It's not easy being a cast-iron bitch. It takes discipline and years of training.

[stillsostrange]

I just watched The Abyss again, and then had to spend ten minutes shaking my impotent fist and cursing Titanic. And then I realized why exactly Titanic bugs me so much.

Cameron is actually quite good at romantic subplots. Sarah and Kyle. Bud and Lindsey. Ripley and freakin' Hicks. Ripley and Hicks are best couple in the world and they don't even kiss. The magic here is competent adults acting like competent adults in impossible situations and saving each other's asses. That is awesome.

And Titanic with the romance as its A-plot has a couple of boring-ass kids who I couldn't care less about.

And so, of course, it made more money than god. :P

I think Kingdoms of Dust needs to be a competence-porn romance.

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In other news, Bone Palace has grown 2,000 words since I started revising, and I have five more chapters to go.

Comments

[artemishi.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. I cried more when the Irish 'sub passengers' were drowning than when Leo froze to death. Alas.

And...I can haz movie of The Drowning City??? :D

[melinda-goodin.livejournal.com]

(A lot of people don't appreciate that...)
Oh my gawd, amen! I heart The Abyss and Aliens. I've never been so furious as when I saw the first few minutes of Aliens3.

competence-porn romance? Count me in!

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

I love the bit in Aliens-- though its only in the extended cut-- where Ripley and Reese exchange first names. It's about as tender as it gets, but it's really awesome. I love the connection between the two of them in that movie.

I'm very hopeful that Avatar will give us something along those lines.

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Competence porn! Yes! I now have a term for it! My favorite thing. :)

[graygirl.livejournal.com]

Ripley + Hicks = Woohoo!!

[orrin.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. Because yes!

[blackaire.livejournal.com]

Hicks and Kyle ruined me for all other future-space-men men. Trufax.

Ripley and Hicks - Best couple ever - Yeah!

[(Anonymous)]

It's so about respect, all the times he gives her a little look when she is doing something kick-ass great, and from the moment he saves Newt....