tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post5176910771719705349..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Resident Evil: Degeneration, some thoughtschris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-10211645882275403882014-01-26T13:30:10.883-05:002014-01-26T13:30:10.883-05:00I was actually considering directly asking you if ...I was actually considering directly asking you if you'd seen it to get your take. I like Claire giving back the gun as a choice on who she was going to be when she clearly could have kept it or traded for Leon's back up. But it still leaves the male character from the game as action hero and the female one as not. So it's not as if it's not without problematic implications regardless.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-57947956651285818412014-01-26T13:10:55.653-05:002014-01-26T13:10:55.653-05:00Chris, I find your take really fascinating.
I wa...Chris, I find your take really fascinating. <br /><br />I watched this movie TWICE and hated it both times (the second time I was hoping I'd like it, but no luck). (I flinched so hard at the whole "The terrorist is Bob Johnson." "Gasp, that's my BROTHER! ... He lives down the road, you wanna meet him?" I just...yeah.) (Yes, that's a paraphrase, but still.)<br /><br />The thing with Claire giving back the gun... I didn't like that at all. Like, I personally HATE guns, but I also don't live in a world where a zombie apocalypse follows me wherever I go. So it seemed like it made her willfully stupid and willingly... not helpless, but less protected. <br /><br />STILL. I had not thought about it in terms of a conscious choice being made, and... hmm. Now I'm kinda tempted to watch it again and see if I like it more under that paradigm. Either way, thank you for the new insights roiling about in my head looking for things to collide with. :)AnaMardollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16373985132003210358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-33691966710301677832014-01-16T23:45:37.495-05:002014-01-16T23:45:37.495-05:00I really like what you just noticed about Claire&#...I really like what you just noticed about Claire's CHOICE not to be action girl. I can't think of many other visual stories (in games, movies, etc) in which a female character plays second fiddle action-wise to the male lead and it's NOT a matter of her lesser ability, or her having been incapacitated in some way, or her being the motivating object rather than an equal player. It says a lot about Claire's ability levels, but also what strengths she CHOOSES to focus her life and time on. Very cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536027372238547770noreply@blogger.com