Television & Books
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shadowkat1. Finished watching Lucifer S5 - Part 1 - it wasn't as good as the last season, and suffers from the same problems as the series as a whole.
The procedural isn't that interesting, and the characters haven't evolved that much.
There's some good character moments, but the police procedural bits continue to drag the story down. The last episode is possibly the best. For a series that only has ten episodes - it drags. And the writers are still writing it as if it were on broadcast television just with more nude scenes, suggestive language, and sexual content. It has the awkward breaks, and the slow filler episodes that don't really go anywhere.
I was kind of bored with it. It's gotten a sixth season, but I'm not quite sure that's a good thing. It may have been better if it had ended with S4.
2. Started Legend of Korra the sequel to Last Airbender, and it's pretty good. I like the animation better in this one, but it is admittedly more violent than the first one and more action oriented. Also we're dealing with teenagers or post adolescent as opposed to pre-adolescent/pre-teen.
It's older, a bit darker, and grittier.
There's also a female central character - which is nice change of pace. And she's a nice counter point to what Ange was in Last Airbender. Unlike Ange, she's a fighter and tough as nails - more like Tuff and Katara.
The series is currently missing comic relief, which may be Bolin, not certain.
I know it's going to change, and move in a different direction in later seasons.
3. Halt Catch Fire was by far the best thing I've seen this year.
Although I disagree with the critics, I disliked the female characters, and loved the male characters. While the critics were the opposite - making me wonder about the critics. My mother and brother agree with me, the female characters are assholes.
Female empowering? It's not. Actually that was the major weakness I saw in it - was it's portrayal of women. But this is true of most series. I did however like how the women were portrayed in this series more than any of the other AMC series I've seen to date. So there's that. And it is an accurate depiction of women in that industry.
4. Reading - I'm reading this odd fantasy novel entitled A Touch of Snow and Stone (A Gathering of Dragons Book #2) by Milla Vane - it came highly recommended by the SmartBitches - which doesn't necessarily mean anything. They've odd taste, and it's often hit and miss for me, to be honest.
I'm admittedly hard to please and recommend things to - since I'm moody, and
my tastes vary.
It's a romance, but not at the same time. The story is split between two perspectives - Lizzan, a warrior who was denounced and banished from her land, and her ex-lover, the Prince, Aerax, who denounced and banished her.
He apparently still loves her and is half tracking her movements with his giant sabertooth cat, while enlisting the help of another kingdom's warriors in fighting a war.
It starts after the banishment. We're not quite sure why it happened. And get bits and pieces of their past from both perspectives. He's still in love with her - and possibly did it to save her, but it's unclear as to why.
Meanwhile there's a Destroyer that is encroaching upon their land and leaving corpses in his wake.
It takes place in another world, where warrior women worship the goddess Yela and go on quests for her favor.
Rather interesting. Apparently you don't have to read the other books in the series to know what is going on. And the focus appears to be on the star-crossed romance.
It's light. And right now that's all I can read.
I'm also listening to audio books of all of Illona Andrews Kate Daniels urban fantasy series. The books aren't for everyone. If you aren't into metaphor, don't like urban fantasy, and can't deal with violent characters, I'd look elsewhere. The lead is swordswoman, who weilds strong magic, and her love interest is a Lion shapeshifter who calls himself the Beast Lord.
(The writers have a sense of humor. They make fun of themselves, and are rather sardonic, with a biting wit.)
This works for me - my sense of humor tends to be rather sardonic and dry.
Also, I like the person who is doing the audio, she's good. Never heard of her before, but she's quite good. Almost as good if not better than Marsters. Actually the books are better written than the Dresden series, on pretty much all levels. So there's that.
6. Also on TV - I'm flirting with Hilary Swank's new series Away.
The procedural isn't that interesting, and the characters haven't evolved that much.
There's some good character moments, but the police procedural bits continue to drag the story down. The last episode is possibly the best. For a series that only has ten episodes - it drags. And the writers are still writing it as if it were on broadcast television just with more nude scenes, suggestive language, and sexual content. It has the awkward breaks, and the slow filler episodes that don't really go anywhere.
I was kind of bored with it. It's gotten a sixth season, but I'm not quite sure that's a good thing. It may have been better if it had ended with S4.
2. Started Legend of Korra the sequel to Last Airbender, and it's pretty good. I like the animation better in this one, but it is admittedly more violent than the first one and more action oriented. Also we're dealing with teenagers or post adolescent as opposed to pre-adolescent/pre-teen.
It's older, a bit darker, and grittier.
There's also a female central character - which is nice change of pace. And she's a nice counter point to what Ange was in Last Airbender. Unlike Ange, she's a fighter and tough as nails - more like Tuff and Katara.
The series is currently missing comic relief, which may be Bolin, not certain.
I know it's going to change, and move in a different direction in later seasons.
3. Halt Catch Fire was by far the best thing I've seen this year.
Although I disagree with the critics, I disliked the female characters, and loved the male characters. While the critics were the opposite - making me wonder about the critics. My mother and brother agree with me, the female characters are assholes.
Female empowering? It's not. Actually that was the major weakness I saw in it - was it's portrayal of women. But this is true of most series. I did however like how the women were portrayed in this series more than any of the other AMC series I've seen to date. So there's that. And it is an accurate depiction of women in that industry.
4. Reading - I'm reading this odd fantasy novel entitled A Touch of Snow and Stone (A Gathering of Dragons Book #2) by Milla Vane - it came highly recommended by the SmartBitches - which doesn't necessarily mean anything. They've odd taste, and it's often hit and miss for me, to be honest.
I'm admittedly hard to please and recommend things to - since I'm moody, and
my tastes vary.
It's a romance, but not at the same time. The story is split between two perspectives - Lizzan, a warrior who was denounced and banished from her land, and her ex-lover, the Prince, Aerax, who denounced and banished her.
He apparently still loves her and is half tracking her movements with his giant sabertooth cat, while enlisting the help of another kingdom's warriors in fighting a war.
It starts after the banishment. We're not quite sure why it happened. And get bits and pieces of their past from both perspectives. He's still in love with her - and possibly did it to save her, but it's unclear as to why.
Meanwhile there's a Destroyer that is encroaching upon their land and leaving corpses in his wake.
It takes place in another world, where warrior women worship the goddess Yela and go on quests for her favor.
Rather interesting. Apparently you don't have to read the other books in the series to know what is going on. And the focus appears to be on the star-crossed romance.
It's light. And right now that's all I can read.
I'm also listening to audio books of all of Illona Andrews Kate Daniels urban fantasy series. The books aren't for everyone. If you aren't into metaphor, don't like urban fantasy, and can't deal with violent characters, I'd look elsewhere. The lead is swordswoman, who weilds strong magic, and her love interest is a Lion shapeshifter who calls himself the Beast Lord.
(The writers have a sense of humor. They make fun of themselves, and are rather sardonic, with a biting wit.)
This works for me - my sense of humor tends to be rather sardonic and dry.
Also, I like the person who is doing the audio, she's good. Never heard of her before, but she's quite good. Almost as good if not better than Marsters. Actually the books are better written than the Dresden series, on pretty much all levels. So there's that.
6. Also on TV - I'm flirting with Hilary Swank's new series Away.
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Date: 2020-09-06 11:45 pm (UTC)Right now working my way through Korra, but I'm flirting with Away, because I like the cast and the subject matter. Although read a review that it is depressing - which I'm not sure I can handle at the moment.