Fandom Lounge's Journal - Day

12:51AM - Bwah?

Warner Bros president of production Jeff Robinov has made a new decree that "We are no longer doing movies with women in the lead".

Of course, Warner Bros has always been male-centric in its movies. But now the official policy as expressly articulated by Robinov is that a male has to be the lead of every pic made. I'm told he doesn't even want to see a script with a woman in the primary position (which now is apparently missionary at WB).

Well then. I guess I'll go see Jodie Foster's new one (of which apparently poor box office returns are part of this call for no-women leads), and that will be it for me. I'll throw my silly girly dollars at some other movie studio.

2:45PM - That whole Warner Bros. not making movies with female leads any more?

Not true.

People have written to Warner Bros. customer service about it and gotten this reply.

Hello,
Thank you for your email. The claims being made on blogs regarding Mr. Robinov, Warner Bros. and female casting decisions are untrue. Our 2008 film slate, which includes at least three motion pictures with female leads and casts, underscores our commitment to telling good stories regardless of gender.
Thank you,
Warner Bros. Customer Service"

Source: http://phantomas.livejournal.com/249934.html?mode=reply&style=mine

(Wow, this new web update interface is a real pain, isn't it?)

11:21PM - reading suggestions

(If this is in the wrong place, please let my know and I'll move it)

I'm here on request from my roommate, who doesn't have a journalfen account. You see, she's trying to get into romance writing, but she's never even read the genre before. She asked a friend for some suggestions, but that friend gave her stereotypical crummy smut novels and my roommate was less than pleased. She asked me for some suggestions, but I'm no good at the genre either. so, if anyone could give some suggestions of good reads for her, then both she and I would appreciate it.

Here's a few things she's looking for:

1: She wants romance, not smut. She's not opposed to smut, but she'd like the majority of the story to be about the couple falling in love and such.

2: Het, Slash, and Femslash are all fine. She mentioned that Het is preferred, since that's what she wants to write, but she has no opposition to the other two.

3: Both published work and fanfiction is alright. For fanfiction, these are the fandoms she knows:

The Royal Tananbaums
Red Dwarf
The Breakfast Club
Labyrinth
Any Jane Austin novel
Any Terry Pratchett novel

She also said that any pairing is alright, she's not partial to one or another.

4: For published works Victorian era is preferred, as that's what she wants to write, but any period is acceptable.