Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: Mediocre.

So I just checked out a 42-minute movie, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, on Hulu. It's a love triangle story between aspiring evil mad scientist Dr. Horrible, macho doofus Captain Hammer and activist mushball Penny. It was truly tragic that such witty dialog, catchy songs and all-around solid performances were called into service for an UTTERLY UNORIGINAL AND SEXIST PLOT. I object to the purity, innocence, naivete and kindness of the mushball Penny because these qualities did not make her an effective foil character for the guys; they just objectified her and made her an unintelligent, unperceptive pawn. Her character was so unoriginal, boring and unattractive that I almost quit watching. Vomit vomit vomit. I'm especially annoyed by the putrid sexual politics of this movie because the creators, Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy, are known for slightly more complex, interesting and dynamic portrayals of important female characters. The songs, acting and script were all good, but the plot fucking sucked. Therefore, the film overall gets a mediocre rating, and I'm so deeply offended by the stale sexism that I can't, in good conscience, recommend this to anyone.

P.S. Stalking is not cute, comedic or romantic.

Oh hey sexism against Palin! aka Salon is not progressive.

As illustration for a dipshitty article about "Mistress Palin," the dipshits at Salon added a dipshitty Photoshop of Palin dominating a moose, which is supposed to represent the country.( Read more... )

1:6 "sexy schoolgirl" Sarah Palin :(

Herobuilders, home of right-wing wing-nut crappy action figures of political figures, offers a Sarah Palin doll in various outfits, such as a pantsuit, a sexy schoolgirl outfit and a leather superspy. It's so offensively bad on all levels, from the virulent sexism and misogyny to the shoddy craftsmanship, cheap opportunism and associated ranting narrow-minded conservative bilge. I'm deeply offended as a woman, a liberal AND a doll dude.

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

This Web site contains overviews of stereotypes working against black men and women. It will help me whenever I write that illustrated essay about Aunt Jemima ads, which the site puts into context with the essay about the Mammy stereotype. For modern pertinence, I particularly recommend the essay about the Sapphire stereotype [rude, bossy, critical black woman] and current attempts to squish Michelle Obama into said little box.

LHF Meanwhile 8: "Zombie in the Diner!!"

In which zombies plot the destruction of stupid people. http://oddpla.net/lhf/?p=49

Tonner, yum yum, and Medicom, sigh sigh.

I've always enjoyed looking at Tonner's 1:4 offerings, though I've never had sufficient incentive to branch out into YET ANOTHER scale. Tonner used to be all dull, baby-faced fashion dolls with ridiculously foreshortened skulls, but they've really grown up and improved over the past 10 years. They now boast a wide variety of desirable licenses and original characters. DeeAnna Denton, with a figure reminiscent of a voluptuous 1950s pinup, caught my eye just now. Both her facial features and her physique remind me of Bettie Page. I think someone could use a DeeAnna as a perfect base for Page.

In other news, I still have a crush on Hot Toys' Medicom's forthcoming 1:6 Young Indiana Jones doll, in part because it looks like Will and also because all their celebrity sculpts are so detailed and realistic. Damn $150 1:6ers. :(