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Rewatched: The Good Place, season three--with a bit of skipping around. Seasons one and two were the strongest; season three showed a bit more weakness, so I skipped two(?) episodes. But dang, that kiss where Chidi and Eleanor are in Janet's void is still swooningly romantic.
Also rewatched Galavant. I think my favorite moments are those brief bits of self-referential humor, like when they're singing about going to war and how "It's a good day to die", and someone points out that there's still another episode. Also, "This isn't Game of Thrones". Hee.
I do find that reframing (ex? future?) King Richard as The Hero Who Wields the Sword in season two caused a narrative shift that wasn't helpful for characters like Sid. And the writing for Richard has him as such a buffoon that the last-minute heroic transition doesn't really work for me. But all in all, a fun and enjoyable show. Now wondering "Where are they now?" of Joshua Sasse and Karen David.
Reread Robin LaFever's His Fair Assassin trilogy, which begins with Grave Mercy. I originally read them as library e-books, but later snagged all three books bundled together and on sale (still as an e-book). So when I got to the point of "I don't want to read this depressing book" (The Round House, by Louise Erdrich--critically acclaimed for a reason, but tackling the topic of rape and tribal lands, and not mid-pandemic fare for me) I switched to LaFever's stories for a change of pace.
Not that these books aren't dark in their own ways--assassin nuns whose backgrounds typically included child abuse (physical, emotional) is definitely its own sort of dark. But also there are gods, romance, magic and, y'know, assassin nuns, so it's ultimately not so weighty.
Anyway. Not as strong in a second read-through. Well... at least the third book. Books one and two both hold up well, but remembering a key element of the romance in the third book made it a bit weirdly comical.
I do really like Sybella, the protagonist in the second book. Nosing around, it appears she's a co-protagonist in a duology set in the same universe, so guess what I'm reading next?
Netflix film The Old Guard was very much what I expected from other people's reviews: not exactly a strong film, more like a two-hour TV pilot episode. But nonetheless very enjoyable: strong fight scenes, a good crew of actors, and the premise is promising. Also, it has just enough structural material to be the kind of thing that fandom loves to add some filler to, so at some point I might peek at AO3 to see what's there.
Also rewatched Galavant. I think my favorite moments are those brief bits of self-referential humor, like when they're singing about going to war and how "It's a good day to die", and someone points out that there's still another episode. Also, "This isn't Game of Thrones". Hee.
I do find that reframing (ex? future?) King Richard as The Hero Who Wields the Sword in season two caused a narrative shift that wasn't helpful for characters like Sid. And the writing for Richard has him as such a buffoon that the last-minute heroic transition doesn't really work for me. But all in all, a fun and enjoyable show. Now wondering "Where are they now?" of Joshua Sasse and Karen David.
Reread Robin LaFever's His Fair Assassin trilogy, which begins with Grave Mercy. I originally read them as library e-books, but later snagged all three books bundled together and on sale (still as an e-book). So when I got to the point of "I don't want to read this depressing book" (The Round House, by Louise Erdrich--critically acclaimed for a reason, but tackling the topic of rape and tribal lands, and not mid-pandemic fare for me) I switched to LaFever's stories for a change of pace.
Not that these books aren't dark in their own ways--assassin nuns whose backgrounds typically included child abuse (physical, emotional) is definitely its own sort of dark. But also there are gods, romance, magic and, y'know, assassin nuns, so it's ultimately not so weighty.
Anyway. Not as strong in a second read-through. Well... at least the third book. Books one and two both hold up well, but remembering a key element of the romance in the third book made it a bit weirdly comical.
I do really like Sybella, the protagonist in the second book. Nosing around, it appears she's a co-protagonist in a duology set in the same universe, so guess what I'm reading next?
Netflix film The Old Guard was very much what I expected from other people's reviews: not exactly a strong film, more like a two-hour TV pilot episode. But nonetheless very enjoyable: strong fight scenes, a good crew of actors, and the premise is promising. Also, it has just enough structural material to be the kind of thing that fandom loves to add some filler to, so at some point I might peek at AO3 to see what's there.
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