Totally Outrageous!

[polychrome_pen]

So I've only watched 3 episodes so far, but I must say Jem and her Holograms have definitely caught my attention. I'm almost surprised that the music is actually pretty good. I catch it running through my head now when I'm supposed to be studying...XD

I love how its full of images of what it meant to be successful in the 1980s. Even the words to the opening (not the original one) talk about glamour, glitter, fashion, and fame. It reminds me just how materialistic that decade was. And yet it does hold a strange sort of glamour even today. Everything was done on such a large scale - the bigger and the more expensive, the better. This seems to have pertained to everything from cars to clothes and hair (definitely hair...>3>). Some of the giant bows on their clothes in Jem really do scare me, though.

It's too bad I can't get any more episodes now. The DVDs appear to be out of print (and going for like, 3 times their original value! @_@) and don't seem to be in line for a reissue any time this century.

Comments

[vicious-lullaby.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I remember watching that when I was teeny! XD Haven't seen it in yeeaaaaars though.

[tanz-fanatika.livejournal.com]

Jem is my favorite show of all time. I watched every episode when it first aired and luckily own both DVD sets and VHS copies of the eps not on the DVDs. Nothing's ever been better for me.

[ry-sabir.livejournal.com]

It was really fun to see that the Trix were probably inspired by The Misfits. Especially the whole Stormer/Stormy connection.

[tanz-fanatika.livejournal.com]

I've had multiple discussions to the contrary. I think it's completely probable that they were designed independently. Stormy's personality is nothing like Stormer's. Neither is her role. The only similarity is their hair and its easy to see that Stormy's could have been based on a cloud with lightning bolts. Icy having pale blue hair befits her power base. Darcy's nothing like Pizzazz, so I don't think there was any inspiration there. When I first saw them, I thought "Hey, they're kinda like the Misfits" but now I respect the creators enough to see that they're not.