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Apr. 3rd, 2008 01:00 amIf I had a superpower it would be procrastination. So much do I procrastinate that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fishwhistle and I are only just now getting around to watching the third season of Battlestar Galactica, and we love Battlestar Galactica. Oh well.
By now, surely, everyone has said all that need be said about the show. And yet I want to point out one more thing, which is that BSG conforms to the Alison Bechdel Rule for Cinema: to be worth watching, a movie must contain at least one scene in which two women talk to each other about something other than a man. And I only started to notice this for this season, but sure enough, the third episode contained two such scenes at least, and there was quite a long one in episode four. There was even a scene in which two women who are not white talked to each other about something that was neither a man nor in any way race-related. Sweet!
I don't mean to give Moore et al too much credit for enlightenment, here: every single one of those scenes involved women talking to each other about babies. Still. This is, in a limited way, something like progress.
Now if only they could just cut it out with the lesbians who are both evil and dead, wow, that would be even better.
p.s. we're only up to episode five so if you comment please don't be all spoily, all right?
fishwhistle and I are only just now getting around to watching the third season of Battlestar Galactica, and we love Battlestar Galactica. Oh well.By now, surely, everyone has said all that need be said about the show. And yet I want to point out one more thing, which is that BSG conforms to the Alison Bechdel Rule for Cinema: to be worth watching, a movie must contain at least one scene in which two women talk to each other about something other than a man. And I only started to notice this for this season, but sure enough, the third episode contained two such scenes at least, and there was quite a long one in episode four. There was even a scene in which two women who are not white talked to each other about something that was neither a man nor in any way race-related. Sweet!
I don't mean to give Moore et al too much credit for enlightenment, here: every single one of those scenes involved women talking to each other about babies. Still. This is, in a limited way, something like progress.
Now if only they could just cut it out with the lesbians who are both evil and dead, wow, that would be even better.
p.s. we're only up to episode five so if you comment please don't be all spoily, all right?
