Television Shows...
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shadowkat1. Stumptown Season Finale - at least I think it is the season finale. It felt like the season finale. I could be wrong, considering I thought last week's was the season finale.
Anyhow, it was better than I thought. I rather like the relationship between Dex and Sue Lynn Blackbird, who got Dex into doing PI work. Also, it did a good job of wrapping up the Benjamin Blackbird back story.
In addition, it covered both Hoffman and Grey's issues, along with Ansel and Tico.
Plus the surprises at the end were well earned and shifted the focus from romance to parental relationships -- which the series had been building to all season.
Overall, a decent episode and not a bad season ender. We'll see if it pops up again next year. Everything is a bit in flux at the moment.
2. Legacies - well they are appearing to make Ted The Necromancer the big villain of the season, as opposed to Josie or Kai. I find him kind of campy and a wee bit annoying, but okay.
I did like how they resolved Josie's dark phoenix arc. The fairy tale metaphors were rather interesting.
Josie weirdly disguises herself as a pig. And spins a tale about Princess Josie putting herself to sleep like sleeping beauty or the evil queen. Hope is surprised Josie was disguised as the terrified pig - who keeps telling Hope she mustn't use magic and gets eaten by the evil wolf - which is the dark magic. Hope slaughters the dark wolf freeing the pig, who is actually Josie. And when she confronts Josie on why she disguised herself as a chauvinistic and sexist pig - Josie says to make better on the disguise. But the truth is - that's how Josie views herself as a pig, not worthy. And she hates her own weakness - hence the dark side emerges. She can't accept that the dark side is her as well, and she has power over it - until Hope finally pushes her to see it -- just before Hope is turned to stone by Josie's dark doppleganger.
Unfortunately, before Josie can free Hope, Lizzie and Saltzman remove the dark magic from Josie and put it into the necromancer who takes off leaving, as agreed, the students he'd turned into zombie puppets - alive and free of his control. Yet, Landon remains dead - and Hope remains in a coma.
It's not clear why.
Landon had been killed the previous episode by the necromancer via Rafe. The reason was to keep Melachoir from taking over Landon when the necromancer let it out.
Now I'm not sure what the necromancer's plan is, exactly. Alaric continues to put his students before all else, which may not be a good thing.
Not a bad episode, clumsy in places, but enjoyable for the most part. Lizzie and Josie continue to get on my nerves though...
3. This is Us has the most confusing narrative style on the planet. It likes to jump around in time and from character to character with little to no warning or explanation. Although I was able to figure it out. It's kind of like watching a narrative puzzle.
The focus seemed to be on sibling relationships, and having children though.
Okay off to bed and to read. Hopefully. Kind of in a reading slump and a television slump.Also struggling with focusing on things - that aren't work related. It may be that I have to focus hard all week long and by the weekend, my brain is mushmellow.
Anyhow, it was better than I thought. I rather like the relationship between Dex and Sue Lynn Blackbird, who got Dex into doing PI work. Also, it did a good job of wrapping up the Benjamin Blackbird back story.
In addition, it covered both Hoffman and Grey's issues, along with Ansel and Tico.
Plus the surprises at the end were well earned and shifted the focus from romance to parental relationships -- which the series had been building to all season.
Overall, a decent episode and not a bad season ender. We'll see if it pops up again next year. Everything is a bit in flux at the moment.
2. Legacies - well they are appearing to make Ted The Necromancer the big villain of the season, as opposed to Josie or Kai. I find him kind of campy and a wee bit annoying, but okay.
I did like how they resolved Josie's dark phoenix arc. The fairy tale metaphors were rather interesting.
Josie weirdly disguises herself as a pig. And spins a tale about Princess Josie putting herself to sleep like sleeping beauty or the evil queen. Hope is surprised Josie was disguised as the terrified pig - who keeps telling Hope she mustn't use magic and gets eaten by the evil wolf - which is the dark magic. Hope slaughters the dark wolf freeing the pig, who is actually Josie. And when she confronts Josie on why she disguised herself as a chauvinistic and sexist pig - Josie says to make better on the disguise. But the truth is - that's how Josie views herself as a pig, not worthy. And she hates her own weakness - hence the dark side emerges. She can't accept that the dark side is her as well, and she has power over it - until Hope finally pushes her to see it -- just before Hope is turned to stone by Josie's dark doppleganger.
Unfortunately, before Josie can free Hope, Lizzie and Saltzman remove the dark magic from Josie and put it into the necromancer who takes off leaving, as agreed, the students he'd turned into zombie puppets - alive and free of his control. Yet, Landon remains dead - and Hope remains in a coma.
It's not clear why.
Landon had been killed the previous episode by the necromancer via Rafe. The reason was to keep Melachoir from taking over Landon when the necromancer let it out.
Now I'm not sure what the necromancer's plan is, exactly. Alaric continues to put his students before all else, which may not be a good thing.
Not a bad episode, clumsy in places, but enjoyable for the most part. Lizzie and Josie continue to get on my nerves though...
3. This is Us has the most confusing narrative style on the planet. It likes to jump around in time and from character to character with little to no warning or explanation. Although I was able to figure it out. It's kind of like watching a narrative puzzle.
The focus seemed to be on sibling relationships, and having children though.
Okay off to bed and to read. Hopefully. Kind of in a reading slump and a television slump.Also struggling with focusing on things - that aren't work related. It may be that I have to focus hard all week long and by the weekend, my brain is mushmellow.
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Date: 2020-03-30 02:58 am (UTC)