And, frankly, the Power Puff Girls.
Definitely.
'Out Of Gas'
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
And, frankly, the Power Puff Girls.
Definitely.
Actually, the more I watched it, the more I realized how reactionary PPG is. If Bitch or Bust were really keeping score they'd note: heroes equal white suburban girls; grown women who are allegedly very smart are presented as headless bodies (Ms. Bellum); No mommies needed; villains are flamingly gay (Him); villains talk like Toshiro Mifune - hence, read Asian (Mojo Jojo), villains talk like black pimps (Disco villain); the girls defeat the Rowdy Ruff Boys by flirting with them after the boys beat them in a fight. There's even a feminist villain who is actively mocked because she talks the girls into fighting against the oppression of the Men. She exploits the girls with this rhetoric which is presented as false.
Hec, I sense a book...
t starts chanting Book! Book! Book!
Nah, I just had to watch so many of them I couldn't help noticing that good = white and suburban in that 'verse, and bad = exotic, alien, other.
But somebody should drop a line to Bust or Bitch. 'Cuz PPG has been getting a free ride on their girls-with-powers plus cuteness.
I'd never thought PPG was particularly subversive, just from the little I'd seen. Funny, sure. Subversive? NSM. t shrugs
So, was I the only one singing the Cal Worthington song upon hearing Clark's alias? Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal!
So, was I the only one singing the Cal Worthington song upon hearing Clark's alias? Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal!You aren't now . Hurrumphh!
Us Superman historians knew Kal was short for Kal-El, Clark's birth name.
Daniel, I'm hardly a Superman historian unless having had a childhood fascination with the Christopher Reeve movies counts, and *I* knew that.
Plus, they've said a bunch during Smallville.
(Okay, so I still didn't quite pick up on it until the scene with Papa Kent and Jor-El, but that is because I am slow, and was distracted by the blinding whiteness fo Tom Welling's teeth.)