Bowing to Peer Pressure
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jedishampooAfter finally watching every episode of Deep Space 9 (many of which I'd missed when it originally aired), we watched the first Netflix episode of Firefly.
It wasn't bad. It was very Cowboy Bebop with a soupcon of Deadwood. I like Kaylee. And I'm willing to watch the next couple of episodes, just to see if they hook me.
Now Deep Space 9. There really was an awesome series. It was even better when I didn't miss episodes and knew what the heck was going on and who was on what side. Sisko/Avery Brooks is SMOKING HOT, mrowr. And I'd forgotten just how much I thought Kira rocked. She looked so cute and tried so hard to be normal and to get along with the Federation and all, but every time a Cardassian looked at her askance, Pow, Bam, Boom and there you had it, a bleeding and bruised Cardassian on the ground and someone holding a snarling Kira back. And she got to have a romance with Odo, how sweet! Imagine the possibilities! ;)
Star Trek in most of its incarnations has the best female characters of any fandom, I'm willing to say. I'm disappointed in many of the female characters in my mostest favoritest fandom, Star Wars (not all of them, mind). Now I love hot male Jedi, both as characters and as eye candy. But now and then you just want some cool women around for them to fall in love with. No wonder I was seduced by the slash side of the Force. It's all about chemistry and worthy women for me, I suppose.
Neither the SW movies nor the EU fully satisfy my urge to see kick-ass sci-fi women. Really, Padme was a yawner even when she was trying to shoot things. I think I liked her better as pregnant weepygirl, because then at least all the makeup and clothing and hair made sense. Mon Mothma? We saw her for a few second talking about Bothans and that was it. And the females on the Jedi Council-- well, if we'd gotten to see them before they became Clone target-practice, perhaps they'd have become cool as well. But we didn't. As for EU, Mara was a step in the right direction, but Siri and Jaina and Tahiri and Tionne the poetess just put me to sleep. (Not even mentioning any of Luke's various other girlfriends.)
Really, though, I'll admit it's all opinion and development. If I'd gotten a chance to see the Star Wars women cast and in action onscreen, perhaps I'd feel differently about them. Star Trek does have more time to develop its characters-- what, an average of 200 episodes' worth?
Of course I'm sure I'm missing someone. If Star Wars 1-6 had been a TV series, I wonder who the really cool female characters would have been, other than Leia.
Well, I guess it is going to become a series now... it'll be interesting to see who they come up with.
It wasn't bad. It was very Cowboy Bebop with a soupcon of Deadwood. I like Kaylee. And I'm willing to watch the next couple of episodes, just to see if they hook me.
Now Deep Space 9. There really was an awesome series. It was even better when I didn't miss episodes and knew what the heck was going on and who was on what side. Sisko/Avery Brooks is SMOKING HOT, mrowr. And I'd forgotten just how much I thought Kira rocked. She looked so cute and tried so hard to be normal and to get along with the Federation and all, but every time a Cardassian looked at her askance, Pow, Bam, Boom and there you had it, a bleeding and bruised Cardassian on the ground and someone holding a snarling Kira back. And she got to have a romance with Odo, how sweet! Imagine the possibilities! ;)
Star Trek in most of its incarnations has the best female characters of any fandom, I'm willing to say. I'm disappointed in many of the female characters in my mostest favoritest fandom, Star Wars (not all of them, mind). Now I love hot male Jedi, both as characters and as eye candy. But now and then you just want some cool women around for them to fall in love with. No wonder I was seduced by the slash side of the Force. It's all about chemistry and worthy women for me, I suppose.
Neither the SW movies nor the EU fully satisfy my urge to see kick-ass sci-fi women. Really, Padme was a yawner even when she was trying to shoot things. I think I liked her better as pregnant weepygirl, because then at least all the makeup and clothing and hair made sense. Mon Mothma? We saw her for a few second talking about Bothans and that was it. And the females on the Jedi Council-- well, if we'd gotten to see them before they became Clone target-practice, perhaps they'd have become cool as well. But we didn't. As for EU, Mara was a step in the right direction, but Siri and Jaina and Tahiri and Tionne the poetess just put me to sleep. (Not even mentioning any of Luke's various other girlfriends.)
Really, though, I'll admit it's all opinion and development. If I'd gotten a chance to see the Star Wars women cast and in action onscreen, perhaps I'd feel differently about them. Star Trek does have more time to develop its characters-- what, an average of 200 episodes' worth?
Of course I'm sure I'm missing someone. If Star Wars 1-6 had been a TV series, I wonder who the really cool female characters would have been, other than Leia.
Well, I guess it is going to become a series now... it'll be interesting to see who they come up with.
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Firefly
Date: 2005-10-26 01:14 am (UTC)You need to hurry in order to see the film -- it vanishing fast from the theaters. And you will want to see it...
Re: Firefly
Date: 2005-10-27 04:00 am (UTC)