A conversation that should have been blogged long ago

[petronia]

Went out last week with dipping_sauce (before the teeth-pulling), and mostly sort of wandered around doing desultory shopping - bought FFT, a fact I also should've mentioned days ago - and babbling at the girl. ^^; Tried to explain the full brilliance/horror of the thing that is TeniMyu, as that was what was foremost on my mind at the time, which... eventually sort of segued into an explanation of the brilliance/horror existence of the thing that is F4, complete with Tin's Gloria Arroyo anecdote. ^^; Which led to the following attempt at cultural contextualisation:

Sabina: ...But see, American Idol and its ilk are missing the comic book vector. It really has to have the fictional basis, but I don't know what in North America even corresponds to that. Smallville, maybe?

Erin: So what you're saying is, if they had Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum--

Sabina: --start a boyband together. Exactly.

Erin: ...

Sabina: ...

Both: That would sell. That would sell like crazy.

Comments

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I was merely pointing out that from management's point of view, this is an incredible missed opportunity. XD XD XD Unlike Asians, North American media has a prejudice against conflating actors and boybanders. Pffft, I say!

[serendip.livejournal.com]

Actually, what I was thinking was Tom Welling is ONLY good for a boi band. He's pretty and he has no ability to act. (There should have been a /sarkky tag behind the Tom Welling comment.)

Anyways, I can't see any boyband inspiring the hysteria that F4 has created. And shoujo manga is coming from a different place than Superman, yanno? Tho I'm sure the Smallville lj fandom would SALIVATE at the v. concept, so.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knew you were being sarcastic about The Welling. XD And you never know until you try, no? Smallville is perhaps the shoujoest of Superman versions yet.

[serendip.livejournal.com]

I will agree to the Smallville assessment.

And I am so afraid for Tom Welling's latest flick. Really, people, no one thinks he's 17, no one. XD