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[shadowkat]

Watched Glee but missed the last five to ten minutes, because DVR cut it off, because American Idol went too long. Not to worry, it's pretty clear what happened. I enjoyed it - because it fits at least three of my bullet-proof kinks - musical performances with dancing,
underdogs trying to prove themselves and doing so, wry wit and satirical comedy. My only difficulty with it is...well, my on-going issue with Ryan Murphy and Nip/Tuck - which is that he's, how to put this? Clearly has unresolved issues with women. I'll just leave it at that. Murphy, JJ Abrhams/Damon Lindenoff, Tim Minear, as well Tim Kring of Heroes all appear to fit into this category. What's up with that?

Anywho...with that in mind, I went hunting for a women of Star Trek icon. (This interest was kicked into gear by several posts online about the star trek/sci-fi fandom and women feeling, well sort of marginalized in it. Very true. I always felt excluded and marginalized. One of the things I loved most about Season 6 Buffy was Whedon's satirical take on male sci-fi fanclubs otherwise known as The Trioka - frighteningly on the mark.) Everyone has these Kirk/Spock icons, seen a couple Uhura - the best by far is ishtar's - whose icon I may snag yet. But no women of Trek.

This is what I found:

The one with Galen is from happyme, the other two? No idea. Just found them on Icon sites.







What I want is an icon that shows all the women of star trek in a sort of slide show, but I suck at icon making (ie no clue how) - so if you are good at it and should choose to try it - please share.

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[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

Yes. What I liked was that instead of him telling them how amazing they were, though, is he criticized them, told them it sounded good, not great, and that they'd have to work hard to get it to a 10. And tells them exactly what they need to work on to improve it. It ends on him saying something like, "Let's get to work."

Completely agree with everything you say. The fact that it's a musical and its genuine, huge heart really does counteract Murphy's unlikable tendencies. It's really a perfect blend. The snark keeps it from being too sappy, while the music/sentimentality keeps it from being...well, Nip/Tuck, heh.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Ok, now I want to see those last three or four minutes that I missed. Because that's actually a more realistic take and preferable. Otherwise, why would they need him? Curious also to see what his criticism was. Mine - would have been that two of the people were underutilized, and it mostly focused on the guy and the girl. By the way - who is the transplant from Spring Awakening? Is it the girl with the great voice?

I'm hoping Fox gives Murphy as much leeway and support for Glee as they did Nip/Tuck on F/X. Because it looks like Murphy is actually growing as a writer, and trying something new.

It's certainly the most uplifting show I've seen since maybe Pushing Daisies. Let's pray it pulls in a bigger audience than Daisies did. I need my cult tv shows, dang it. ;-)

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

Ok, now I want to see those last three or four minutes that I missed. Because that's actually a more realistic take and preferable. Otherwise, why would they need him? Curious also to see what his criticism was. Mine - would have been that two of the people were underutilized, and it mostly focused on the guy and the girl.

As far as I recall, it was more about the notes they were hitting. One interesting thing I read was that the arc of the first set of episodes when it comes back is that they have 5 kids in the glee club now, but they need 10 to make it to the state championships...so the first bunch of episodes will be the search for 5 more kids to fill out the group, which sounds really interesting to me. And lots of Broadway stars are signed up to appear, including Victor Garber and Kristin Chenoweth. And, yes, the girl with the great voice is Lea Michele, the lead from Spring Awakening.

Let's pray it pulls in a bigger audience than Daisies did. I need my cult tv shows, dang it. ;-)

Absolutely!

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Garber and Chenoweth? Cool.

Plus just the idea of what basically amounts to a full new musical every week is making me very excited.

Ditto. Say what you will about High School Musical - it did help pave the way for more musical oriented tv series, while providing a workable formula. Murphy has more or less taken the formula of High School Musical and tweaked it, adding a bit of snark, and relegating the musical numbers to the stage so he doesn't alienate those members of the audience who can't handle people spontaneously bursting out into song. (I've never had any problems with it...but I know a lot of people who do. Apparently seeing zombies come to life for no apparent reason and eating brains or the existence of vampires is easier to rationalize than people bursting out in song?)

The show feels a bit like adult comedy a la Teachers (the film)
mixed with the wholesome Disney High School Musical idea. Except done better than both. Maybe combining the two was the secret?

Plus just the idea of what basically amounts to a full new musical every week is making me very excited.

Yeah me too. I'm getting bored of the crime/medical dramas/procedurals where we see a new body carved up each week. I want a musical, where people sing and dance, with snarky comedy in between.

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[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

Plus just the idea of what basically amounts to a full new musical every week is making me very excited.