*yawns* Friday night -
Feb. 11th, 2005 08:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgWhat a wuss. I'm tired.
Well, it's raining. A matched set, as they say.
Jim's watching Battlestar Galactica. Good for him, say I. Me, I can't scrub the old show out of my head - and the dichotomy with such a different show having the same names and framing just creeps me out. Kind of like seeing your mother wearing bondage gear. It just doesn't work, not for me anyway.
It's spectacular. It's also a shame something that good couldn't get on the air without the tie-in to a campy, mid-70's sci-fi trashtacular.
Watching Ai Yori Aoishi and Sayuiki:Reloaded as a double feature is also not recommended. It's fun, though. *sighs wistfully* There is definitely a cross-cultural paper to write up on 'inadvertent feminism' in anime - needs more research. LOTS more research. Enough to have some credibility - because the first thing anyone is going to do is go HUH?! over the very concept.
Well, first off I'd have to frame the assumption properly. Anime is a reflection of the culture that created it much as any of our television properties reflect our own. (Survivor makes me cringe for that reason, of course...Fear Factor right behind it, and so on.)
Although, I have to wonder if some fanboys idea of finding a Japanese girlfriend is based on the notion that there must be so many nice girls in Japan, based on the ratio they find in a lot of their favorites. At least seven nice girls to one nice guy - right? Think about how many female characters are found in the typical American show - and what they get to do, and how many variations you actually get.
Right. You get a cute one, and if you're lucky, a smart one. Most of the time, she's better be both or she's outta there. Comedy? Skip the brain, and inflate the tits. Oh, and put her on a diet while you're at it.
Galactica is good because - well - they're playing with the notion. Yeah, the names and framing are there, but holy merde, check the pants to verify the gender!
(And Boomer's a boomer. Love it.)
Watch how it changes your assumptions. That's good speculative work.
But I keep waiting to see a mechanical dagget - and the new Starbuck looks a whole lot like the socialator from the original series. Kind of of like they combined the two characters....
It's been cold and wet most of the day today - going to curl up with a nice cup of tea. Jim's working all weekend, and I think I've got a full plate as it goes.
1. Go pick up Baci from BIL.
2. Go pick up anime and refresh Marian with more stuff she hasn't seen.
3. Take the paperwork I got today out to Mom and put a guest list together and make some decisions. (Hide the price list, of course.)
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snackpants is in town - and I'm hoping to snag at least a meal Sunday.
That's above and beyond the normal housework for the weekend - and no, I'm not starting laundry now. I want to keep the doors closed, that room cold and inhospitable so the critters steer clear of it. I can at least try.
I'm also beginning to firm up the travel schedule for this year - and booked a week in British Columbia the weekend of Memorial Day through the first week in June. Use it or lose it - timeshare. And also put a request in for the week of my birthday for any property in Queensland. Keep your fingers crossed.
Now - to get there.
Oy.
I'm tired.
Well, it's raining. A matched set, as they say.
Jim's watching Battlestar Galactica. Good for him, say I. Me, I can't scrub the old show out of my head - and the dichotomy with such a different show having the same names and framing just creeps me out. Kind of like seeing your mother wearing bondage gear. It just doesn't work, not for me anyway.
It's spectacular. It's also a shame something that good couldn't get on the air without the tie-in to a campy, mid-70's sci-fi trashtacular.
Watching Ai Yori Aoishi and Sayuiki:Reloaded as a double feature is also not recommended. It's fun, though. *sighs wistfully* There is definitely a cross-cultural paper to write up on 'inadvertent feminism' in anime - needs more research. LOTS more research. Enough to have some credibility - because the first thing anyone is going to do is go HUH?! over the very concept.
Well, first off I'd have to frame the assumption properly. Anime is a reflection of the culture that created it much as any of our television properties reflect our own. (Survivor makes me cringe for that reason, of course...Fear Factor right behind it, and so on.)
Although, I have to wonder if some fanboys idea of finding a Japanese girlfriend is based on the notion that there must be so many nice girls in Japan, based on the ratio they find in a lot of their favorites. At least seven nice girls to one nice guy - right? Think about how many female characters are found in the typical American show - and what they get to do, and how many variations you actually get.
Right. You get a cute one, and if you're lucky, a smart one. Most of the time, she's better be both or she's outta there. Comedy? Skip the brain, and inflate the tits. Oh, and put her on a diet while you're at it.
Galactica is good because - well - they're playing with the notion. Yeah, the names and framing are there, but holy merde, check the pants to verify the gender!
(And Boomer's a boomer. Love it.)
Watch how it changes your assumptions. That's good speculative work.
But I keep waiting to see a mechanical dagget - and the new Starbuck looks a whole lot like the socialator from the original series. Kind of of like they combined the two characters....
It's been cold and wet most of the day today - going to curl up with a nice cup of tea. Jim's working all weekend, and I think I've got a full plate as it goes.
1. Go pick up Baci from BIL.
2. Go pick up anime and refresh Marian with more stuff she hasn't seen.
3. Take the paperwork I got today out to Mom and put a guest list together and make some decisions. (Hide the price list, of course.)
4.
snackpants is in town - and I'm hoping to snag at least a meal Sunday.That's above and beyond the normal housework for the weekend - and no, I'm not starting laundry now. I want to keep the doors closed, that room cold and inhospitable so the critters steer clear of it. I can at least try.
I'm also beginning to firm up the travel schedule for this year - and booked a week in British Columbia the weekend of Memorial Day through the first week in June. Use it or lose it - timeshare. And also put a request in for the week of my birthday for any property in Queensland. Keep your fingers crossed.
Now - to get there.
Oy.
I'm tired.
