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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12:37 AM

    In reply to An Industrial Lady Machine Menaces Our Heroine! [NSFW]
    Aaaand this is a perfect example of the difference between the USA and Europe. Raise a culture on DC and Marvel and our shitty comic book movies are tamed down turds like Daredevil, Catwoman and Ghost Rider.

    Raise people on Metal Hurlant and they still may make crap movies but at least they're chock full of "le sex".
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of shoroko shoroko
    11/25/09

    In reply to Twilight's Bella Is "The Sexual Aggressor"
    I didn't read Twilight, I saw the first movie and that's it. It's getting harder and harder for me to care that much. Taking out the issues with Edward's controlling behavior and literal stalking, if other people want to have that kind of relationship dynamic, that's up to them. I don't, but I really don't care what other people want as long as they're not hurting each other and don't expect me to want the same.

    But it's not about whether Bella is "passive" or not. In fact, the paradigm where a woman is allowed agency only so far as to be put down because of it can be a lot more problematic than her not having it at all. Bella doesn't need to be an ingenue to play into classic tropes about the need for women's sexuality to be controlled by men. Bella as the sexual aggressor and instigator can, in fact, play right into that.

    But that's about as far as I'm going to go with it because... well, I don't think anyone's pretending Twilight is some kind of feminist manifesto except maybe Stephanie Meyer, and given what you can see flipping through television, it can see pretty tame in terms of any its problematic aspects.
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    Edited by shoroko at 11/25/09 11:51 PM shoroko was starred shoroko was unstarred
    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/25/09

    In reply to An Industrial Lady Machine Menaces Our Heroine! [NSFW]
    hey, Emmanuel is my favorite sci fi movie of all time!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12:46 AM

    @Bootknife-Jackson: Have you ever seen Emmanuel vs. Dracula? It's a thing of beauty.
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/25/09

    In reply to "The Road" Leads to a Sentimental Post-Apocalypse
    It really wouldn't be Thanksgiving, without a hoodie with a pistol and a shopping cart.
    Happy shopping everybody!
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    Edited by SJ_Edwards at 11/25/09 11:11 PM SJ_Edwards was starred SJ_Edwards was unstarred
    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/25/09

    In reply to Twilight's Bella Is "The Sexual Aggressor"
    Ugh. These books are not that deep. They are very surface level. If you like them, than fine, but there's not much beyond what you read on the page.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/25/09

    In reply to Is This The Beginnings Of The First Megacity?
    is it taking it too far when a fan builds not his favorite character's costume, not his favorite fictional vehicle, but his favorite Mega City #1 ?
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/25/09

    In reply to Twilight's Bella Is "The Sexual Aggressor"
    Just to reiterate an earlier point: Twilight is about an 18 year old girl in love with a vain and emotionally abusive man something like 90 years her senior. Also, he's a vampire who's still in high school for some reason. No one should read these books let alone impressionable teenagers.
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    Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/25/09

    In reply to New Evidence Points to Fossilized Life on Mars
    As neat as this all is, the bottom line is the same as it was back in 1996: we won't prove a damn thing until we discover this sort of thing *on Mars*.

    Get. Your. Ass. To Mahs.

    (I don't want to go to Saturn-- I said Mahs!)
     Reply
    Daveinva was starred Daveinva was unstarred
    Image of leicester leicester
    11/25/09

    In reply to Traci Lords Is Deja Thoris. God Help Us All.
    Wow. Her range of expression is almost equal to Stephanie Meyer's.
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    leicester was starred leicester was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/25/09

    In reply to Two Of Our Favorite Monster Badasses - Unveiled!
    Oh look, people hate Megan Fox.
     Reply
    Lassus was starred Lassus was unstarred
    Image of KryptonZero KryptonZero
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
    Personally, I found the commercial hilarious. The people who make commercials like this obviously dont take into account the people who (for example) watch Nascar for the wrecks or extreme sports waiting for someone to break something. This video was pure win.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/25/09

    In reply to An Industrial Lady Machine Menaces Our Heroine! [NSFW]
    Wait aminute, you mean there are people that have never seen this? Tawny Kitaen got me through many a lonely night in the 80's
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    Dr Emilio Lizardo was starred Dr Emilio Lizardo was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12:31 AM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: A: I haven't seen this, but will remedy that as soon as my in-laws leave.

    B: Watching the clips above I said to myself man she's cute, she looks so familiar... then I realized who it was and what she is now :( Damn you the perils of fame and drugs!!!
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/25/09

    In reply to Two Of Our Favorite Monster Badasses - Unveiled!
    Why are Freddie's burn wounds healed? They should be raw. Lame. He looks like the guy from Hannibal or Jigsaw from Punisher War Zone. Actually, they looked scarier.
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    Hamslicer was starred Hamslicer was unstarred
    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    11/25/09

    In reply to Would "The Matrix" Have Been Better As A 1930s Musical?
    I've only seen the "rave" scene in The Matrix Reloaded in "Fast Forward".
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    Golem100 was starred Golem100 was unstarred
    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Matrix's Bullet-Dodging Scene, Faithfully Recreated in Lego
    Okay I finally bit. I hate Lego animation, it's stupid. This, however, was really cool!!
     Reply
    gd01skorpius was starred gd01skorpius was unstarred
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