Here's the deal.

I'm moving camp over to Dreamwidth.

I simply do not have the time to police LJ settings and policies and keep those damn kids off my fucking lawn. I'm setting my lawn on fire and moving to that charming cabin in the woods where I can drink beer on the porch sans pants or solicitors.

I'd love to know how to download a copy of this journal for posterity, but I'm not looking to migrate it over wholesale or keep the rubberneck name. Any links for how to pull a copy of my posts and comments?

I'll be posting a link to the new place shortly. If you don't see the link, email me and I'll probably set you up: mochaphineATgmailDOTcom.

Back when shag carpet covered foyers *and* chests

We rented Wonder Woman this weekend, and while it shouts, screams and pant-hoots "70's!" it's not as terrible as I'd expected, considering the track record of 'things I adored in kindergarten'.

One thing that struck me particularly* was how utterly unathletic Lynda Carter's WW moved.

*aside from the way the male characters kind of treat Diana Prince like a special prodigy little kid--encouraging and proud, but with little real sense of her being on peer footing. and the fact that WW knows their top sekrit gub'mint business and swoops in to help but no one ever thinks to question her motives or source of intel, because a woman's support is apparently as ubiquitous and benign as air. and that I'm old enough to at least partially understand now why Lyle Waggoner was considered studly. and yes, that does make me feel wrong inside. I blame the complete lack of chest hair on mainstream media men these days. ferfuxsake I can't even get more than a glimpse of Wolverine without the tank-top and you *know* if anyone's fuzzy it's Logan..

But I digress. I was speaking of the culture shock of an unathletic superhero.

Not the lack of muscle tone which one expects in a female leading role actor pre-Linda Hamilton (who felt a hero should look like she could actually save someone, bless her), but the absence of any believable physicality. Grace and poise yes, but no strength or agility, to the point where during some stunts I couldn't parse what she was trying to do until the "Well as you know, Bob, Wonder Woman is holding back that truck" dialogue.

I think she was half-paralyzed trying not to pop out of that damned costume. A woman needs something she can fight crime in, damnit.

So in related news I'm beginning to think like a physical therapist. Back on Themyscira I was totally distracted by Lynda Carter's flowing robes showing off her tendency to scapular winging, which totally syncs with the odd way her shoulders move even in the beginning animation where she breaks free from bondage and walks out of the cartoon--though truth be told I was looking for it, as the animation always looked kinda wrong to me as a kid.

Anyway, we watched a few eps and then returned it, unwilling to spend the extra effort of culture commentary for the kiddo. Also, after the ep where Carter wrestles Jessica Walter (Lucille Bluth) across a living room, it's likely downhill from there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kG-thkx6lw