Your eyes : have you used them this century?

[burntcopper]

Today's case of '...my god some people are blind' :

Someone on the JB list, in the wake of eps 12 and 13 airing in the US, went 'omg, since when has Captain Jack been Gay?' (and yes, they did capitalise the gay every time they used it)

See rest of list go 'er, I'm sorry, did you *miss* the entire series of Torchwood? All the Ianto comments? The stopwatch bit? His very first scene in Doctor Who, since you said you watched those? The fact that he snogged the bloody Doctor? Every single interview/review/tv guide snippet about the series?' 'ALSO : NOT GAY. OMNISEXUAL.'

Oh, and they also seemed unaware that John is gay. Even though he mentions it in, oh, every interview and the sheer amount of press he did for Torchwood's US launch.

Plus : Must smite those who capitalise 'gay' every time they use it in a sentence. Big. Deal. How about we capitalise 'heterosexual' every single time? Cause sweetie? It looks patronising.

Watching Superman Returns. :sigh: tiny screen really doesn't do it justice. Also, I heart Lex. And Richard. And Jason. And Lois. and Perry. And all the henchmen. Especially the henchmen. (okay, I may heart Clark too, but... just not as much as the rest of the cast. except the simpering girlfriend who I wonder why Lex keeps around, like all useless simpering girlfriends of really cool bad guys) That's one *shiny* film. Its prettiness is beyond compare - the only way they could actually make it prettier is to have used Michael Rosenbaum instead of Kevin Spacey. And to have strangled Parker Posey's character within two minutes.

Oh, just got to the bit on the island Lex grew from crystal + kryptonite. And as ever, my comments from when we saw it at cinema come flooding back : 'Lex, it may be bloody extra real-estate but hello, no arable? Also : it is very, very clearly brittle, which makes it kinda crappy for building owt on...'' Plus : please don't commit one of the first rules of Villainry : chucking the *almost*-dead hero off a cliff normally means he'll come back. Much better to let him bleed out in front of you. With a coroner's report.

Also, I have new boots. probably the closest to knee-highs I'll ever get given my calves. They're DMs, brown and rather nice, with many buckles that on their widest setting let me actually fit in them. And when I get back to civilisation, I will steadfastly ignore the fleece-lined CATs I saw of similarness for about £20 more.

Comments

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

They have obviously been watching the alternate universe version of Who/Torchwood, where Jack is entirely heterosexual.

And the Daleks are small, fluffy teddy bears.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

...You mean they're not? They lied! (... I want a stuffed Dalek *so* much. With a sound button you can press that goes 'Exterminate!')

Of course Jack's heterosexual! Heterosexual like Rock Hudson and Richard Chamberlain, who are beacons of heterosexuality! Heterosexual like Alan Cumming! Rupert Everett! Graham Norton! (er, I'm coming up short on actual bisexual actors)

I think this poster comes under that fabulous moment on Austin Powers where he goes 'Who would've thought Liberace was gay? Women loved him!' and Liz Hurley's character just gives him this disbelieving look.

[kiss-me-quick.livejournal.com]

The post was annoying on so many levels. You forgot to mention that John must have been Gay because no-one else could act that kiss so intensely.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

oh, christ, I'd forgotten that bit. To which everyone yelled 'hello, acting!' Seriously. I'm still amazed they managed to get it to look that good when it wasn't rehearsed. I mean, we have previous form on John being a good kisser (see Marias), but imagine how wrong it could've gone.

:mutter: one day we will get America convinced that just because you play gay on stage does not mean you are. and then we will be able to wipe out people like that.

[psmorrison.livejournal.com]

Nice boots. I haven't worn DM's for years, but I always loved them.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

They are fabulous and comfortable boots which your mother cannot help but approve of since being DMs, they are eminently sensible, well-fitting boots that are good for your feet. :g:

[psmorrison.livejournal.com]

My mother never took that point of view, and still disapproves of my taste in footwear.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

hee. Ah yes, forgot : boys don't tend to get given the choices of heels and footwear that actually masquerades as torture-device for deforming your feet as most fashionable female footwear does. if you turn up in DMs voluntarily, all their arguments re: what your shoes do to your feet are scuppered.