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More Than Just a Gay Cowboy Flick.
Brokeback Mountain a fresh take on 'stale' Hollywood love stories: Ledger.
'Gay cowboy movie' shatters stereotypes.
Okay, you know what? Lord of the Rings is a movie about little guys with hairy feet saving the world. Harry Potter is a series of kids' books. Star Wars is a science fiction movie. All three are epic struggles of good vs. evil.
Just because you label a work of fiction doesn't mean that's ALL it is. Ostensibly, Buffy and Angel are vampire shows while Firefly's a western in space show, but they're both intriguing character dramas as well, and occasionally comedies. Is that going to stop us calling them vampire shows, or cowboy-in-space shows? Hell no. I'm damn proud of that aspect of them as well.
I understand the people involved in Brokeback Mountain not wanting it to be discriminated against on the basis of the whole gay cowboy thing before it comes out, but no matter what anyone says, no matter how deep the love between the boys, no matter how well crafted the drama, THEY ARE GAY COWBOYS. Therefore, it is a film about gay cowboys. A gay cowboy movie.
And I'm damn proud of that fact.
Summary of new Goblet of Fire trailer. They switched the school names at the beginning, but I swear more than half of this stuff was NOT in the books. I really don't like Newell. I MISS CUARON.
BASTARDS! Putting Chris out before Laura?! BASTARDS AUSTRALIA!!! SHAME!!!
Augh.
I took notes at the Joss Serenity screening (like my Peter Jackson notes) and I'll write them up later today. Right now I'm thoroughly dead, so I'm gonna go sit in front of the TV and veg out. Will have more news and such later as well.
Is it gay cowboy month yet?
Green Queen
Brokeback Mountain a fresh take on 'stale' Hollywood love stories: Ledger.
'Gay cowboy movie' shatters stereotypes.
Okay, you know what? Lord of the Rings is a movie about little guys with hairy feet saving the world. Harry Potter is a series of kids' books. Star Wars is a science fiction movie. All three are epic struggles of good vs. evil.
Just because you label a work of fiction doesn't mean that's ALL it is. Ostensibly, Buffy and Angel are vampire shows while Firefly's a western in space show, but they're both intriguing character dramas as well, and occasionally comedies. Is that going to stop us calling them vampire shows, or cowboy-in-space shows? Hell no. I'm damn proud of that aspect of them as well.
I understand the people involved in Brokeback Mountain not wanting it to be discriminated against on the basis of the whole gay cowboy thing before it comes out, but no matter what anyone says, no matter how deep the love between the boys, no matter how well crafted the drama, THEY ARE GAY COWBOYS. Therefore, it is a film about gay cowboys. A gay cowboy movie.
And I'm damn proud of that fact.
Summary of new Goblet of Fire trailer. They switched the school names at the beginning, but I swear more than half of this stuff was NOT in the books. I really don't like Newell. I MISS CUARON.
BASTARDS! Putting Chris out before Laura?! BASTARDS AUSTRALIA!!! SHAME!!!
Augh.
I took notes at the Joss Serenity screening (like my Peter Jackson notes) and I'll write them up later today. Right now I'm thoroughly dead, so I'm gonna go sit in front of the TV and veg out. Will have more news and such later as well.
Is it gay cowboy month yet?
Green Queen
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