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You've Got Red On You, You Commie Bastard

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (35)

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You know by now that Pajiba Love Friday is a Family Affair, right? That we built this city on mock and droll? If you see the same contibuters in these posts week in and week out that means a) they’re firing me links over on facebook (friend me, it ain’t hard!) or via email. And you know what, my little anonymous sources? You can too! If I’ve neglected to use you in the past, please don’t let that stop you. So listen folks, it’s a gorgeous Friday, I’ve got a frosty Multi-Green Kombucha (More than one green! Many greens! Ideally not Soylent Green!) let’s dive right into Pajiba Love Friday!

Julie sent me this snort-worthy link from The Blogess. READ IT OR I’ll SICK THIS STRANGULATING MONKEY ON YOU. (The Blogess)

From esme we have this tremendously well-written essay on why you might consider hating Amy Pond (companion, “Doctor Who,” for those of you don’t watch the show or ever read this site). I don’t hate Pond, but this woman makes some excellent points. Also, Donna Noble 4 ever. Also, spoilers, sweeties. (Tiger Beatdown)

As STARK WEEK comes to a close, we have this excellent video courtesy of mswas and my friend Tam. It’s “Game of Thrones” reimagined as an RPG. (College Humor) And Pinky McLadybits offers up this “Storm of Swansons” tumblr that combines your favorite mustachioed Pawneean and “Game of Thrones.” (Uproxx)

From our friends over at Warming Glow comes this excellent battle of wits between Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs,” “Cougar Town”) and theater critic Scott Brown of New York Magazine. I have to say, I love seeing highly verbal folks go at it, tooth and claw. These fellers don’t mince words. They don’t even julienne them. (Warming Glow)

Speaking of slicing and dicing words, Captain Tuttle sent my favorite link of the week. These literary posters are comprised of chapters from some of your favorite books. Well, okay, fine, my favorite books. (Poster Text)

From branded a science-y article on why men die earlier than women. Apparently it’s because they’re trying to impress us. That’s why the female of the species is more deadlier than the male. Also, how much do I enjoy saying “houbara bustard”? A lot. Alotalot. (Wired)

“Houbara bustard” might be my new favorite swear word. Maybe I can get jM to make it beautiful for me. In the meantime, check out this link she sent me of other beautiful swear words. (Beautiful Swear Words)

Fox News, you hourbara bustards, stop being so damn vile. Seriously, your racism is showing, and it’s embarrassing me. (Angry Black Lady)

Friend of the site, John Williams, conducted a phenomenal interview with Simon Reynolds, author of “Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past.” The book looks fascinating and right up the alley of all you little Pajibans. You neverending fonts of pop-cultural minutia. Sometimes I feel like pop-culture is eating its own *ss. You know, like the Auryn or, say, the Human Centipede. (The Second Pass)

I hope you didn’t click that Human Centipede link. You know better by now, right? Anyway, to clothe your naked disgust, Pinky McLadybits offers up the following choices. There’s this dino-mite shirt from Woot or these fantastic socks. While the nerd in me loves the bookworm and geek options (that’s a bluestocking joke, right?), I find myself rather drawn to the bacon socks. (Incredible Things)

Did you know that prolific Pajiba commenter, Mrs Julien is actually Canadian? I think only a Canadian would have access to this site which lists all the American holidays. Including the ones you’ve never heard of. It’s like something a Conehead would reference. Anyway, the point is, today is Root Beer Float Day! Phenomenal. Too bad I missed yesterday, which was Mustard Day. You’d have to be condimental to hate mustard. (State Symbols USA)

Finally, my girl Geek Girl Diva sent me this new Saffron “Firefly” Art Nouveau Poster. Yowza. I admit the Inara poster is still my fav. (QMX)

Socrates_Johnson sent me this lovely video wherein my favorite over-enunciator, Bill Nighy, explains the “Robin Hood” tax.

Finally, I may be the only one here who has seen Teen Wolf Too several times. (Probably not. See aforementioned “font” comment.) Here is my close personal friend, Jason Bateman, re-enacting a scene from that forgotten screen gem.

Joanna Robinson wants a strangulating monkey of her very own. She’ll love it and squeeze it and call it George.









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Comments

I don't care how many shitty movies he makes I will always love Jason Bateman.

Posted by: JenVegas at August 5, 2011 3:00 PM

Is it just me, or is the world feeling a little extra special racist-y this week?

Posted by: coveredinbees at August 5, 2011 3:07 PM

I think that Amy critique is too harsh. I'll admit it (and I've written it here): I'm tired of that love triangle angle. Also, admittedly, I am a dude, which she claims are the only people that think season five transcends the prior seasons.

Beyond that, though, I think Amy's storylines are reasonable, and she does not just sit around waiting to be rescued. I can cite at least a few adventures in which she took an extremely active role in providing solutions. Plus, you have to be pretty damn cynical to not have some appreciation for making the "something blue" at a wedding the TARDIS. I don't have any problems with putting a companion's pregnancy in the plot primarily because it's something Doctor Who has not done before in its many decades, and we have yet to see its full payoff.

As the writer mentions, she has not seen the old Who. As someone who has watched all of the old Who, I can tell you that this whole spin of exploring the home life of Rose, Martha, and Donna - which she feels is lacking with Amy - is a relatively new phenomenon. I'm not wholly opposed to it, but it does feel like something of a budgeting Earth-crutch to me as far as plotting goes, and I appreciate the old adventures wherein The Doctor and his companions set off for points unknown and unexplored worlds in the universe and didn't spend so much time worrying about what was going on back home, particularly when the actual passage of time back home is not even a relevant concern for a TARDIS traveler. Consequently, the role of Amy (and Rory) in that respect fits in well with the Doctor Who tradition.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at August 5, 2011 3:13 PM

"Before I’d even started watching, I already knew the prevailing opinion of current Who fans was that the show did not become truly amazing until Steven Moffat took over as lead writer and producer at the beginning of the fifth season, the same time that Matt Smith became the new Doctor."

Whu-hut?! That's just... Huh?!

Posted by: Todd at August 5, 2011 3:17 PM

Multi-Green Kombucha? Why, yes, thank you. I believe I will. (Sooo good, these.)

The monkey story had me crying in a good way (syphillis! Haaaaahahahaaa! Damn, I wish I'd written that.)...to make up for that bastard Murray over on the pet story.

Posted by: Shonda at August 5, 2011 3:19 PM

Wow, can you imagine the uproar and hysteria if a Robin Hood tax was proposed in this country? Especially if 'climate change' was used anywhere in the proposal.

Posted by: snapnhiss at August 5, 2011 3:22 PM

So you're too good to use the Rent-A-Pig link I sent? FINE! Good day to you Joanna!

I SAID GOOD DAY!

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 5, 2011 3:25 PM

The Robin Hood tax will destory the world!

I'd actually like to see someone seriously debate that being evil...I mean...Glenn Beck has to have something he could make up about this being be if the US tried it

Posted by: Luke at August 5, 2011 3:29 PM

we built this city on mock and droll

That line is what we call super green.

Posted by: mswas at August 5, 2011 3:45 PM

I disliked Amy Pond from the beginning of the season, but now I despise her. Well, I don't despise her, but I certainly despise the writers who conceived (ahem) of her and her use as minor god of the machine. Cheers for Lindsay Miller who laid it all out in her article.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at August 5, 2011 3:52 PM

Wait. It's August 5th today. It's National Mustard Day! You haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can.

Posted by: Beckie at August 5, 2011 3:56 PM

And my love of Christina Hendricks is because she earned a lifetime pass as Saffron. Woman can do no wrong, and neither does that poster.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at August 5, 2011 3:58 PM

but I certainly despise the writers who conceived (ahem) of her and her use as minor god of the machine


Oh, please. Rose BECAME a time vortex; Martha saved the Doctor by just wishing really, really hard, and Donna is the most important person ever.

But Amy? FUCK THAT UNBELIEVABLE SHIT!

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at August 5, 2011 3:59 PM

Beckie just won the day! Tell her what she's won, Johnny.

Johnny?

/covers microphone, whispers and gesticulates with seemingly increasing agitation

Well, congratulations again Beckie! Gosh, we are all really impressed down here, I can tell you. I mean you're so quick and clever, and you could cheer anybody up. Forgive us, Beckie, for this our dreadful toadying, but we are most incredibly impressed 'cause you're so clever and, well, just so super.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 5, 2011 4:12 PM

Actually, I DO think the series has improved since the Matt Smith/Stephen Moffat era began. Not saying all episodes have been gold, not saying that Amy doesn't get on my nerves from time to time, but after putting up with all that angst over Rose and enduring the bellowing shrieks of Donna Noble, I find Amy a vast improvement.

Martha was alright, though.

Posted by: SJ at August 5, 2011 4:18 PM

I'll always and forever defend Amy Pond and the hate towards her is getting a little bit tiresome. While, yes, some of the points in the article were well-made and she put thought into it, which I appreciate, sometimes it feels like a lot of people hate Amy just because it's easy to do so (I know this isn't the case for everyone).

Posted by: beckster at August 5, 2011 4:30 PM

I certainly wouldn't say that you're not entitled to like the Smith era more, SJ. I've just never gotten the impression that a majority of the fandom does. All the people I know who watch the show don't like it more or even as much as the Tennant era.

Posted by: Todd at August 5, 2011 4:34 PM

Mrs. Julien, I've never felt so honored... I think?

Posted by: Beckie at August 5, 2011 4:39 PM

I own those bacon socks. They are as magnificent as you'd imagine.

Posted by: Nora Borealis at August 5, 2011 4:44 PM

LADY ON TOP!

Posted by: Protoguy at August 5, 2011 4:48 PM

Oh yes, it was pure approbation. And a little Python.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 5, 2011 5:04 PM

While the Robin Hood tax seems to be a very
good idea, and while I lurv Bill Nighy, I
could cheerfully strangle the person who
edited that thing. Don't distract me from
your message because of your "creative" take
on editing.

Posted by: BitterMary at August 5, 2011 5:09 PM

I also don't understand how dudes can get called out for liking Amy Pond because they are horny and want to bang the saucy ginger. Because it certainly seems like there is a large, very vocal contingent of female (and dude) fans who want to do exactly the same thing to Tennant.

I firmly believe that a majority of people who say 'I love Doctor Who' actually mean 'I love looking at David Tennant'. The main detractors I've come across in real life who hate Matt Smith fetishize David Tennant.

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at August 5, 2011 5:36 PM

Can "We built this city on mock and droll" be Pajiba's new tagline? Pretty please?

Posted by: Sarah Carlson at August 5, 2011 6:12 PM

The sock monkey story was great and also reminded me how much I love her story about Beyonce the metal chicken... so I went back and read that one too. I laughed so hard I cried (an improvement since, Shonda, I just read Mr. Murray's pet piece and just straight up cried.)

Posted by: Even Stevens at August 5, 2011 7:26 PM

Dammit, proofread, Stevens! That should read "like Shonda"

Posted by: Even Stevens at August 5, 2011 7:26 PM

No, of course not. Why should we expect the people who got us into the financial shithole we're in and who managed to con the government into giving them our taxpayer dollars to fix it, and then didn't fix it all while making a profit?

Posted by: Protoguy at August 5, 2011 9:24 PM

Women love David Tennant not (just) because he is incredibly hot as Doctor Who, but (also) because he is an immensely talented actor who has already distinguished himself in other roles, notably as Hamlet, and will continue to impress and delight audiences in many roles in the future. I predict Karen Gillian will most likely suffer the fate of the actresses in the "former It Girl" post from earlier this week.

Posted by: Three-nineteen at August 5, 2011 9:54 PM

Also, Billie Piper must call him David Ten-inch for a reason.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at August 6, 2011 12:01 AM

we built this city on mock and droll

holy crap. i want to crawl in your brain and see what goes on in there.

Posted by: stopthemadness aka Angry Black Lady aka Imani ABL at August 6, 2011 12:03 AM

Joanna I think strangulating monkey squeezes YOU.

And apparently the commenters do all your work for you huh?

Posted by: logan at August 6, 2011 10:08 AM

logan, I guess you missed the "It takes a village" P-Love memo.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at August 6, 2011 11:17 AM

Man, I just read my own run-on sentence with no ending.

So, it's ok to sexualize someone if they're proven good at their jobs. In that case I demand all obsession with Robert Pattinson end now.

Posted by: Protoguy at August 6, 2011 12:40 PM

Yeah I'm out of the loop.

Posted by: logan at August 6, 2011 12:54 PM

I totally second using "we built this city on mock and droll" as the tagline. That was priceless.

Posted by: Stella at August 6, 2011 1:19 PM