So then, have you watched Firefly?
So, last week while she was down, we had one of those "what DVDs to watch" discussions on our one (semi-planned) evening in. It turned out that
snapesbabe hadn't seen Firefly. At all. Now it appears that
tinuvielberen hasn't seen it either (but has now seen the light). This bothered me, y'see, when I first got an LJ, it seemed everyone was a fan, there were Firefly icons everywhere, being a fan seemed like something akin to a cultural norm. Now, of course, I know that's not true, but it sure seemed that way, and for two self-confessed SF fans to have not seen it? Weird. So, poll time:
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Because, y'know, Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, does a proper Sci-Fi series, and Murdoch's Fox network messes him around, but the DVD sales are so good that Universal spring for a mid-budget film anyway? Plus, it's funny. Oh, and one of the opening lines is
Oh, and after a bit of pestering, here be a link to my Wish List, which I've started updating again; I used to use it as a handy "to buy" list, but then, y'know, finances collapsed. I guess it makes sense to post it, I'll be 33 in less than five weeks. Ouch.
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Because, y'know, Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, does a proper Sci-Fi series, and Murdoch's Fox network messes him around, but the DVD sales are so good that Universal spring for a mid-budget film anyway? Plus, it's funny. Oh, and one of the opening lines is
We're not going to die, y'know why? Because we're so very pretty...Which, y'know, is mostly true. So, via Amazon (UK, don't have the US search installed) the series is £15, the film is only £5.
Oh, and after a bit of pestering, here be a link to my Wish List, which I've started updating again; I used to use it as a handy "to buy" list, but then, y'know, finances collapsed. I guess it makes sense to post it, I'll be 33 in less than five weeks. Ouch.
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Order placed.
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We'll watch Heart of Gold (for a nice bit of feminism—sort of, anyway) or Jaynestown for utterly surreal plot. Actually, no, Our Mrs Reynolds. Because you'll love Saffron.
You're not actually getting a choice on this one, just so y'know ;-)
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;)
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It does take a while to get into. My housemate and I didn't really see what the fuss was about. But then 'Bushwhacked' was a really creepy, good horror story, and we figured out Inarra's job and that was awesome. And we fell in love with it.
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Hmm, I guess it shouldn't surprise me that the pair of you like the one with all the pretty girls, even if the plot is a bit too obvious...
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Sorry. I've been proofreading Midwifery Matters, which always gets me a little hot under the collar with regard to birth. But honestly, that did spoil the whole episode for me. Birth is a feminist issue and I can't stand the way that all the (otherwise brilliant) female characters stand back and let Simon blunder around like a bumblebee in a jam jar.
*wanders off to write a more sensible comment lower down*
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Grargh. I thought that sort of thing was in the past.
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They've gone way beyond legalising and accepting it in the background, it's quite well worked through in many ways.
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You know what I'm like, I don't tend to go into huge amounts of detail, so I could dig around the sites but essentially it's implied there are both, and Inara is shown turning down potential clients a few times (and has a few female clients at times).
See, you now have another reason to watch, you can critique the portrayal of the companions ;-)
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I'm also with El S that birth should NOT be portrayed as the horrible medical matter it generally is on TV and in films. And I haven't even GLANCED at
Blargh. I'm going all ranty. Time to crack open the brandy, I think
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It's run by Inara's friend, a former companion, who's gone rogue/independent. The whole centralised authority with strong rules (and protection) vs individuals on their own taking risks and teaming up is a theme the whole way through, the brothel is an analogue of the independents, the Guild is the Alliance, etc...
and pretty much with you on the portrayal of birth thing, but also agree with her point that it's not just the media that does it, the Govt has been doing it for decades as well.
Brandy=good...
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I suppose I shall have to postpone judgement until I've watched it, but I reserve the right to have feminist rage.
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I wouldn't have known he was doing stuff wrong, plus also, y'know he's the Doctor, ergo he does Medical Stuff, and that's all the writers really need worry about.
However...
Loving that image ;-)
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I'm quite ranty on the end of Revenge of the Sith, too. ;-)
That wonderful simile isn't mine, I'm afraid; I nicked it from Dorothy Sayers.
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I also know a few people who are very much in favour of the medicalising trend, it's not something I know enough about to have an opinion on (yet), although SB seems to agree with you so that'll influence if it becomes an issue.
With apologies for rantiness, but you know the strength of my feeling on matters like this
You missed the "patriarchal" off the beginning of that. You know WHY women were encouraged for a couple of centuries to give birth lying on their backs, even though it vastly increases the danger to the women, the pain, the length of labour, etc? To make it easier for the doctor to see what was going on without having to do any of that nasty bending down. Up until recently, what gender were pretty much all doctors?
I think that there's a little sentence in the wikipedia entry on childbirth that sums up the attitude of people who favour the medicalisation of childbirth very well: .
i.e. the baby is fine, so who cares if the woman suffers from exhaustion and is more likely to need to be sliced open?! That doesn't matter!
Again, it's all about the subjugation of women; although in this instance it's as baby-producing machines, rather than sex objects. And of course, we both know that postpartum women can NEVER be sexy.
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apologies? I learn stuff. That's good.
Absolutely. Never ever ever. Like I've said above, I know very little directly on the subject, so I merely offer these as counter points:
http://devilskitchen.me.uk/2007/05/this-independent-midwife-insurance.html
http://devilskitchen.me.uk/2007/06/next-theyll-be-confiscating-our.html
Not got around to meeting Katy yet, but have met DK, nice bloke, for an Eton educated UKIPer.
It's possibly worth observing that the first post nearly won an award for "most unintentionally humoerous post" due to some errors she made, but she's got a strong point, if not a good one...
Re: apologies? I learn stuff. That's good.
* pokes you for setting up straw men *