<![CDATA[Comments from JennaW]]> <![CDATA[Comments from JennaW]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Sherri Shepherd: Stabbed By An Angel]]> What I don't get is how in crazy-homeless-person-land, stabbing a guy two weeks ago = don't take handouts. Is that penance? A kill fee? WTF?

And Sherri? If there were angels -- and there are not -- they wouldn't be going around confessing to murder just to avoid being tipped.

...No, I've decided. She just made that nonsensical crapfest of a story up so everyone would be looking at her.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Doctor Who's Midlife Metacrisis]]> @Charlie Jane Anders: I'm definitely going to have to leave this thread before I say something I'll regret.

I see Donna as a powerful character and probably the Doctor's best friend ever. What he had to do -- what they both knew he had to do (within the context of the story as it was done) -- was a very hard thing for both of them.

To see Donna as a helpless victim and the Doctor as a villain reads as simplistic and sexist against both men and women to me.

It's making me stabby. Stabbiness would be the forcible insertion of a knife into another person without their consent--so a sort of "knife-rape" if you will. Not to trivialize actual rape by term overuse or hyperbole...

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Doctor Who's Midlife Metacrisis]]> @Shinju: You can be the first to call it tough valdemar is not the first to say it.

I am really sick of hearing it, though. Donna knew what needed to be done; She and the Doctor were using the same brain. Her "no" was not a "stop" but "why isn't there another way?" denial of what she knew had to be done.

If people really think so ill of the show and the Doctor that this is what they take away from that scene...

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Doctor Who's Midlife Metacrisis]]> @Dunny0: She was always immune to the Doctor largely because she knew he was an alien from the moment they met. That she's still immune to him after can be due to a lot of subconscious reasons -- one being that subconsciously she still sees him as Other.

And, well, Jack is dishy. I'm more into the skinny Doctor boys myself, but...

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Doctor Who's Midlife Metacrisis]]> @Dunny0: If there's one thing sf tv and comics have taught us, it's that ANYTHING can be retconned. If Tate wants to come back and Who wants her to, it will be sorted out.

If not, well then I believe that all's well with Donna. I expect she's becoming New Amazing Donna with her stupid mom's support instead of hindrance now -- and I also think the new confidence is still there even if the memories aren't. She was bubbly and bright and didn't make a desperate play for the Doctor's attention just because he was an apparent single male.

The mind is a very tricky thing.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Doctor Who's Midlife Metacrisis]]> @Discodave: Thanks.

I am seriously thinking of just giving up on following my fandoms online. All the negativity is very wearing.

In short, I really loved the finale. Yes, it had flaws, but New Who scripts usually have more momentum and good will than air-tightness (well, Old Who to a certain extent, too) so I go meet them where they're at and usually have a great time. Yes, even the episodes with Jesus!Doctor.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Sarah Jane Says Goodbye to Doctor Who]]> @Evil Tortie's Mom: And marshmallows!

@RAHfanboy: We all did, ya big SOFTIE! :)

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on 10 Batman Books You Must Read]]> @Sammo21: Did you mean Dark Knight Strikes Again? Because Dark Knight Returns is first on the list.

I agree with many posters, though, that The Long Halloween must be considered top 10 -- something else needs to drop down to the 2nd tier.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on 10 Batman Books You Must Read]]> Good list! Glad to see the JLA story on there. Some of the best JLA stories are also great Batman stories (Rock of Ages is one of my all-time favorites for iconic Batman moments).

And, yay, old-school Brave and the Bold. I own all the Batman/Black Canary issues. They had chemistry, dammit!

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The <i>Heroes</i> You'll Never See]]> @JennaW: or even "act LIKE fucking morons"

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The <i>Heroes</i> You'll Never See]]> I watched season 2 very kindly, I went with them, I wasn't too impatient with plots, but the last few episodes just blew everything to shit even for enabling little me. If they don't get back to decent stories where the main characters don't act lik fucking morons pretty damn fast in season 3, I'm done with this show.

For instance:
Hey, Peter? You and Hiro have been through a lot together. Maybe believe him when he tells you what's going on instead of this other guy you barely remember and have no real history with.

Also,
Hey, Hiro? That was SO THE BEST WAY to deal with your nemesis! That will NEVER TURN OUT to have been a bad idea! It also wasn't a creepily awful and unheroic thing to have done!

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Sarah Jane Says Goodbye to Doctor Who]]> @JohnnyZito: I don't think I suggested that (mine was a late Romana II episode), though I would have had someone else not already thrown it out.

Sarah Jane was THE Old Who companion and she remains right up there (well, she's tied with Romana II for me, but the best non-Time Lord Old Who companion).

Sarah Jane. She's made of awesome.

If you'll excuse me, now. I must go prepare the heretic's pyre for bdavis007.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Doctor Who Shows The Future Of British TV]]> @0kami: She's THURSDAY NEXT!

I knew she was real...

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Doctor Who Shows The Future Of British TV]]> This American Life did a really great show on how TV is good last year... Hold please. *goes to look up reference like a good ex-librarian...*

Here: [thisamericanlife.org]

Anyway, yes. TV *is* good -- especially, interestingly enough, genre TV.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on 21 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Go See Disaster Movie]]> @AmishJohn: Don't get too hopeful; that looks like a Kardashian front and center.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The Pettiest Dictator On Earth, In New "Blindness" Trailer]]> Wow, that looks good. *moves to will-see list*

And this is even with me having Inexplicable Intense Dislike of Julianne Moore Disorder, but I think she looks like she's rocking this movie. Also, Mark Ruffalo and Gael Garcia Bernal. And my girl, Sandra Oh!

Good stuff.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on "I <i>Could</i> Be Writing To Tell You Your Feature Is Tasteless, Promotes Sexism, And Secures Its Readership By Offering Slanderous And Sensationalized Accounts…"]]> @SarahHeartburn: d'oh!

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on "I <i>Could</i> Be Writing To Tell You Your Feature Is Tasteless, Promotes Sexism, And Secures Its Readership By Offering Slanderous And Sensationalized Accounts…"]]> I wouldn't go so far as to call it "intellectual" property...

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The Weekly Standard is not]]> @ALittleBitGothic:

*mom voice*
And if other societies jumped off the roof...?

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The Weekly Standard is not]]> @booksnotboys: Neither are the other freethought books but people always get very defensive when someone's poking at their worldview in an uncomfortable way.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The Weekly Standard is not]]> @aspiringexpatriate: I don't see that in what she says. The fact that she tacitly acknowledges that a military aspect might be necessary is not the same thing. She seems to be saying that the religion must be crushed (its spirit, power, etc) but then she says that it can then become something new.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The Weekly Standard is not]]> @aspiringexpatriate: Can't you? Crushing a religion does not necessarily mean killing people. Crushing the political power (and anti-woman and anti-children social power) of all religions would be a positive thing.

Seems to me she's afflicting the comfortable. Good on her.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The Weekly Standard is not]]> @kshenkshen: Tell that to Theo Van Gogh.

What is with all this hate on Ayaan Hirsi Ali? She's an amazing, strong woman who is standing up for what she thinks in the face of real danger. Just because she didn't live and die 100+ years ago doesn't make her not impressive.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Tex Avery Drives into the Future With “The Car of Tomorrow” (1951)]]> @grspec:
@Lynn Peril:

I find myself questioning your judgement concerning what's funny since you insist on taking my dumb comment so seriously. ;)

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Mega-Publisher Kodansha Changes the Definition of Manga]]> @Lampbane: It's like the whole dumb "comics" vs. "graphic novel" debate which exists only in the minds of the people who are embarrassed to admit they like comics. ;)

@Gospel X:
*Deee-deet Dee Dee-dee-deet!*

THIS JUST IN! Michigan is alleged to have a here-to-fore undiscovered population of "hipsters."

Stay tuned for updates on this breaking story.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Will Bruce Wayne Visit Smallville?]]> @ceejeemcbeegee: Ditto. 1st half hour of that episode was great; 2nd half hour sucked so bad I never wanted to see anything these hacks created ever again.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The First Ever Gynoid Is Now Complete At Last!]]> That's just fantastic! I haven't seen it since it was first released on video back at the dawn of video time. My friends and I made up dialogue for it and MST3K'd it (but only in a very nice way).

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Mega-Publisher Kodansha Changes the Definition of Manga]]> @phoenix: Thanks! I have no *personal* newsletter, but may I interest you in a copy of the Watchtower?

*blink*blink*

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The Unknown Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Prequel You've Already Read]]> @MonkeyT: Everyone! TO THE YOUTUBE!!!!!

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Tex Avery Drives into the Future With “The Car of Tomorrow” (1951)]]> @Grey_Area: Yay, chocolate!-- er, Yay, Nobel Prize!

@Grey_Area: Yay, Goats in the Machine!

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Doctor Who's Journey Won't End With A Whimper For Americans]]> Aw. Now my piracy is very slightly less shiny since it isn't going to have extra minutes compared to the tv-lubbers.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Mega-Publisher Kodansha Changes the Definition of Manga]]> @saketini99: Ah, nothing like a misogynist opener of "woah [sic] there little lady, caaaaalm down!" to introduce yourself as a person of understanding and wit.

I'd respond to the "content" of your comment, but there was no there there.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Mega-Publisher Kodansha Changes the Definition of Manga]]> @wfaulk: And then there's T.S. Eliot who gets included in both the American (where he was born) and British (where he later gained citizenship) canons.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Will Bruce Wayne Visit Smallville?]]> @ARCHANGEL113: We have a guy named Bruce Wayne who plays football. If he's from Gotham, then the odds go up, but still. ;)

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Mega-Publisher Kodansha Changes the Definition of Manga]]> @Gospel X: Well, no. You're misusing "hipster" to mean "people who make baseless snap judgements based on viewing children's TV." As if Lost were dismissed by someone who'd only ever seen Sesame Street.

Death Note, Battle Royale, Fullmetal Alchemist, Samurai Champloo, Ergo Proxy, Gankutsuou, Gantz, Appleseed... etc. etc. -- manga and/or anime titles that any hipster or genre fan or non-closed-minded person interested in a good story would find worth a serious look.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Mega-Publisher Kodansha Changes the Definition of Manga]]> @Annalee Newitz: *laughs* Thanks!

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Tex Avery Drives into the Future With “The Car of Tomorrow” (1951)]]> @Grey_Area: It maxes out on 300 then yells at you to narrow your search :)

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Mega-Publisher Kodansha Changes the Definition of Manga]]> @Annalee Newitz: The rival is usually the work aiming to match or exceed the landmark work. So in this case, "Death Note rivals Sandman" would be more comfy.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on Will Bruce Wayne Visit Smallville?]]> @RAHfanboy: Yuck. Go sit in the corner with Plague. And this is not me being flippant and ha-ha-ha.

Yuck.

]]> <![CDATA[JennaW commented on The Unknown Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Prequel You've Already Read]]> @Graeme McMillan: Subliminable!

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