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Reviewy things
Sep. 5th, 2004 07:42 amI'm completely not envious of certain people presently at DragonCon. No, not me.
Meanwhile, I've been reading Fool's Fate, enjoyed it very much but have come to the conclusion that ( spoilers here )
Have been rewatching the first TOS episodes on my newly aquired DVDs. The blatant sexism is something which escaped me as a child. I don't mean the miniskirts and the go-go boots - these evoke a nostalgic "ah, the Sixties!" feeling (which I also head when Jadzia wore them in the DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations. It's more poor Uhura spouting lines like "Well, I'm a illogical woman" (though otoh, Uhura teasing Spock in the very next episode with an imprompty song was fun), Janice Rand being oggled at by visitors and crew alike, and while we're speaking of Janice, her job - "the Captain's Yeoman" - is about as superfluos as the one Sigourney Weaver's character had in that splendid, loving take on the genre, Galaxy Quest.
Also, I'm reminded again why Kirk is my least favourite Starship Captain. Couldn't be more square-jawed hero if he tried. On the bright side, Charlie X introduces us to the joys of Kirk/Spock/McCoy banter as they try to dump the responsibility of adult talks with Charlie on each other, and that never gets old.
Meanwhile, I've been reading Fool's Fate, enjoyed it very much but have come to the conclusion that ( spoilers here )
Have been rewatching the first TOS episodes on my newly aquired DVDs. The blatant sexism is something which escaped me as a child. I don't mean the miniskirts and the go-go boots - these evoke a nostalgic "ah, the Sixties!" feeling (which I also head when Jadzia wore them in the DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations. It's more poor Uhura spouting lines like "Well, I'm a illogical woman" (though otoh, Uhura teasing Spock in the very next episode with an imprompty song was fun), Janice Rand being oggled at by visitors and crew alike, and while we're speaking of Janice, her job - "the Captain's Yeoman" - is about as superfluos as the one Sigourney Weaver's character had in that splendid, loving take on the genre, Galaxy Quest.
Also, I'm reminded again why Kirk is my least favourite Starship Captain. Couldn't be more square-jawed hero if he tried. On the bright side, Charlie X introduces us to the joys of Kirk/Spock/McCoy banter as they try to dump the responsibility of adult talks with Charlie on each other, and that never gets old.
