Comments on: the zero-sum game, with red sonja reference http://mollytanzer.com/2010/02/16/the-zero-sum-game-with-red-sonja-reference/ the online home of molly tanzer Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: molly http://mollytanzer.com/2010/02/16/the-zero-sum-game-with-red-sonja-reference/comment-page-1/#comment-327 molly Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:16:04 +0000 http://mollytanzer.com/?p=767#comment-327 Red Sonja is the pits. THE WORST. Not-Conan's shirts alone should be considered a cinematic war-crime (Conan the Bedazzler? NO!), the child/fat man combo is repulsive in every way, and no one should have approved the Sandahl Bergman/Brigitte Nielsen combo of Bad Barbarian-Babe Acting. God! Neilsen should be fined for that mullet, but Bergman in particular should be ashamed of trying to imitate the already-suspect acting of Anita Pallenberg as the Queen of Sogo in Barbarella. Jesus. I got like 5 minutes into Beastmaster the other night but it wasn't the right time. I plan on re-watching it soon, though, ever since Jesse just told me the whole tigers-died-because-they-were-dyed-black thing was an urban legend. But I know what you mean about horrid things you love; I feel the same way about, for example, the Ranken-Bass Hobbit/LoTR cartoons, the Tank Girl movie, Sailor Moon (shut UP!), I could go on. <3 Red Sonja is the pits. THE WORST. Not-Conan’s shirts alone should be considered a cinematic war-crime (Conan the Bedazzler? NO!), the child/fat man combo is repulsive in every way, and no one should have approved the Sandahl Bergman/Brigitte Nielsen combo of Bad Barbarian-Babe Acting. God! Neilsen should be fined for that mullet, but Bergman in particular should be ashamed of trying to imitate the already-suspect acting of Anita Pallenberg as the Queen of Sogo in Barbarella. Jesus.

I got like 5 minutes into Beastmaster the other night but it wasn’t the right time. I plan on re-watching it soon, though, ever since Jesse just told me the whole tigers-died-because-they-were-dyed-black thing was an urban legend. But I know what you mean about horrid things you love; I feel the same way about, for example, the Ranken-Bass Hobbit/LoTR cartoons, the Tank Girl movie, Sailor Moon (shut UP!), I could go on. <3

]]> By: J. T. Glover http://mollytanzer.com/2010/02/16/the-zero-sum-game-with-red-sonja-reference/comment-page-1/#comment-326 J. T. Glover Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:48:49 +0000 http://mollytanzer.com/?p=767#comment-326 OMG. Thank you for linking to that article. A thousand times "yes" with the gender inversion not being a sufficient answer. I <i>loved</i> what she had to say about the buddy-movie dynamic; wish more creators thought that way! Also, I recently attempted to re-watch <i>Red Sonja</i> and it... ah... well, it didn't exactly live up to the slightly-better-than-mediocre image that lingered in my head from childhood. Completely unlike <i>Beastmaster</i>, of course, which I described to my wife yesterday as a horrible movie for which I will never be able to feel anything other than deepest love. OMG. Thank you for linking to that article. A thousand times “yes” with the gender inversion not being a sufficient answer. I loved what she had to say about the buddy-movie dynamic; wish more creators thought that way!

Also, I recently attempted to re-watch Red Sonja and it… ah… well, it didn’t exactly live up to the slightly-better-than-mediocre image that lingered in my head from childhood. Completely unlike Beastmaster, of course, which I described to my wife yesterday as a horrible movie for which I will never be able to feel anything other than deepest love.

]]> By: molly http://mollytanzer.com/2010/02/16/the-zero-sum-game-with-red-sonja-reference/comment-page-1/#comment-325 molly Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:49:26 +0000 http://mollytanzer.com/?p=767#comment-325 Logan, I haven't seen Bones, but I hear what you're saying. I wish assertive women didn't equal "masculine bitch" to TV/movie scriptwriters. Taking the worst (stereotypical) traits of men and women and reversing their positioning is not a move forward. Logan, I haven’t seen Bones, but I hear what you’re saying. I wish assertive women didn’t equal “masculine bitch” to TV/movie scriptwriters. Taking the worst (stereotypical) traits of men and women and reversing their positioning is not a move forward.

]]> By: Logan http://mollytanzer.com/2010/02/16/the-zero-sum-game-with-red-sonja-reference/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Logan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:41:46 +0000 http://mollytanzer.com/?p=767#comment-324 You know, my fiance' has recently taken to watching Bones, which is a good example of this. I find the lead male to be emotionally impotent and the other men to be complete wimps. The heroine has absolutely no empathy and is just a mirror image of the original problem. In the end, both genders are made out to be weak and miserable. You know, my fiance’ has recently taken to watching Bones, which is a good example of this. I find the lead male to be emotionally impotent and the other men to be complete wimps. The heroine has absolutely no empathy and is just a mirror image of the original problem. In the end, both genders are made out to be weak and miserable.

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