Follow-up to Pink Lightsabers

Originally posted by fangirlblog at Follow-up to Pink Lightsabers

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With pink everywhere this month, it’s always interesting to see how people react to the color.  Although for many women pink symbolizes the fight against breast cancer, others see pink as a color that has blocked them into a gender box. Either way, it always seems to evoke passionate emotions.

Obviously I like the color, and I’m not offended if you don’t. It’s important to remember that preferences – such as a favorite/unfavorite color, or love/hate for a series of books, or Prequel Trilogy versus Original Trilogy – are what makes us each unique.  A lot of people, though, especially women, have trouble separating that out.  The best example I can give is my opinion of Twilight.  I don’t like it; I tell my friends who love it that I don’t like it.  Yet they know I’m not making a statement about who they are, which is ultimately my friend.

One reader at the Fangirl Zone Facebook page took the time to share a picture with me – Aayla Secura with a pink lightsaber.  The Twi’lek Jedi Knight was introduced and made famous in the comics by the team of John Ostrander and Jan Duursema.  Interestingly enough, they have written some of the best and most diverse stories in Star Wars, and did it with a carefully crafted mix of Original Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy themes.

Twi’leks were traditionally thought of as just the dancing girls, the objects of mens’ desires, within Star Wars.  That makes it quite remarkable that a comic book character – a Jedi female Twi’lek, no less – actually caught the eye of George Lucas when the prequels came around, and she was included in the movies. The lightsaber color was changed to the regular Jedi blue, understandably to avoid confusing the movie-goers.

Personally, I’m still hoping one day Aayla will get her pink lightsaber back.

Remember to encourage your fellow fangirls to fight breast cancer any way they can – with regular screenings, self-exams, and joining the local fundraiser events if you can.

Follow-up to Pink Lightsabers

Originally posted by fangirlblog at Follow-up to Pink Lightsabers

http://fangirlblog.com/2011/10/follow-up-to-pink-lightsabers/

http://fangirlblog.com/?p=3381

With pink everywhere this month, it’s always interesting to see how people react to the color. Although for many women pink symbolizes the fight against breast cancer, others see pink as a color that has blocked them into a gender box. Either way, it always seems to evoke passionate emotions.

Obviously I like the color, and I’m not offended if you don’t. It’s important to remember that preferences – such as a favorite/unfavorite color, or love/hate for a series of books, or Prequel Trilogy versus Original Trilogy – are what makes us each unique. A lot of people, though, especially women, have trouble separating that out. The best example I can give is my opinion of Twilight. I don’t like it; I tell my friends who love it that I don’t like it. Yet they know I’m not making a statement about who they are, which is ultimately my friend.

One reader at the Fangirl Zone Facebook page took the time to share a picture with me – Aayla Secura with a pink lightsaber. The Twi’lek Jedi Knight was introduced and made famous in the comics by the team of John Ostrander and Jan Duursema. Interestingly enough, they have written some of the best and most diverse stories in Star Wars, and did it with a carefully crafted mix of Original Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy themes.

Twi’leks were traditionally thought of as just the dancing girls, the objects of mens’ desires, within Star Wars. That makes it quite remarkable that a comic book character – a Jedi female Twi’lek, no less – actually caught the eye of George Lucas when the prequels came around, and she was included in the movies. The lightsaber color was changed to the regular Jedi blue, understandably to avoid confusing the movie-goers.

Personally, I’m still hoping one day Aayla will get her pink lightsaber back.

Remember to encourage your fellow fangirls to fight breast cancer any way they can – with regular screenings, self-exams, and joining the local fundraiser events if you can.

Halloween 1978 -- My thoughts

Well, I did something I thought I would never do. I deliberately watched a horror film. Now, I'm not one who generally likes horror films because even though I know none of it's real, my subconscious does not (yes, my subconscious. That's what it is. *eye shift*).

But, given the time of year, the TV is full of horror films and after a little research, I decided on the original Halloween. Now, this was a deliberate choice on my part, because after looking at the the information from Wikipedia and IMDb. Mostly because there was no graphic violence and gore in it. Granted I did watch the AMC showing (complete with annoying commercials and edits. Not that there was a lot they edited. A curse word here, a boob shot there. If I watch this again, I'm getting the full DVD version), so it was a wee condensed. Still, the menace was emphasized by lighting and camera shots, not by graphic amounts of blood or gore. It also helps I watched it during the day because I'm a big fat wuss.

I for one, prefer suspense and thrills to Gorn and Body Horror (like The Thing. LOADED with Body Horror. Just a few clips were enough to give me the heebs).

Also, with this movie, there were only four on screen deaths. Two stabbings and two strangulations. Most of which happen near the end of the movie and with hardly any blood. THAT is the sign of a master filmmaker. There is no real need to show the graphic details. The audience will fill in what happens with their imaginations. Hitchcock was a master at this. There is a reason Psycho is still considered a suspense classic.

I'm not even going to bother with the sequels (which, like many sequels, got more and more absurd) or the remake made in 2007. Not only did they get more and more graphic, but the plots got worse and worse. However, I may tackle the original The Fog next...

One thing I did find surprising was that they unmasked Michael in the end. Surprisingly handsome, I must say.



Tony Moran ladieeeeess!!

Halloween 1978 -- my thoughts

Well, I did something I thought I would never do. I deliberately watched a horror film. Now, I'm not one who generally likes horror films because even though I know none of it's real, my subconscious does not (yes, my subconscious. That's what it is. *eye shift*).

But, given the time of year, the TV is full of horror films and after a little research, I decided on the original Halloween. Now, this was a deliberate choice on my part, because after looking at the the information from Wikipedia and IMDb. Mostly because there was no graphic violence and gore in it. Granted I did watch the AMC showing (complete with annoying commercials and edits. Not that there was a lot they edited. A curse word here, a boob shot there. If I watch this again, I'm getting the full DVD version), so it was a wee condensed. Still, the menace was emphasized by lighting and camera shots, not by graphic amounts of blood or gore. It also helps I watched it during the day because I'm a big fat wuss.

I for one, prefer suspense and thrills to Gorn and Body Horror (like The Thing. LOADED with Body Horror. Just a few clips were enough to give me the heebs).

Also, with this movie, there were only four on screen deaths. Two stabbings and two strangulations. Most of which happen near the end of the movie and with hardly any blood. THAT is the sign of a master filmmaker. There is no real need to show the graphic details. The audience will fill in what happens with their imaginations. Hitchcock was a master at this. There is a reason Psycho is still considered a suspense classic.

I'm not even going to bother with the sequels (which, like many sequels, got more and more absurd) or the remake made in 2007. Not only did they get more and more graphic, but the plots got worse and worse. However, I may tackle the original The Fog next...

One thing I did find surprising was that they unmasked Michael in the end. Surprisingly handsome, I must say.



Tony Moran ladieeeeess!!