FINALLY, free things thanks to my boobies
May. 15th, 2011 11:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
croikYesterday I went to the Motor City Comic Con with my sis and her new ~male friend~ oooooohhhhh. Was gonna get an autograph from Betsy Russell but I forgot my DVD case and I didn't want to pay $30 for a signed picture of her busting out of a tanktop (SORRY, TOTALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN WORTH IT FOR COSTAS, THO, NOM NOM NOM). So instead I bought two Resident Evil shirts (one Umbrella Corps and one green herb that is going to be mistaken for pot) and saw some cosplay (there was an RE group including Hunk, some storm troopers of course, some Star Fleet, Rita from Power Rangers, and a tween dressed as Ciel in drag) And then while I was trying to buy Robo Geisha, Ichi The Killer, and the Gantz live action movie, I had an interesting exchange with the booth owner.
At first I thought he was just staring at my boobs, but then he asked, "You a Trigun fan?" and I realized, oh right, that's where the Trigun logo on my shirt is. So of course I said, "Oh yeah, I love Trigun," to which he replied, "How much?"
Which was like...uhhhhhhh what?? We started talking about the lately released movie and he showed me they had a bootleg. Then he gave me a discount on the movies I was already buying and gave me the movie for free! Haven't watched it yet so I dunno if it's a handcam or something (it didn't even have box art, lol) but I'll probably get a real version if it comes out here anyway. But still, it was rather unexpected! Gotta wear my Trigun shirt more often!?
After the con we went to see THOR. I enjoyed it (especially enjoyed the mancandy) and especially liked Loki, like the rest of LJ. Noms. But there was something about it that seemed a little... juvenile? Not like fart jokes but like the writers had no idea what to do with certain parts. And the ending pissed me off.
Like first of all, Thor's friends. Did they accomplish ANYTHING for the film? Sif stabs the destroyer-thing and that's it, everyone flees? I know Thor is *supposed* to be that much stronger than the rest of them but they might as well have not even been in the film. And when they get back to Asgard it takes all four of them to take care of Heimdall while Thor goes in alone? And none of them show back up even when Thor gets blasted out a window?? They could have at least shown Loki put up a force field or something??
Then you have Thor and Jane, least convincing romance ever. Tell me Jane would have given two shits if he wasn't the hottest mofo in a tristate area to her. Their entire "courtship" consisted of her blushing over his RIPPNESS and him...somehow...finding her kind of cute maybe...!? I dunno, it kind of made sense for Jane to be swept off her feet by a superhottie, but they didn't really show what Jane had to offer Thor that he found so attractive. His whole revelation of "Ok now I am good and empathetic and self-sacrificing" just seemed to come out of nowhere because we all knew it had to happen, but they didn't do much to justify it.
And wtf was up with Coulson, he was kind of a jerk.
But it was the ending that really annoyed me: Thor's whole "I could never be a wiser king or a better father than you!" OH REALLY? So you think it's totally cool to kidnap babies, lie to them, raise them to be bitter and jealous and powerful, and then when it's time to face the music of your own poor parenting, go to sleep and only wake up when the son you always loved better anyway needs help? Being a great dad is letting your son believe all his life that he means less to you than his brother, and then proving him right by using him as a life lesson for said brother to overcome? And for that matter, being a good mother is telling your adopted son "Oh yes we loved you a lot, sure, but I can't wait until your brother comes back to be king instead of you!"
Not to excuse Loki trying to kill Thor and everything, but Odin didn't even have the courage to make a choice: whether to punish Loki, or forgive him, or kill him. He just stood back and let Loki go. THUS, SUPERVILLAIN. Christ for being all-seeing he's pretty dim.
But all is forgiven because Loki looked awesome in his Earth clothes <3
And speaking of juvenile afterwards TK and I came home and watched Green Hornet <3 It was actually pretty interesting to hear from Rogen and...the other writer, whoever that was, talk about how they wanted to make a hero movie that was all about insecurity and jealousy, traits normally reserved for villains (Loki??). Also appreciated how they recognized that in most hero movies the female characters are unimportant except to be saved and the romances are underdeveloped and unnecessary (Jane!?) and that's why they wanted heros that had no idea what to do if not for Lenore. Interesting to see the two movies back to back, that's for sure.
At first I thought he was just staring at my boobs, but then he asked, "You a Trigun fan?" and I realized, oh right, that's where the Trigun logo on my shirt is. So of course I said, "Oh yeah, I love Trigun," to which he replied, "How much?"
Which was like...uhhhhhhh what?? We started talking about the lately released movie and he showed me they had a bootleg. Then he gave me a discount on the movies I was already buying and gave me the movie for free! Haven't watched it yet so I dunno if it's a handcam or something (it didn't even have box art, lol) but I'll probably get a real version if it comes out here anyway. But still, it was rather unexpected! Gotta wear my Trigun shirt more often!?
After the con we went to see THOR. I enjoyed it (especially enjoyed the mancandy) and especially liked Loki, like the rest of LJ. Noms. But there was something about it that seemed a little... juvenile? Not like fart jokes but like the writers had no idea what to do with certain parts. And the ending pissed me off.
Like first of all, Thor's friends. Did they accomplish ANYTHING for the film? Sif stabs the destroyer-thing and that's it, everyone flees? I know Thor is *supposed* to be that much stronger than the rest of them but they might as well have not even been in the film. And when they get back to Asgard it takes all four of them to take care of Heimdall while Thor goes in alone? And none of them show back up even when Thor gets blasted out a window?? They could have at least shown Loki put up a force field or something??
Then you have Thor and Jane, least convincing romance ever. Tell me Jane would have given two shits if he wasn't the hottest mofo in a tristate area to her. Their entire "courtship" consisted of her blushing over his RIPPNESS and him...somehow...finding her kind of cute maybe...!? I dunno, it kind of made sense for Jane to be swept off her feet by a superhottie, but they didn't really show what Jane had to offer Thor that he found so attractive. His whole revelation of "Ok now I am good and empathetic and self-sacrificing" just seemed to come out of nowhere because we all knew it had to happen, but they didn't do much to justify it.
And wtf was up with Coulson, he was kind of a jerk.
But it was the ending that really annoyed me: Thor's whole "I could never be a wiser king or a better father than you!" OH REALLY? So you think it's totally cool to kidnap babies, lie to them, raise them to be bitter and jealous and powerful, and then when it's time to face the music of your own poor parenting, go to sleep and only wake up when the son you always loved better anyway needs help? Being a great dad is letting your son believe all his life that he means less to you than his brother, and then proving him right by using him as a life lesson for said brother to overcome? And for that matter, being a good mother is telling your adopted son "Oh yes we loved you a lot, sure, but I can't wait until your brother comes back to be king instead of you!"
Not to excuse Loki trying to kill Thor and everything, but Odin didn't even have the courage to make a choice: whether to punish Loki, or forgive him, or kill him. He just stood back and let Loki go. THUS, SUPERVILLAIN. Christ for being all-seeing he's pretty dim.
But all is forgiven because Loki looked awesome in his Earth clothes <3
And speaking of juvenile afterwards TK and I came home and watched Green Hornet <3 It was actually pretty interesting to hear from Rogen and...the other writer, whoever that was, talk about how they wanted to make a hero movie that was all about insecurity and jealousy, traits normally reserved for villains (Loki??). Also appreciated how they recognized that in most hero movies the female characters are unimportant except to be saved and the romances are underdeveloped and unnecessary (Jane!?) and that's why they wanted heros that had no idea what to do if not for Lenore. Interesting to see the two movies back to back, that's for sure.
