tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post6438429013778439472..comments2024-03-28T05:22:09.542-07:00Comments on Record of a Baffled Spirit: Dr Who. A short rantMike Keytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-484472025752691032013-06-12T13:40:08.664-07:002013-06-12T13:40:08.664-07:00Linda, I'm aware of this new heresy. Thin end ...Linda, I'm aware of this new heresy. Thin end of the wedge. Mark my words, in five years time Sherlock will be in skirts!Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-54379634130277515292013-06-12T13:38:46.659-07:002013-06-12T13:38:46.659-07:00Me create a female icon and have the sisterhood do...Me create a female icon and have the sisterhood down on me? You must be joking, Shirley. I know, my logic is flawed. aka Buffy / Joss Whedon :)Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-66706795882653447502013-06-11T17:26:14.741-07:002013-06-11T17:26:14.741-07:00Are you familiar with the new TV show over here ca...Are you familiar with the new TV show over here called Elementary. It's a contemporary Sherlock Holmes...and Watson is played by Lucy Liu.<br /><br />(do I hear screaming from across the pond?)LD Mastersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202135756299574972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-31174908476655541032013-06-10T04:45:34.671-07:002013-06-10T04:45:34.671-07:00Agreed. Doctor Who must stay male. (Like Maria, I ...Agreed. Doctor Who must stay male. (Like Maria, I still miss David Tennant.)<br /><br />It looks like you'll just have to create a female icon. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-41236339115047059362013-06-08T08:03:54.328-07:002013-06-08T08:03:54.328-07:00Androgynizing male icons for the sake of PC seems ...<i>Androgynizing male icons for the sake of PC seems just plain stupid to me.</i> It's a game played by the 'chattering classes', Crash. But amending my original post, slightly, apart from Lara Croft who is iconic though essentially a computer program you also have Buffy, who is/will be iconic. Maybe Michell Geller can play James Bond and Daniel Craig play Buffy. : )Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-26550196581160175752013-06-08T07:59:04.138-07:002013-06-08T07:59:04.138-07:00But actors are actors. There may be a great woman ...<br /><i>But actors are actors. There may be a great woman actor who can pull off brilliant and scattered at the same time.</i> I'm sure you're right, conversely Sir Ian Mckellern playing Buffy : )<br /><br />As for David Tennant, Maria, once you start having favourites you can easy slip into the intense and unremitting dog-fight amongst Whovians as to who was the greatest Doctor. For the record mine is Patrick Troughton but I occasionally oscillate which is almost as funny as 'whirling'Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-7426058595276270282013-06-07T20:34:47.898-07:002013-06-07T20:34:47.898-07:00I don't get it, either. For Pete's sake, ...I don't get it, either. For Pete's sake, Angelina Jolie is a veritable compendium of female super-heroines. Lara Croft, Salt, Mrs. Smith, and Fox. All decidedly feminine and all as capable as any male. Androgynizing male icons for the sake of PC seems just plain stupid to me. The quality of the actress is key, not the strength of the character she plays. I write strong women all the time. Cramming a female into a male role shows a certain lack of confidence, expediency. Men and women are different. I know because a Time article told me so. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-62378560008691806282013-06-07T14:22:54.916-07:002013-06-07T14:22:54.916-07:00I like Dr. Who as a man. I think the whirling Derv...I like Dr. Who as a man. I think the whirling Dervish act looks more comical with a man. <br /><br />But actors are actors. There may be a great woman actor who can pull off brilliant and scattered at the same time.<br /><br />I still miss David Tennant though.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.com