see the light my arse
May. 22nd, 2002 09:57 pmMy fingers just aren't working tonight. I can't play a note, the most frustrating thing on earth. I think that school is slowing sucking every ounce of creativity from my body. Either that or the cold.
Bloody cold.
Fucking hate this country. There was a good editorial cartoon in today's paper; Howard's walking along the Great Wall of China, the translator's walking next to him saying to the Big Chinese Dude (his name escapes me atm) "Mr Howard loves it and he'd like one just like it..right around his country." Too bloody right.
I have been so grumpy recently. Sorry.
Had a big 'debate' about whether the Star Wars lot are 'good' movies with a few of my acquaintances the other day. It holds up as an okay movie for eight year olds (although -- but we'll get to that later), and I loved them when I was little (especially Chewey) but it just does not hold up as a great work of film. Characters = cliched. Plot = formulaic + contrived. And that'd be fine, I mean, you don't get much more formulaic than The Princess Bride, which is a fantastic movie, but Star Wars just can't pull it off at the sophisticated level that everyone claims it can. Dialogue = so, so wincingly bad. Episodes 1, 2, 3 = unnecessary. 'Coincidences' = far too many. Leia = strong my arse (and yes, my hormones love 'that' scene but it pisses me off *so* much). Technology = cool but jesus, it can't carry the movie, not by a long shot. And has George Lucas ever learnt to use a shot transition that wasn't a wipe, be it diagonal, sideways, upways or downways?
And don't get me started on the Jedi. Lucas says this is a kid's movie. Fine. I'd rather my kids see Monsters Inc, thankyouverymuch. They don't need to grow up thinking that it's ok to do anything to reach your objective. Mind control is a No No, kids. Watch Buffy. God that pisses me off. Not once do they show a bit of remorse for thoroughly raping someone's mind and totally abusing their rights. Remind you of anyone? Only every Bad Guy in the history of the bloody world. And I'd rather my kids grow up singing 'Put that thing back where it came from or so help me (bom bom bom)' than trying to smash people over the head with big glowy sticks.
Harry Potter, also aimed at kids, is just so much more sophisticated in comparison. Harry, a good guy, breaks the rules and gets punished (well, kinda. Not for lack of trying on Snape's part). Dumbledore is a good guy. He's on the side of the 'light'. But he uses people, and I bet you anything JKR won't let it go. Plus, Harry Potter has Snape, who's just a sexy biyatch, as well as being one of the most interesting characters I've come ever come across. But we're not here to talk about Snape, much as I'd like to. I also have big problems with the way Muggles are mind controlled in HP - you know, 'Oops, the Muggle saw a big of magic, better do the flashy thing on him'. But JKR's developed a whole situation where it's needed, and people are punished for affecting any Muggles needlessly. I hope that it's addressed further in the books. I hold little similar hope for Star Wars.
The movies themselves have no problems, except for the fact that they're rather, well, ahem. It's people's thinking that they're anything more than spaghetti westerns that pisses me off. And the Jedi. Grrr Jedi.
Well. That little diatribe became rather longer than I thought it would be.
Ahem.
So, so so should be doing my chemistry. Words won't come out. It's chemistry, not rocket science (ha ha), should at least be able to spew out an introduction. But no.
grumpgrumpgrumpgrumpbitchbitchbitch. Sorry. Just ignore all this, I need to bitch it off my chest.
I challenge anyone to read Bad Seed and not scream SLASH the entire way through.
Bloody cold.
Fucking hate this country. There was a good editorial cartoon in today's paper; Howard's walking along the Great Wall of China, the translator's walking next to him saying to the Big Chinese Dude (his name escapes me atm) "Mr Howard loves it and he'd like one just like it..right around his country." Too bloody right.
I have been so grumpy recently. Sorry.
Had a big 'debate' about whether the Star Wars lot are 'good' movies with a few of my acquaintances the other day. It holds up as an okay movie for eight year olds (although -- but we'll get to that later), and I loved them when I was little (especially Chewey) but it just does not hold up as a great work of film. Characters = cliched. Plot = formulaic + contrived. And that'd be fine, I mean, you don't get much more formulaic than The Princess Bride, which is a fantastic movie, but Star Wars just can't pull it off at the sophisticated level that everyone claims it can. Dialogue = so, so wincingly bad. Episodes 1, 2, 3 = unnecessary. 'Coincidences' = far too many. Leia = strong my arse (and yes, my hormones love 'that' scene but it pisses me off *so* much). Technology = cool but jesus, it can't carry the movie, not by a long shot. And has George Lucas ever learnt to use a shot transition that wasn't a wipe, be it diagonal, sideways, upways or downways?
And don't get me started on the Jedi. Lucas says this is a kid's movie. Fine. I'd rather my kids see Monsters Inc, thankyouverymuch. They don't need to grow up thinking that it's ok to do anything to reach your objective. Mind control is a No No, kids. Watch Buffy. God that pisses me off. Not once do they show a bit of remorse for thoroughly raping someone's mind and totally abusing their rights. Remind you of anyone? Only every Bad Guy in the history of the bloody world. And I'd rather my kids grow up singing 'Put that thing back where it came from or so help me (bom bom bom)' than trying to smash people over the head with big glowy sticks.
Harry Potter, also aimed at kids, is just so much more sophisticated in comparison. Harry, a good guy, breaks the rules and gets punished (well, kinda. Not for lack of trying on Snape's part). Dumbledore is a good guy. He's on the side of the 'light'. But he uses people, and I bet you anything JKR won't let it go. Plus, Harry Potter has Snape, who's just a sexy biyatch, as well as being one of the most interesting characters I've come ever come across. But we're not here to talk about Snape, much as I'd like to. I also have big problems with the way Muggles are mind controlled in HP - you know, 'Oops, the Muggle saw a big of magic, better do the flashy thing on him'. But JKR's developed a whole situation where it's needed, and people are punished for affecting any Muggles needlessly. I hope that it's addressed further in the books. I hold little similar hope for Star Wars.
The movies themselves have no problems, except for the fact that they're rather, well, ahem. It's people's thinking that they're anything more than spaghetti westerns that pisses me off. And the Jedi. Grrr Jedi.
Well. That little diatribe became rather longer than I thought it would be.
Ahem.
So, so so should be doing my chemistry. Words won't come out. It's chemistry, not rocket science (ha ha), should at least be able to spew out an introduction. But no.
grumpgrumpgrumpgrumpbitchbitchbitch. Sorry. Just ignore all this, I need to bitch it off my chest.
I challenge anyone to read Bad Seed and not scream SLASH the entire way through.
