The reading that I did for this week was about Batman and his queer tendencies. I must say I found pretty interesting as I have never considered Batman to have homosexual innuendos or symbols. This reading kind of reminds me of the one about Seinfeld and the hidden homosexual symbols in that show.
I liked how the author's style and tone of this essay. However, parts of it did seem to come across as, "Well, duh, if you people would pay attention, you'd notice these things." Also, her reading kind of ruined the childhood icon of Batman for me. Not that there is anything wrong with being gay, one of my closest friends is gay, but as child you think, "WOW! Superhero man is tough." And now every time I'll see Batman, I'm going to scrutinize his actions and think, "Gay!"
Ok, I guess I couldn't leave the Batman thing alone because I asked my gay friend Audrey to read the essay. She totally agreed with what the author wrote. She also said something interesting. When a director or author has their character have gay tendencies that straight people wouldn't pick up on, they are doing it as "secret" message to all other homosexuals that they are on their side and that it is okay to be gay. Hmm...never even would have thought that.
So, all in all, I think if Audrey's right about the secret message thing then by all means let Batman be gay.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Hero Love
The episode of Heroes that I watched mainly revolved around the character Hiro. He is the character that is able to control the time space continuum. Be able to do allows him to stop time, go back in time, and travel to the future. Quite handy when you want things to work out in your favor.
Anyways, the episode starts off with Hiro in a diner known as The Burnt Toast. He accidentally (he still doesn't have full control of his power) traveled back in time 6 months. The cause for all of this is because he has fallen in love with a waitress, Sandy. If you watch the episode right before this one you'll learn that Sandy gets her head cut in two (gross, I know) by the mysterious killer, Sylar. Hiro traveled back in time to warn her and save her as well.
As the plot progresses, Hiro and Sandy start falling for each other. Sandy then tells Hiro she has terminal cancer is going to die in six months, but also that she is in love with him. Hiro returns her love and just as they are about to kiss, he is returned back to the future and the diner.
This episode made me think that what is it about love that makes people take the actions that they do. And how can you describe love? I mean just because Hiro held Sandy's hand and looked into her eyes and said he loved her, does that make it love?
Something to think about for a rainy day.
Anyways, the episode starts off with Hiro in a diner known as The Burnt Toast. He accidentally (he still doesn't have full control of his power) traveled back in time 6 months. The cause for all of this is because he has fallen in love with a waitress, Sandy. If you watch the episode right before this one you'll learn that Sandy gets her head cut in two (gross, I know) by the mysterious killer, Sylar. Hiro traveled back in time to warn her and save her as well.
As the plot progresses, Hiro and Sandy start falling for each other. Sandy then tells Hiro she has terminal cancer is going to die in six months, but also that she is in love with him. Hiro returns her love and just as they are about to kiss, he is returned back to the future and the diner.
This episode made me think that what is it about love that makes people take the actions that they do. And how can you describe love? I mean just because Hiro held Sandy's hand and looked into her eyes and said he loved her, does that make it love?
Something to think about for a rainy day.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Heroes among us
Gilmore Girls as sort of taken a hiatus from my blog entries since I loaned out my DVD box sets to a friend, and I have gotten a little bored with it.
The show I want to write about is Heroes. The cool thing about this show is that you can watch all the episodes on-line from the network's website for FREE.
I watched the first two episodes last night and they were pretty amazing. I know the story plot may seem a bit outlandish because five of the characters have "powers" that aren't realistic such as the power of flight.
As I mentioned earlier, the show is centered around five main characters. Your first hero you are introduced to you Peter Petrelli. He is a male nurse and has an older brother, Nathan, who is running for Congress. Seemingly normal, right? However, Peter has reoccurring dreams that he can fly and so can his brother. A series of events, which seems to most like a suicide attempt by Peter, leads the brothers to discovering they both can truly fly.
The second hero is Issac Mendez. He is a heroine addict who can paint the future. The question seemingly is: does he truly see the future or is it just the heroine doing it? The creepiest part about this is that Issac has painted a huge skyline of New York with an atomic mushroom cloud over it right on his loft floor.
The next hero is Nikki. She is a single mom who owes 30 grand to the mob. They are after her and her son. When two mobsters come to threaten her, she passes out and when she comes to, realizes they are dead. She then looks at her mirror and sees her reflection smiling and puts a finger to her lips and says, "Shh." Apparently, her power is use her reflection to do whatever she wants.
I would have to say my favorite hero is a Japanese office worker named, strangely enough, Hiro. He is hilarious because he is the only one out of all the heroes so far so far to embrace his power. Hiro's power is the ability to teleport, stop time, and travel back and forth through time. In episode two, Hiro teleports himself to New York, which resulted in him being missing for FIVE WEEKS in Japan. However, when he is in New York he experiences the nuclear bomb that Isaac painted, but teleports himself just in time back to Japan and in the time where he left off.
The last hero is Claire. She is a cheerleader who has attempted suicide SIX times. You'd think she was depressed, but, no. She has the nasty ability to go through any harm or pain and not be affected. She is indestructible and doesn't want to be.
All these characters are intertwined with each other, but they don't know it yet. Plus, they are being sought out by a genetics professor named Suresh whose father wrote and studied about people with new genetic codes that may lead to the new human evolution.
After watching this show, it made me think, why do people who ARE different and unique long to be normal, and why do normal people want to be different? Well, the second question is pretty obvious to answer. Being different is a lifestyle that isn't mundane. But why do unique people want to be the same? Is it too hard to be different? Why wouldn't you want to live a life with meaning?
Thoughts to ponder on a rainy day...or a snow day considering this is Michigan.
The show I want to write about is Heroes. The cool thing about this show is that you can watch all the episodes on-line from the network's website for FREE.
I watched the first two episodes last night and they were pretty amazing. I know the story plot may seem a bit outlandish because five of the characters have "powers" that aren't realistic such as the power of flight.
As I mentioned earlier, the show is centered around five main characters. Your first hero you are introduced to you Peter Petrelli. He is a male nurse and has an older brother, Nathan, who is running for Congress. Seemingly normal, right? However, Peter has reoccurring dreams that he can fly and so can his brother. A series of events, which seems to most like a suicide attempt by Peter, leads the brothers to discovering they both can truly fly.
The second hero is Issac Mendez. He is a heroine addict who can paint the future. The question seemingly is: does he truly see the future or is it just the heroine doing it? The creepiest part about this is that Issac has painted a huge skyline of New York with an atomic mushroom cloud over it right on his loft floor.
The next hero is Nikki. She is a single mom who owes 30 grand to the mob. They are after her and her son. When two mobsters come to threaten her, she passes out and when she comes to, realizes they are dead. She then looks at her mirror and sees her reflection smiling and puts a finger to her lips and says, "Shh." Apparently, her power is use her reflection to do whatever she wants.
I would have to say my favorite hero is a Japanese office worker named, strangely enough, Hiro. He is hilarious because he is the only one out of all the heroes so far so far to embrace his power. Hiro's power is the ability to teleport, stop time, and travel back and forth through time. In episode two, Hiro teleports himself to New York, which resulted in him being missing for FIVE WEEKS in Japan. However, when he is in New York he experiences the nuclear bomb that Isaac painted, but teleports himself just in time back to Japan and in the time where he left off.
The last hero is Claire. She is a cheerleader who has attempted suicide SIX times. You'd think she was depressed, but, no. She has the nasty ability to go through any harm or pain and not be affected. She is indestructible and doesn't want to be.
All these characters are intertwined with each other, but they don't know it yet. Plus, they are being sought out by a genetics professor named Suresh whose father wrote and studied about people with new genetic codes that may lead to the new human evolution.
After watching this show, it made me think, why do people who ARE different and unique long to be normal, and why do normal people want to be different? Well, the second question is pretty obvious to answer. Being different is a lifestyle that isn't mundane. But why do unique people want to be the same? Is it too hard to be different? Why wouldn't you want to live a life with meaning?
Thoughts to ponder on a rainy day...or a snow day considering this is Michigan.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Horror or Whore or?
So, I hate horror films.
I loathe the blood, the scenes where things just pop out of now where, and monsters. Not to bash people, but I just can't handle horror films because they are almost ALL the same.
For example, the movie The Hills have Eyes. I maybe physically watched 20 minutes of it because of all the blood. It's like horror films all follow the same plot. There is some catastrophic event or some mindless characters that aren't aware of the horror that is to follow. Then there is always some monster such as: demons, zombies, vampires, mutants, psychos, and the list goes on. Then the monsters hide and pop out a suspenseful moments and usually eat or kill someone. So all the characters are sad and then seek revenge at the monsters. And they succeed and live happily ever after.
The movie in class was just like all other horror movies. I will say this that now that I have been doing some extra research for our paper, I think I'm starting to at least tolerate horror films.
*I really don't know what else to write about. Sorry*
I loathe the blood, the scenes where things just pop out of now where, and monsters. Not to bash people, but I just can't handle horror films because they are almost ALL the same.
For example, the movie The Hills have Eyes. I maybe physically watched 20 minutes of it because of all the blood. It's like horror films all follow the same plot. There is some catastrophic event or some mindless characters that aren't aware of the horror that is to follow. Then there is always some monster such as: demons, zombies, vampires, mutants, psychos, and the list goes on. Then the monsters hide and pop out a suspenseful moments and usually eat or kill someone. So all the characters are sad and then seek revenge at the monsters. And they succeed and live happily ever after.
The movie in class was just like all other horror movies. I will say this that now that I have been doing some extra research for our paper, I think I'm starting to at least tolerate horror films.
*I really don't know what else to write about. Sorry*
Oh, no, you can't touch this
So, in the crazy week of having my basement flood and my mom being admitted to the hospital, the only show on at 2 in the morning was Scrubs. And lo and behold, this show is so chess-tastically funny, that I decided to write about it for my blog entry.
The show centers around four friends that work at a hospital. Three of the characters are medical interns, and the other character is a friend. The show is narrated by J.D, who is 26, and trying to get through his internship. He is best friends with Turk, who is a surgical intern and later falls in love with one of the nurses, Carla. All three make friends with another intern named Elliot.
The show is crazy because it is a typical sitcom that is really predictable, but it's so hilarious that despite all it's negative points it's a good show. Also, there are some episodes that focus on deeper meanings than just making an audience laugh.
The episode I watched had to do with the interns first bout with death while on the job. This sounds like it would be a very somber episode, but it wasn't. I think it mainly has to do with the character, Dr. Cox. He is so sarcastic and crazy, that it makes you think how anyone could really work with him. But he adds to the show the necessary drama and comedic affects to make the show work.
Anyways, what I liked most about this episode was J.D's interaction with an elderly woman. The woman had cancer, but didn't want to go on further treatment. J.D tries to convince her that she should continue to live and go on treatment. He makes a list of things he feels that every person should have done before they die and reads them to her. The woman says yes to all of them and in return asks J.D if he's done any of those things, to which he replies, "no."
I liked that part in the episode the most because it made me think really hard about my own life. Like how many times do I just go through the motions and take things for granted? I think you can be physically alive, but not really live life. As cheesy as that sounded, I do not want life to pass by and regret not truly living. Who knew one episode of Scrubs could make me think all this?
The show centers around four friends that work at a hospital. Three of the characters are medical interns, and the other character is a friend. The show is narrated by J.D, who is 26, and trying to get through his internship. He is best friends with Turk, who is a surgical intern and later falls in love with one of the nurses, Carla. All three make friends with another intern named Elliot.
The show is crazy because it is a typical sitcom that is really predictable, but it's so hilarious that despite all it's negative points it's a good show. Also, there are some episodes that focus on deeper meanings than just making an audience laugh.
The episode I watched had to do with the interns first bout with death while on the job. This sounds like it would be a very somber episode, but it wasn't. I think it mainly has to do with the character, Dr. Cox. He is so sarcastic and crazy, that it makes you think how anyone could really work with him. But he adds to the show the necessary drama and comedic affects to make the show work.
Anyways, what I liked most about this episode was J.D's interaction with an elderly woman. The woman had cancer, but didn't want to go on further treatment. J.D tries to convince her that she should continue to live and go on treatment. He makes a list of things he feels that every person should have done before they die and reads them to her. The woman says yes to all of them and in return asks J.D if he's done any of those things, to which he replies, "no."
I liked that part in the episode the most because it made me think really hard about my own life. Like how many times do I just go through the motions and take things for granted? I think you can be physically alive, but not really live life. As cheesy as that sounded, I do not want life to pass by and regret not truly living. Who knew one episode of Scrubs could make me think all this?
Friday, March 23, 2007
Change of pace
I was watching Gilmore Girls this week and started to criticize how unrealistic some parts of the show are. I think our last paper about reality TV kind of got to me. Even though, I did write my paper to say Gilmore Girls is realistic; I still found some things to be unrealistic.
The episode I watched was of the Grand Opening of the Dragonfly Inn. So, all of the people of Stars Hollow are invited to spend a weekend at the hotel as a test run. I find it funny that the townspeople always consist of the same twenty or so people such as Luke, Babette, Kirk, Miss Patty, etc.
As the episode progresses, Lorelai's ex, Jason, shows up unexpectedly. However, the whole time Luke was at the Inn and flirting with Lorelai. The audience can tell that Lorelai is interested in Luke. Anyways, she gets furious at Jason that he shows up because she knows it'll ruin her chances with Luke.
Ok, snore, and what a bore! Is it really realistic that Lorelai hooks up with a guy, then, goes to Luke, then back to a different guy or to Christ? Come on! Get a new script. The vicious cycle of Max to Chris to Luke to Jason to a maybe with Luke to a definetly with Chris to Luke and back to Chris in marriage and now a divorce and possibly back to Luke. It was exhausting just writing that.
Anyways, I guess most shows need unrealism to let their productions run through smoothly. But it's kind of cheesy that the audience can tell.
The episode I watched was of the Grand Opening of the Dragonfly Inn. So, all of the people of Stars Hollow are invited to spend a weekend at the hotel as a test run. I find it funny that the townspeople always consist of the same twenty or so people such as Luke, Babette, Kirk, Miss Patty, etc.
As the episode progresses, Lorelai's ex, Jason, shows up unexpectedly. However, the whole time Luke was at the Inn and flirting with Lorelai. The audience can tell that Lorelai is interested in Luke. Anyways, she gets furious at Jason that he shows up because she knows it'll ruin her chances with Luke.
Ok, snore, and what a bore! Is it really realistic that Lorelai hooks up with a guy, then, goes to Luke, then back to a different guy or to Christ? Come on! Get a new script. The vicious cycle of Max to Chris to Luke to Jason to a maybe with Luke to a definetly with Chris to Luke and back to Chris in marriage and now a divorce and possibly back to Luke. It was exhausting just writing that.
Anyways, I guess most shows need unrealism to let their productions run through smoothly. But it's kind of cheesy that the audience can tell.
The Classics
This week's reading focused on an introduction to film. I particularly liked Ebert's essay about film classics. I would have to say that I agree with Ebert's statement that some of the greatest films are from old Hollywood.
All my friend's think it is really cheesy that I like to watch old black-and-white movies. There's something about old movies that really appeal to me. I think it may be that back then everyone seemed to have a sense of decency toward one another. Also, to me, the plots seem to be very intense because they are so through with the details of the story.
One old movie I really like is The Shop Around the Corner starring Jimmy Stewart. It's the original version of You've Got Mail. So, instead of having e-mails, Jimmy Stewart and his co-star use snail mail to fall in love with one another. If you've seen You've Got Mail, you'll notice that they pay tribute to this movie. Meg Ryan's book store is called The Shop Around the Corner.
I am a sucker for Audrey Hepburn movies as well. Who could forget her stunning entrance in Sabrina? That's the best part of the movie. Hepburn walks into a party the Larbe's are having in this AMAZING dress. And everyone is speechless because she is so beautiful.
It's stuff like that that make classic movies so great. There doesn't have to be so much action or drama. It's just the simple every day life that surprisingly can hold your attention.
I did read once in some magazine that my generation biologically has a hard time watching classic movies because the scenes are so drawn out. My generation is used to something like every 5.3 seconds there is a scene change. Where as in old movie, the scenes usually take a few minutes to pass. That's probably why no one from my generation likes old movies.
But I'm weird like that.
All my friend's think it is really cheesy that I like to watch old black-and-white movies. There's something about old movies that really appeal to me. I think it may be that back then everyone seemed to have a sense of decency toward one another. Also, to me, the plots seem to be very intense because they are so through with the details of the story.
One old movie I really like is The Shop Around the Corner starring Jimmy Stewart. It's the original version of You've Got Mail. So, instead of having e-mails, Jimmy Stewart and his co-star use snail mail to fall in love with one another. If you've seen You've Got Mail, you'll notice that they pay tribute to this movie. Meg Ryan's book store is called The Shop Around the Corner.
I am a sucker for Audrey Hepburn movies as well. Who could forget her stunning entrance in Sabrina? That's the best part of the movie. Hepburn walks into a party the Larbe's are having in this AMAZING dress. And everyone is speechless because she is so beautiful.
It's stuff like that that make classic movies so great. There doesn't have to be so much action or drama. It's just the simple every day life that surprisingly can hold your attention.
I did read once in some magazine that my generation biologically has a hard time watching classic movies because the scenes are so drawn out. My generation is used to something like every 5.3 seconds there is a scene change. Where as in old movie, the scenes usually take a few minutes to pass. That's probably why no one from my generation likes old movies.
But I'm weird like that.
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