronounced.
It's the old dichotomy myth...which just doesn't exist. People and opinions are far too nuanced. Everything is on a sliding scale.
I just wish that those who do the pile-ons, who can't handle faulted heroes, weren't so vocal. I always feel like the reasonable suggestions for improvement are lost in a barrage of unwarranted hate. /rant. :P