Quiet Weekend...

[major_kerina]

Slowly working on some writing. Catching up on things.

I have one particular note.

My Fair Lady is a pile of crap.

The music is nice, the actors are great, but the tropes are just revolting to me. Ugggggggh. *throws the disk away*

I mean my gosh...there are scenes where I'm expecting someone to note how ridiculous this is...especially the rich people all in the same color scenes. There's some sign as to the commentary and it's an interesting film but where it goes and ends up...I need more of a satirical bend to stomach it.

Also, I can see how the douche at the center inspired Stewie in Family Guy. What a big baby...

I like Fringe however...fourth episode especially. Despite all the weirdness...the characters kick complete ass. I'd say the characters are (two-thirds of them) much more interesting than where X-Files was at the end of season one. The female character at the center feels so...dull and unexplored. There is a trauma in her life and it's interesting...but at this point she's so vanilla...and such a neutral observer...that I think she could be half-robot @_@. The characters surrounding her are so much more interesting. Hopefully the rest of the season will make things much more interesting.

All that said "The Observer" (aka the absolutely bald guy who always watches weird things happen and who feels like an alien) is quite intriguing.

Comments

[jaimehlers.livejournal.com]

You do have to remember, My Fair Lady is 43 years old. Assuming you're referring to the one I'm thinking of. Yes, the tropes are stupid, but it was written back in a time where that sort of thing wasn't considered especially odd. Back when people weren't considered to be 'real' if they didn't have money or power or something.

[major-kerina.livejournal.com]

It was the 60's @_@...older films had more feminism...JFK died during filming.

[major-kerina.livejournal.com]

I've heard subsequent plays have done better with the horrible ending.

This is a film that needs a good remake...

[jaimehlers.livejournal.com]

Well, it was originally based off of a play called Pygmalion, written in 1913. And it was first made into a musical which was debuted in 1956. Most plays which get turned into movies tend to lose some of their nuances, too.

[anna-wren.livejournal.com]

Kerina.... don't you remember the original ending to Pygmalion? or the fact the author of the story DENOUNCED the bullshit ending to My fair Lady?

I rather liked the story, I hate the movie :p

[jaimehlers.livejournal.com]

You know, it's been so long since I've seen "My Fair Lady" that I don't really remember how the ending went.

[anna-wren.livejournal.com]

Yes, they did, also rascism sprung back up greatly in those years.
Historically speaking, the generations or two after great revolutions get a pendulum effect and a big revolt against the social changes.

Hell, the first colored person to play Basketball professionally in the USA was a Japanese man, and this was during WW2 o.o

[allieflowlight.livejournal.com]

My Fair Lady is a pile of crap.

You are sooooo right. Cue standard "I thought it was just me" response.