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donutsweeper) wrote2018-10-02 11:48 am
donutsweeper) wrote2018-10-02 11:48 am
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Yuletide! And new tv!
The Yuletide tagset is live!! Go forth and see all the amazing things nominated!
I am in a slight quandary about it because I was expecting this year to be the first time ever I would have six requests (I often manage to come up with only three with the occasional fourth here and there) but then noticed "Donut Shop Anthropomorfic" in the tagset which, especially given the "characters" nommed (Dunkin' Donuts, Krispy Kreme, Tim Horton and Voodoo Doughnuts), it was definitely put in there as a result of a silly conversation I was a part of in discord so I kind of feel I should request it. There's a (good) chance I'd get treated in it without requesting it though? But, I don't know, that would feel a bit weird. That said, although donut shop fic would be hilarious and fun, there are definitely fandoms I'd rather read a story in. So I don't know what to do.
Decisions, decisions.
Currently there are definitely four fandoms I'm requesting in. I'll be repeating my requests for "The Thing From Another World" (an amazing old school B&W scifi movie) and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (hilarious giant monster 60s scifi tv show) and I have two new ones for the short stories "The Thing In the Walls Wants Your Small Change" by Virginia M Mohlere (basically a story wherein a dragon lives in the walls of an apartment and keeps taking the resident's spare change) and "To Whatever" by Shaenon Garrity (which has been in the tagset for years now with no requests but I want to read more about the normal guy writing letters to his possibly inter-dimensional and completely unexpected roommate).
And I'm debating between Batman Beyond (I planned on reusing my unfilled NPT request), Strange World (tv show about an army scientist looking into weird/dangerous natural and man-made medical/science conspiracies/situations), Strange Luck (tv show about a photographer, and only survivor of a plane crash as a kid, who constantly stumbles into unusual situations due to his 'strange' luck which I did not expect to see in the tagset) and the Donut Shops for my other two slots. So hard to choose.
TV wise I decided to try a lot of new shows this season, especially since I've so few shows returning. (I am not getting into the mess that Lethal Weapon turned into here, I'll just say respecting your fans is important and I lose respect for tptb when they don't.) Magnum PI's reboot is fun and really in line with the original but updated nicely - Magnum is now played by Jay Hernandez and Higgins is now Juliet Higgins but still a kickass Brit with mysterious spy background. Manifest is about a plane that takes off from Jamaica in 2013 and lands in NYC in 2018 but no time passed for the travelers and now they possibly have some kind of power or something? It's kind of hokey and I'm not sure tptb know what they're doing, but I'm still watching. New Amsterdam is a medical show about Doctors Who Care and I turned off 20 min in. People either seem to like the show or find it too much, I fell into the latter category. A Million Little Things was about friends dealing with another friend's suicide and was just too Over The Top and soap opera-ish for me. Oh well. FBI was very formulaic but with implausible science stuff and the case in the pilot a little too unreasonable, I doubt I'll be tuning in for more. God Friended Me was a lot cuter and less hardhanded than I expected. I'm not entirely sure tptb know where it's going with this one either, but the pilot was decent enough so I'll continue to tune in for a bit.
I think that's it for what's premiered here so far? Anyway, this has been an update from the donutkingdom I now return you to your regularly scheduled hopefully donut filled existence.
I am in a slight quandary about it because I was expecting this year to be the first time ever I would have six requests (I often manage to come up with only three with the occasional fourth here and there) but then noticed "Donut Shop Anthropomorfic" in the tagset which, especially given the "characters" nommed (Dunkin' Donuts, Krispy Kreme, Tim Horton and Voodoo Doughnuts), it was definitely put in there as a result of a silly conversation I was a part of in discord so I kind of feel I should request it. There's a (good) chance I'd get treated in it without requesting it though? But, I don't know, that would feel a bit weird. That said, although donut shop fic would be hilarious and fun, there are definitely fandoms I'd rather read a story in. So I don't know what to do.
Decisions, decisions.
Currently there are definitely four fandoms I'm requesting in. I'll be repeating my requests for "The Thing From Another World" (an amazing old school B&W scifi movie) and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (hilarious giant monster 60s scifi tv show) and I have two new ones for the short stories "The Thing In the Walls Wants Your Small Change" by Virginia M Mohlere (basically a story wherein a dragon lives in the walls of an apartment and keeps taking the resident's spare change) and "To Whatever" by Shaenon Garrity (which has been in the tagset for years now with no requests but I want to read more about the normal guy writing letters to his possibly inter-dimensional and completely unexpected roommate).
And I'm debating between Batman Beyond (I planned on reusing my unfilled NPT request), Strange World (tv show about an army scientist looking into weird/dangerous natural and man-made medical/science conspiracies/situations), Strange Luck (tv show about a photographer, and only survivor of a plane crash as a kid, who constantly stumbles into unusual situations due to his 'strange' luck which I did not expect to see in the tagset) and the Donut Shops for my other two slots. So hard to choose.
TV wise I decided to try a lot of new shows this season, especially since I've so few shows returning. (I am not getting into the mess that Lethal Weapon turned into here, I'll just say respecting your fans is important and I lose respect for tptb when they don't.) Magnum PI's reboot is fun and really in line with the original but updated nicely - Magnum is now played by Jay Hernandez and Higgins is now Juliet Higgins but still a kickass Brit with mysterious spy background. Manifest is about a plane that takes off from Jamaica in 2013 and lands in NYC in 2018 but no time passed for the travelers and now they possibly have some kind of power or something? It's kind of hokey and I'm not sure tptb know what they're doing, but I'm still watching. New Amsterdam is a medical show about Doctors Who Care and I turned off 20 min in. People either seem to like the show or find it too much, I fell into the latter category. A Million Little Things was about friends dealing with another friend's suicide and was just too Over The Top and soap opera-ish for me. Oh well. FBI was very formulaic but with implausible science stuff and the case in the pilot a little too unreasonable, I doubt I'll be tuning in for more. God Friended Me was a lot cuter and less hardhanded than I expected. I'm not entirely sure tptb know where it's going with this one either, but the pilot was decent enough so I'll continue to tune in for a bit.
I think that's it for what's premiered here so far? Anyway, this has been an update from the donutkingdom I now return you to your regularly scheduled hopefully donut filled existence.
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I've got A Million Little Things recorded (because of Shawn Spencer, honestly) and I'm going to try it, but I'm not expecting to like it that much.
Mr. T. liked FBI (this was ENTIRELY EXPECTED) but I didn't pay much attention.
The second season of Bull was better than the first, although that wasn't saying much. Based on the two whole episodes that have aired so far, I'm going to say that the third season is raising the bar significantly. Let's just hope they can keep that up. The cast is still excellent, the plots were always the weak point.
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Maybe you'll like A Million Little Things? Maybe?
I can see why your hubby liked FBI, it was pretty boilerplate agency-hunts-badguys. If it focused more on the guy than the woman I might have liked it more but she really didn't work for me.
I'm glad Bull's improved! I just can't stand MW's look in it, compared to Tony (especially early Tony) it's just quite the step down for me and I am shallow.
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There's even storyline support for the makeover, which I appreciate. If you're going to make major changes to a character's look, I want it acknowledged in-universe.
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He started out with a tendency to not take care of himself. Last season his unhealthy habits spiraled. Then he got some upsetting news and all that, combined with an extremely stressful case, led to a heart attack.
This season starts as he's just come back from a few months of rehab, both cardiac and the drying-out kind. He looks way better but his attempt to regain some control of himself looks like it might have consequences for how he handles the business. And he's still terrible at letting people connect with him, and some stuff has happened that's going to make it harder (in my opinion) for him to stay sober.
It could be good if they follow the natural progression of events and consequences. It's just that NCIS was terrible about dropping bombshells and then everyone moving on, same as usual, no major changes, and I am afraid this will go the same way.
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Hmm, I might try to remember to check it out, thanks!