http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u4kNEvp7xA
So apparently Toei produced a live-action Spider-Man series in Japan in the ’70s.
Happy new year, everyone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u4kNEvp7xA
So apparently Toei produced a live-action Spider-Man series in Japan in the ’70s.
Happy new year, everyone!
Climate change episode of Frozen Planet won’t be shown in the U.S.
The Daily Mail:
An episode of the BBC’s Frozen Planet documentary series that looks at climate change has been scrapped in the U.S., where many are hostile to the idea of global warming. British viewers will see all seven episodes of the multi-million-pound nature series throughout the Autumn. But U.S. audiences will not be shown the last episode, which looks at the threat posed by man to the natural world.
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A spokesman for the BBC said it would not make sense to force television networks outside the UK to buy the episode as it features 85-year-old Sir David [Attenborough] talking a lot of the time to camera, and in many parts of the world he is not famous. The broadcaster refused to say which countries had shunned ‘On Thin Ice’. They said it wasn’t included in the main package because it features Sir David ‘in vision’ which would make it hard for other countries to translate into their own language.
Discovery had dropped the full seventh episode due to ‘scheduling issues’, the spokesman added.
Pioneering feminist answers questions
Gloria Steinem gave a press conference to promote the documentary Gloria: In Her Own Words. Alex Strachan, writing for Postmedia News, recounts what happened:
The first question was a fireball. The bloggers in the room may not have understood it, but it certainly got their attention. A lot of women in the room owe their positions to Steinem, the questioner said. Steinem broke down barriers for women. But looking at today’s generation, did she break down those barriers “so young women today can dress like hookers and be OK with being treated like a piece of meat, whether it’s in a music video or in social situations?” Isn’t it ironic, Steinem was asked, that what she fought so hard for has been rejected by the generation that came later?
Steinem was candid in her reply, and perhaps surprising.
‘No,” she said simply. “This generation of young women is actually much more feminist than we ever were. If you look at the public opinion polls, they’re actually much more supportive of all the issues of equality. And my question to the young woman who is dressing as you describe is: Is she doing it because she wants to? Is she body-proud? Is she sexuality-proud? Because then, I say, great. Is she doing it because she feels she has to? That she won’t be popular otherwise? Then, that’s wrong.
“Reese Witherspoon, whom I don’t know very well, told me she did Legally Blonde because of me. I said, ‘No kidding. How come?’ And she said, ‘Because I heard you say you should be able to dress any way you f-ing well please and be safe.’ “
Make sure to click through for her thoughts on “Pan Am” and “Mad Men” — an interesting take.
‘Ili and I have been watching Gerry Anderson’s Space Precinct on Netflix Watch Instantly the past few days.1 We’re two episodes in and I’m not 100% sure how to describe it. Wikipedia:
American broadcasters were uncertain what to make of this series that looked on the surface to be aimed at children, yet actually featured adult-oriented storylines and was usually played straight despite the bizarre storylines and make-up.
Maybe comparing it to other shows will be instructive: The makeup and creature FX remind me a lot of Farscape. The photography and costumes are reminiscent of Babylon 5. It has the scifi sensibilities of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
That doesn’t quite capture it somehow, though. Perhaps I already nailed it on Twitter:
Watching “Space Precinct” with ¥CHz. I really don’t know how to describe this show but “every cop show trope, but in space” is a good start.
But I still don’t think that’s the whole story. Perhaps, in the end, the best summary is that I’m looking forward to episode 3.
The first episode was directed by infamous James Bond director John Glen. (Seriously this dude directed some of the worst Bond movies, all in a row). When I saw his name come up on the titles, I quite literally said “Oh nooooo” out loud. Thankfully, my worst fears were not confirmed. ↩