From voleuse's Friday roundup: Disney is replacing Christopher Robin with a girl.While the presence of strong female characters is always something I vocally support, I am also a cranky old-school purist and this just gets my hackles up. Also, she's being described as a "tomboy" which to me, condescends to girls anyway. Why are athletic girls who don't ( Read more... )

My meta is hungry this weekend, apparently.

Finished reading Phillip Pullmans trilogy and I have thoughts.

Again, I first looked back on what I'd said about the first two books in order to try and put my thoughts in order. For your reference:
Comments on The Golden Compass
Comments on The Subtle Knife

Spoilers. Beware.

( General thoughts, Mrs. Coulter and Asrial's relationship )

( U2 Vertigo tour, with something like coherence )

A note on a totally different movie, just for the record, on ( the Outsiders with its original orchestral soundtrack: )

A few comments on Serenity, which I loved, cut-tagged for your protection, as I realize many who are going to see it haven't yet.

( What worked, what didn't, a little bit spoilery so beware )

I've finished reading volume II of His Dark Materials, and my mind is generally blown.

( thoughts on The Subtle Knife. Contains spoilers. )

You might want to stand back and don those squee goggles. Because this evening I attending a taping of The Daily Show, the episode that airs tonight at 11 pm on Comedy Central.

( Abandon News, All Ye Who Enter Here )

So I finally got my revised, expanded edition of The Outsiders DVD. Since I've been babbling about this new edition a lot lately, I thought some follow-up comments were in order. Mostly, this is about the soundtrack.

( This will take some getting used to (no spoilers) )

When I wrote this post on the greatest teen angst movies of all time, there were a few films I forgot to mention.

These aren't the brightest films in the crayon box, but each has a really interesting angle on teens. Plus, I really like them, and have not yet reached my limit for how many times I can sit through them.

( It's a do or die situation )

Certain individuals on a certain message board on a certain website which shall remain unnamed just can't seem to get that whatever problems the stories in DC and Marvel have, it's not because the superhero, as a story genre, is inherently a bad mode for storytelling.

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