Minor Alien Module 1: Luriani

[AndreaV]

You guys are reading way, way too much into the cover.

It's a badly executed piece of Poser artwork. Nothing more, nothing less.

Interesting aside, I did a very quick and very unscientific test here. My partner and daughter (both blessed with an XX choromsome configuration) when they looked at the picture saw the face first, my three (admittedly teenage and hormone driven) sons saw the breasts first. Men and women see different things guys.

 

[zensunni]

Furthermore, it is an imaginary woman. If it had been an actual woman, you might have an argument for being indignant on her behalf (The question of whether or not her own opinion mattered is far too complex for me to get into here). But as I said above, the rights and feelings of pigments and paper don't rate very high on my scale of wrongs. Or rather, it doesn't rate at all.

Edit: i had written a response, but I think I'll let my previous response to you stand on its own. I've said the cover is sexist by objectifying women and given reasons why; the reason for raising this is obviously because it has impact on real women. You seem to be stuck on the point that the fictional subject isn't able to be hurt, which really misses the point.

You guys are reading way, way too much into the cover.

It's a badly executed piece of Poser artwork. Nothing more, nothing less.

I think an elephant is in the room. It's interesting that so many admit it's a bad cover, while not saying why. Some here seem reluctant to admit sexism is still an issue in the hobby, not to mention acknowledge when it rears its head.

 

[rancke]

You seem to be stuck on the point that the fictional subject isn't able to be hurt, which really misses the point.

Actually, that is, in my opinion, a very salient point that you are missing. Interfering with the freedom of expression of individuals on the grounds that they are hurting 3.5 billion women in the abstract is just plain wrong.


Hans

 

[aramis]

[m;]Y'all are getting political. Don't, or the thread disappears into the pit.[/m;]

 

[zensunni]

Actually, that is, in my opinion, a very salient point that you are missing. Interfering with the freedom of expression of individuals on the grounds that they are hurting 3.5 billion women in the abstract is just plain wrong.

I *never* said Mongoose didn't have the right to publish a sexist cover, simply that it *is* sexist. You and a couple of others challenged this, so I went on to explain the 'why'.

Vocalising why I didn't buy the book and drawing attention to the sexist cover is most certainly not interfering with freedom of expression. I find that accusation quite ironic.

I'll bow to aramis's decision that this is getting too political, so won't comment further.

 

[Shonner]

You guys are reading way, way too much into the cover.

It's a badly executed piece of Poser artwork. Nothing more, nothing less.

Agreed. The cover put me off from getting the thing. Poser art like that just screams "free fanzine comic book, nothing else to see here". Poser was used in Orbital once or twice. Seeing Judy from Poser 5 with terribly lit rendering was a bit painful.

The same artist does some better artwork at http://us.fotolia.com/p/200717608 that they could have picked from for the cover.