Friday, July 10, 2015
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Shutter 13 Spoilers
Honestly, I've been on the fence when it comes to Shutter for a while. A lot of weird for the sake of weird that didn't seem like it was going anywhere (my love of Cassius the KitKat Clock/Robot aside). But first of all, we have Alain busting out of the frame after being put on the sidelines:
And then we have the big reveal...
And then we have the big reveal...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Bi/Geek/Fan Link Post: Desiree Akhavan, Gender Duality, and Sense8
Bi
Desiree Akhavan
Desiree Akhavan (Inappropriate Behavior) discusses her lgbt-friendly film projects
A lot of people came in and did something on par with blackface—I call it "gayface": when straight actresses walk in with, like, a backward baseball cap and baggy jeans and do their impression of a lesbian, as though a lesbian would not be a real human being. So, that happened a couple of times, and I remember thinking, This is both hilarious and really telling of how most people approach films with gay protagonists.
Paganism
Humanistic paganism is hosting a series of guest posts on gender. Issues with Masculine/Feminine Duality in Paganism is of interest. I think gender duality is best abandoned personally.
Geek
Masculine Fragility in Games
I've been pondering a bit about my relationship to games, partly due to this article on masculine fragility undermining innovation in games. Two personal data points there, the ultra-macho, omnipresent Wildstar narrator and running into Scooter in Borderlands. Or maybe I'm just getting a bit tired of games based on killing dozens of mobs to reach the next objective, checkpoint, or cutscene.
Next Space Telescope
In other news, astronomers plan a 12-meter space telescope. The article hints that installation on the moon is a possibility. IMO the moon's potential as a base for astronomy is one of the best reasons to go back.
Fan
Sense8
Jamie Clayton (Nomi) and Miguel Ángel Silvestre (Lito) discuss character relationships in Sense8.
“The thing that I love about Nomi and Amanita’s relationship is it’s such a middle finger to anyone who has you know a more conservative view of what a relationship is supposed to look like,” said Clayton, who jokingly referred to the couple as Nomanita. “Their interracial, and they’re trans and they’re lesbian. And so it’s this new way of looking at healthy love and saying it doesn’t have to look like what you were taught it was supposed to look like. And I love that. I think it’s extremely important.”
— Jamie Clayton (Nomi)
“I thought it was real and beautiful. Love is like this,” he said. “I see that it really helps in the understanding of someone that can be away from these two couples to feel the connection and how close we are when it comes to love. So how close we are altogether because we are all looking for that kind of love, a pure love you know? So I really love it.”
— Miguel Ángel Silvestre (Lito)
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Sense8: Jamie Clayton and Miguel Silvestre on the show's relationships
“The thing that I love about Nomi and Amanita’s relationship is it’s such a middle finger to anyone who has you know a more conservative view of what a relationship is supposed to look like,” said Clayton, who jokingly referred to the couple as Nomanita. “Their interracial, and they’re trans and they’re lesbian. And so it’s this new way of looking at healthy love and saying it doesn’t have to look like what you were taught it was supposed to look like. And I love that. I think it’s extremely important.”
— Jamie Clayton (Nomi)
“I thought it was real and beautiful. Love is like this,” he said. “I see that it really helps in the understanding of someone that can be away from these two couples to feel the connection and how close we are when it comes to love. So how close we are altogether because we are all looking for that kind of love, a pure love you know? So I really love it.”
— Miguel Ángel Silvestre (Lito)
Desiree Akhavan talks about filmmaking and bisexuality
Desiree Akhavan describes auditions for Inappropriate behavior:
A lot of people came in and did something on par with blackface—I call it "gayface": when straight actresses walk in with, like, a backward baseball cap and baggy jeans and do their impression of a lesbian, as though a lesbian would not be a real human being. So, that happened a couple of times, and I remember thinking, This is both hilarious and really telling of how most people approach films with gay protagonists.
Monday, July 6, 2015
Two Programming Links
Two programming links:
NASA fixed a bug in New Horizons a week before it hurtles by Pluto. They're working with a nine-hour delay.
Grant Rettke discusses lisp, forth, and minimalist programming.
Dune at 50
Soon, Herbert’s research into dunes became research into deserts and desert cultures. It overpowered his article about the heroism of the men of the USDA (proposed title “They Stopped the Moving Sands”) and became two short SF novels, serialised in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, one of the more prestigious genre magazines. Unsatisfied, Herbert industriously reworked his two stories into a single, giant epic. The prevailing publishing wisdom of the time had it that SF readers liked their stories short. Dune (400 pages in its first hardcover edition, almost 900 in the paperback on my desk) was rejected by more than 20 houses before being accepted by Chilton, a Philadelphia operation known for trade and hobby magazines such as Motor Age, Jewelers’ Circular and the no-doubt-diverting Dry Goods Economist.
An interesting 50-year retrospective of Dune.
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