Fathers and Suns notices ...

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I watched the second episode again and had a couple of thoughts.

First, I don't find it that odd that Rimmer would have a breast fixation. We know from little clues he likes, um, larger features on the ladies (the rude Renaissance paintings from the first novel; his remarks about big thighs in "Memory" to name two). I can reconcile him being gay and still fascinated with women's bodies - he certainly wouldn't be the first gay man I've known to like boobs. Most seem to.

Second, a bit of costumey - anyone glimpse the little horizontal pleating on the sides of Rimmer's tunic at waist level? Nice detail, is all.

Finally, did anyone else notice Rimmer putting that hardlight strength to work with the forklifts at the end? The others were trying to push them off one at a time, but Rimmer was visibly straining in the back - one hand on each, holding them off the entire group until Lister made Pree shut down. You can even see Rimmer lowering his arms afterward. Quite a switch from his Rimmerworld runner (from a purely survivalist POV, Rimmer could've gone to softlight here and his bee wouldn't have been hurt at all, even if the others had been spiked or crushed).

No wonder Rimmer did a little dance with the others after; aww, he helped!

In that vein, I feel like the boys are all more cohesive and affectionate - family-like - this season, than ever before, and concerned about one another. Maybe that's what many people like about X so far, I don't know.

Comments

[hazeltea.livejournal.com]

The thing about Rimmer is that he doesn't have enough practical experience with women to know what he likes, so he defaults to what society says is attractive; sort of like teenage boys do. You can tell that by the way he talks about McGruder. When he met Nirvanah, he liked her because for the first time someone else was treating him as a person in a relationship and not a generic piece of a relationship, and she certainly didn't have double Ds!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sqeed over those pleats!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Camille's form certainly wasn't busty - it was his sister-in-law, still attractive, so I do see what you mean. Being a model, she's someone he'd think he's supposed to swoon over. Of course here, it's mainly just a comedy device to get Rimmer to be a stand-in for the shallow male viewer, and I was highly amused. (It's easy for me to forget sometimes things are done on this show for comedy's sake and/or to hit a comic trope that will get laughs and ratings, LOL.)

[hazeltea.livejournal.com]

Absolutely about the model comment. Another thing about Camille, too, is that she was desirable to him because he had a chance to possess something is brother "owned" (again, issues with women!) and it was a way of scoring off his brother, even if it was only his sister in law in image and not reality. It would still be a status symbol to him because the Space Corps Captain he wants to be WOULD have a model for a girlfriend, of course! lol