Posts, eh? None for six months, and then three come along at once.
Since I was posting, I couldn’t not also post about the Spock stuff from the new Star Trek movie. It pushes sooooo many of my buttons. Few things do it for me like a guy trying and failing to control overwhelming emotion. Sadness/pain [...]
Archive for the ‘Men in emotional pain’ Category
Control and emotion
Posted in Men in emotional pain on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Son of a preacher man
Posted in Men in emotional pain on December 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On Christmas Eve I went to midnight mass with a catholic friend of mine. Now, I don’t much like religion. I’m spiritual, but not religious, and dogma tends to make me uncomfortable. And this friend of mine is not someone I’m remotely attracted to. Not even a little bit.
However, he went up to receive communion, [...]
Mansub poster boy of the day: Johnny Castle
Posted in Desperation, Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain, sordid on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another boy from the wrong side of the tracks relying on his body to make a living. Dancing is Johnny’s only marketable skill, and he’s poorly paid even for that. He depends on the ‘generosity’ of wealthy, powerful older women, who only want him for his body, paying him to dance with them, and sometimes [...]
Pain, shame and degradation part 2
Posted in Desperation, Fighting for money, Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain, sordid, tagged Fighting for money, Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain, sordid on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m really not a big fan of Ben McKenzie. He’s the least convincing boy-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks ever. But I am a big fan of emotionally tortured men going cage fighting in a vain attempt to get a moment’s respite from their pain.
Here’s why I got sucked into the OC. I turned on the tv one day and [...]
Men in (emotional) pain
Posted in Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain, tagged Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain on November 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
As I was talking about devoted, love-struck apprentices in the last post, and it reminded me of Hero. I loved Hero. I’m a big fan of the seriously beautiful Tony Leung, who always does very delicious emotional distress. Loved his guilt-ridden assassin in Hard Boiled. Mmm, shame. Must write about that some time. Where was [...]
