Janet Bond? PLEASE...Movie Fail!

OK...This is getting ridiculous.  Ladies...I get that you want equality (when it works in your favor)...but JANET BOND???  Really?  Give me a fucking break!!!

No...don't pull that shit with me and roll your eyes...I am all for equal rights, equal pay...but enough with the "not enough women in leading roles" sympathy trip.  Its old and I have run out of sympathy for you.  And before you bash my head in...READ first my explanation as to why I feel this way.

First off...if there aren't enough roles out there promoting women in leading roles we need to look at the movies being produced, the companies producing them and the people writing them.  It ALL starts there with the script.  Get creative...write a script...lets see you do something about it instead of mere whining.

Next...Janet Bond???  Really???  Guaranteed to fail.

 It was a role first brought out in the 50's.  It was written FOR a man.  And for over 60 YEARS it has been a man.  It wasn't written for a woman.  Plain and simple.  The action scenes wont support a woman in this role.  James Bond takes a shit kicking.  Like Angelina Jolie is gonna take down Bautista in a one on one fist fight.  It isn't realistic.

Conan was remade with Jason Momoa instead of Arnie.  Now this remake was a great movie.  Its only problem was that they called it Conan the Barbarian.  Now that automatically opened the movie up to criticisms of the original starring Arnie.  They didn't have to do that.  The movie was good enough on its own.  But now comes under negative reviews because of a comparison to the original.

Same here.  Make up a new series.  Written with a woman as lead.  A new name.  So it is judged on its own merits not bitterly attacked and judged based on 60 years of men only in the role.  It isn't fair and it will fail and everyone will be going what's wrong with the world?

When you think of 007...you think of a man...James Bond.  Not Janet Bond.  It will always be that way.  If it was to be a woman, a woman should have been introduced into that role right away, not after 60 years and fighting age old stereotypes.

Im sorry...Janet Bond will fail miserably.  If a woman is to have a chance at breaking stereotypes in movie roles, she doesn't need to be fighting 60+ years of role bias and gender conditioning.  Write a whole new script...a whole new series.  Let it sink or swim on its own merits without the hinderance of the past to drag it down.  Bring out something original.

Or is that the REAL problem...Hollywood has no originality left?

TODAY'S SHAMELESS THOUGHT

A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail at 3 AM.

A "GOOD" friend is someone who will be sitting right beside you going, "Dam...She sure didn't look like no cop huh?"

Death Race 2 HUH???

So Carl Lucas has a heat seeking missile chasing his ass.  Im about to get blown to bits, Im gonna try everything.  So why didn't he?  Why not drop The Tombstone before he was impacted???

FORE!!!

Not sure how they let it happen.  Im bummed right out.  This was Washington's year to win the Cup.  Guess not or they wouldn't be eliminated.  Ovie will have to learn to live with being the most prolific hockey player to have NEVER won the Cup.

I have quite the set of Braden Holtby Rookie cards.  :-)  But would rather see them in the Cup.  Which just doesn't seem like it will happen in my lifetime.  They made it to the final in 98 and were swept by Detroit in 4.  Oddly they had half the team than they do now.  The finished 20 pts ahead of everyone else...but couldn't suck it up when it mattered most.

And now most of the team is ready for retirement and its time for a rebuild.  Luckily, hope is cheap.

Washington Capitals...the little engine that couldn't.

Todays Sarcastic Wit

What it used to be...The Customer Is Always Right
What it is now........We Value Your Opinion, We Just Don't Want To Hear It

BRADEN HOLTBY AUTOGRAPHED ROOKIE CARD

AWESOME!!!  I sent out a few offers of $225 for Braden Holtby's autographed Rookie card.  It was going for $250, a few slightly higher.  DEALERS!!!  Of the 3 I put offers on, none accepted.  Leading one to wonder...If I offered $225 on a $250 auction, and you turn it down...you are a tightwad. 

Well I put in a bid on a running auction for one.  199 made.  This one is #51...the others were higher.

I won the auction for $202.00

Now I have an autographed Grant Fuhr in a 4 pack, but Ken Dryden was always my favorite.  My all time #1.  Until now.  Ken Dryden doesn't do autographs. There is a gentleman.  A true Team Canada Summit Series 72 fan who has travelled the world to get the team members of that team to get their autographs on his jersey.  He has everyone except...Ken Dryden.  Ken refuses several times quoted s saying, as soon as I do, that jersey's on Ebay.  I still think Ken is awesome, but saying that was a little harsh IMO.

Also...Ken wasn't a Washington Capital like Holtby, who tied Ken Drydens Playoff rookie record knocking out the top two teams.

Im not a complete hokey nut.  But I do like my hockey and my select few souvenir items.  :-)

HUNGER GAMES MAIN PLOT QUESTION

In the first Hunger games, Katniss volunteers to save her younger sister from The Games.
Her younger sister is about the same age as Rue, maybe a year older. 
Which begs the question...

Why didn't anyone in Rue's District volunteer for Rue?