Media Consumption pt. II

[nausicaa1]

Where was I before I was so rudely interrupted by gaping facial wounds? Ah yes.

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story-- Remember those 50 cent family movies I was talking about? Anna picked this one last Monday. It wasn't too bad but it wasn't great, either. The characters seemed more real than your average feel-good family movie even if the plot

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[firstashore]

Tristan and Isolde, that's like... 12 Century? Funny how some stories can stand the test of time.

And watch Once Were Warriors, damn it. :)

[nausicaa1]

Looks like 12th Century. I'd first read about it in a book of tales about King Arthur but it sounds like the story was much older than that. It's the original Bizarre Love Triangle!

I'm on it! I'll even move it up to the top of the Netflix queue. Should have gotten it for Australia Day but I wasn't thinking that clearly after half a bottle of Australian Cabernet. Mmmm. 2003 Black Swan Cabernet is about the best bottle of $6.00USD wine I've ever found!

[firstashore]

Lol I've heard several times that American winemakers HATE Australian wines, because we flood the market with high quality wine at prices they can't match. Sounds like it's true. :)

There was even a highly-publicised wine show in LA where all these wine critics got together and absolutely trashed Australian wines. Last place in just about every category. You could just about see the fistfuls of US dollars sticking out of their pockets, courtesy of the American winemakers.

Good to know capitalism works sometimes, anyway! And good to hear you were getting drunk on my national day while I was working like a slave in the fields. :)

How does Netflix work? I've never heard of it.

[firstashore]

Errr... yeah, that was me, of course. :)

[nausicaa1]

In seems like California wines have only recently become respectable and I think they're jealous to hear raves about Australian wines so soon after we started seeing them on the market. It's easy to see why. There's a greasy 70's feel to most marketing campaigns of California wineries. Try as they might, they can't shake the connotations of being less sophisticated. Australian wines, on the other hand, have both the mystery of being from far away lands but they seem more approachable and friendly than French wines. Y'all grow some tasty grapes there!

[firstashore]

Yeah, our not being French probably helps a lot, actually. :)

[nausicaa1]

Or as Corey refers to them, "Cheese eating surrender monkies".

[firstashore]

Haha I actually typed that originally.

Poor old Frenchies, such a bad reputation, and so, so only partially deserved!

[nausicaa1]

I'll never forgive them for inventing fashion. At the time it was a brilliant gambit of Louie XIV to cripple the aristocracy by forcing them to spend their time and wealth on new clothes every two weeks. We're still in the grip of it all this time later.

[firstashore]

Lol I didn't know that... Sounds like Louis XIV though! Crafty bugger, he was.

I will, however, stand up for them when some arrogant big-mouthed American is bashing their supposed lack of fighting ability. My favourite is to point out that said Yank owes his/her 4th of July piss-up to the French. That generally doesn't go down too well. :)

Then follow it up by pointing out that the Americans' first encounter with the Germans at Kasserine Pass in 1943 resulted in a panicked rout as bad as any of the French in 1940.

I tend not to get too popular pretty quickly thereabouts. :)

[nausicaa1]

I'm pretty neutral on the military comings and goings of the French. It's just the fashion thing that annoys me.

Next time I get cornered by a patriot, though, I'll be sure to mention that he or she owes her independence to the french! I imagine it would froth a body up pretty quickly.

[firstashore]

That's the best part... people spouting anti-French crap are almost always frothing-at-the-mouth patriots.

There were in fact more Americans fighting on the side of the British, than against them. The decisive factors were French troops, French weapons and gunpowder, French naval superiority off the coast, and the fact the French were fighting the British all over the world at the time, diverting most of their forces.

Do you use IM, Gina? I figure we should probably be chatting by now. :)

[nausicaa1]

Americans are a wee bit weird about deliberately not knowing their own history. Yes, i know it's convoluted, but let's not just jump to conclusions, mr. or mrs. patriotic!

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