an explosive, adventurous Memorial Day

[flammifera]

Sam usually yowls and whines a lot in the mornings, firstly to make me get up and feed her and secondly because I'm in too much of a rush to pet her enough. This morning, however, I think I made more noise than she did; there was a lot of moaning and groaning this morning. Taking a shower especially, but also movement in general, was rather

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[uncleamos]

Oof, bike accidents.

[star_ash]

I completely concur with your opinions on X-Men--very disappointing. Each of the plots had the potential to be emotionally effective, but it all came out jumbled. Also, using the cure against Magneto should not be a cheering moment, if only because accepting the use of the cure as a weapon goes against the values the good mutants are supposed to be standing for. It's the equivalent of applauding the use of chemical weapons.

[tirerim]

I suspect the cheers were not for Magneto's defeat, but rather for the X-Men's success - the sudden appearance of Beast at the last instant in particular. And the use of the cure as a weapon was clearly something that they didn't want to do, but that needed to be done to save the day.

[flammifera]

I was thankful that within the movie itself, the X-Men seemed sufficiently conflicted (within the time constraints of an action movie) about using the cure as a weapon -- they were locked in a desperate struggle, but they were reluctant to take such a drastic step.

It was just the audience's reaction that bothered me!

(And, btw, I'm not completely convinced that the mutant cure is analogous to chemical weapons -- I get that Magneto's ability to manipulate metal is essential to who he is, but he is still alive at the end. As I hope you know, I'm not trying to trivialize his 'cure', I just couldn't help arguing. ;)

[flammifera]

Oh. Er...possibly a good point. ;)

Do audiences usually cheer when the good guys triumph? Perhaps it's a tribute to X3 that the audience was worried enough that they felt spontaneous and surprised excitement when the X-Men prevail, but there weren't any cheers when Wolverine stabbed Jean Grey and, imho, the Beast stabbing Magneto was also a bittersweet, narrow victory.

As I mentioned to star_ash above, it's only the audience's reaction (not the X-Men's) that I'm taking issue with.

[ravenjewel]

It was really nice to see you. :)

[flammifera]

My pleasure. :) It'd be really fun to hang out sometime and chat about fandoms to our heart's content, so if you're ever in Philadelphia, let me know!

[flurious]

cough cough canon cough

[flammifera]

re: what?

[flurious]

I was attempting to provoke a more bilious response than yours.

[coraeis]

Eep. Glad that you're ok! And I was happy to be able to see you however briefly on Sunday. :)

[flammifera]

My pleasure. :) Congratulations again!