4s Marry 4s, 7s Marry 7s: I guess, although because Romance Dude actually isn't Main Protagonist (at least from my perspective), the whole romance subplot doesn't factor in too much.
I have less to say about this on 4s vs 7s, but rather that the film had a basically irrelevant romance subplot. This reminded me of the old tale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_team#Marla_Heasley.27s_experiences_on-set) that George Peppard (who played the original Hannibal) told the female supporting lead on-the-set that the A-Team production didn't need her, since the story was about men. Which, to be an apologetic for a moment, makes sense in the realm of masculine escapist fantasy and the mythic crusader(s) tale (which Peppard would have been pretty damned familiar with in literature spanning his lifetime). The A-Team is about the guys and doesn't offer a lot to women except as accessories. For better or worse, it's a dolled up Boys Tale (or even as some kind of American seinen). Eh. Whatever.
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Date: 2010-06-16 07:31 pm (UTC)I have less to say about this on 4s vs 7s, but rather that the film had a basically irrelevant romance subplot. This reminded me of the old tale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_team#Marla_Heasley.27s_experiences_on-set) that George Peppard (who played the original Hannibal) told the female supporting lead on-the-set that the A-Team production didn't need her, since the story was about men. Which, to be an apologetic for a moment, makes sense in the realm of masculine escapist fantasy and the mythic crusader(s) tale (which Peppard would have been pretty damned familiar with in literature spanning his lifetime). The A-Team is about the guys and doesn't offer a lot to women except as accessories. For better or worse, it's a dolled up Boys Tale (or even as some kind of American seinen). Eh. Whatever.