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dragojustineThe news coverage of CPAC was so fun to watch over these last few days.
Mostly Rachel, who hit previously un-scaled heights of snarky hotness in the first two minuts of this clip, where she says, "This 'He's a socialist' thread in the conservative weave these days? It means different things to different people. When I hear, 'Obama is a commie!' I think, 'You are not a serious person and I don't have to pay very much attention to the rest of the things that you say." I mean, she's got it on the nose there, but what I want to know is how the fuck she makes political sarcasm with a big smile so fucking hot. Seriously, Rachel, I am so hot for you.
Jon Stewart does an amusing take on it too, of course, but here's the thing (and I acknowledge that I seem to be the only person on the internet who is bothered by this, so possibly I am the walking postergirl of PC gone amuck, but I think not, and I'd sort of like some validation here). Can we get a moratorium on the "Ann Coulter looks like a man!" jokes? I mean, honestly. That's not actually funny, and it is kind of insulting. And not insulting to Ann Coulter, I mean, insulting to the common sense, good taste, and sensitivity of everyone who is forced to listen to the damn joke. For the record, I kind of feel the same way about "Rush Limbaugh is fat! Haha!" but it seems like liberals have gotten over that in a way they haven't gotten over "Haha, Coulter is a vocal and opinionated woman and therefore we must make transvestite jokes!"
I'm just saying, bad form.
Another thank you to everybody who sent birthday wishes!
Those of you who are having some of the same problems I am these days might want to read Seven Tried and True Ways to Stifle Your Creativity.
Why I would not have greenlit Dollhouse does the best job I have seen of dissecting exactly why Dollhouse is so very very disappointing. Those of you who know me know that I hate disliking something without being able to articulate why, so. This is why.
And for those of you who, like me, are watching Dollhouse in the vain hopes that it will improve, or who, also like me, watched Merlin and hoped forlornly that the Next Big Fandom would be something with a little less cheese and a lot more weight, I feel the need to remind you that NBC's new show, Kings, premieres on March 15th.
It's a re-working of the story of David, as in "David and Goliath," as in "David and Jonathan." It stars Ian McShane, so right there you know at least one character will fucking rock, and I saw the first twenty minutes of it at Comic-con, so I can tell you that the look of it, visually, is just phenomenal. No cheesy campy CGI dragons here- this is a pseudo-modern AU setting with utterly gorgeous outdoors location shoots and lush sets and beautiful camera work and the whole thing is just nice to look at in a way that goes well beyond the (admittedly in some cases very pretty) pretty people. And it has the advantage of both being a story that I would watch even if there were no slash potential at all- because the story of David is a good story and the potential for action plus political intrigue plus intense emotional portrayals of psychologically fascinating people plus really interesting worldbuilding is enough to make me sit up and pay attention- but also having slash potential out the wazoo- because, you know David and Jonathan.
I know I cannot wave my wand and make this the Next Big Fandom, especially given the crappy job NBC is doing promoting it, but I would if I could, and I'm begging you all to check it out.
Mostly Rachel, who hit previously un-scaled heights of snarky hotness in the first two minuts of this clip, where she says, "This 'He's a socialist' thread in the conservative weave these days? It means different things to different people. When I hear, 'Obama is a commie!' I think, 'You are not a serious person and I don't have to pay very much attention to the rest of the things that you say." I mean, she's got it on the nose there, but what I want to know is how the fuck she makes political sarcasm with a big smile so fucking hot. Seriously, Rachel, I am so hot for you.
Jon Stewart does an amusing take on it too, of course, but here's the thing (and I acknowledge that I seem to be the only person on the internet who is bothered by this, so possibly I am the walking postergirl of PC gone amuck, but I think not, and I'd sort of like some validation here). Can we get a moratorium on the "Ann Coulter looks like a man!" jokes? I mean, honestly. That's not actually funny, and it is kind of insulting. And not insulting to Ann Coulter, I mean, insulting to the common sense, good taste, and sensitivity of everyone who is forced to listen to the damn joke. For the record, I kind of feel the same way about "Rush Limbaugh is fat! Haha!" but it seems like liberals have gotten over that in a way they haven't gotten over "Haha, Coulter is a vocal and opinionated woman and therefore we must make transvestite jokes!"
I'm just saying, bad form.
Another thank you to everybody who sent birthday wishes!
Those of you who are having some of the same problems I am these days might want to read Seven Tried and True Ways to Stifle Your Creativity.
Why I would not have greenlit Dollhouse does the best job I have seen of dissecting exactly why Dollhouse is so very very disappointing. Those of you who know me know that I hate disliking something without being able to articulate why, so. This is why.
And for those of you who, like me, are watching Dollhouse in the vain hopes that it will improve, or who, also like me, watched Merlin and hoped forlornly that the Next Big Fandom would be something with a little less cheese and a lot more weight, I feel the need to remind you that NBC's new show, Kings, premieres on March 15th.
It's a re-working of the story of David, as in "David and Goliath," as in "David and Jonathan." It stars Ian McShane, so right there you know at least one character will fucking rock, and I saw the first twenty minutes of it at Comic-con, so I can tell you that the look of it, visually, is just phenomenal. No cheesy campy CGI dragons here- this is a pseudo-modern AU setting with utterly gorgeous outdoors location shoots and lush sets and beautiful camera work and the whole thing is just nice to look at in a way that goes well beyond the (admittedly in some cases very pretty) pretty people. And it has the advantage of both being a story that I would watch even if there were no slash potential at all- because the story of David is a good story and the potential for action plus political intrigue plus intense emotional portrayals of psychologically fascinating people plus really interesting worldbuilding is enough to make me sit up and pay attention- but also having slash potential out the wazoo- because, you know David and Jonathan.
I know I cannot wave my wand and make this the Next Big Fandom, especially given the crappy job NBC is doing promoting it, but I would if I could, and I'm begging you all to check it out.