Mary Sue goes Hollywood.

[la_rainette]

When exhausted, Husband likes to watch braindead television. Occasionally, I keep him company and watch, or read, or both at the same time, braindeadness permitting.

My book dropped from my hands yesterday evening as we watched Lara Croft strutt down the runway the Siberian plains, in very tight pants (la rainette: "any room for long johns in there?" Husband: "Not unless you're a stick insect, no"), a billowing, cream-coloured, beautiful and highly impractical coat, unbuttoned, and a skimpy, sleeveless tank top on the verge of a wardrobe malfunction.

I have nothing about Power Women in the movies, quite the contrary, and Angelina Jolie is very jolie indeed, in a kick-ass way. But give the poor soul a sweater, please!

(Braindeadness score: high, BTW. But oh my, interesting book)

Comments

Lara... mmmm *drools*

[sir-gareth.livejournal.com]

At least they gave her a pseudo warm coat at all. I confess to being a bit of a Tombraider junky when it comes to her digital adventures. In TR3 the intrepid Lara has to visit the Antarctic to find a temple buried under the ice and vanquish some alien lifeforce or other. In the computer game she sprints, leaps, rolls and grunts her way through this level in nothing more than a camouflaged wind-cheater, some snazzy combat pants, army boots and fingerless leather gloves. No hat... no scarf... and leather half-gloves are quite unfeasible for keeping handsies warm in snowball fights.

What's more... the level necessitates a few short swims in near frozen waters to retrieve keys and so on... though admittedly the designers did build in a time limit that Lara can stay in the water when she is on this level before she contorts horribly for a few seconds and then sinks to bottom with frozen boobilies (and other parts).

I can see the dilemma though. Some of the appeal of the digital Lara is her shapeliness (which has been exasperbated in every instalment)... and bundling her up in winter wear would take away the attraction of her curvaceousness from her pubescent fans (and me).

I guess the same is true of the movie Lara (which I don't like by the way... even though Angelina is well cast... the plots always suck).

Re: Lara... mmmm *drools*

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*Imagines Lara's boobs freezing and her sinking because of the extra weight*

*snickers*

*hands over kleenex to wipe drool off keyboard*

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Oh yes: wait until you see the trailors for 'Catwoman"...


What book was it?

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood. :D A good read so far (am 3/4 way through)

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Wait until you read The Handmaid's Tale. She's quite a writer, isn't she?

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

Oh sod practicality! That was a most droolworthy moment for sure, not quite as good as when she's bouncing up and down in her jammies near the start of the film, mmmm :>