Eye Candy

Now, before my heterosexual male readers (and lesbian female readers...equality, y'all!!!) get all excited, this post isn't going to be filled with pictures of incredibly attractive, oiled-up, semi-naked girls. Sorry.

Okay, you get ONE hot girl.

No, the focus of this post is going to be on that ever-popular device used in pretty much every sci-fi, action, and generally male-focused movie and TV show ever. The pretty, pretty man person. And as many girls can testify, those guys can be VERY pretty.

Now, let's not over-generalise here. I'm not saying that in order to appreciate a good outer-space thriller or comic-made-movie you have to possess a Y-chromosome (Although it does help). Hell, I'm a girl and I LOVE a good science fiction double feature. But let's face it, the writers and casting directors of these things do their darnedest to attract a wider demographic than some guy dreaming of a more adventurous life by living vicariously through his on-screen heroes. They also want to attract the girlfriends of this type of person (IF there are any).

How do they do it? Hugh Jackman.


Hmmm...maybe not his manliest moment...



There, that's better. Crazy Eyes and all.

How many women agreed to see the X-Men movie trilogy (plus stupid-ass prequel) simply because it promised Hughey with his rippling biceps in a wife-beater singlet? A lot? I'm guessing a lot.

At this juncture you may be thinking, "Well, that's just one movie." I could probably list a hundred different examples of tricky TV producers luring unsuspecting girls in with promises of candy. (Ooh, that sounded bad) But, no. I'll just use the show I happen to be watching at this very moment.

And by the by, if you haven't seen this show:
1) Too bad, I'm not elaborating on the storyline so things make more sense
2) You should watch it. It's really good.

Dark Angel
It isn't difficult to see why guys watch this show. Post-apocalyptic world. Transgenic mutants. Lots of ass-kicking. And of course, Jessica Alba in a tight, black leather catsuit. (You don't get a picture. I said only ONE hot girl photo). Plus there are lesbians, motorcycles and tons of beer.

For the girls, apart from all the chicky attitude and girl power, the main attraction is the man candy. No, I don't mean this guy.


Although...he DOES have his charms...

I'm talking about Jessica Alba's character's main love interest in the show...



Logan Cale: Making gratuitous spectacles sexy since 2000

He also fights corrupt governmental powers and writes poetry. What more could you want?
And then there's this lovely specimen. He happens to be a clone of Jessica Alba's character's quasi-brother. It's complicated...

Alec only has pointless glasses in one episode, so...

Let's face it. Nobody in the real world is that attractive. (Okay, maybe the latter could be because he was designed in a lab...) They're there simply to give the girl folk something good to look. Now, I enjoy a good fight scene or shoot-out as much as the saddest, nerdiest guy out there, but even I get distracted when Logan gets all smolder-y or Alec gets shirtless. Girls are programmed that way.
Just like how guys get distracted when they see this...Oh wait, I said no more sexy girl pictures. Sorry.

To summarise, the evil people behind these shows play on the weaknesses of we mere mortals, luring us into watching entertaining shows with images of unnaturally attractive people...

I'll find my inner outrage in a minute.

P.S.
No, this post wasn't just an excuse to put up images of pretties on my blog. Well...not entirely, anyway. I needed SOMETHING to balance out the Chuck Norris.