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.
Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
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.
DavidS - Oct 02, 2003 2:29:29 pm PDT #897 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
P.M. Marc - Oct 02, 2003 3:15:56 pm PDT #898 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hec, I sense a book...
Consuela - Oct 02, 2003 3:16:58 pm PDT #899 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
t starts chanting Book! Book! Book!
DavidS - Oct 02, 2003 3:48:09 pm PDT #900 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Consuela - Oct 02, 2003 3:48:59 pm PDT #901 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'd never thought PPG was particularly subversive, just from the little I'd seen. Funny, sure. Subversive? NSM. t shrugs
Mogget - Oct 02, 2003 6:07:58 pm PDT #902 of 10000
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!
Cass - Oct 02, 2003 6:29:44 pm PDT #903 of 10000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
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!
DCJensen - Oct 02, 2003 9:20:21 pm PDT #904 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Us Superman historians knew Kal was short for Kal-El, Clark's birth name.
Lyra Jane - Oct 03, 2003 3:45:58 am PDT #905 of 10000
Up with the sun
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.)
UTTAD - Oct 03, 2003 3:59:54 am PDT #906 of 10000
Strawberry disappointment.
So I downloaded Smallville and I've got to ask, do they always have trailers at the start of the programme for the programme you're actually watching?
I couldn't believe it, the guy's like "Tonight on Smallville Clark blah, blah blahs" at the start of the programme. I mean, I'm watching it, why do I need it advertised to me? And I want to find out what happens by watching the show. Sheesh.