When I first heard of a fourth Indiana Jones movie, I was suspicious but open minded.
Then I rewatched Raiders of the Lost Ark, and was convinced it would never work. Harrison Ford went and got really old. The man looks about half dead now. There is absolutely no way in hell he is going to be able to convincingly pull off that sort of stuff.
Then I watched the Rifftrack of Firewall, his 2006 "action thriller". There's a reason "action thriller" is in quotation marks. I'm now convinced there's no way in heaven, earth, and all seven hells that Harrison Ford could convincingly pull this off.
This morning, I just found out the title of number 4. "Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
*blinkblink*
Ah, so I see we decided to go back to the crack smoking of Temple of Doom instead of going with the formula that actually worked, too. *headdesk*
I think the most polite we could do right now is just look away and pretend this never happened.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Eternally 15 years away...
I've got a little quote for you, and I want you to guess when it was written:
"You may think that undue stress is being laid upon this driving force in her, upon this business ability. But remember that this was fifteen years or more ago, before women had invaded the world of business by the thousands, to take their place, side by side, salary for salary, with men."
Go ahead, guess when that was written. I'll wait. When was 15 years ago before women had invaded the workforce?
... waiting...
1917! Nineteen hundred and effin' seventeen!
*snarls* I'm sick of being lied to and jerked around about women's history.
Why wasn't I taught about Nellie Bly as a child? Why wasn't I told that women journalists were normal in the late 19th century?
Why wasn't I told about the roll of women war workers in bringing about American women's suffrage? Why wasn't I told there WERE woman workers during WWI. Rosie the Riveter was nothing new; she was part of a very long tradition.
In fact, why wasn't I told that since the 1920s if not before, most women have worked at some point in their life. Yes, even during the 1950s.
What else is being hidden back there? I want to know, dammit! I want every 11-year-old girl in this country to know!
You find some really scary/shocking/annoying stuff when you start reading primary sources. >:P
Somewhat different rant, I am really truly sick of the "romantic stalker" storyline. Stalking is not romantic. Ever. It's creepy and stalkers should be forced to have regular talks with Mr. Police Man about why it is not appropriate behavior. And a shrink would be good too.
And the storyline itself is un-freakin'-believably insulting. "Women don't really know what's best for them or what they want. Here, this terribly creepy man knows what you want better than you do. Give up your free will and self-determination and give in to him. He won't go away until you do." And this is supposed to be romantic? Who do I need to strangle?
And off of that, I'm really sick of certain men trying to tell me what women want and what women think. What the hell makes them think that they are more qualified than me on this topic? Last I checked, I'm the one with boobs!
I need to knit me one of these for moments like this, I think. I wonder what ever happened to the stuffed rat creature I used to keep around for when I needed to smack something around and shout "stupid STUPID rat creature!"
"You may think that undue stress is being laid upon this driving force in her, upon this business ability. But remember that this was fifteen years or more ago, before women had invaded the world of business by the thousands, to take their place, side by side, salary for salary, with men."
Go ahead, guess when that was written. I'll wait. When was 15 years ago before women had invaded the workforce?
... waiting...
1917! Nineteen hundred and effin' seventeen!
*snarls* I'm sick of being lied to and jerked around about women's history.
Why wasn't I taught about Nellie Bly as a child? Why wasn't I told that women journalists were normal in the late 19th century?
Why wasn't I told about the roll of women war workers in bringing about American women's suffrage? Why wasn't I told there WERE woman workers during WWI. Rosie the Riveter was nothing new; she was part of a very long tradition.
In fact, why wasn't I told that since the 1920s if not before, most women have worked at some point in their life. Yes, even during the 1950s.
What else is being hidden back there? I want to know, dammit! I want every 11-year-old girl in this country to know!
You find some really scary/shocking/annoying stuff when you start reading primary sources. >:P
Somewhat different rant, I am really truly sick of the "romantic stalker" storyline. Stalking is not romantic. Ever. It's creepy and stalkers should be forced to have regular talks with Mr. Police Man about why it is not appropriate behavior. And a shrink would be good too.
And the storyline itself is un-freakin'-believably insulting. "Women don't really know what's best for them or what they want. Here, this terribly creepy man knows what you want better than you do. Give up your free will and self-determination and give in to him. He won't go away until you do." And this is supposed to be romantic? Who do I need to strangle?
And off of that, I'm really sick of certain men trying to tell me what women want and what women think. What the hell makes them think that they are more qualified than me on this topic? Last I checked, I'm the one with boobs!
I need to knit me one of these for moments like this, I think. I wonder what ever happened to the stuffed rat creature I used to keep around for when I needed to smack something around and shout "stupid STUPID rat creature!"
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