tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8135831652588112368..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: TV Is A Feminist Issue!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-53769907781438347272013-08-29T05:33:53.637+01:002013-08-29T05:33:53.637+01:00"Women loved Gene hunt, and saw Sam Tyler as ...<i>"Women loved Gene hunt, and saw Sam Tyler as a wet complete waste of space."</i> <br /><br />Heh! Very true.<br /><br /><i>"Based on that criteria "Band of Brothers" must be the worst television show ever produced. "</i> <br /><br />Oh, indeed. And look how well it did.<br /><br /><i>"I suspect she doesn't want one of 'her shows', she actually wants one of 'our' shows. To inject a break into that long boring car chase to stop off at Albuquerque's Coronado Mall to pick out some curtains."</i> <br /><br />For the equality!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91584021772922126482013-08-29T05:32:10.382+01:002013-08-29T05:32:10.382+01:00"My son watched the opening episode of 'T...<i>"My son watched the opening episode of 'Top of the Lake'. He said he was bored stiff after 10 minutes."</i> <br /><br />I thought it was dreadful (albeit beautifully shot), but I had to watch to see the end. Feel I wasted 4 hours of my life.<br /><br /><i>"Perhaps some of her angst could be directed towards their cause rather than some perceived inequalty on the Idiot lantern."</i> <br /><br />I can only imagine the depths of vacuousness hat a column on geopolitical conflict would bring...<br /><br /><i>"Yep, wimmins to a tee!"</i> <br /><br />But you wouldn't have us any other way, right? ;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-50693711098441885682013-08-27T11:24:57.916+01:002013-08-27T11:24:57.916+01:00It is the smug cow's arrogance that gets you--...It is the smug cow's arrogance that gets you--a show that doesn't exclude wimmin (nor kiss their arses) but might be of more interest to men--how dare they etc etc?.M r Ecksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16521531957719236042013-08-27T10:24:55.808+01:002013-08-27T10:24:55.808+01:00Rebecca Nicholson is a tit.
It's probably tru...Rebecca Nicholson is a tit.<br /><br />It's probably true that TV execs will green light shows that follow well-trod and proven formats. But not always.<br /><br />Has Bec's never seen Lynda La Plante's Widows? Or Prisoner Cell-Block H? Or ITV's Loose Women?<br /><br />I suspect she doesn't want one of 'her shows', she actually wants one of 'our' shows. To inject a break into that long boring car chase to stop off at Albuquerque's Coronado Mall to pick out some curtains.John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-19698545615480590522013-08-27T08:27:19.482+01:002013-08-27T08:27:19.482+01:00"..perhaps it is time to start applying the f..."..perhaps it is time to start applying the film-focused Bechdel test here, too. To pass, a show must have at least two women in it, who talk to each other, about something besides a man."<br /><br />Based on that criteria "Band of Brothers" must be the worst television show ever produced. <br /><br />(The only female character that actually had any lines was the Belgian nurse at Bastogne. And that was, maybe, 2 or 3 minutes of screen time.)DavefromTacomanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24921822391469826582013-08-26T18:44:41.848+01:002013-08-26T18:44:41.848+01:00She can always commission a remake. She can call ...She can always commission a remake. She can call it Breaking Balls.Lynne at Counting Catshttp://www.countingcats.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29334186668737917752013-08-26T16:42:45.735+01:002013-08-26T16:42:45.735+01:00Silly tart!Silly tart!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-31637394622322553542013-08-26T16:05:55.293+01:002013-08-26T16:05:55.293+01:00"The Sweeney", I remember in "Life ..."The Sweeney", I remember in "Life on Mars" that the character Gene Hunt was originally the knuckle dragging anti-hero, with the character Sam Tyler as the modern hero.<br />Women loved Gene hunt, and saw Sam Tyler as a wet complete waste of space.Budvarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411709142357622721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-63428182627867110442013-08-26T14:34:12.887+01:002013-08-26T14:34:12.887+01:00I've found 'Justified' to present a go...I've found 'Justified' to present a good view of wimmin. You know, his ex on/off wife? She lays down the law that she accepts him for what he is and does - then leaves him because ... Then there's the 'I can take all that but I can't take the silence and walking away' - who then doesn't say anything and ...<br /><br />Yep, wimmins to a tee!Ablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109723804885979128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-57079829270854689762013-08-26T12:44:51.492+01:002013-08-26T12:44:51.492+01:00What an utterly vacuous piece that is, I ended up ...What an utterly vacuous piece that is, I ended up skipping on to the comments before getting to the end of it I'm afraid. Many of the comments follow her line - birds of a feather and all that - with a few in scathing opposition, who will no doubt be instantly labelled as fascists. <br /><br />If she's really concerned about women, there are many in Syria who's already shitty lives are about to get a whole lot worse. Perhaps some of her angst could be directed towards <i> their </i> cause rather than some perceived inequalty on the Idiot lantern.<br /><br />I'm all for equality and equal opportunities, but this is just self-serving bollocks from a wannabe media twit.Fidel Cuntstrucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-54365547669683569002013-08-26T12:14:26.565+01:002013-08-26T12:14:26.565+01:00My son watched the opening episode of 'Top of ...My son watched the opening episode of 'Top of the Lake'. He said he was bored stiff after 10 minutes. But that's the kind of dreary, earnest crap that Lefties love.<br /><br />We've come a long way (downwards) from 'The Sweeney'. Greencoatnoreply@blogger.com