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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Life, Loss, Leaving
The second season premiere of The L Word, "Life, Loss, Leaving" has come and gone, and along with it, its cool intro. While last season's intro may have been a bit unoriginal, this year's intro is horrible! Imagine the Queer as Folk intro meets really loud, obnoxious music. Ugh! Producers, please change the intro. It's horrendous! I really don't care to see Jenny's naked body, however briefly, or think about girls with mustaches, or hear the f-word depicting me as a lesbian. Get some class already!
As for the characters, we find them pretty much where we left them last season. Bette and Tina (Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman) are still broken up over Bette's infidelity with the carpenter, Candace (Ion Overman). However, there's a twist this time: Tina's pregnant and I do mean pregnant! She looks to be about 5-7 months along, so that should be interesting to see how that storyline plays out. Bette wants to reconcile, but Tina doesn't want any of it, nor has she shared her pregnancy with anyone yet. How she's hiding that pregnancy, I have no idea as this is no little bump!
Alice (Leisha Hailey) is struggling with her newfound feelings for Dana (Erin Daniels), who is also struggling with them at the same time she plans her wedding to busybody fiancée and resident gold-digger, Tonya (Meredith McGeachie), the character we all love to hate. Dana and Alice have the best storyline thus far, as they discuss how to handle their attraction and come up with a set of guidelines called the "Rules of Unattraction." These scenes couldn't have been written any better as they were laugh-out-loud funny and touching at the same time.
Shane's (Katherine Moennig) back to her old "love 'em and leave 'em" mantra after getting her heart broken by her rich Hollywood wife, Cheri Jaffe (Rosanna Arquette), last season. This time, she's drawn to Carmen, a Hollywood PA played by the beautiful Sarah Shahi. Eagle-eyed viewers will remember Sarah as Will Tippin's assistant on Alias (see our blurb about Jennifer Garner below).
Kit (Pam Grier) seems to be getting on the right track, staying sober, and getting closer to Ivan (Kelly Lynch), the resident transgender character. Kelly Lynch is doing a great job portraying Ivan. In this episode, Ivan gives Kit a set of keys to her apartment, telling her to come over anytime. Well, Kit does, walks in on Ivan as a woman without all her "gear" on. Ivan freaks out, then throws Kit out. Not sure why Ivan got so upset because if you give someone a key and tell them to come over anytime, you would think that means anytime! Regardless, she/he throws Kit out, much to Kit's despair.
Jenny (Mira Kirschner), the most polarizing character from last season, appears to be saying goodbye to Tim, her ex-husband and probably the
most patient person on the planet. I think I would have left Jenny a long time ago with all her cheating and wishy-washy ways. She also appears to be ditching fishboy, Gene, and looking to focus more on her lesbianism this season with Robin (Anne Ramsey), among others. All we hope is she quits wearing those damn black stockings and her writing gets better!
Which brings us to Marina. Where's Marina? Long gone, folks. According to rumor and innuendo, there were difficulties between Karina Lombard and the producers, so they have given her the boot. Unfortunately, they did in a most disrespectful and horrible manner. They have Marina attempting suicide, and calling out Jenny's name at the hospital. Puh-lease! Maybe over financial difficulties with Francesca. Maybe over the loss of her relationship with Francesca. Maybe from a combination of all of it. But Jenny? Give me a break. Oh, and we don't get to see Marina, only hear about her through a series of rumors from each character, as they ruminate over why / how she did it. Marina's been whisked off to Umbria by her mother, the Contessa. Pathetic. Next time, producers, find a more plausible way to dump someone, would ya?
That's the first episode of The L Word in a nutshell, folks. On a scale of 1-10, I would say it's a solid six. Not great, but not that bad either. I'm just glad it's back.
Don't forget to tune in on Sunday, 10/9c on Showtime for the next episode, "Lap Dance" with special guest star, Sandra Bernhard.
Jennifer Garner's "Elektra/Typhoid Mary" Kiss
Speaking of Jennifer Garner, I recently saw Elektra and while it's always worth seeing Jennifer Garner in leather, the movie itself wasn't that good. It had nothing to do with Jennifer Garner's acting, but more with the poor storyline and plodding characters. The comic book character of Elektra is very dynamic, the storylines fantastic. The movie was pretty off in that respect. Elektra could have been a great movie if the writers had crafted a better story. And as for the Typhoid Mary / Elektra kiss, it wasn't a kiss in the sense anyone in their right mind would want! For all the ink wasted writing about that kiss being a "lesbian" kiss, the bottomline is, it wasn't a "kiss" in the romantic sense whatsoever. Typhoid Mary is a comic book character who possesses the ability to kill someone with just a touch or kiss. When she kissed Elektra, it was meant to KILL her, not romance her! I am amazed at the people who have panned the writers for "once again, making the lesbian a villain." Come on, people, read your comic books. Get your facts straight before attacking. Typhoid Mary isn't a lesbian, nor was the kiss designed to be such. It was the kiss of death, nothing more, nothing less.
Well, that's it for today. No one has guessed the Brain Teaser in our last Blog, so if you want to win a $10 iTunes gift certificate, be the first to correctly answer it and we'll send you a $10 iTunes Gift Certificate!
As for the characters, we find them pretty much where we left them last season. Bette and Tina (Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman) are still broken up over Bette's infidelity with the carpenter, Candace (Ion Overman). However, there's a twist this time: Tina's pregnant and I do mean pregnant! She looks to be about 5-7 months along, so that should be interesting to see how that storyline plays out. Bette wants to reconcile, but Tina doesn't want any of it, nor has she shared her pregnancy with anyone yet. How she's hiding that pregnancy, I have no idea as this is no little bump!Alice (Leisha Hailey) is struggling with her newfound feelings for Dana (Erin Daniels), who is also struggling with them at the same time she plans her wedding to busybody fiancée and resident gold-digger, Tonya (Meredith McGeachie), the character we all love to hate. Dana and Alice have the best storyline thus far, as they discuss how to handle their attraction and come up with a set of guidelines called the "Rules of Unattraction." These scenes couldn't have been written any better as they were laugh-out-loud funny and touching at the same time.
Shane's (Katherine Moennig) back to her old "love 'em and leave 'em" mantra after getting her heart broken by her rich Hollywood wife, Cheri Jaffe (Rosanna Arquette), last season. This time, she's drawn to Carmen, a Hollywood PA played by the beautiful Sarah Shahi. Eagle-eyed viewers will remember Sarah as Will Tippin's assistant on Alias (see our blurb about Jennifer Garner below).
Kit (Pam Grier) seems to be getting on the right track, staying sober, and getting closer to Ivan (Kelly Lynch), the resident transgender character. Kelly Lynch is doing a great job portraying Ivan. In this episode, Ivan gives Kit a set of keys to her apartment, telling her to come over anytime. Well, Kit does, walks in on Ivan as a woman without all her "gear" on. Ivan freaks out, then throws Kit out. Not sure why Ivan got so upset because if you give someone a key and tell them to come over anytime, you would think that means anytime! Regardless, she/he throws Kit out, much to Kit's despair.
Jenny (Mira Kirschner), the most polarizing character from last season, appears to be saying goodbye to Tim, her ex-husband and probably the
most patient person on the planet. I think I would have left Jenny a long time ago with all her cheating and wishy-washy ways. She also appears to be ditching fishboy, Gene, and looking to focus more on her lesbianism this season with Robin (Anne Ramsey), among others. All we hope is she quits wearing those damn black stockings and her writing gets better!Which brings us to Marina. Where's Marina? Long gone, folks. According to rumor and innuendo, there were difficulties between Karina Lombard and the producers, so they have given her the boot. Unfortunately, they did in a most disrespectful and horrible manner. They have Marina attempting suicide, and calling out Jenny's name at the hospital. Puh-lease! Maybe over financial difficulties with Francesca. Maybe over the loss of her relationship with Francesca. Maybe from a combination of all of it. But Jenny? Give me a break. Oh, and we don't get to see Marina, only hear about her through a series of rumors from each character, as they ruminate over why / how she did it. Marina's been whisked off to Umbria by her mother, the Contessa. Pathetic. Next time, producers, find a more plausible way to dump someone, would ya?
That's the first episode of The L Word in a nutshell, folks. On a scale of 1-10, I would say it's a solid six. Not great, but not that bad either. I'm just glad it's back.
Don't forget to tune in on Sunday, 10/9c on Showtime for the next episode, "Lap Dance" with special guest star, Sandra Bernhard.
Jennifer Garner's "Elektra/Typhoid Mary" Kiss
Speaking of Jennifer Garner, I recently saw Elektra and while it's always worth seeing Jennifer Garner in leather, the movie itself wasn't that good. It had nothing to do with Jennifer Garner's acting, but more with the poor storyline and plodding characters. The comic book character of Elektra is very dynamic, the storylines fantastic. The movie was pretty off in that respect. Elektra could have been a great movie if the writers had crafted a better story. And as for the Typhoid Mary / Elektra kiss, it wasn't a kiss in the sense anyone in their right mind would want! For all the ink wasted writing about that kiss being a "lesbian" kiss, the bottomline is, it wasn't a "kiss" in the romantic sense whatsoever. Typhoid Mary is a comic book character who possesses the ability to kill someone with just a touch or kiss. When she kissed Elektra, it was meant to KILL her, not romance her! I am amazed at the people who have panned the writers for "once again, making the lesbian a villain." Come on, people, read your comic books. Get your facts straight before attacking. Typhoid Mary isn't a lesbian, nor was the kiss designed to be such. It was the kiss of death, nothing more, nothing less.
Well, that's it for today. No one has guessed the Brain Teaser in our last Blog, so if you want to win a $10 iTunes gift certificate, be the first to correctly answer it and we'll send you a $10 iTunes Gift Certificate!
Monday, February 21, 2005
Welcome to random:musings!
Well, we finally did it. We have a blog on OutLook now! While it could have been an easy endeavor if I'd be satisfied with using the default templates, I couldn't do that. Oh, no. It had to match the rest of the OutLook site. No problem, right? Well, for CSS tech-heads maybe not. But I for one absolutely despise Web design and coding even though I have to do it. Just drives me crazy that code can look different on different browsers and platforms. Aaarrrggghhhh!
Anyway, if you would kindly let me know if you see any weirdness in the blog or how it acts in your browser, I sure would appreciate it. You can email me and I'll see what I can do to figure it out. I'll probably just pull my hair out and stomp my feet, to be honest. :)
In the meantime, the second season premiere of The L Word was on last night! Wow! I'm so glad it's back. However, I can't say that I'm thrilled with the new intro. The music was incredibly obnoxious, and the visuals...well, they brought to mind the QAF visuals. And can't say I'm a fan of that intro, either. Why couldn't they pick a tasteful, exciting, great musically-backed intro? This one needs to be dumped and fast!
Anyway, if you would kindly let me know if you see any weirdness in the blog or how it acts in your browser, I sure would appreciate it. You can email me and I'll see what I can do to figure it out. I'll probably just pull my hair out and stomp my feet, to be honest. :)
In the meantime, the second season premiere of The L Word was on last night! Wow! I'm so glad it's back. However, I can't say that I'm thrilled with the new intro. The music was incredibly obnoxious, and the visuals...well, they brought to mind the QAF visuals. And can't say I'm a fan of that intro, either. Why couldn't they pick a tasteful, exciting, great musically-backed intro? This one needs to be dumped and fast!
Later this week, we'll give our two cents of what we think about the first episode of the new season. Right off the cuff, I'd say it wasn't too bad. Could have been better, could have been worse. Wish they had done a two-hour intro for it, though. Seemed way too short.
It should be interesting to see if the standard outcry happens. Oh, you know what it is: "The women are too fem…they're all lipstick lesbians…I don't know any lesbians who look like that…They're too rich…there aren't enough cats…" blah, blah, blah. Personally, I don't really understand why everyone is so damn upset. I mean, let's think about this logically, okay? Lesbians are being portrayed on television in a fairly positive light for the first time in....what? Forever?! Is it possible for the producers to satisfy the entire lesbian population in an hour with characters that represent every single faction of lesbianism? Highly doubtful.
For me, the question remains: Why the insistence on political correctness? Why insist there be more butches? More big, beautiful women? More cats? More whatever?! Please, before you crucify me, I have absolutely nothing against butches, BBWs, cats, or whatever! I may not be butch, but I have a cat and could stand to lose quite a few pounds. :) Come on, ladies, it's a television show. It's fiction. It's a fictionalized account of what the producers have created in their minds and while it may not be indicative of the majority of our lives, it's still showing us in a positive light for the most part. I, for one, am thrilled the show is on the air as it gives me an hour each week to kick back and enjoy. Instead of tearing down the show and producers, let's support it. Let's really get behind those beautiful ladies who are doing their best to represent us to the viewing public and let them know how much we appreciate the stand they are taking.
It should be interesting to see if the standard outcry happens. Oh, you know what it is: "The women are too fem…they're all lipstick lesbians…I don't know any lesbians who look like that…They're too rich…there aren't enough cats…" blah, blah, blah. Personally, I don't really understand why everyone is so damn upset. I mean, let's think about this logically, okay? Lesbians are being portrayed on television in a fairly positive light for the first time in....what? Forever?! Is it possible for the producers to satisfy the entire lesbian population in an hour with characters that represent every single faction of lesbianism? Highly doubtful.
For me, the question remains: Why the insistence on political correctness? Why insist there be more butches? More big, beautiful women? More cats? More whatever?! Please, before you crucify me, I have absolutely nothing against butches, BBWs, cats, or whatever! I may not be butch, but I have a cat and could stand to lose quite a few pounds. :) Come on, ladies, it's a television show. It's fiction. It's a fictionalized account of what the producers have created in their minds and while it may not be indicative of the majority of our lives, it's still showing us in a positive light for the most part. I, for one, am thrilled the show is on the air as it gives me an hour each week to kick back and enjoy. Instead of tearing down the show and producers, let's support it. Let's really get behind those beautiful ladies who are doing their best to represent us to the viewing public and let them know how much we appreciate the stand they are taking.
The O.C.'s Lesbian Twist: Alex and Marissa
Another thing that has ticked me off are the people who tuned into The O.C. just to see the Alex (Olivia Wilde) and Marissa (Mischa Barton) coupling/kiss, and trashed them for it, saying it was fake, a publicity stunt, etc. I have been a fan of the show since it came on, and given the arc of the Marissa character, her actions and feelings for Alex have been right on target. This is a kid who's floundering. She has the world's worst mother in Julie (Melissa Clarke), her Dad's floated off into the sunset after stealing money from everyone. She has sex with her first boyfriend (Luke) only to find out he's banging a lot of other girls, falls for Ryan, the resident "bad boy" who promptly gets another girl pregnant. Oh, and she's also a huge drunk who tried to off herself the first season. Whew! As you can see, she's troubled and drawn to just about anyone who will pay attention to her. The attraction to Alex, I believe, is based on the fact that Alex stood up for her when she was down, and also Alex is a "bad girl." Two combinations that Marissa simply can't pass up! Given all that, my feelings are that one should watch the show or at least know something about the character arcs before spouting off about how horrible it is.
Okay. I'm off my soap box now. :)
In the meantime, for those of you who like brain teasers, here's one for you. (No, this has nothing to do with OutLook, lesbians, or anything relevant to that, but hey, it's my blog and I can write what I want!). Here's the brain teaser: A frog falls down a 50 foot well. Each day, he jumps three feet and slides back two feet. How many days does it take for him to get out of the well? Write me with your answer or post it on the blog! First person to correctly answer the brain teaser wins a $10 iTunes Gift Certificate. Until then, have a good one! Oh, and make sure to let us know if you like the blog or not. If there is other stuff you'd like to see on OutLook, let us know, too! ~Cheers!
Another thing that has ticked me off are the people who tuned into The O.C. just to see the Alex (Olivia Wilde) and Marissa (Mischa Barton) coupling/kiss, and trashed them for it, saying it was fake, a publicity stunt, etc. I have been a fan of the show since it came on, and given the arc of the Marissa character, her actions and feelings for Alex have been right on target. This is a kid who's floundering. She has the world's worst mother in Julie (Melissa Clarke), her Dad's floated off into the sunset after stealing money from everyone. She has sex with her first boyfriend (Luke) only to find out he's banging a lot of other girls, falls for Ryan, the resident "bad boy" who promptly gets another girl pregnant. Oh, and she's also a huge drunk who tried to off herself the first season. Whew! As you can see, she's troubled and drawn to just about anyone who will pay attention to her. The attraction to Alex, I believe, is based on the fact that Alex stood up for her when she was down, and also Alex is a "bad girl." Two combinations that Marissa simply can't pass up! Given all that, my feelings are that one should watch the show or at least know something about the character arcs before spouting off about how horrible it is.
Okay. I'm off my soap box now. :)
In the meantime, for those of you who like brain teasers, here's one for you. (No, this has nothing to do with OutLook, lesbians, or anything relevant to that, but hey, it's my blog and I can write what I want!). Here's the brain teaser: A frog falls down a 50 foot well. Each day, he jumps three feet and slides back two feet. How many days does it take for him to get out of the well? Write me with your answer or post it on the blog! First person to correctly answer the brain teaser wins a $10 iTunes Gift Certificate. Until then, have a good one! Oh, and make sure to let us know if you like the blog or not. If there is other stuff you'd like to see on OutLook, let us know, too! ~Cheers!
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