Interesting Chuck commentary, plus other stuff
Chuck vs. Half the Human Race by Abigail Nussbaum (via 
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I'm not sure I agree entirely with her conclusions (I don't, for instance, see Anna having been less geeky than Jeff, Lester, or Morgan, and I think she dismisses Jill's geekery too quickly; she swerves right past the General as if she doesn't exist) but her analysis of Sarah and Ellie is pretty spot on.
Also, halfamoon is ramping up. (A fourteen day celebration of female characters in fandom.) Prompt post is open until February 13; posting is the last two weeks in February, and the minimums are ridiculously low. (100 words text, single icon, etc.)
Can I just say, though, that I'm really over The Good Wife assumption: if you like women characters, you'll be watching The Good Wife? No, no, I won't. The Good Wife is everything I hate in television: it's about mature, heterosexual adults facing their problems in grown up and responsible ways* that do not involve spaceships, vampires, or other speculative fiction set dressing. I don't watch that show when it's about dudes, I'm not going to watch it to see Christine Baranski as a not particularly fabulous bitch**. (Julianna Margulies does exactly zero for me, Archie Panjabi seems like someone I'll enjoy watching in some other show entirely, one with werewolves, quirkiness, or violent criminals being apprehended by wily detectives.)
*AFAICT, the people being irresponsible on this show are not held up as lovable examples of awesome slackeriness or budding master criminals, but just losers who need to grow the fuck up. So not my scene.
**I watched, like, an episode and a half? If that's not the essence of her character, I still don't care, because she's got a smaller role than Margulies or Punjabi. Also, SNAG is not a look that I appreciate on Josh Charles.
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I'm not sure I agree entirely with her conclusions (I don't, for instance, see Anna having been less geeky than Jeff, Lester, or Morgan, and I think she dismisses Jill's geekery too quickly; she swerves right past the General as if she doesn't exist) but her analysis of Sarah and Ellie is pretty spot on.
Also, halfamoon is ramping up. (A fourteen day celebration of female characters in fandom.) Prompt post is open until February 13; posting is the last two weeks in February, and the minimums are ridiculously low. (100 words text, single icon, etc.)
Can I just say, though, that I'm really over The Good Wife assumption: if you like women characters, you'll be watching The Good Wife? No, no, I won't. The Good Wife is everything I hate in television: it's about mature, heterosexual adults facing their problems in grown up and responsible ways* that do not involve spaceships, vampires, or other speculative fiction set dressing. I don't watch that show when it's about dudes, I'm not going to watch it to see Christine Baranski as a not particularly fabulous bitch**. (Julianna Margulies does exactly zero for me, Archie Panjabi seems like someone I'll enjoy watching in some other show entirely, one with werewolves, quirkiness, or violent criminals being apprehended by wily detectives.)
*AFAICT, the people being irresponsible on this show are not held up as lovable examples of awesome slackeriness or budding master criminals, but just losers who need to grow the fuck up. So not my scene.
**I watched, like, an episode and a half? If that's not the essence of her character, I still don't care, because she's got a smaller role than Margulies or Punjabi. Also, SNAG is not a look that I appreciate on Josh Charles.
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