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donutsweeper) wrote2015-08-24 11:37 am
donutsweeper) wrote2015-08-24 11:37 am
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Wow, I have barely posted this year. I did intend to but, well, the road to hell and all that.
It's just me and the animals at home for a bit as Hub gets son settled at college which feels weird. Molly (the dog) misses her girl (who's off at college herself) like crazy, or at least I assume so, she spends her day on her chair sleeping or looking bored and pathetic but that's part and parcel for her so it's hard to tell. The cats are getting along as well as ever (aka Santini and Kato get in arguments over who is supposed to be licking the other's head and Dusty hisses at Tini whenever he tries to get her to play).
Fannish-wise I've been into a few things this summer. I am watching/watched the new seasons of Teen Wolf (although question why more and more every episode), Graceland (ditto), Hannibal (more for its visual beauty than what it considers plot), and Dominion (whose second season has added even more interesting world building and amazing wingporn) while getting drawn into the new show Killjoys (the Syfy/Space channel show), watching all of Sense8 on Netflix in one day and all 4 seasons of a BBC show Death in Paradise (excellent mystery series, especially the first two seasons).
I really wish I could recommend Sense8 to everyone I know. The world building and set up is clever. Without giving away too much the plot is that a group of 8 people around the world discover they're linked mentally and that there are others trying to hunt them down and there's a lot of twists and turns as they figure everything out. The diversity is AMAZING. When they say around the world they mean around the world. The eight are a German man, Indian woman, Korean woman, Kenyan man, Icelandic woman, Mexican man and two Americans (one a white man, the other a white transgendered woman). The (established pre-show) relationships these folks are in are diverse too- one straight, two single sex (one of which is interracial). However, and this is a big however, there is quite a bit of violence (some *very extreme*), nudity (full frontal) and explicit sex scenes (including a quasi orgy) which contain the kind of audio that would make watching in public uncomfortable/questionable.
This is the kind of thing that makes me want to hike my trousers up around my chest, shake my cane at the clouds and shout about kids these days- so much of entertainment available today seems to be about pushing the envelope, of putting edginess and the desire to shock above anything else. I guess I just miss the days of fade-to-black and relying on the audience to use their imagination/whatever instead of blatantly showing everything and, in some cases (not Sense8 necessarily but too many tv shows and movies) dragging out the length of the fights/sex scenes to the point they take up a quarter or third of the screen time and TPTB hoping that by shocking the viewers with the violence or sex or effects they don't need to bother with thinks like plot that makes sense. Anyway. Rant over. It's a good show. Just... have the ff button handy, maybe?
Killjoys just finished (having only a 10 episode first season) and if you're looking for a show with truly amazing world building, great main plot (massively boiled down it's the story of 3 impartial bounty hunters trying not to be sucked into interplanetary politics and the possibly oncoming war) as well as engaging subplots, a kick ass female POC main character, incredibly fleshed out supporting characters (several of which are also POC), several Bechdel (and similar type) test passing moments and the best spaceship's AI I've seen in ages then this show is for you.
If you're a fan of mystery/murder/detective shows do consider checking out Murder in Paradise. The premise is a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the Caribbean (the setting is a fake island, but it's actually filmed down there so it looks amazing) to investigate the murder of the island's DI (Detective Inspector) and stays, taking over that position. Although somewhat formulaic and embracing of the 'fish out of water' stereotype it's still quite good. The plot of the murders makes sense (especially the why and how, something most Inspector Lewis and similar shows lack) and there's lovely subplots and interactions between the detective and the police force he inherits as well as the locals. It's on US Netflix and not too hard to find via creative googling.
Hmm, I was sure there was more I wanted to blather about but now I can't remember. Oh well. Hope all's good with everybody.
It's just me and the animals at home for a bit as Hub gets son settled at college which feels weird. Molly (the dog) misses her girl (who's off at college herself) like crazy, or at least I assume so, she spends her day on her chair sleeping or looking bored and pathetic but that's part and parcel for her so it's hard to tell. The cats are getting along as well as ever (aka Santini and Kato get in arguments over who is supposed to be licking the other's head and Dusty hisses at Tini whenever he tries to get her to play).
Fannish-wise I've been into a few things this summer. I am watching/watched the new seasons of Teen Wolf (although question why more and more every episode), Graceland (ditto), Hannibal (more for its visual beauty than what it considers plot), and Dominion (whose second season has added even more interesting world building and amazing wingporn) while getting drawn into the new show Killjoys (the Syfy/Space channel show), watching all of Sense8 on Netflix in one day and all 4 seasons of a BBC show Death in Paradise (excellent mystery series, especially the first two seasons).
I really wish I could recommend Sense8 to everyone I know. The world building and set up is clever. Without giving away too much the plot is that a group of 8 people around the world discover they're linked mentally and that there are others trying to hunt them down and there's a lot of twists and turns as they figure everything out. The diversity is AMAZING. When they say around the world they mean around the world. The eight are a German man, Indian woman, Korean woman, Kenyan man, Icelandic woman, Mexican man and two Americans (one a white man, the other a white transgendered woman). The (established pre-show) relationships these folks are in are diverse too- one straight, two single sex (one of which is interracial). However, and this is a big however, there is quite a bit of violence (some *very extreme*), nudity (full frontal) and explicit sex scenes (including a quasi orgy) which contain the kind of audio that would make watching in public uncomfortable/questionable.
This is the kind of thing that makes me want to hike my trousers up around my chest, shake my cane at the clouds and shout about kids these days- so much of entertainment available today seems to be about pushing the envelope, of putting edginess and the desire to shock above anything else. I guess I just miss the days of fade-to-black and relying on the audience to use their imagination/whatever instead of blatantly showing everything and, in some cases (not Sense8 necessarily but too many tv shows and movies) dragging out the length of the fights/sex scenes to the point they take up a quarter or third of the screen time and TPTB hoping that by shocking the viewers with the violence or sex or effects they don't need to bother with thinks like plot that makes sense. Anyway. Rant over. It's a good show. Just... have the ff button handy, maybe?
Killjoys just finished (having only a 10 episode first season) and if you're looking for a show with truly amazing world building, great main plot (massively boiled down it's the story of 3 impartial bounty hunters trying not to be sucked into interplanetary politics and the possibly oncoming war) as well as engaging subplots, a kick ass female POC main character, incredibly fleshed out supporting characters (several of which are also POC), several Bechdel (and similar type) test passing moments and the best spaceship's AI I've seen in ages then this show is for you.
If you're a fan of mystery/murder/detective shows do consider checking out Murder in Paradise. The premise is a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the Caribbean (the setting is a fake island, but it's actually filmed down there so it looks amazing) to investigate the murder of the island's DI (Detective Inspector) and stays, taking over that position. Although somewhat formulaic and embracing of the 'fish out of water' stereotype it's still quite good. The plot of the murders makes sense (especially the why and how, something most Inspector Lewis and similar shows lack) and there's lovely subplots and interactions between the detective and the police force he inherits as well as the locals. It's on US Netflix and not too hard to find via creative googling.
Hmm, I was sure there was more I wanted to blather about but now I can't remember. Oh well. Hope all's good with everybody.
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