I assume the publisher's intent was to offer a cover illustration that would appeal to teen girls back in the day. This picture certainly includes some elements of popular teen style - the high-waisted jeans, the necklace dangling over the sweater collar just so, and other accoutrements that define these creatures - the teddy bears, the teen idols ripped from the pages of Tiger Beat and the oh-so-precious knickknacks. Yet there's something a bit off about these two. Are they even teenagers? It's like they're a representation of what teenage girls would look like as rendered by someone who's never seen a teenaged girl....or by someone who's never seen a human? I think our clue lies in that
Monday, May 25, 2009
The Final Battle
I assume the publisher's intent was to offer a cover illustration that would appeal to teen girls back in the day. This picture certainly includes some elements of popular teen style - the high-waisted jeans, the necklace dangling over the sweater collar just so, and other accoutrements that define these creatures - the teddy bears, the teen idols ripped from the pages of Tiger Beat and the oh-so-precious knickknacks. Yet there's something a bit off about these two. Are they even teenagers? It's like they're a representation of what teenage girls would look like as rendered by someone who's never seen a teenaged girl....or by someone who's never seen a human? I think our clue lies in that
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Oh my, that takes me back... Just like the reruns of "land of the lost" on sci fi, that 1974 TV series that will farrel is remaking. I remember watching that show and being scared of the dino's. what the heck I was 4 or 5 at the time. that was pretty scary stuff.
so which one is the reptilian oVerlord?
Omg, you guys - did you know that V is going to be remade this fall? I'm so excited - if it's half as good as the Battlestar Galactica remake, it'll be all kinds of awesomeness!
Hi Andrea!!
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