Feather’s gripes and general complaints
My problems with Van Helsing
~ Okay, I know the whole “gypsy princess” thing sounds cool, but let’s be realistic here. Gypsies were (and still are, in some areas) scorned at the least and persecuted at the most. That a gypsy king winds up ruling a part of Transylvania is highly, highly unlikely, if for no other reason than peasant opposition.
~ Corsets were not made to do backflips in. I can’t manage a cartwheel well in a modern day corset with relatively soft boning. So how the fuck can Anna do all the gymnastics? Corsets are movement restricting, so it wouldn’t help her in any of the fight scenes either. And I do not care what anyone says- you cannot wear clothes like that in that time period or any kind of rural area and rule peasants. They’d put you in a hut on the edge of town and call you the village ho.
~ (Yes, most of my gripes are about the girls. I know. Leave me alone.) You can’t get into a bunch of fights, fall off buildings, through ceilings, over cliffs, whatever, blah blah, and come out with the Pantene Pro-V hair that you went in with. Especially with curly hair- hello, frizz? Humidity? Anna is not Legolas. Something the producers must have forgotten. With Legolas it is plausible to have perfect hair constantly. With Anna it is not.
~ Transylvania = harem girl outfits? WTF??? If the brides of Dracula are going to have floaty, cool looking “flying” outfits, okay, but you could do something better with the ethnic costumes of the region, or at the most something toga-based, since Transylvania was at one point part of the Roman Empire. But maybe it was close to Constantinople and that’s where they lifted the idea from? Arrgh. Who knows. (And what is with the collar thing the brunette was wearing?)
My problems with The Day After Tomorrow
~ Dehydration didn’t seem to be a problem. At all. Which is strange, assuming that a) the water from the tidal wave was too gross to drink, and b) drinking water would have frozen in the pipes when the storm started. The latter point does allow for survival in that a few people could go out everyday and gather snow, melting it over the fire to get drinking water. However, I saw no pots or anything that would suggest this.
~ Personal hygiene. “Hey, Sam, I love you too! Kiss me! But ignore the fact that I haven’t showered or brushed my teeth in upwards of a week. And that I lost my suitcase, which had my deodorant and a change of clothes…”
~ What about using the bathroom? That must have gotten pretty gruesome after the first couple of days, what with the pipes frozen so you can’t flush and all. And with the lights out. And it must have been cold. Brrr, cold toilet seat! This issue is not addressed in the movie.
~ Why didn’t the Japanese guy put his hands over his head to deflect the hailstones? (Okay, stupid question.)
~ How were the space guys going to get down if it all went pear shaped and Houston was destroyed or something?
~ Why was Staten Island covered with water when its hills are higher than the Statue of Liberty, and the Dump itself is the highest man-made point on the eastern seaboard? I don’t care if everyone does forget about Staten Island like ALL THE TIME, it should have BEEN there, dammit!!!
My problems with the local radio stations
~ Amanda Perez needs to shut the fuck up. Every song of hers that I’ve heard so far (grand total 2) is her getting over an alleged relationship and whinging and whining about god at the same time. Mushy, identical sounding god songs, and the girl’s got shitty diction “God send me an angew…” AngEL, honey, angEL, EL EL ELLLLLL.
~ Beyoncé’s song “Naughty Girl” wasn’t that great the first time around. Now, after 5674 playings, I find that it hasn’t improved at all. Yet they play it. Constantly. On all three stations I listen to all day.
~ Okay, I know the whole “gypsy princess” thing sounds cool, but let’s be realistic here. Gypsies were (and still are, in some areas) scorned at the least and persecuted at the most. That a gypsy king winds up ruling a part of Transylvania is highly, highly unlikely, if for no other reason than peasant opposition.
~ Corsets were not made to do backflips in. I can’t manage a cartwheel well in a modern day corset with relatively soft boning. So how the fuck can Anna do all the gymnastics? Corsets are movement restricting, so it wouldn’t help her in any of the fight scenes either. And I do not care what anyone says- you cannot wear clothes like that in that time period or any kind of rural area and rule peasants. They’d put you in a hut on the edge of town and call you the village ho.
~ (Yes, most of my gripes are about the girls. I know. Leave me alone.) You can’t get into a bunch of fights, fall off buildings, through ceilings, over cliffs, whatever, blah blah, and come out with the Pantene Pro-V hair that you went in with. Especially with curly hair- hello, frizz? Humidity? Anna is not Legolas. Something the producers must have forgotten. With Legolas it is plausible to have perfect hair constantly. With Anna it is not.
~ Transylvania = harem girl outfits? WTF??? If the brides of Dracula are going to have floaty, cool looking “flying” outfits, okay, but you could do something better with the ethnic costumes of the region, or at the most something toga-based, since Transylvania was at one point part of the Roman Empire. But maybe it was close to Constantinople and that’s where they lifted the idea from? Arrgh. Who knows. (And what is with the collar thing the brunette was wearing?)
My problems with The Day After Tomorrow
~ Dehydration didn’t seem to be a problem. At all. Which is strange, assuming that a) the water from the tidal wave was too gross to drink, and b) drinking water would have frozen in the pipes when the storm started. The latter point does allow for survival in that a few people could go out everyday and gather snow, melting it over the fire to get drinking water. However, I saw no pots or anything that would suggest this.
~ Personal hygiene. “Hey, Sam, I love you too! Kiss me! But ignore the fact that I haven’t showered or brushed my teeth in upwards of a week. And that I lost my suitcase, which had my deodorant and a change of clothes…”
~ What about using the bathroom? That must have gotten pretty gruesome after the first couple of days, what with the pipes frozen so you can’t flush and all. And with the lights out. And it must have been cold. Brrr, cold toilet seat! This issue is not addressed in the movie.
~ Why didn’t the Japanese guy put his hands over his head to deflect the hailstones? (Okay, stupid question.)
~ How were the space guys going to get down if it all went pear shaped and Houston was destroyed or something?
~ Why was Staten Island covered with water when its hills are higher than the Statue of Liberty, and the Dump itself is the highest man-made point on the eastern seaboard? I don’t care if everyone does forget about Staten Island like ALL THE TIME, it should have BEEN there, dammit!!!
My problems with the local radio stations
~ Amanda Perez needs to shut the fuck up. Every song of hers that I’ve heard so far (grand total 2) is her getting over an alleged relationship and whinging and whining about god at the same time. Mushy, identical sounding god songs, and the girl’s got shitty diction “God send me an angew…” AngEL, honey, angEL, EL EL ELLLLLL.
~ Beyoncé’s song “Naughty Girl” wasn’t that great the first time around. Now, after 5674 playings, I find that it hasn’t improved at all. Yet they play it. Constantly. On all three stations I listen to all day.