The Discriminating Fangirl - Latest Comments

Re: Review: Secrets of the Demon by Diana Rowland

cerulean — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:14:23 -0000

Have you seen the cover art for the fourth book? It made the third book look positively gorgeous. I was a fan of the Bantam covers for the first 2 books, too, and bought the paperbacks. With the fourth book (tentacles, what the...) I could barely check it out from the library without feeling like I was being judged for reading Japanese tentacle hentai. Uggggh.

Re: Marvel’s The Avengers and the Female Gaze

Dschuleila — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:25:53 -0000

Hey, first I like to say, your review is really great. Altought I am a Gender Studies student, I did not really care for roles in Avengers when I first saw it. I watched it in the first place because I like comics and superhero movies (and thouse funny dialoges!). I mean a superhero movie is a superhero movie, because some strong men/ sexy women struggle to save the world. Maybe a superhero movie would not be a superhero movie if something like that was missing. Who would have watched avengers if all the heroes were just normal people and the heroines ugly?

Re: “Game of Thrones”: Ask Emily

H2343266 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:30:44 -0000

Is jovrey a bastard ?

Re: Review: Being Human (UK) – “Though the Heavens Fall”

Jmasta — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:06:10 -0000

I thought warewolves can only be killed with silver knives or bullets. How come Mcnair got killed with an ordinary knife and only one stab while Herrick made it the next day without a scratch?

Re: Man Candy: Marton Csokas

Naiasf — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:34:06 -0000

I can agree more with you: he is gorgeous! Do you have any new piccies to share?

Re: Review: Eat Me! by Xanthe Milton

Toad393 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:58:51 -0000

I want to take a look at the book.

Re: The Discriminating Fangirl is retiring!

azteclady — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:42:41 -0000

I am very sorry to read this--but grateful that you will still be around on the web. Thank you for all the good times, past and to come.

Re: The Discriminating Fangirl is retiring!

Renee Burton — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:46:07 -0000

Aw. I'm sorry to hear that. I will be following you over to your new blog. :) I always like to see what you're up to. I'll just say it: I'm your stalker. :P Good luck with the new blog!

Re: Review: Being Human (US) – “You’re the One That I Haunt”

Syd Luna — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:25:54 -0000

I know this page is pretty old, but I did not know the show until this year. Ironically I found it the day it marathoned season 1 before premiering season 2.

I can understand that knowing the original British version first could case you to favor it. My mom expressed the same concern to me a few days ago. She enjoyed the first three seasons of the British version and when I suggested that she try to watch the US she expressed a fear that she would not be able to enjoy it much with the differences.

I happen to prefer the US version and while it's first season did use the basic storylines from the original British it added more depth and character back story.
This happens to be one of my top favorite episodes and I disagree that it was an exact copy of the British.
George and Nina did not get pregnant before they were BOTH wolves and Mitchell/Josie had NO back story and I personally believe not as much passion between them.

As for the growth of Nora's baby, yeah not sure about that but I believe it was half wolf. Josh has the condition inside him, it's in his blood even in human form. Otherwise I don't think he should PMS before the moon (lol). I do however theorize that she miscarried at the exact same time Josh was transforming (which is the next ep sorry), because the baby begun to change as well and Nora's body couldn't handle it. It does become clear in the next season that unlike we recently find out in the British 4th season, purebred werewolves ARE possible in this version. The fast growth might be because it was developing on dog time. Dogs get older faster than people.

Re: Getting Back on Track

Tfg — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:25:29 -0000

Look into Lyme. Its one of those things doctors never seem to diagnose unless you have very standard symptoms. And it can have all sort of strange effects. Some people even believe it to be one of the reasons that autoimmune diseases get started.
Its also has very high false negative results on the standard blood test.
I hope you feel better soon!

Re: Catwoman #1

Scott Davies — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:56:21 -0000

i love this new incarnation of catwoman . she used to bore the hell out of me before but i love Judd Winicks writings, and i am much more in love with Guillem march's artwork i find the way he draws selina so inspiring she has real character and emotion her expressions are amazing and as an animation student she is used as an example to us of good character, also the poses are incredibly exaggerated and i love that, a comic book shouldnt be about real poses thats why theyre super heroes and super villains and not just cops and robbers, also my girlfriend absolutley loves this series she collects it on her own, whilst i collect spiderman, and batman, she collects this series. she loves the artist take on her so much she is working on catwoman cosplay specifically guillem march's incarnation of her

Re: Review: A Local Habitation, by Seanan McGuire

Pamela — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:52:56 -0000

Wow. I'm sorry the book wasn't to your liking and you disagreed with our review, but if you hated the book so much, why are you going around trolling positive reviews? Sounds like there are much better things you could be doing with your time than being rude.

Re: Review: A Local Habitation, by Seanan McGuire

Kat — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:45:30 -0000

Seriously? You couldn't find a THING wrong with this book? The plot was atrocious, and it felt like I knew what was happening after 20 pages in, yet McGuire had to pad the book with fluff and horrible detective work just to have a novel out of it. Awful.

Re: “Game of Thrones”: Ask Emily

Alex — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:50:59 -0000

How does Jaime Lannister die?

Re: Book Review: Outpost by Ann Aguirre

azteclady — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:17:38 -0000

I absolutely inhaled Enclave (back when it was still Razorland *sigh*) and am not surprised you love Outpost. Ann Aguirre can write, period.

Re: Kara Comes to Life (and Pamela Cries)

Kempkes4 — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:39:03 -0000

Thank you so much for posting this. I just... I don't even know how to tell you how much I've fallen in love with Kara just from watching this.
I'm now seriously considering getting a Playstation (I have an X-Box 360) so that I can play this game.
So. Many. Feelings.

Re: Getting Back on Track

Baroncognito — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:41:45 -0000

I'm not interested in a Bucky/Natasha romance either, but having her in the movie would provide the opportunity to show a bit more about her back story.

Re: Getting Back on Track

Pamela — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:56:29 -0000

I'm not sure if she will, though it's likely if Cap's working closely with SHIELD. However, I absolutely do not want a Bucky/Natasha romance. I just feel like it would muddy up the continuity too much (and also, Clint/Natasha all the way), particularly for new fans of the movie universe who are intimidated by all of the continuity problems and retcons in the comics.

Re: Getting Back on Track

Baroncognito — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:24:00 -0000

Sei Gesund.

Do you think that Black Widow will show up in Captain America The Winter Soldier? Given what happened in the comics, I'd kind of expect it, but...

Re: Getting Back on Track

Pamela — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:21:50 -0000

Thank you, I really appreciate it. :) [hugs]

Re: Getting Back on Track

azteclady — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:27:50 -0000

(((Pamela)))

I hope a diagnosis is near, so appropriate treatment can take care of whatever it is.

And in the meantime, I'll be here.

Re: Girls Love Dragons

Kyndy101 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:38:32 -0000

I love dragons too. Probably my favorite series are The Last Dragon Chronicles, The Age of Fire, Shadow of the Dragon and The Dragonriders of Pern. The Last Dragon Chronicles is probably the best out of all of them, though. ;)

Re: So Who Is Benedict Cumberbatch Anyway?

Eowyn — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:15:54 -0000

He's a hot as the sun extraterrestrial!!!

Re: Marvel’s The Avengers and the Female Gaze

Jennifer — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:33:50 -0000

As a gender studies scholar, I am very interested in the concept of the female gaze but I am very doubtful that such a concept actually exists. Here's why: the male body has been objectified countless times throughout film history (e.g. Marlon Brando, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Brad Pitt, Zac Efron, etc). Men are sold and marketed as sexual products just as much as women, but the excuse that enables them to expose their bodies in movies is usually the necessity to engage in some form of physical activity. Men are usually depicted fighting, nursing their battle wounds, engaged in training, handling guns, having sex - all things that give us viewers acceptable reasons for looking at the exposed male physique or his working muscles. This is precisely how the male gaze works - it does not exclude the possibility to have men showing off their naked bodies or their muscles, it very much includes it and it is necessary to include it in order for the male viewer to indentify with the men on screen (everybody wants to be the strong, handsome hero who gets the girl). So when the male lead is engaged in physical work, it doesn't disturb the heterosexual, white, male viewing experience of the beholder of the gaze, because the exposure of the body is justified and isn't coded as sexual. When you say these men are clad in tight costumes that show off their abs, they're of course objectified, but they're not fucking each other or looking at each other with sexual interest which would destablize the male gaze. I.e. not the female gaze.

The problem with the male gaze is that it does appeal to all kinds of female and male audiences, but a female gaze would destablize the viewing experience of heterosexual male audiences because it would depict men in a clearly sexualized manner which heterosexual men would experience as queer (i.e. anxieties about castration and homosexuality are unleashed) and the movie wouldn't reach the largest possible audience (this is why most mainstream movies employ the male gaze). Heterosexual women look at other women in a similar manner a heterosexual man would look at a woman (i.e. women check out other women's tits and figures and hair and makeup and clothes), so I am able to get pleasure from looking at Scarlett Johansson, Megan Fox, Amber Heard or Jennifer Lawrence clad in basically nothing because I am interested in the aesthetics and I get turned on, too.

Re: Moviefone’s Girl’s Guide to the Avengers – Now With More Stereotypes!

Pamela — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:38:46 -0000

Well, obviously your experience with women isn't very broad, because there are plenty of women who are very into science fiction as well as the original Star Wars trilogy, along with the extended universe, etc.

But I guess I should be busy taking the stick out of my ass so I'll see your point about it being written in humor.