Random stuff....
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turbov21 is trying not to get distracted from midterms, I am postponing Part 3 of the "Special Case" documentary until tomorrow. No, seriously. It'll also help me get some stuff done tonight.
Instead, I must share with you all a little story in which a troll displayed even LESS of a grasp on reality than most. I promptly posted it to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
mock_the_stupid, of course.
Submitted for your approval: The Gargoyles Fan Website killed my fictional sister!
*giggle* I'd normally be annoyed that a troll used one of my OCs to spam others, but this is so absurd I can't help but laugh at it.
Oh, and some movie rambling.
First off, before you all yell at me for renting Legally Blonde 2 in the first place, I have two words for you: FREE RENTAL. And I was curious.
Now I liked the first Legally Blonde. As silly as it was, and as potentially annoying as Elle could have been, it appealed to me because:
1) They never forgot one of the central quirks of Elle's character: she may come off as a ditzy blonde, but she is NOT an airhead. I could buy that she got the grades to get into Harvard, although being let in was a bit of a stretch. As flaky as she came off, Elle never seemed to be a total twit, and I got through the movie without wanting to smack her. Even WITH all the pink.
2) The film didn't stretch the limits of plausibility TOO much. I wondered at first why on earth she got picked for the internship, but the reasons became pretty clear. Brooke being a Delta Nu and immediately bonding with Elle worked fine for me. Emmett gave Elle a lot of slack, but that made his antics in the final courtroom scene make sense. And the bit of information that led Elle to get a confession out of the daughter was a bit too contrived, but... hey, I figured out the slip-up the second she made it. The setup of the film wasn't as contrived as I thought it was from the trailers.
3) I liked most of the side characters. Paulette was amusing, and while the "bend and snap" bit made me twitch, she and the UPS guy were cute and I sympathized with her. Vivian's change of heart was gradual and made sense. Professor Stromwell - well, come on, Holland Taylor can make any role classy, even if she has maybe ten lines total. Emmett's puppy dog devotion to Elle would have annoyed me... but it didn't. *shrug*
So... here's why the sequel sucked.
1) A sequel was utterly unnecessary. That's always a strike in my book.
2) The setup was CONTRIVED AS ALL HELL, not to mention incredibly stupid. I don't mean the whole "let's find Bruiser's mother" bit and Elle following the dog to the labs... you'd think that with all her encyclopedic knowledge of fashion and whatnot, Elle would have an inkling of animal testing in cosmetics companies!
3) They removed half of Elle's brain since the first movie. After dealing with scum lawyers in the first movie, and three more years at Harvard, even Elle would consider that her firm would have issues with going after one of their OWN CLIENTS over animal testing. *sigh* But, no. Even when she was making some progress, there really wasn't anything clever about it - she got the Senator and the chairwoman backing her by sheer dumb luck (is EVERY female Elle runs into a freaking Delta Nu?). I turned the movie off when Elle brought out the Snap Cup. Gah. Took me a while to watch the rest.
4) Really didn't give a damn about the supporting cast this time around. Seriously. Paulette got on my NERVES (it didn't help that she reminded me of my annoying neighbor). Sally Field's character was a little iffy; I don't think the writers were sure whether she was supposed to be good or bad. The staff up and deciding to follow Elle didn't really make a lot of sense. And the sudden 180 degree turn in Grace's attitude, while it had some explanation, happened WAY too fast and I didn't buy it. Emmett was just kind of there. I liked Sid Post, but Bob Newhart really didn't have much to work with.
5) Stretching plausibility is fine. Punting it out the window and into the stratosphere like this film did? No. The Delta Nu invasion made me twitch, bonding with the chairwoman and the "gay dog" bit was dumb, and the Million Dog March had me gagging. And that "stirring" speech at the end that supposedly won Congress over? Give me a break! It was PAINFUL! Agh! I wanted to cry when the Snap Cup was used during a session of Congress. Gyah.
Rant over. I did say this was random.
turbov21 is trying not to get distracted from midterms, I am postponing Part 3 of the "Special Case" documentary until tomorrow. No, seriously. It'll also help me get some stuff done tonight.Instead, I must share with you all a little story in which a troll displayed even LESS of a grasp on reality than most. I promptly posted it to
mock_the_stupid, of course.Submitted for your approval: The Gargoyles Fan Website killed my fictional sister!
*giggle* I'd normally be annoyed that a troll used one of my OCs to spam others, but this is so absurd I can't help but laugh at it.
Oh, and some movie rambling.
First off, before you all yell at me for renting Legally Blonde 2 in the first place, I have two words for you: FREE RENTAL. And I was curious.
Now I liked the first Legally Blonde. As silly as it was, and as potentially annoying as Elle could have been, it appealed to me because:
1) They never forgot one of the central quirks of Elle's character: she may come off as a ditzy blonde, but she is NOT an airhead. I could buy that she got the grades to get into Harvard, although being let in was a bit of a stretch. As flaky as she came off, Elle never seemed to be a total twit, and I got through the movie without wanting to smack her. Even WITH all the pink.
2) The film didn't stretch the limits of plausibility TOO much. I wondered at first why on earth she got picked for the internship, but the reasons became pretty clear. Brooke being a Delta Nu and immediately bonding with Elle worked fine for me. Emmett gave Elle a lot of slack, but that made his antics in the final courtroom scene make sense. And the bit of information that led Elle to get a confession out of the daughter was a bit too contrived, but... hey, I figured out the slip-up the second she made it. The setup of the film wasn't as contrived as I thought it was from the trailers.
3) I liked most of the side characters. Paulette was amusing, and while the "bend and snap" bit made me twitch, she and the UPS guy were cute and I sympathized with her. Vivian's change of heart was gradual and made sense. Professor Stromwell - well, come on, Holland Taylor can make any role classy, even if she has maybe ten lines total. Emmett's puppy dog devotion to Elle would have annoyed me... but it didn't. *shrug*
So... here's why the sequel sucked.
1) A sequel was utterly unnecessary. That's always a strike in my book.
2) The setup was CONTRIVED AS ALL HELL, not to mention incredibly stupid. I don't mean the whole "let's find Bruiser's mother" bit and Elle following the dog to the labs... you'd think that with all her encyclopedic knowledge of fashion and whatnot, Elle would have an inkling of animal testing in cosmetics companies!
3) They removed half of Elle's brain since the first movie. After dealing with scum lawyers in the first movie, and three more years at Harvard, even Elle would consider that her firm would have issues with going after one of their OWN CLIENTS over animal testing. *sigh* But, no. Even when she was making some progress, there really wasn't anything clever about it - she got the Senator and the chairwoman backing her by sheer dumb luck (is EVERY female Elle runs into a freaking Delta Nu?). I turned the movie off when Elle brought out the Snap Cup. Gah. Took me a while to watch the rest.
4) Really didn't give a damn about the supporting cast this time around. Seriously. Paulette got on my NERVES (it didn't help that she reminded me of my annoying neighbor). Sally Field's character was a little iffy; I don't think the writers were sure whether she was supposed to be good or bad. The staff up and deciding to follow Elle didn't really make a lot of sense. And the sudden 180 degree turn in Grace's attitude, while it had some explanation, happened WAY too fast and I didn't buy it. Emmett was just kind of there. I liked Sid Post, but Bob Newhart really didn't have much to work with.
5) Stretching plausibility is fine. Punting it out the window and into the stratosphere like this film did? No. The Delta Nu invasion made me twitch, bonding with the chairwoman and the "gay dog" bit was dumb, and the Million Dog March had me gagging. And that "stirring" speech at the end that supposedly won Congress over? Give me a break! It was PAINFUL! Agh! I wanted to cry when the Snap Cup was used during a session of Congress. Gyah.
Rant over. I did say this was random.
