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[darkluna]

I think I'm offended by that skating movie they've stuck Michelle Trachtenburg in, because from what I can tell, it goes "I'm super-smart, but I'm actually worthless until I look pretty in skimpy sequinned outfits."

If anyone doesn't want to take the time to watch House, I have divined the plot of every episode just from the previews. (Note that I have never seen an episode myself.)

Random patient: unconsciousness/mysterious symptoms/no apparent ill health except that he happens to be dying
House to parents/spouse: Tell me the truth about why they're sick, or I'll whack you one with my cane.
Patient: gets worse
House to parents/spouse/board of hospital folks: If this person dies, it'll be your fault for standing in my way, you cretins.
Patient: almost dies
House: saves the day with magic/more hostility/something no one else thought of trying

It's eerily accurate, isn't it?

It is beautifully windy outside.

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[isrephael.livejournal.com]

:: stepping back to cast an assessing gaze::

Well, that's two snarky opinions flung upon two different things you've never seen.

Rough day, sweetheart?

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

No, I've been saving up snarky opinions.

But seriously, that Ice Princess thing? Shows the girl getting an A+ on a math test, implies that she routinely does this, but then competing as a skater is the only thing she cares about? Is this not sending the message that being really smart is not good enough until you are also cute and athletic?

Maybe it's just giving me flashbacks to too many Hermione makeover fics.

[isrephael.livejournal.com]

Um... No...
It means that being intelligent and educated is not necessarily the key to happiness. Some people find their happiness through artistic or athletic expressions (figure skating is both).
Are the guitar-grinding hotties that you lust after assinine for wanting to pursue something other than academia? She sounds like a well-rounded person to me.

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

The thing that bothers me is that it seems to be presented as: even though she's really smart, she's a loser until she succeeds at skating.

Maybe in the movie she is brilliant but doing what everyone expects her to instead of what she loves, but that doesn't come across in the previews. They make it seem like she sudeenly decides she'll be a skater 'cause being brilliant just isn't cool enough. That's the assumption that pisses me off.

[isrephael.livejournal.com]

What pisses me off is that it's Disney, which means we won't get any Trachtenberg flesh! Bring on the hotness! *grin*