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Feb. 1st, 2012 06:22 pmHello. I have been planning and trying to make a post for a few days now. But usually by the time I am finished with my computer games every day, and then my flist and email and trying to make my way through my Tumblr dashboard I am exhausted or it is the middle of the night. I need get rid of some Tumblrs from my dashboard I think.
But I am making it now, largely because of the film The Grey that's out at the moment, and all the bad things I keep hearing about it. Essentially, apart from it being based around a negative and apparently unrealistic portrayal of wolves - a pet peeve of mine - there's also apparently evidence of animal cruelty on the set. And now, from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
metaquotes, it seems like one of the actors is kind of a dick: "I’ve made a lot of movies that had both men and women in them, a lot of movies that were dominated by the woman’s storyline. And in this case it was a very different experience making the movie and enjoying the movie, when it was completed, because of the fact that there are no women in it… It was like thank God, I get to do a movie with just guys.”. Dermot Mulroney's view of film-making, that is. And for some reason I have decided to blame Liam Neeson for all of this as well. Just because his face is on all the posters. FUCK YOU LIAM NEESON.
Also, I mostly wanted to post about the most beautiful response to the 'No Homo' phrase I've probably ever seen. I think 'No Hobo' is probably my favourite. I apologise for any ads you may see before that video. I can't really believe Youtube nowadays.
And also, in a sort of similar note to what Dermot Mulroney said - but completely the opposite - I've not been going to see many films lately, but there are a few I am or was sort of looking forward to. One of them was Chronicle, which is apparently about a bunch of teenagers getting superpowers, and then it all getting a bit thrillery. Except that I then looked it up, and it turns out it's about three teenagers, all of whom are male. I don't, it was just the sort of film I felt like I'd want to see a female character in, and it sounded like - with a group of teenagers - and in this day and age - one of the people getting superpowers might be female. But apparently not. And then, I went through it again yesterday, when I randomly saw a billboard poster for a show called The Almighty Johnsons with the tagline 'Meet the gods next door' - only to later pass it again and see that it's all about 'Axl', who just become a god, 'just like all his brothers'. Again, it was a show it seemed like there might be a female character in. And I assume that if they are a family, they probably have a mother (maybe?). But it doesn't seem like female presence is going to be a huge part or point of the show. In a way I kind of understand the film one more, because it sounds like it's going to be about a fairly close, small group of friends getting superpowers and then tearing each other apart, and I think it's fair to say that generally people tend to have friends, especially as teenagers, that are the same sex as they are. It's still annoying, but you know. But the TV show one I understand a lot less, surely it's pretty straightforward to just have a woman in a family? Maybe it's just weird advertising. And I don't know, maybe both these things will have amazing secondary female characters in them, AMAZING secondary female characters, the kind that blow people's minds. Maybe most of the male characters get killed off by the middle part of the story, and it's up to the secondary female characters to step up and save the day. They're not allowing those women to be in the promo shots or trailers though. It's just annoying really, because those types of story are exactly the type of thing I would be interested in. And I am still am kind of interested in them. Just slightly less excited now. And you know, it's not actually bad to have women in your films and shows. Just saying.
Anyway. Most of my links on this page are off Tumblr. Please do not judge me.
Also, I still love Skyrim. Also, it turns out the character I am playing in Saints Row 2 is an actual psychopath. But she has a lieutenant who is attention-seeking. Which is quite lovely. The psychopath thing is a bit disturbing though.
But I am making it now, largely because of the film The Grey that's out at the moment, and all the bad things I keep hearing about it. Essentially, apart from it being based around a negative and apparently unrealistic portrayal of wolves - a pet peeve of mine - there's also apparently evidence of animal cruelty on the set. And now, from
metaquotes, it seems like one of the actors is kind of a dick: "I’ve made a lot of movies that had both men and women in them, a lot of movies that were dominated by the woman’s storyline. And in this case it was a very different experience making the movie and enjoying the movie, when it was completed, because of the fact that there are no women in it… It was like thank God, I get to do a movie with just guys.”. Dermot Mulroney's view of film-making, that is. And for some reason I have decided to blame Liam Neeson for all of this as well. Just because his face is on all the posters. FUCK YOU LIAM NEESON.Also, I mostly wanted to post about the most beautiful response to the 'No Homo' phrase I've probably ever seen. I think 'No Hobo' is probably my favourite. I apologise for any ads you may see before that video. I can't really believe Youtube nowadays.
And also, in a sort of similar note to what Dermot Mulroney said - but completely the opposite - I've not been going to see many films lately, but there are a few I am or was sort of looking forward to. One of them was Chronicle, which is apparently about a bunch of teenagers getting superpowers, and then it all getting a bit thrillery. Except that I then looked it up, and it turns out it's about three teenagers, all of whom are male. I don't, it was just the sort of film I felt like I'd want to see a female character in, and it sounded like - with a group of teenagers - and in this day and age - one of the people getting superpowers might be female. But apparently not. And then, I went through it again yesterday, when I randomly saw a billboard poster for a show called The Almighty Johnsons with the tagline 'Meet the gods next door' - only to later pass it again and see that it's all about 'Axl', who just become a god, 'just like all his brothers'. Again, it was a show it seemed like there might be a female character in. And I assume that if they are a family, they probably have a mother (maybe?). But it doesn't seem like female presence is going to be a huge part or point of the show. In a way I kind of understand the film one more, because it sounds like it's going to be about a fairly close, small group of friends getting superpowers and then tearing each other apart, and I think it's fair to say that generally people tend to have friends, especially as teenagers, that are the same sex as they are. It's still annoying, but you know. But the TV show one I understand a lot less, surely it's pretty straightforward to just have a woman in a family? Maybe it's just weird advertising. And I don't know, maybe both these things will have amazing secondary female characters in them, AMAZING secondary female characters, the kind that blow people's minds. Maybe most of the male characters get killed off by the middle part of the story, and it's up to the secondary female characters to step up and save the day. They're not allowing those women to be in the promo shots or trailers though. It's just annoying really, because those types of story are exactly the type of thing I would be interested in. And I am still am kind of interested in them. Just slightly less excited now. And you know, it's not actually bad to have women in your films and shows. Just saying.
Anyway. Most of my links on this page are off Tumblr. Please do not judge me.
Also, I still love Skyrim. Also, it turns out the character I am playing in Saints Row 2 is an actual psychopath. But she has a lieutenant who is attention-seeking. Which is quite lovely. The psychopath thing is a bit disturbing though.
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