From AV Club: Charlie Hunnam pulls out of Fifty Shades Of Grey, leaving it begging to be filled: [link]
It made me burst into some very undignified snort-laugh.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Vonnie K - Oct 14, 2013 9:26:00 am PDT #25640 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Polter-Cow - Oct 14, 2013 11:45:59 am PDT #25641 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Fast Furious Feminism. Interesting discussion of the female characters in the franchise (spoilers for entire series).
§ ita § - Oct 14, 2013 11:52:06 am PDT #25642 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I kinda feel she was too harsh on some characters and almost too kind in other places. I give the series a better feminism score because the chick action scenes are not in any way inferior to the guy ones. That seems to be complicated for our favourite feminist directors.
Polter-Cow - Oct 14, 2013 11:59:00 am PDT #25643 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I kinda feel she was too harsh on some characters and almost too kind in other places.
Yeah, I understand what she says about Mia, but I think the fact that she's not relegated to one role—that she can be sister, mother, wife, etc, in addition to driving and getting in on the action—makes her fairly well rounded. Does being damseled automatically make a character not feminist? Women do seem to get damseled/killed more often than men in the franchise, which is worth noting, I think; it would be good to have the male characters in mortal peril once in a while.
I give the series a better feminism score because the chick action scenes are not in any way inferior to the guy ones.
That's a good point.
§ ita § - Oct 14, 2013 12:04:57 pm PDT #25644 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Women do seem to get damseled/killed more often than men in the franchise, which is worth noting, I think; it would be good to have the male characters in mortal peril once in a while.
I think the men are often in mortal peril, but those are fight and chase scenes and taken as required ingredients of action movies. Would what happened to Lettie be damselling if she'd been male? I argue 50-50. Han is only called doomed, not damselled.
§ ita § - Oct 14, 2013 12:52:23 pm PDT #25645 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Repost for Jilli: IO9's 10 weirdest vampire movies EVAR.
le nubian - Oct 14, 2013 1:08:15 pm PDT #25646 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
That Kung Fu Vampire looks super cray-cray. I have to see it.
Tom Scola - Oct 14, 2013 2:32:04 pm PDT #25647 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Nude alien vampire queen. The role Matilda May was born to play. Especially the “nude” part. Best casting evar.
Atropa - Oct 14, 2013 3:03:42 pm PDT #25648 of 30000
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Awww, the comments mention The Hunger, Bunnicula, and Near Dark. My black heart is glowing.
Lair of the White Worm IS pretty damn weird.
Atropa - Oct 14, 2013 3:07:10 pm PDT #25649 of 30000
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Actually, the comments have a bunch of movies for me to check out. Yay, more vampire movies!