Viorica is a high school senior who spends far too much time on the Internet. When she isn't online, she spends her time acting, writing, and fangirling various dead people.
- 2010-03-08 23:49 - Six Hours of My Life I Won't Get Back - link which sounds like a bizarre decision, but the kid is young enough that I suppose having twins play him means they can substitute one brother in for when the other gets tired It's actually a pretty common technique in the film industry- the ...
- 2010-03-02 18:30 - Categorically Misguided - link has a whole couple of shelves labelled 'lesbian crime'. There's an Anne Perry joke I could make here, but it would probably be in bad taste . . .
- 2010-02-19 18:04 - The Random Review, Revisited - link Although I can't help but notice you're blatantly using it as an excuse to confess liking for terrible stuff ;) I'm afraid that has more to do with my constant consumption of terrible stuff. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your ...
- 2010-02-07 23:37 - Categorically Misguided - link Actually, they're set up to make the process of finding your book as slow as possible Good point. My local bookstore (part of a larger chain) tosses all fiction that isn't horror, sci-fi/fantasy, or romance into oe giant section labelled "L...
- 2010-02-03 17:51 - Attacking Avatar - link I think the difference between Kirk (the '09 version, not the TOS one) and Sully is that Kirk is actually allowed to grow over the course of the film. He fails, he fights, and he changes as a result of his experiences. But Sully never does. Aside from deci...
- 2010-01-29 17:36 - Attacking Avatar - link Personally, my favourite summing-up of the movie is this.
- 2010-01-22 03:01 - Not Feeling The Glee - link The thing is though, even before he physically abused her, he was having an emotional affair- and that started *before* the false pregnancy. If Terri really does have anxiety, I can see the two thngs working together to produce the fake pregnancy scenario.
- 2010-01-22 00:37 - Not Feeling The Glee - link It was during the discussions after "Mattress" (the episode where he discovers her deception and proceeds to push her against a wall and grab her wrist while she cries and begs him to stop) The idea was that scenes like this had happened before, and that's...
- 2010-01-22 00:25 - Not Feeling The Glee - link I'm told (though I can't say for sure) that the wife is supposed to have anxiety? If so, it makes a bit more sense. Anxiety fucks with your brain to the point where you do things you'd never have done otherwise because you think you have to. Of course, she...
- 2010-01-21 19:35 - Not Feeling The Glee - link Yes, but the cheerleaders are still DEFINED by their sexuality. It doesn't matter whether cheerleader's are sluts or virgins, they're still not *people*. Not to mention that Quinn frequently makes out with Finn and gets pregnant afte...
- 2010-01-20 17:27 - Not Feeling The Glee - link Oh, there's no doubt that the creator knows (or thinks he knows) what he's doing. The problem is, he isn't really subverting any of the stereotypes- just presenting them and adding a little "nudge-nudge, we actually realize that this is grossly offensive!"...
- 2010-01-04 20:12 - Patrick Stewart's Claudius, King of Denmark - link I'm a bit of an atypical Shakespeare nerd in that Ham;et is probably one of my least favourite Bard plays (it's tied with Love's Labour's Lost) I saw it at the Stratford festival the summer before last, and even though it was well-done, it just couldn't ho...
- 2010-01-03 00:43 - It's A Gay Old Life - link Oh! And the episode also features a gay author who editorializes about the creepy age gap in Brian and Justin's relationship. Somehow, I get this feeling that they recieved some criticism. :P
- 2010-01-03 00:36 - It's A Gay Old Life - link I got the second season out of the library (what can I say? It's addictive) and 2x03 actually has an episode where they invent a gay-themed show called "Gay as Blazes" which Brian mocks for being an overly sedate and non-sexualised portrayal of gay people....
- 2009-12-21 19:39 - Defending Avatar - link The lead scientist is an intelligent, independent woman . . . who gets fridged. As does Michelle Rodriguez. The only main female character who doesn't die (with the possible exception of Neytiri's mother) is Neytiri herself, and that...
- 2009-12-20 04:45 - It's A Gay Old Life - link Wow, the comments exposded while I was away. :D I didn't mean to suggest your criticisms were inappropriate or invalid, or anything like that. Oh, I didn't think you were- I just figured that talking about Why This Is Bad when the...
