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Had the extremem pleasure of using the Big Lug's laptop Christmas present before he did. I was so frustrated on Monday night as I tried to burn cds on the parents' old dinosaur of a computer that the Da let me take the pristine laptop home with me. I am furtively pleased.
Discovered a new tv show last night. I caught an episode of Carnivale on HBO and am in so much love. It was dark and creepy and mysterious and mystical and so.freaking.cool. I forsee a pathological lack of sleep in the upcoming days as I try to stay up and watch all of season one as it's being rerun.
And did you all hear about the Rome series that HBO is putting on next year? I can't express the depth of my excitement. And I used to think that I could live without HBO.
So, as I was watching Carnivale last night my brain kept a' whirring. As much as I enjoyed, nay, loved the show, I was struck once again by how the character on the quest never seems to be a woman. I can't count the number of times in book and movie where the callow young man goes out and has these crazy experiences where he ends up saving the world. Sure, female characters are often involved but they're not central to the quest. As much as I love these stories it would be interesting and innovative to see some innovation in the gender roles. How would a callow young woman deal with similar situations? What would differ and what would stay the same?
This is probably one of the reasons that I was first sucked into Buffy the Vampire Slayer because here was a girl who was doing all of these things. Her story doesn't quite fit the quest mold but it is an intriguing development that will hopefully be expanded upon in TVWorld.
This reminds me of another ... issue I have. Now, you all know how much I love Band of Brothers. It's a great series but I have thought more then once that it would be interesting if they would do a series about life on the homefront. Sure, there won't be as much death and destruction, but there are interesting stories that are just waiting to be told about what women went through during the same era. What about the WAC and Rosie the Riveter? How did women feel when the GIs came home and they were pushed out of their jobs? I'm looking forward to seeing the Pacific Theater series (thought it will hit closer to home as my grandfather served as a CB in the Pacific and would have been a part of the force that invaded Japan) but there are still more stories to be told. I am also interested in seeing World War II through the eyes of a German soldier, but I doubt that'll ever get made. After all, nobody sees the Sack of Rome through the eyes of the Barbarians and that happened nearly two thousand years ago.
Let's see some stuff from the POV of the little guy! Let's celebrate the stories you don't read in a history book! Let's broaden definitions and redefine roles and cliches! Let's have a little fun!
And, next time I sit down to rant I promise to go on about women and religion and the perceived neccesity of Christian conservatism. And people say that a history degree isn't worth the paper it's printed on. I'll show them;-).
Had the extremem pleasure of using the Big Lug's laptop Christmas present before he did. I was so frustrated on Monday night as I tried to burn cds on the parents' old dinosaur of a computer that the Da let me take the pristine laptop home with me. I am furtively pleased.
Discovered a new tv show last night. I caught an episode of Carnivale on HBO and am in so much love. It was dark and creepy and mysterious and mystical and so.freaking.cool. I forsee a pathological lack of sleep in the upcoming days as I try to stay up and watch all of season one as it's being rerun.
And did you all hear about the Rome series that HBO is putting on next year? I can't express the depth of my excitement. And I used to think that I could live without HBO.
So, as I was watching Carnivale last night my brain kept a' whirring. As much as I enjoyed, nay, loved the show, I was struck once again by how the character on the quest never seems to be a woman. I can't count the number of times in book and movie where the callow young man goes out and has these crazy experiences where he ends up saving the world. Sure, female characters are often involved but they're not central to the quest. As much as I love these stories it would be interesting and innovative to see some innovation in the gender roles. How would a callow young woman deal with similar situations? What would differ and what would stay the same?
This is probably one of the reasons that I was first sucked into Buffy the Vampire Slayer because here was a girl who was doing all of these things. Her story doesn't quite fit the quest mold but it is an intriguing development that will hopefully be expanded upon in TVWorld.
This reminds me of another ... issue I have. Now, you all know how much I love Band of Brothers. It's a great series but I have thought more then once that it would be interesting if they would do a series about life on the homefront. Sure, there won't be as much death and destruction, but there are interesting stories that are just waiting to be told about what women went through during the same era. What about the WAC and Rosie the Riveter? How did women feel when the GIs came home and they were pushed out of their jobs? I'm looking forward to seeing the Pacific Theater series (thought it will hit closer to home as my grandfather served as a CB in the Pacific and would have been a part of the force that invaded Japan) but there are still more stories to be told. I am also interested in seeing World War II through the eyes of a German soldier, but I doubt that'll ever get made. After all, nobody sees the Sack of Rome through the eyes of the Barbarians and that happened nearly two thousand years ago.
Let's see some stuff from the POV of the little guy! Let's celebrate the stories you don't read in a history book! Let's broaden definitions and redefine roles and cliches! Let's have a little fun!
And, next time I sit down to rant I promise to go on about women and religion and the perceived neccesity of Christian conservatism. And people say that a history degree isn't worth the paper it's printed on. I'll show them;-).