Comments on: Virtuality http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/29/virtuality/ "Your mother was a cash register!" - Louise Baltimore Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/29/virtuality/comment-page-1/#comment-33808 Robin Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:17:22 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6944#comment-33808 <i>"That airlock scene was, indeed, a very long sixty seconds."</i> I might've believed sixty seconds if it were a pinprick hole in the hull or a faulty seal, but having the airlock door gaping open wide enough for a person to be wedged in would have evacuated that little space in the span of a few seconds or less. I can only suspend my disbelief so far. This scene would require me to hang it in a hammock over the Grand Canyon. <i>"Because, I guess you can't be tough unless you've been raped. Yes, that's sarcasm."</i> I'm getting rather irked by the Hollywood mindset that women who aren't traditionally girly must have had their girliness taken from them in some traumatic way. Why can't a chick just like to hit people, build things, or blow stuff up because it's fun? Oh what I wouldn't give for first-season Kara Thrace. She is, perhaps, my favoritest tough girl ever. "That airlock scene was, indeed, a very long sixty seconds."

I might've believed sixty seconds if it were a pinprick hole in the hull or a faulty seal, but having the airlock door gaping open wide enough for a person to be wedged in would have evacuated that little space in the span of a few seconds or less. I can only suspend my disbelief so far. This scene would require me to hang it in a hammock over the Grand Canyon.

"Because, I guess you can't be tough unless you've been raped. Yes, that's sarcasm."

I'm getting rather irked by the Hollywood mindset that women who aren't traditionally girly must have had their girliness taken from them in some traumatic way. Why can't a chick just like to hit people, build things, or blow stuff up because it's fun? Oh what I wouldn't give for first-season Kara Thrace. She is, perhaps, my favoritest tough girl ever.

]]> By: AlphaGirl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/29/virtuality/comment-page-1/#comment-33800 AlphaGirl Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:41:18 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6944#comment-33800 That airlock scene was, indeed, a very long sixty seconds. When I realized what was about to happen to Doe Eyed Girl, I thought, <i>Do they have to take there this soon?</i> Then with Clea's character's admission during their heart to heart, it was like, <i>Does the toughest girl on the ship <b>have</b> to be a rape victim?</i> Because, I guess you can't be tough unless you've been raped. Yes, that's sarcasm. That airlock scene was, indeed, a very long sixty seconds. When I realized what was about to happen to Doe Eyed Girl, I thought, Do they have to take there this soon? Then with Clea's character's admission during their heart to heart, it was like, Does the toughest girl on the ship have to be a rape victim? Because, I guess you can't be tough unless you've been raped. Yes, that's sarcasm.

]]> By: Robin http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/29/virtuality/comment-page-1/#comment-33790 Robin Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:35:13 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6944#comment-33790 While it has some interesting bits, <i>Virtuality</i> hasn't quite won me over yet. The overall concept and interpersonal relationships, for example, are pretty good. I love Clea DuVall and everything she does. In fact, the whole cast was pretty good, acting-wise. And I like that Fox has enough of a sense of humor to poke fun at its own type of reality shows. Really, the only things that stick in my craw are: a) the bad bad horrible science of the airlock scene. I can kind of forgive them because he did <i>eventually</i> die, but it woud've been damn near instantaneous in reality, not several minutes worth of yelling and scrambling. b) the reliance on "Oh my god! He's a bad guy! Look how bad! He's raping the pretty, young, doe-eyed girl! That's so <i>eevol</i>!" Don't get me wrong, I'm very against rape. I'm also against the cliche of using it to illustrate the villainy of your (presumably) long-term villain in the pilot episode (I prefer my bad guys a little more subtle than that), and the cliche of having horrible things happen to the pretty, young, doe-eyed girl. (Being a <i>Buffy</i> fan, I'm also against the cliche of the pretty, young, doe-eyed girl being helpless, but that's a different issue entirely.) If it does go to series, I hope they can be a little better at checking their physics facts and not be so heavy-handed with the virtual villain. Then I think it'll be good enough to watch every week. While it has some interesting bits, Virtuality hasn't quite won me over yet. The overall concept and interpersonal relationships, for example, are pretty good. I love Clea DuVall and everything she does. In fact, the whole cast was pretty good, acting-wise. And I like that Fox has enough of a sense of humor to poke fun at its own type of reality shows. Really, the only things that stick in my craw are:

a) the bad bad horrible science of the airlock scene. I can kind of forgive them because he did eventually die, but it woud've been damn near instantaneous in reality, not several minutes worth of yelling and scrambling.

b) the reliance on "Oh my god! He's a bad guy! Look how bad! He's raping the pretty, young, doe-eyed girl! That's so eevol!" Don't get me wrong, I'm very against rape. I'm also against the cliche of using it to illustrate the villainy of your (presumably) long-term villain in the pilot episode (I prefer my bad guys a little more subtle than that), and the cliche of having horrible things happen to the pretty, young, doe-eyed girl. (Being a Buffy fan, I'm also against the cliche of the pretty, young, doe-eyed girl being helpless, but that's a different issue entirely.)

If it does go to series, I hope they can be a little better at checking their physics facts and not be so heavy-handed with the virtual villain. Then I think it'll be good enough to watch every week.

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