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It is rather fitting, I think, that right after I've ordered tickets for V for Vendetta I find wank for the same on fandom_wank.

V is a terrorist!

Just for the record? I think V is a terrorist. A person who creates fear in others in order to get his or her way is a terrorist. But that means that a number of people who we call "Freedom Fighters" are also terrorists. V attacks a corrupt and oppressive government, and avoids killing innocents. It's a question of desperate times = equal desperate measures. But I still prefer Evey's non-killing approach.

To quote Wolverine (of all people, but this was when he wasn't horribly overused) in Secret War: "Terrorists --! That's what the big army calls the little army!"

Nobody says that in mainstream comic books anymore.

In other news: Look! Look! I'm finally mastering HTML-formatting! Next point on the agenda: actually getting an icon. Or maybe an image post. Or learning how to link to one specific comment (see below).

Hmmm. Am I a terrorist if I terrorize the readers of my journal with this person's icon?

What is it with the Fantastic Four and rulers of countries?

Victor von Doom is the ruler/dictator of Latveria.
Namor is ruler of Atlantis.
Annihilus was tyrant of some place in the Negative Zone.
And T'Challa, king of Wakanda, aka Black Panther, first showed up in FF#52 as an adversary (but it was implied that he was a lot more than a villain and quickly joined the Avengers and stuff. Just for the record, he showed up just a few months before the Civil Rights group by the same name).

This leads me to think that Reed Richards should run for President of the United States.

Vaguely related: I really wouldn't mind a Black Panther movie.

...I just know they're going to butcher Cyclops' character.

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Current Mood: bitchy

I'm supposed to be writing on my BA paper right now. Instead, my thought go everywhere.

I can't be the only person who wants a costumed superhero/villain who hits people with a baseball bat and calls himself the "Bat-man", can I?

Yes. I bought the Fantastic Four movie (before my recent vow to spend less). I've watched it several times. I enjoyed it. Does this make me a bad Marvel Fangirl?

Anyway, I was thinking: their uniforms are impervious to heat/turn invisible/stretch because they were exposed to the same radioactive energy as them, right? But they were wearing some suits over them that didn't react (as far as I know). I put this down to the unstable molecules in the suits.

Does this mean that they also have unstable molecule underwear (which was exposed to that yet unidentified radioactive energy), or do they go without?

I have this mental vision of Reed making unstable molecule underwear and throwing it into the machine he made to recreate the storm.

Warning: this is an audio flash file. Do not watch unless you have the speakers on and are alone. Also, do not watch while drinking or eating.

And comment on this, dammit.

http://pip.rubberfeet.org/stuff/ducks.html

Current Mood: giddy

Well, I finished my exams Friday the second, and have since then alternately been very lazy and very busy. Last Friday, Solveig and I did the pepperkaker, and this Friday Hilde, Elisabeth and Tonje are coming over for the snudder and sandkaker. Today, I tried a recipe I saw on God Morgen, Norge, and I baked lussekatter because today is Santa Lucia day. Yesterday I scrubbed all the doors in the house and cleaned out some of the kitchen cupboards. Tomorrow, I will scrub the walls in the bathroom - unless I go Christmas Shopping. I have also washed the windows.

Remind me, again, why I volunteered for the Christmas cleaning?

But it's kind of fun, too. I get to listen a lot to the radio while I'm in the kitchen. Right now, it's Sami radio, which is fun to listen to, but I can't understand a word (hence my taking a break).

Thanks to scans_daily, I now have a new obsession, a manga called Saiyuki. I've ordered it on Outland (formerly known as Avalon, formerly known as Valhall), but couldn't wait, so I downloaded it image for small, poorly translated image on the net. I think I'm going to save it all to a disc and give it to Elisabeth for Christmas. (I feel safe writing this here, because she isn't even aware I have a livejournal). Cheap, but damn, it was a lot of work.

I also intend to buy the thing when Outland gets it, because like I said, the translation is poor (while the official Tokyopop one is very good), and I like having a hard copy. Besides, it's so much mirroring in Saiyuki that I look forward to really study it.

For those wondering what the heck I'm talking about, here are some analyses:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/manga_talk/2528.html
http://www.livejournal.com/users/telophase/90883.html

Using this definition from Wikipedia, it becomes clear beyond a doubt that I am a geek. However, the neutrality of the article is in dispute, although, since it's one of many definitions, and I chose it, it is also apparent that I am biased. I like being a geek.

A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream. This could be due to the intensity, depth, or subject of their interest.

I need a "Geeks have more fun" T-shirt.

I don't write often in this thing, do I? I don't really have anything to say now, either. I'm writing to say that I don't write often. Heh.

It's been a while since I wrote. I wanted to write on my birthday (14 of April), but didn't. Oh, well. I turned 21, and not much else happened.

I'm studying semi-hard for my English exam. I try to put in a lot of reading and then some breaks, and so far, I think it's working. I suddenly know a lot more about phonology than I did before I started. I hope it'll go okay. (Note to self: Write the teacher an e-mail and ask about set-up for exam answers.)

I went to see Kingdom of Heaven with Hilde yesterday, and this is what I thought:

Although it was horribly historically incorrect, I thought it was quite good.

What was historically incorrect? Well, for one thing, Guy de Lusignan was never a Templar. By all accounts, he and Sibylla had a rather good marriage. The throne passed to their son after the King died, not directly to Guy. And even if you ignore that King Baldwin should be dead when this movie took place, he should at least be blind and lack both arms and legs. Balian and Sibylla most likely never had a relationship, partly, I'm sure, because Balian's wife and child were very much alive.

I'm really quite upset about how the Templars were portrayed. They pretty much kept the peace before Reynald de Chatillon became their leader. Here, they were just fanatics.

What strikes me about Orlando Bloom is that he's actually a pretty good actor, as long as he doesn't talk. Here, he managed to say a lot in the beginning with just his eyes and the hammer striking steel, but once he starts talking with his voice, the performance drops a few degrees.

Eva Green didn't get to show off much. Her scenes were apparently edited out so much, and the character suffered for it.

However (excuse my bout of fangirlishness): Sid (Alexander Siddig/Siddig el Fadil) had a pretty big role! And he was good!

Ghassan Massoud (Saladin) was fantastic. He did credit to the character.

In fact, there were solid performances all over, except Bloom when he was talking and Green towards the end.

Recommended - but don't expect a historically correct account. That would really be too much to ask for a two-and-a-half hour movie - the situation was far too complex. A six-part TV series, perhaps.

And now for the scary news: I cut my hair today. One decade of having hair down to the middle of my back, and I cut it so it only reaches my chin. This is definitely going to take some getting used to. I hope Kjersti doesn't read this - I want to see her face when she comes home from Wales and sees me. (Meh, I doubt she reads it.)

Peace out.

Strange, isn't it, that one of the best TV shows made in Norway recently is one about the Norwegian language?

Today, I was practically laughing my ass off. Apparently, most people who study Norwegian at the University in Rome do so because they are fans of Norwegian black metal.

Hearing a group of black-clad Italians sing "Mellom bakkar og berg" just made my day.

Peace out.

Current Mood: ecstatic

Today, 8th of March, is the Women's day here in Norway. I don't know how it is elsewhere in the world, but we have it here.

On this day, the local newspaper BA had, on the front page, A guide to single women to locate single men.

http://www.ba.no/nyheter/article1493168.ece

EXCUSE ME!?!? Is this what they think we want to see!? It might not have been meant in any harmful way, but it sure angered me. As if society isn't couple-fixated enough as it is; do we really need this on Women's Day, where we really should focus on how women can manage without a man? I'm not saying that it's wrong to have a man in your life, I'm just saying that it's wrong to focus so much on it, because it creates the image that a single woman is an incomplete woman.

So I'll finish with my favourite quote about feminism:

"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what a feminist is, I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat."
-- Rebecca West

I said SFX #164; it was, of course, #125. Mistake.

I have spent a lot of time lately on a site called "Godawful Fanfiction". If you're tired of badfics, this is the place to complain. http://www.godawful.net/forums/

Hei, Eirik og Hilde, hvis dere leser dette: Jeg har kakebakedag på fredag, og dere er velkommen. Solveig kommer sannsynligvis også, og Kjersti kommer hjem seinere på kvelden, hvis noen kan bli så lenge.

Eirik, du kommer hjem i morgen, sant? Ring meg når du har tid og er kommet over jet-lagen.

I have lots to do today.

Todays quote: "When you've had your fill of slash, gen, and 'ship fiction (fanfic terms for various character enganglements), when you groan at the arrival of each new "Mary Sue" (a ludicrously empowered author proxy), when you find yourself wishing every story you read had been beta-ed (i.e. edited), then it's time to visit Godawful Fan Fiction, where the worst fan fiction on the Web is filleted with the hot knife of peer criticism." - The New York Times Book Review

Current Mood: busy

It's typical. I go to visit my sister in Wales, and my camera stops working, so I can't take any pictures.

I'm 99% percent certain I will fail one of my exams.

Geek rant of the day:
I love Star Trek: Deep Space 9. I ove the fact that what happens in one episode affects later episodes. I think the Original Series have most of the best episodes, but it feels more like a collection of unrelated stories than a series. I've only seen one season of The Next Generation, and it was boring - I hear it becomes better after a while. I haven't really seen enough Voyager to judge, and I haven't seen anything of Enterprise - but from what I've read, I'm not sure I want to.

But I read a brilliant interview in SFX #164 with Jolene Blalock, who plays T'Pol, where she rants about continuity errors. And she thinks season four will actually be good - and the last. So maybe...

Today's quote: "You can't substitute tits and ass for good storytelling!" Thank you, Jolene.