Issues with Dollhouse, but mostly? With Buffy, last two seasons.

[prozacpark]

So, um, this post started out as being a "Dollhouse" review, but it's now actually about the last two seasons of Buffy, gender issues in them, and what went wrong. For me, anyway.

I watched Dollhouse once this week with my sisters, and then again with meganbmoore. During the second viewing, for the most part, I had the window minimized while listening to the

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[ariadnequinn]

I'm a horror fan. There's no genre I love better, possibly, and a good ghost story can make me happier than anything else.

Me too...although I have to admit that I have a soft spot for certain slasher-type films (namely the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series, which is part nostalgia - the third one was the first rated-R movie I ever saw [at the age of 8, while sleeping over a friend's house] - and part fascination with the idea of something coming after you in your dreams...how cool is that?). But, in general, I don't like gore for the sake of gore. Or violence for the sake of violence. I'm not beyond convincing that either can have its place in a story...but there has to be a reason for it.

I'm also a biology major/biology teacher. I can talk about dissections during meals without batting an eye...so blood and guts don't bother me.

Anyway, I have a couple of horror recommendations, if I may. My favorite movie of all time is the 1963 black and white version of "The Haunting." The remake was a joke. But the original...spectacular. I absolutely love it, and highly recommend it. "The Innocents" was also pretty good.

I have little to say about "Buffy"...I was never a fan. I've only seen a handful of episodes, so I don't think my input would be very deep.

I seriously considered watching "Dollhouse"...but I'm kinda getting sick of all these tough-ass hot chicks being repressed, who magically discover their inner strength, and break away from the shackles of imprisonment.

I much prefer characters like Eowyn (although I like her better in the movie than in the book). She has a quiet dignity to her, and an inner strength about her from the beginning. She's not happy with the part she's been forced to play through a combination of circumstance and birth, so she does something about it. And she does so within the reasonable skills of a normal woman - without super powers or excessive physical prowess. That's my kind of feminism...

[prozacpark]

I love horror recs. Because while I love the genre, nearly 95% of it is utter crap. Now, it's mostly entertainingly bad crap, which is fun in its own way, but still.

Buffy is one of those shows that really needs to be watched in order because it's telling a long, arcy story where impact is best felt when watched in order.

I kind of like my feminist metaphors to be vague and metaphory, so Buffy's take on it worked for me. I just don't like metaphors, in general, to be too obvious and cliche.

I'm not a huge LOTR fan, but Eowyn was definitely my favorite LoTR character and I do remember rooting for her. I think I possibly enjoy the superhero feminism and the real women feminism both equally when done well.