tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444345779135222756.post698345292401724743..comments2024-03-27T07:52:23.529-04:00Comments on Susanne Saville - Caffeinated Natter: Uncalled for MisogynySusanne Savillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765213850455904878noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444345779135222756.post-7353112076243217572010-09-17T21:57:37.793-04:002010-09-17T21:57:37.793-04:00I was just googling "Clash of the Titans: Mis...I was just googling "Clash of the Titans: Misogyny" to see if anybody else was ranting about this. My wife and I watched this movie a few days ago, and all I could do was rant at it. I mean, seriously, WTF? One minute, we're hearing about how this version of Medusa is somewhat different from the original conception - rather than simply being an ancient monster and one of three sisters, or even Ovid's willing partner of Posiden, we get a clear-cut victim who was raped by one god ("on the cold floor," no less. Let's not spare those details!) and spurned by another. The next minute, she's a "bitch," and needs to have her head cut off? SERIOUSLY!?!? Then we get zeus, who (again with the rape? really?) tricks the hero's mom into having sex with him (to get even with her husband, of course. Grrr.), as a result of which, her husband kills her (for having sex with, for all she knew, him! GRRR!) and zeus does nothing. The director doesn't make this a a tragic death - we, as viewers, barely know this woman and don't seem to be expected to care. When her husband is later killed, he says "Don't be like them!" Now, he means the Gods, (I guess), but what he doesn't seem to get is that HE already continued the god's cycle of injustice by killing his wife, and Perseus just did the same thing by killing medusa! What little we know about zeus makes his little heart-to-heart with perseus sickening, by the time we get to it, and then he gives his "son" back his agelessly sexy piece of ass back - not because he gives a damn about HER, mind, but because his boy needs an agelessly sexy piece. Family? Still dead. Mommy? still dead. ...oh, and Hades is Mortals' own fault. (Even though Posiden and I go about raping folks with impunity and Hades feeds on hatred and fear of the Gods.) All told, a pretty frustrating film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444345779135222756.post-44945548968162040992010-09-07T10:04:44.662-04:002010-09-07T10:04:44.662-04:00Yes! I'm glad it wasn't just me. :)Yes! I'm glad it wasn't just me. :)Susanne Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10765213850455904878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444345779135222756.post-11125489224965542572010-09-06T13:51:53.740-04:002010-09-06T13:51:53.740-04:00Lisa and I went to see this on Sunday afternoon at...Lisa and I went to see this on Sunday afternoon at RT. I was thinking the SAME THING when I saw it. Kinda an odd feeling, empathizing with Medusa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com