Comments on: New Horror Series on NBC Lacks Women Writers & Directors http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346 Feminists blog about science fiction, speculative fiction, and fantasy. Books, movies, comics, games, reason, & ranting. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fear Itself: The Sacrifice at Feminist SF - The Blog! http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-160852 Fear Itself: The Sacrifice at Feminist SF - The Blog! Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:49:45 +0000 http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346#comment-160852 [...] first episode of the new horror anthology TV series Fear Itself, “The Sacrifice”, aired [...] [...] first episode of the new horror anthology TV series Fear Itself, “The Sacrifice”, aired [...]

]]> By: draconismoi http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-152150 draconismoi Thu, 08 May 2008 18:54:46 +0000 http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346#comment-152150 It looks like it has about the same feminist potential as Masters of Horror did. Few stories starring women and even less of a chance that they will go beyond typical horror conventions....but there is a chance. MoH managed to turn out a couple good stories (granted there were just as many horrifyingly misogynistic). I put my hopes on the Eater episode. A good starting point would be ensuring the cast of peculiar acting cops/criminals were not all white men. The Spirit Box at least has the girls as proactive participants - fighting for a dead friend - rather than running around trying desperately not to be killed by The Big Bad. Plus? Zombies. Zombie movies ROCK! It looks like it has about the same feminist potential as Masters of Horror did. Few stories starring women and even less of a chance that they will go beyond typical horror conventions….but there is a chance. MoH managed to turn out a couple good stories (granted there were just as many horrifyingly misogynistic).

I put my hopes on the Eater episode. A good starting point would be ensuring the cast of peculiar acting cops/criminals were not all white men.

The Spirit Box at least has the girls as proactive participants – fighting for a dead friend – rather than running around trying desperately not to be killed by The Big Bad.

Plus? Zombies. Zombie movies ROCK!

]]> By: Fantasy Magazine » Steampunk Noticed By Mainstream Media; Iron Man Does Well At Box Office And In Depictions of Women; Battlestar Gets Twisty (Again) http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-152049 Fantasy Magazine » Steampunk Noticed By Mainstream Media; Iron Man Does Well At Box Office And In Depictions of Women; Battlestar Gets Twisty (Again) Thu, 08 May 2008 12:01:29 +0000 http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346#comment-152049 [...] New NBC Horror Series “Fear Itself” Lacks Female Writers and Directors [...] [...] New NBC Horror Series “Fear Itself” Lacks Female Writers and Directors [...]

]]> By: cathy http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-150793 cathy Sat, 03 May 2008 15:14:18 +0000 http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=346#comment-150793 To be completely honest, I'm more disturbed by the fact that 95% of the directors they've hired directed crappy movies. To be completely honest, I’m more disturbed by the fact that 95% of the directors they’ve hired directed crappy movies.

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