Comments on John Scalzi applies the Bechdel test to recent SF movies...TypePad2010-07-29T12:10:09ZLeilahttps://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2010/07/john-scalzi-applies-the-bechdel-test-to-recent-sf-movies/comments/atom.xml/RTBoyce commented on 'John Scalzi applies the Bechdel test to recent SF movies...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e20133f2b586b7970b2010-07-30T01:37:01Z2010-07-30T01:37:01ZRTBoyceI recall one long-ago episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine where two female characters head out in a shuttlecraft...<p>I recall one long-ago episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine where two female characters head out in a shuttlecraft to do something daring near the wormhole - and it just felt weird! Ladies' night at the wormhole, everybody! I had never seen two women take off and accomplish something on their own on Star Trek before.</p>:paula commented on 'John Scalzi applies the Bechdel test to recent SF movies...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e2013485d77028970c2010-07-29T19:51:07Z2010-07-29T19:51:07Z:paulahttp://pinkme.typepad.comGonna start applying the Bechdel Test to the YA SF that I review. Hell, to YA in general. Charlie Higson's...<p>Gonna start applying the Bechdel Test to the YA SF that I review. Hell, to YA in general. <br />
Charlie Higson's The Enemy? CHECK! <br />
Karen Healey's Guardian of the Dead? CHECK! <br />
Cherie Priest's Boneshaker? CHECK! <br />
Cory Doctorow's For the Win? CHECK!<br />
Incarceron... hmm!</p>hope commented on 'John Scalzi applies the Bechdel test to recent SF movies...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e2013485d4de91970c2010-07-29T15:43:41Z2010-07-29T15:43:41ZhopeSo. Do you think this is a meaningful test? That's not a snarky question. I'm serious. I think it was...<p>So. Do you think this is a meaningful test?</p>
<p>That's not a snarky question. I'm serious. </p>
<p>I think it was made up as an off-the-cuff remark, and I love it. On the other hand, it's starting to squick me out the way it is being taken as a serious tool for evaluating a movie. I wouldn't want film makers sticking a side conversation into a movie just to pass the test and get some sort of gold star from the feminists. That's stupid. I want so much more than that.</p>Mikki commented on 'John Scalzi applies the Bechdel test to recent SF movies...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e2013485d45541970c2010-07-29T14:05:03Z2010-07-29T14:05:03ZMikkihttp://hereswhatletsdo.blogspot.comWhoa... That just hurt my brain a little.<p>Whoa... That just hurt my brain a little.</p>