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shadowkat1. We Can't Leave Florida.
I have family members shaming my Aunt M for not evacuating. I even told her she should and then started to do a bit of research...and well, found the above article.
2. Reboot of The Greatest American Hero with an Indian-American Woman in the lead -- I'm guessing Indian as from India? This is an issue ...up until roughly the 1990s, Native Americans were referred to as Indians.
Why? Because an Italian explorer named Christopher Columbus decided to prove the world was round by sailing from Spain to the West Indies. Instead he ran smack dab into the Americas. So he called the natives there Indians. The Europeans being entitled self-centered asses, invaded the new world and decided to name the inhabitants there Indians, as opposed to using their actual tribal names, and named themselves Americans. Why Americans? Because another Italian named , Amerigo Vespucci actually figured out this was a new continent and not the West Indies like Columbus thought. He was a bit brighter. So to celebrate these two Italians, and give Italy a ego boost, the new world was called Americas, and the inhabitants Americans. And to celebrate Europe's successful invasion and colonization of this new world, we have Columbus Day, which also celebrates Italian heritage.
Don't remember Greatest American Hero? It's that 1980s show that starred Robert Culp and William Katt. I found the original hilarious in places. Although the best thing in it was Robert Culp.
Actually now that I think about it, an Indian-American playing the role is fitting. Although considering the ahem, American etymological history of the words Indian and American...the two together sound a bit redundant.
3. Alias Grace Premiering this Fall on Netflix...this looks really good. Better actually than "A Handmaid's Tale" which frankly never appealed to me. (ie. less preachy, more complicated.)
4. The Mary Sue is Hiring an Assistand Editor -- anyone (ahem under the age of 35) looking for a job editing, writing, and researching content for a radical liberal feminist blog, with a location in Manhattan? Writing about fannish things, such as role playing games, comics, television, film, etc with a LGBTQ and feminist bent?
It looked appealing to me, but I'm too old this stuff, and I'm about to hit my ten-year anniversary at the Railroad, which is a tad more financially secure and a lot more stable. This is young gal's gig. (Something one worries about past middle age. If I was 25, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But I'm a wee bit past that..and find myself bewildered and rolling my eyes at the fact that there is actually job like this that actually pays money, and where was this over twenty years ago, when I'd have applied for it?... LOL!)
5. Flirting with television shows...
* Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix)
* Black Sails, White Princess, Outlander (try again), American Gods, on Starz as a trial
* Fortitude - Netflix
* Expanse
* Broadchurch
Or just working on my book...half my mind is on the damn hurricane, and worried about other personal stuff.
I have family members shaming my Aunt M for not evacuating. I even told her she should and then started to do a bit of research...and well, found the above article.
2. Reboot of The Greatest American Hero with an Indian-American Woman in the lead -- I'm guessing Indian as from India? This is an issue ...up until roughly the 1990s, Native Americans were referred to as Indians.
Why? Because an Italian explorer named Christopher Columbus decided to prove the world was round by sailing from Spain to the West Indies. Instead he ran smack dab into the Americas. So he called the natives there Indians. The Europeans being entitled self-centered asses, invaded the new world and decided to name the inhabitants there Indians, as opposed to using their actual tribal names, and named themselves Americans. Why Americans? Because another Italian named , Amerigo Vespucci actually figured out this was a new continent and not the West Indies like Columbus thought. He was a bit brighter. So to celebrate these two Italians, and give Italy a ego boost, the new world was called Americas, and the inhabitants Americans. And to celebrate Europe's successful invasion and colonization of this new world, we have Columbus Day, which also celebrates Italian heritage.
Don't remember Greatest American Hero? It's that 1980s show that starred Robert Culp and William Katt. I found the original hilarious in places. Although the best thing in it was Robert Culp.
Actually now that I think about it, an Indian-American playing the role is fitting. Although considering the ahem, American etymological history of the words Indian and American...the two together sound a bit redundant.
3. Alias Grace Premiering this Fall on Netflix...this looks really good. Better actually than "A Handmaid's Tale" which frankly never appealed to me. (ie. less preachy, more complicated.)
4. The Mary Sue is Hiring an Assistand Editor -- anyone (ahem under the age of 35) looking for a job editing, writing, and researching content for a radical liberal feminist blog, with a location in Manhattan? Writing about fannish things, such as role playing games, comics, television, film, etc with a LGBTQ and feminist bent?
It looked appealing to me, but I'm too old this stuff, and I'm about to hit my ten-year anniversary at the Railroad, which is a tad more financially secure and a lot more stable. This is young gal's gig. (Something one worries about past middle age. If I was 25, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But I'm a wee bit past that..and find myself bewildered and rolling my eyes at the fact that there is actually job like this that actually pays money, and where was this over twenty years ago, when I'd have applied for it?... LOL!)
5. Flirting with television shows...
* Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix)
* Black Sails, White Princess, Outlander (try again), American Gods, on Starz as a trial
* Fortitude - Netflix
* Expanse
* Broadchurch
Or just working on my book...half my mind is on the damn hurricane, and worried about other personal stuff.
Re: Believe it or not, I'm walking on air...
Date: 2017-09-10 12:11 pm (UTC)Buffy's special effects and Angel's for the budget it had were rather impressive, so impressive that George Lucas, a fan, asked to visit the set of Angel to see how they were doing it with such a low budget.
So you can work around it and do stuff, but it requires some imagination and ingenuity. I think Greatest American Hero had a great idea...but didn't figure out to expand on it.
It appeared to be a light satire. Explains why it didn't last long.
Re: Believe it or not, I'm walking on air...
Date: 2017-09-10 02:23 pm (UTC)I don't know if the new GAH will be any more ambitious than the old one. It's going to be a half-hour sitcom. But then again, The Tick is a superhero sitcom, too; it all depends on what the writers bring to it.
Re: Believe it or not, I'm walking on air...
Date: 2017-09-10 09:11 pm (UTC)Haven't seen the recent Tick. I loved the cartoon and comic. But the first live action rendition did nothing for me. So not sure about this version...
The Greatest American Hero(ine)
Date: 2017-09-10 09:41 pm (UTC)But "Vanity, Says the Preacher" was insanely ambitious, dropping Bill and Ralph in the middle of a Latin American revolution, with B-plots about Bill's secret past and a possible love child, and a meta C-plot with Ralph as the star of a popular comic book and how legends can inspire real-life change. Did it all work? No. But you can't fault Culp for lack of effort.
I dimly recall the last episode of the series ("The Greatest American Heroine"), a soft reboot with Ralph passing on the suit (and Bill) to a young woman who's as unsure how to use it as he was. I remember William Katt, Connie Selleca and Culp saying goodbye in the desert where it all started..
...and I think I've got something in my eye...
Re: The Greatest American Hero(ine)
Date: 2017-09-10 10:10 pm (UTC)