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Oct. 11th, 2004 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrBarbie as Galadriel. Urk. Somehow, this makes me cringe; can't quite explain why.
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heinous_bitca has informed me of this, which is equally as bad. *Shudder*
Second edit: I am, of course, rather a howling hypocrite to object.
Edited to add:
heinous_bitca has informed me of this, which is equally as bad. *Shudder*Second edit: I am, of course, rather a howling hypocrite to object.
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Date: 2004-10-11 06:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 07:13 am (UTC)K.
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Date: 2004-10-11 07:26 am (UTC)The appeal of Galadriel is supposed to be so etherial and spiritual, while Barbie's massive powers stem largely from her being overdeveloped and small enough to fit in the hip-pocket -- a perfect material girl.
However, they are the Lasting Beauties, the archetypes, and have that semireal sexy/unapproachable quality.
God knows that if Galadriel has ever been portrayed, it was as a super femme enchantress. Just. Like. Barbie.
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Date: 2004-10-11 08:11 am (UTC)I'm waiting for Barbie as Eowyn the Warrior. ;)
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Date: 2004-10-11 12:43 pm (UTC)*slaps self* What am I saying???! (g)
Chantal
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Date: 2004-10-11 07:44 am (UTC)http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BM41/102-6346835-6466512
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Date: 2004-10-11 07:43 am (UTC)http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BM41/102-6346835-6466512
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Date: 2004-10-11 07:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 07:27 am (UTC)Almost makes me want to acquire a Galadriel Barbie and turn her into Evil!Galadriel.
And I agree with
Liv TylerArwen.(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 07:45 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 08:23 am (UTC)Still wrongest of the wrong.
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Date: 2004-10-11 07:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 05:00 pm (UTC)And wings, of course...
Oh, and the reason why I was out toy shopping was that I was looking for a Barbie in an 18th Century costume for the stop motion epic I want to do titled _Jane_Austin_(sp?)_vs._Godzilla_.
I blame Peg Kerr...
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Date: 2004-10-11 07:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 07:39 am (UTC)But NOT Aragorn.
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Date: 2004-10-11 07:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 07:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 07:54 am (UTC)And I tried to find the Arwen & Aragorn on Barbie's official site (the collector one), but they weren't find-able. Might not be on the collectors site, but I figured it the best place to find it. Outside of Amazon, of course.
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Date: 2004-10-11 07:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-10-11 10:16 am (UTC)...
As for me, I suppose the Galadriel Barbie annoys me because she still looks like Barbie, and Barbie is...a pretty shallow representation of "beauty".
Whoever said that it was because Barbie wouldn't read Tolkein is also right on. We are talking about the doll that says, "Math is hard."
Alternate Barbies
Date: 2004-10-11 05:03 pm (UTC)Oh, and math _IS_ hard!
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Date: 2004-10-11 06:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-11 12:21 pm (UTC)Because Tolkien's characters are real and Ken and Barbie aren't.
MKK
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Date: 2004-10-11 12:52 pm (UTC)Barbie as Galadriel, though, looks too much like Barbara Eden from I Dream of Jeanie. And what is this stretch-mesh stuff her dress is made out of? I'd expect the real Galadriel to be wearing something made of soft wool or silk.
Still, I agree with
Chantal
Well, how about...
Date: 2004-10-11 05:09 pm (UTC)In my opinion the most "What Where They Thinking??" Barbie was the Civil War Nurse Barbie (which did not come with severed, gangrenous limbs as accessories).
It reduced me to utter, hysterical laughter in the middle of F.A.O. Schwartz...
alternatively...
Date: 2004-10-12 06:17 am (UTC)look! let's encourage our daughters not only to have unattainable ideals of 'beauty' and thus nurture low self-esteem, but let's also teach them to only want arrogant, controlling men who can't seem to keep their sexual urges under control (and who have powerful thighs).
ahem. yeah. i mean, legolas ken might at least encourage them to pick up tolkien. and if young girls obsesss about him, they're at least obsessing about someone with honor and integrity and who knows how to be a nice guy. raider ken...? not so much.
not that i've read the deveraux novel, i must admit. but i've read my share of bodice rippers... i don't like the stereotypes they all seem to include. as i have no doubt made more than clear already. =)
Re: alternatively...
Date: 2004-10-12 07:40 pm (UTC)Re: alternatively...
Date: 2004-10-12 08:54 pm (UTC)You Probably Don't Need To Know This, But...
Date: 2004-10-17 07:10 am (UTC)Don't know if either has any "special action" features...