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May. 13th, 2012 11:32 pmSo I'm writing this scene for Bad Moon Rising chapter 4 -- although it might end up being 5, since I'm thinking about going back and filling out the beginning because I like the cliffhanger the scene ends on and I have an interlude chapter with Anakin that I could use -- and it's one of those scenes that's a little hard to write because it has the following elements: multiple characters, fighting, and escape/finding an escape route. ( Read more... )
Anyway, if anyone is interested in listening to me talk about lady!Obi-Wan and her hijinks with Anakin (and sometimes Padme) and having bits of fic thrown at them, let me know?
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So today I rewatched The Phantom, which remains one of my favorite superhero movies of all time despite the fact that it is, on rewatch, kind of problematic and definitely ridiculous and wacky (but in a really good way!). Plus it's set in the 1930s, so there's a lot of costume porn (and I'm not talking about the Phantom's skin-tight purple uniform, because wtf is that even?). I love movies set in the 1930s, like Indiana Jones and The Mummy, it's like that perfect blend of modern and not-quite-there. Plus, you get to have plane chases and horseback chases and car chases -- all in the same chase.
One reason I love The Phantom is because it has two really awesome ladies: Diana Palmer, the love interest, who throws a mean right hook and knows how to elbow people violently in the face and sword fight and is a snappy dresser; and Sala, who is, wait for it and I wouldn't make this up, the captain of a band of all-female air pirates. ALL-FEMALE AIR PIRATES, GUYS. (I mean, there's the obligatory scene where the Phantom catches them in the locker room, but then one of them shoots at him and he jumps down the laundry shaft, but then they never show up again. Alas.) I love Sala, she's so badass, and -- wait for it -- this movie actually passes the Bechdel Test. I like to think that afterwards Sala tries to recruit Diana to join her merry band, or maybe just make out a bit.
And have I mentioned the wacky? It is delightfully wacky. It is so wacky I cannot spoil the ~twist, because you need to experience that ridiculousness for yourself, but I love it, really, I do. Plus, it's from 1996 and you get to see BABY BILLY ZANE playing the Phantom. Apparently they're making a reboot; I hope that they don't change the setting because I really don't think you can get away with having that origin story any time but the 1930s. But maybe we're no longer in the period where we can make thrilling adventure movies set in the 1930s, since lately it's been all 1950s or modern age and gloom and doom. (HE HAS NO MANPAIN, GUYS. When was the last time you saw a superhero without manpain? Instead of manpain, he has the ghost of his dead father, a white horse, and A GODDAMN WOLF. Also a lair shaped like a skull, because he Bruce Wayne-d before Bruce Wayne. But in the jungle. And he carries guns, though apparently not extra ammo, because SKINTIGHT PURPLE SUIT.)
Also I kind of want the story where the Phantom and Captain America meet up, I think that they might just cross paths in the 1940s, and then in the modern timeline the 23rd or 24th Phantom can team up with the Avengers! I think he and the Black Widow would get along.
(Also according to the trivia on IMDB, Billy Zane was actually really into the comics and specifically worked to get the character's trademark poses into the film -- which would explain a lot -- and also would go down to the store during filming in his costume.)
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Speaking of: I finally saw The Avengers. IT WAS AMAZING. But you don't need me to tell you that, since I am pretty much the last person in fandom to see it. THE GODDAMN BLACK WIDOW, GUYS.
Anyway, if anyone is interested in listening to me talk about lady!Obi-Wan and her hijinks with Anakin (and sometimes Padme) and having bits of fic thrown at them, let me know?
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So today I rewatched The Phantom, which remains one of my favorite superhero movies of all time despite the fact that it is, on rewatch, kind of problematic and definitely ridiculous and wacky (but in a really good way!). Plus it's set in the 1930s, so there's a lot of costume porn (and I'm not talking about the Phantom's skin-tight purple uniform, because wtf is that even?). I love movies set in the 1930s, like Indiana Jones and The Mummy, it's like that perfect blend of modern and not-quite-there. Plus, you get to have plane chases and horseback chases and car chases -- all in the same chase.
One reason I love The Phantom is because it has two really awesome ladies: Diana Palmer, the love interest, who throws a mean right hook and knows how to elbow people violently in the face and sword fight and is a snappy dresser; and Sala, who is, wait for it and I wouldn't make this up, the captain of a band of all-female air pirates. ALL-FEMALE AIR PIRATES, GUYS. (I mean, there's the obligatory scene where the Phantom catches them in the locker room, but then one of them shoots at him and he jumps down the laundry shaft, but then they never show up again. Alas.) I love Sala, she's so badass, and -- wait for it -- this movie actually passes the Bechdel Test. I like to think that afterwards Sala tries to recruit Diana to join her merry band, or maybe just make out a bit.
And have I mentioned the wacky? It is delightfully wacky. It is so wacky I cannot spoil the ~twist, because you need to experience that ridiculousness for yourself, but I love it, really, I do. Plus, it's from 1996 and you get to see BABY BILLY ZANE playing the Phantom. Apparently they're making a reboot; I hope that they don't change the setting because I really don't think you can get away with having that origin story any time but the 1930s. But maybe we're no longer in the period where we can make thrilling adventure movies set in the 1930s, since lately it's been all 1950s or modern age and gloom and doom. (HE HAS NO MANPAIN, GUYS. When was the last time you saw a superhero without manpain? Instead of manpain, he has the ghost of his dead father, a white horse, and A GODDAMN WOLF. Also a lair shaped like a skull, because he Bruce Wayne-d before Bruce Wayne. But in the jungle. And he carries guns, though apparently not extra ammo, because SKINTIGHT PURPLE SUIT.)
Also I kind of want the story where the Phantom and Captain America meet up, I think that they might just cross paths in the 1940s, and then in the modern timeline the 23rd or 24th Phantom can team up with the Avengers! I think he and the Black Widow would get along.
(Also according to the trivia on IMDB, Billy Zane was actually really into the comics and specifically worked to get the character's trademark poses into the film -- which would explain a lot -- and also would go down to the store during filming in his costume.)
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Speaking of: I finally saw The Avengers. IT WAS AMAZING. But you don't need me to tell you that, since I am pretty much the last person in fandom to see it. THE GODDAMN BLACK WIDOW, GUYS.