links: random

[rose_griffes]

Have some completely random links, so I can clear them out of my bookmarks.

The Atlantic magazine had an interesting article on The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture. My favorite map at the link is the fifth one down: a breakdown of where people say "soda" versus "pop" and "coke." (I grew up saying pop, switched to calling it soda, and have noticed a lot of people around me calling it coke.)

Author Sarah Rees Brennan discusses the glorious Miss Marple.

She also talks about adaptations in reference to the whole Sherlock/Elementary brouhaha. (Personally I can't wait for Elementary, but I also have a huge fondness for male/female detective buddies of all sorts. Bonus LUCY LIU!)

Johnny Lee Miller will play the role of Sherlock in Elementary. Here's a moment from a previous stint on an American tv: Eli Stone, episode 1.01 (George Michael, y'all). Bwah, that is awesome.

Fempop magazine: Why Do People Hate Black Widow? (I hadn't read about George R. R. Martin's comments before this article. Yet another example of someone not watching the same version of The Avengers as me. It seems to be happening a lot.)

The costumes and characters of The Avengers: Black Widow and Hawkeye. This blogger has a whole series about the costumes and characters in The Avengers.

Comments

[emmiere.livejournal.com]

I probably use coke and soda about the same (I halfway expect to see a little word bubble come up whenever someone says pop, it is a sound to me ;)

Never got into Eli Stone, but the first ep was kind of hilariously fun.

Huh, that's not the Avengers I saw either. Iron Man 2 I kind of agree with the Fempop writer on. But no, she was even better the second time I went to Avengers and got to see all her scenes finally. Whatever, GRRM!

[rose-griffes.livejournal.com]

I've never gotten in the habit of saying coke, in spite of how long I've lived here. And it still throws me a bit when other people say it in reference to drinks that aren't actually, y'know, Coke. Heh.

I never watched Eli Stone either, but that little clip (and Johnny Lee Miller's adorable faaaaaaaaaaace) make me think I should have.

Oh, I totally agree with the writer of the Fempop article about Iron Man 2. That was a mess of a movie. Even the martial arts "Natalie Rushman" used had a far more femme-fatale air to them--although part of that might be the clothes and hair from IM2 playing into that perception. In The Avengers it was about the character, not about showing off her female body.

Whatever, GRRM, indeed.