Jurassic World
The hubs and I went to see Jurassic World last night (which you'd think I would know how to spell by now but obviously not, thank you spellchecker) and here are some thoughts...
( Not exactly brief... )
( Not exactly brief... )
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The funny thing about the original Jurassic Park was that even its gender roles kind of annoyed me -- I think because it's always a little boy nerd/geek who's obsessed with science -- always always always. (He's almost always white, too.) It's not that there's anything wrong with that character, but that it's always that character.
I was a little older than you when it came out, so maybe I'd just seen enough of that unimaginative archetype with, say, Wesley Crusher. (Who was originally written as a female character but changed because a boy gave them "more plot possibilities" and HATE.)
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The funny thing about the original Jurassic Park was that even its gender roles kind of annoyed me
You know, I watched it again after I wrote this review, and it occurred to me that despite the positive stuff I wrote about above, it still doesn't pass the Bechdel test, which is kind of amazing given the series of scenes at the end that Lex and Ellie share!
I can't believe that about Wesley Crusher - I practically grew up on Next Gen, and couldn't decide whether I wanted to be Wesley's girlfriend or just wanted to BE Wesley. I wonder what more positive impact it would've had on me if the character had been female, since it took me a long time to realise I could be both a girl, feminine, and into science/engineering ugh.
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Also, I'm going to stick up my hand and say I think JP3 was quite a good film.
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