End of the world, plus other stuff (cuz it's cold and rainy outside)

[wraithfodder]

A couple signs of the impending apocalypse...

Jif peanut butter. It used to be you'd tell folk how tasty your food was, now theyr'e telling you won't get poisoned. Seriously. Just saw an ad about how 'safe' it was to eat. (Never mind that it's the 'industrialized' (gack) stuff that's got the salmonella). Ohmygosh, the government is twittering! Yes, went to their FDA site and you too can now get tweets about bad food! http://twitter.com/fdarecalls. Jus thope they're not as prolific as Wil Wheaton. I had to un-follow Mr. Wheaton cuz I'd check my twitter when I got home from work and find myself buried under just his tweets.

Dollhouse. Okay, I know lots of folk think Joss Whedon is IT, but after watching two episodes of this show, despite liking the actors, I don't think I'll ever go back again. Last Friday's episode in which the main character was programmed into - face it, a live blow-up sex doll for a client - was distasteful. Okay, yes, sure, she killed the SOB who hunted her (and good grief, that plot point was so transparent it was ridiculous) so she's reclaiming whatever, but it doesn't make up for the fact that this show treats women (as the male dolls aren't seen doing much at all from what I can see) as definite objects.

Remaking 80s movies - just go here -http://www.cracked.com/article_16665_5-upcoming-remakes-80s-movies-that-must-be-stopped.html - one's already in the theater, and alas, doing well, so that means they'll keep at it! Nooooooooooooo!

But on the other hand...

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ - a neat blog on grammar. Some fanfic writers could definitely use it, and come to think of it, a couple local newspapers could too! ;)

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/09/60-beautiful-examples-of-night-photography-2/ - Beautiful Examples of Night PHotography - and wow, they are, and they have more galleries just like this.

Bored? Shoot some sheep! http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf - it's a game, of course ;)

Help a hedgehog - http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/


 

Comments

[graculus.livejournal.com]

From the first I heard about it, I thought the whole premise of Dollhouse sounded creepy and wrong and something to be avoided... programming folks (mainly women) to do something and then taking away their memories afterwards? Rohypnol anyone?

Also, it's hard to take anything seriously when it comes to Jif peanut butter, as Jif used to be the name of a bathroom cleaner over here. ;)

[suekay-87.livejournal.com]

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[strange-magic.livejournal.com]

I really don't care for Dollhouse either and I too feel the exact same way about the last episode. I thought they were suppose to be agents, not every mans fantasy if you can afford it. And honestly... if a douchbag like the "hunting man" can find the dollhouse... why can't an FBI agent find it? And why is he even looking for her? Seriously, this show has a TON of flaws.

[nialla]

I haven't actually watched Dollhouse yet, since I've been watching Flashpoint. I've been saving the eps to watch in one sitting though. I'm hoping later eps improve on the concept so I can get through the first ones knowing that.

I'm just wondering how much of the creepy date rape aspect is due to Fox's tinkering. There was a lot of talk about they were wanting stuff redone, just like they did with Firefly. Then they've stuck it in the Friday Night Death Slot, and those godawful "Grindhouse" ads for it and Terminator aren't exactly inspiring me to want to watch.

Love the Joss, hate the Fox.

[kangamoo-oz.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with you on Dollhouse. I keep waiting for some awesome Whedonesque dialogue but it hasn't happened.

The whole whorehouse aspect is unpleasant, they really should have stayed away from that, as it easily becomes just plain creepy.

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

I'm continually amused that every time Joss fans see something they like on a Joss show, he's an epic genius for the ages; but every time they see something they don't like on a Joss show, well the network must've made him do it because he's an epic genius for the ages.

Dollhouse

[sgafan33.livejournal.com]

Joss Whedon is big on equality for women. I'm thinking this is the set-up, showing what a distasteful thing it is to be an Active in the Dollhouse. It's slavery of the worst kind. Even if Echo did sign a 5 year contract, she thought she didn't have a choice at the time. And I bet nowhere in that contract did it say, oh, by the way, we're going to erase your mind and download other personalities into you and and you could get put into life threatening situations. I'm sure she knew she was signing up for something illegal, so I don't see how a contract would be valid, anyway.

Dollhouse only has a 13 episode initial run, so I'm going to see where Joss is going with this. He's gotten a lot of bad reviews, so maybe it won't go any further than this.