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bennet_7

Woo!

Oct 13, 2011 23:33

Thor 2: Electrical Storm Boogaloo will be directed by a woman, Patty Jenkins!

The announcement also says that Natalie Portman and Hiddles will both be back, so YAY for that too.

films, tom hiddleston, thor, feminism

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cobweb_diamond October 13 2011, 22:39:51 UTC

TRA LA LA i predict this silly film shall be mahvellous, based on next to no evidence whatsoever.

bennet_7 October 13 2011, 22:45:55 UTC

YES! It's also nice to know that Loki won't be dying in The Avengers. Fingers crossed for a redemption arc!

cobweb_diamond October 13 2011, 23:00:21 UTC

FIRST REDEMPTION ARC IN ANY SUPERHERO MOVIE EVER?

bennet_7 October 13 2011, 23:10:51 UTC

FOR A VILLAIN!

Wait...Darth Vader? Depends how you categorize Star Wars.

cobweb_diamond October 13 2011, 23:18:43 UTC

I DIDN'T MEAN THAT SARCASTICALLY, I LITERALLY CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING except star wars i guess, ok. BUT STAR WARS WASN'T AS EASILY SOLVEABLE WITH HUGS. also anakin skywalker is provably a complete idiot.

bennet_7 October 13 2011, 23:25:51 UTC

On Avatar: The Last Airbender they redeemed the villain but that was a kid's tv show.

HOW CAN NO MOVIE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE? OR ARE WE JUST BEING REALLY DENSE AND CAN'T THINK OF ANY EXAMPLES? I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT OF HENRY JAMES AND HE DOES MAKE ME WANT TO EAT MY OWN HAIR SO I'M NOT REALLY AT MY BEST.

cobweb_diamond October 13 2011, 23:45:08 UTC

oohhh i am so totally watching that show, MUST GET ROUND TO THAT. i need to so i can communicate with my best friend on his correct level, ie, avatar.

I SERIOUSLY THINK NO MOVIE HAS DONE THIS. i mean, most popular movies are straight-up generic Hero's Journey, which doesn't leave a hell of a lot of room for villain-redemption. maybe... in Sky High the mean kid turns out to be a nice dude towards the end?? and in veronica mars logan kind of gets nicer?? NO, I DON'T THINK SUCH A FILM ACTUALLY EXISTS.

do you HAVE to read henry james? i mean i haven't read anything by him so i'm not qualified to comment really, but MAYBE YOU SHOULD BREAK FREE FROM THIS ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP BEFORE YOU GET A HAIR-BEZOAR?

bennet_7 October 14 2011, 00:05:07 UTC

You have to watch Avatar! The characterisation is amazing and it does feminism better than most shows for adults.

I don't think it should count if they seemed like a jerk but turned out to be good or were always an anti-hero. They pulled it off with a couple of villains on Farscape but again, TV show.

DUDE. WE HAVE INVENTED A NEW THING. WE SHOULD PUT ON OUR FINEST SCREENWRITING HATS AND GET TO WORK. FIRST QUESTION: WHAT SHOULD THE CHARACTERS WEAR?

I HAVE to read Henry James for class. I was previously reading his American travelogues which were pretty awful. Typical sentence:

It is more than a comfort to him, truly, in all the conditions, this accepted vision of the too-defiant scale of numerosity and quantity--the effect of which is so to multiply the possibilities, so to open, by the million, contingent doors and windows: he rests in it at last as an absolute luxury, converting it even into a substitute, into the constant substitute, for many luxuries that are absent.Now I'm reading his love letter to London which isn't so bad ( ... )

cobweb_diamond October 14 2011, 00:36:50 UTC

I PLAN TO. :DDD

you are really not talking up henry james to me right now. (i am reading a political science book and a book about a wizard police officer at the moment. BALANCE.)

bennet_7 October 14 2011, 00:48:50 UTC

Ooh, wizard police officer sounds fun. Report back if it's any good. After The Night Circus I'm in the mood for a little more magic.

cobweb_diamond October 14 2011, 00:55:47 UTC

well, it's a sequel to a book that WAS good, so i think it should be ok! this is what i thought: http://cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com/409392.html#cutid1

cobweb_diamond October 14 2011, 00:39:18 UTC

P.S.

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bennet_7 October 14 2011, 00:49:24 UTC

This will probably be accurate.

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