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[shadowkat]

Back is killing me. Applying more heat. All that bending over and picking up boxes, and clearing out files yesterday.

Big Bang Theory made me laugh. It was a fun episode - the boys get stranded in the desert taking pictures of themselves in Star Trek the Next Generation costumes on the way to the Bakersville Comicon, while the gals try out comic books to understand the appeal of well comic books.

(My only problem with Big Bang is like 95% of television shows - it pigeon holes the genders and seems to think women don't read comic books. Hate to break it to you - but yes, women do, all ages, and all stripes. Many who have graduate degrees and are quite intelligent. But whatever.)

Funniest scene - the women fighting over the Thor comics, specifically Thor's magic hammer and whether anyone can pick it up or just Thor can and under what circumstances they can pick it up, after wondering how anyone could possibly have battles and detailed discussions about comics. Ah. Folks. Trust me on this point, there's nothing more fun to fight about than pop culture - specifically serial stories. Mainly because the writers don't explain everything - leaving lots of stuff open to endless debate.

Hee. I remember having hour long battles over whether a vampire without a soul could decide to be good and on a far less philosophical front - can all vampires breath under water? And what was the meaning of those numbered t-shirts? (Turns out nothing, the costume designer was just playing about.)

Best line exchange?

Leonard in Picard's uniform to Diner Lady: Can I borrow your phone to get someone pick us up?
Diner Lady: Why don't you just ask Scotty to beam you up?
Sheldon: That's the Original Star Trek, we're Next Generation.

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[shapinglight]

I haven't managed to keep up with the latest series of Big Bang, but that exchange is hilarious.

(My only problem with Big Bang is like 95% of television shows - it pigeon holes the genders and seems to think women don't read comic books. Hate to break it to you - but yes, women do, all ages, and all stripes. Many who have graduate degrees and are quite intelligent. But whatever.)

This bugs me too.

[shadowkat]

It's strange, because quite a few comic book stores in NYC actually have women working at them. Although there's a moment in which the gals enter the comic book store and all the men stare at them - that I sort of identified with, been there done that. But it did change over time.

The writer's clearly haven't gotten out much or are going by old-ingrained stereotypes.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

I absolutely adored Howard's Borg costume!

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

But Sheldon's and RAJ's actually looked like Lt. Data and Worf..albeit a short Worf.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

Oh I didn't mean to imply that I didn't love Sheldon's amazing Data or Raj's wonderful Worf too... in fact the only weak costume was Leonard's Jean Luc Picard, but it was hilarious so it didn't matter that he didn't look like him!

BTW Brent Spiner thanked (on twitter) Jim Parson's for the homage (and the Big Bang show runner responded by saying that everyone on set found Jim to be handsomer while dressed up as Data).

[genericmarn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they do pigeonhole the genders.

That said, though, I was the only girl in the comic book store once upon a time, and it felt a lot like that.

My latest comic book store experience was a lot more amusing, though. I went in looking for a title, and had the clerk ask me if I was looking for something for one of my (non-existent) kids.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, had both experiences.

Seriously, why people think books that have graphic violence and sometimes sexual situations are for children is beyond me.

Have they looked at those comic books? Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Willingham's Fables, Alan Moore's Promethesus, League of Legendary Gentleman, Watchman, and V for Vendetta, and Frank Miller's comics are hardly children's material.

I wonder about people sometimes.