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taotrooper) wrote2010-04-23 08:57 pm
taotrooper) wrote2010-04-23 08:57 pm
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I actually went there with a backpack
Feliz cumpleaños, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hamsterfactor! :D
Yesterday I watched How to Train your Dragon and it was sweet. Am I one of the only people who thought it had potential since the trailer? I see almost everyone was all wary because it was Dreamworks, while I was all 'VIKINGS AND DRAGONS, they have to mess up pretty badly to get it wrong."
I also started the fifth season of Doctor Who, even though I skipped the whole run of Ten. Eleven is adorable so far. Nothing against Amy and the others, but why is it that all companions in the 'new' series are adult straight females from the XXI century?
ANYWAY! Today is Saint George and Book Day in Spain, so I went on a haul to get books with 10% off. It was awesome! I spent nearly 100€ in shit, also. Here is the loot:
Video games (okay, not everything was books)
→ Beautiful Katamari
→ Madworld
IT stuff
→ one about PHP 6 and MySQL development
→ one about webapp development, useful for my project
I wanted to get more, like one for CSS and one for Struts, but reference books are so expensive!
Fantasy lit
→ Percy Jackson 5 in English, fuck yeah
→ Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum
Mythology nerd cred
→ a children's compilation (well, 14+) of stories from Ovid's Metamorphosis. It has pretty illustrations and all!
→ a small one analyzing Dionysus, I thought it seemed interesting
→ a generic one on Egyptian mythology because I didn't have any
ETA: Crap, I forgot the Manga
→ Fullmetal Alchemist 23
→ The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
→ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
hamsterfactor! :DYesterday I watched How to Train your Dragon and it was sweet. Am I one of the only people who thought it had potential since the trailer? I see almost everyone was all wary because it was Dreamworks, while I was all 'VIKINGS AND DRAGONS, they have to mess up pretty badly to get it wrong."
I also started the fifth season of Doctor Who, even though I skipped the whole run of Ten. Eleven is adorable so far. Nothing against Amy and the others, but why is it that all companions in the 'new' series are adult straight females from the XXI century?
ANYWAY! Today is Saint George and Book Day in Spain, so I went on a haul to get books with 10% off. It was awesome! I spent nearly 100€ in shit, also. Here is the loot:
Video games (okay, not everything was books)
→ Beautiful Katamari
→ Madworld
IT stuff
→ one about PHP 6 and MySQL development
→ one about webapp development, useful for my project
I wanted to get more, like one for CSS and one for Struts, but reference books are so expensive!
Fantasy lit
→ Percy Jackson 5 in English, fuck yeah
→ Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum
Mythology nerd cred
→ a children's compilation (well, 14+) of stories from Ovid's Metamorphosis. It has pretty illustrations and all!
→ a small one analyzing Dionysus, I thought it seemed interesting
→ a generic one on Egyptian mythology because I didn't have any
ETA: Crap, I forgot the Manga
→ Fullmetal Alchemist 23
→ The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
→ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
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Because they found a formula that works and are too afraid to change it now?
I'd disagree with it; they just don't know how to handle XXI century females, and what they do with it ends up screwing with the fans. Rose was squeezed at nauseum until almost everyone hated her, Martha was underwhelmed and they didn't know what to do with her, Donna got the one of worst companion endings ever. I honestly doubt any fan of any of them can be 100% happy about their fates. It's a matter of time until Amelia is a victim of bad writing.
I do agree it must be lack of imagination and being too scared to take risks. Jack could've easily been a formal companion, and a refreshing one at that, but instead they gave him a spinoff to glorify his cock and continue in their comfort zone in DW.