Things to Consider
“Avatar” and the other side of the story
I was originally going to write a full review of Avatar, however I’ve realized I’m just not that interested it. It may have had some of the best special effects and awesome visuals but the plot was boring and predictable. The humans in the movie are blinded by their own needs and are predictably racist [...]
Another Case of Whitewashing
I hadn’t really paid a lot of attention to the movie “Extraordinary Measures” because it’s generally not my kind of movie. However, I recently discovered something I feel needs to be discussed. The movie is about, John Crowley, a biotechnology executive, whose two youngest children were afflicted with Pompe disease. Along with his wife, he [...]
TSS: Book Covers That Lie, Yet Again…
Looks like book publisher, Bloomsbury, is at it again. A recent book, “Magic Under Glass” by Jacyln Dolamore has a cover that depicts a white woman on the front cover. However, the main character is describe within as being black. You my remember my other post from July: Book Covers That Lie about the controversy [...]
Moff's Law
I found the an answer to the question I’ve been thinking about all day – What to say to the people who say “But it’s just for fun!” or “Stop taking it so seriously!” with regards to things like TV shows or movies that others may find troubling or offensive in one way or another:
Quoted [...]
TSS: End of NaBloPoMo & Dealing with Stargate
After two weeks of trying to post something every day I think I’ve burned myself out. I want to go back to posting when I actually have something to post about – and when I have the time to think about it more. There were a couple rants I posted that I think would have [...]
Stargate producer thinks he can tell viewers not to criticize his show
Chicago Tribune columnist Maureen Ryan, woe a review for the new science fiction show “V” – and in it criticized Stargate Universe (SGU). For what ever reason one of the producers of SGU, Brad Wright, decided he had to call her to task for daring to criticize his show in the comments. Maureen responded by [...]
When characters act inappropriately…
In Tuesday night’s episode of NCIS [7x06 - "Outlaws and In-Laws"], Tony spent much of the episode teasing Ziva about becoming an American citizen. Now one could argue that he was just teasing her and it was meant to be funny, but I wasn’t laughing. His comments were racist and xenophobic, and amounted to nothing [...]
Random Thoughts for The Sunday Salon, Oct. 25th
My second Read-a-Thon has come and gone. In my first read-a-thon I was a reader and this time a cheerleader. I feel guilty that I didn’t make it around to all the readers that were participating. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to start cheering until 6pm yesterday and I crashed earlier than I thought I would. [...]
How about we listen instead of telling people to shut up?
The science fiction genre is very white male dominated and it’s not a surprise that many anthologies are filled with primarily white male authors. It’s the way it’s been for years. And the truth of it is, it’s not going to change unless people protest. As long as white males have power and privilege they [...]
Learning to Pay Attention to the Stereotypes
Or: “Why I’m sticking with my plan to not watch Stargate Universe”.
Over the last year or so I’ve started to really pay attention to what I’ve been reading and watching. By the time Season 5 of my once favorite show Stargate Atlantis got going I had already started noticing the problems the show had with [...]
