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1. While listening to my ipod at work today, the song "I've Got a Theory" from BTVS OMWF popped up, and when Buffy sang the bit "hey I died twice" - suddenly I thought, out of the blue, while doing a cost variance analysis no less, wait - she was brought back to life first by Xander and then by Willow. Interesting.
Xander is more or less representative of the nerdy boy archetype, while Willow is representative of the geeky girl archetype, while Buffy represents the popular cheerleader that both hero worship on some level. Buffy dies. Xander breaths life back into her, so she can fight another day. Buffy dies. Willow pulls her back from the grave, so she can save the world - but loses herself in the process. So Xander saves the world from Willow by forgiving Willow...
Hmm. Maybe I should stop analyzing this?
No wait.
All they've done is flipped the gender roles a bit. Willow aggressively brings Buffy back. Xander gently does it. Willow gives into the desire for power, Xander forgives her and nurtures. Willow in some respects represents the trope of envy - the geeky girl who envies the popular cheerleader and wants to be her, while Xander represents the nerdy guy who basically lusts after her and dreams of boinking her. What is interesting is neither achieves this aim, but they do in some respects reach beyond Buffy and become something more in their own rights, so that they can love and support Buffy - but the negative emotions are gone: the envy and the lust. Washed away.
2. Co-worker and I engaged in geeky discussion on Doctor Who. He'd asked me if I'd seen Day of the Doctor, Adventure in Space and Time and the Fifth Doctor Reboot (yes on the first two, no on the last - which he told me I should make a point of rectifying.)
Coworker had seen the entire series from the beginning and is a huge fan of Tom Baker.
He also was not overly fond of RT Davies run of the series - found it to be too dark and angsty, lacking the humor and hope that he loved. Which I have discovered seems to be a common theme in the Doctor Who fandom. People who are fans of the series - who have seen all the episodes, tend to be more ambivalent towards Davies version. Although, Co-Worker admitted that David Tennant was his second favorite Doctor, next to Tom Baker - with Matt Smith coming in third.
I'm rather looking forward to Peter Capadli's take on the Doctor. Although I miss River Song. Didn't really like how her story ended, but I admittedly didn't like how Rose's or Donna's arcs ended either. Actually I think Martha Jones got the best ending in the reboot.
3. Marvel Agents of Shield according to Screen Rant continues to be losing viewers - it now has less than No Ordinary Family, the previous superhero series had in it's first and only season. (Actually No Ordinary Family was more compelling.)
Most telling is television critic Maureen Ryan's Huffinton Post Column on Marvel Agents of Shield - The Falls' Biggest Disappointment. In which she states the following:
( Read more... )
I don't know. I admittedly stopped somewhere in the midst of episode 6. Mainly because the show was either putting me to sleep and my attention kept wandering during it. Which is telling, considering it was during a sequence where Agent Coulson was being tortured. I had no idea why, didn't care, and thought...oh, another torture scene, this is so 24. Bored now.
(As an aside, is anyone else sick of torture sequences in action/adventure tv shows and movies? I get that they are a fact of life. But I find torture hard to watch.)
Did it get better after episode 6? Do you agree with her insights? Eh...is anyone still watching? Does anyone care?
4. Vampire Diaries - is making me miss Buffy again. They appear to be doing some similar things. Although, I am enjoying Katherine quite a bit. That character just keeps getting more interesting and more developed. And Dobrev appears to enjoy playing her - more I suspect than Elena. Can't say I blame her.
( spoilers )
4. Been playing Real Racing video game on my IPAD - in order to decrease my anxiety over driving. OR find a way of dealing with it. It does simulate the driving experience rather well and my anxiety regarding it. So there is that. Also wildly addictive. I lose hours playing that game.
Even if it raises my blood-pressure.
Flutter - the butterfly sanctuary game died on me. They updated the game, which resulted in me losing everything I'd done, all the levels I'd advanced to, and all the butterflies I'd collected.
This is my problem with video games - the silly creators ruin the game - either in an attempt to make money off of it. (I never spent any on the game, I don't as a rule.) Or
to make it cooler - they update the dang thing and it doesn't work, locking you out or destroying the program.
Xander is more or less representative of the nerdy boy archetype, while Willow is representative of the geeky girl archetype, while Buffy represents the popular cheerleader that both hero worship on some level. Buffy dies. Xander breaths life back into her, so she can fight another day. Buffy dies. Willow pulls her back from the grave, so she can save the world - but loses herself in the process. So Xander saves the world from Willow by forgiving Willow...
Hmm. Maybe I should stop analyzing this?
No wait.
All they've done is flipped the gender roles a bit. Willow aggressively brings Buffy back. Xander gently does it. Willow gives into the desire for power, Xander forgives her and nurtures. Willow in some respects represents the trope of envy - the geeky girl who envies the popular cheerleader and wants to be her, while Xander represents the nerdy guy who basically lusts after her and dreams of boinking her. What is interesting is neither achieves this aim, but they do in some respects reach beyond Buffy and become something more in their own rights, so that they can love and support Buffy - but the negative emotions are gone: the envy and the lust. Washed away.
2. Co-worker and I engaged in geeky discussion on Doctor Who. He'd asked me if I'd seen Day of the Doctor, Adventure in Space and Time and the Fifth Doctor Reboot (yes on the first two, no on the last - which he told me I should make a point of rectifying.)
Coworker had seen the entire series from the beginning and is a huge fan of Tom Baker.
He also was not overly fond of RT Davies run of the series - found it to be too dark and angsty, lacking the humor and hope that he loved. Which I have discovered seems to be a common theme in the Doctor Who fandom. People who are fans of the series - who have seen all the episodes, tend to be more ambivalent towards Davies version. Although, Co-Worker admitted that David Tennant was his second favorite Doctor, next to Tom Baker - with Matt Smith coming in third.
I'm rather looking forward to Peter Capadli's take on the Doctor. Although I miss River Song. Didn't really like how her story ended, but I admittedly didn't like how Rose's or Donna's arcs ended either. Actually I think Martha Jones got the best ending in the reboot.
3. Marvel Agents of Shield according to Screen Rant continues to be losing viewers - it now has less than No Ordinary Family, the previous superhero series had in it's first and only season. (Actually No Ordinary Family was more compelling.)
Most telling is television critic Maureen Ryan's Huffinton Post Column on Marvel Agents of Shield - The Falls' Biggest Disappointment. In which she states the following:
( Read more... )
I don't know. I admittedly stopped somewhere in the midst of episode 6. Mainly because the show was either putting me to sleep and my attention kept wandering during it. Which is telling, considering it was during a sequence where Agent Coulson was being tortured. I had no idea why, didn't care, and thought...oh, another torture scene, this is so 24. Bored now.
(As an aside, is anyone else sick of torture sequences in action/adventure tv shows and movies? I get that they are a fact of life. But I find torture hard to watch.)
Did it get better after episode 6? Do you agree with her insights? Eh...is anyone still watching? Does anyone care?
4. Vampire Diaries - is making me miss Buffy again. They appear to be doing some similar things. Although, I am enjoying Katherine quite a bit. That character just keeps getting more interesting and more developed. And Dobrev appears to enjoy playing her - more I suspect than Elena. Can't say I blame her.
( spoilers )
4. Been playing Real Racing video game on my IPAD - in order to decrease my anxiety over driving. OR find a way of dealing with it. It does simulate the driving experience rather well and my anxiety regarding it. So there is that. Also wildly addictive. I lose hours playing that game.
Even if it raises my blood-pressure.
Flutter - the butterfly sanctuary game died on me. They updated the game, which resulted in me losing everything I'd done, all the levels I'd advanced to, and all the butterflies I'd collected.
This is my problem with video games - the silly creators ruin the game - either in an attempt to make money off of it. (I never spent any on the game, I don't as a rule.) Or
to make it cooler - they update the dang thing and it doesn't work, locking you out or destroying the program.