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Sep. 4th, 2010 12:10 pmHmmm...it's a beautiful, the sun is out, the sky is blue...don't worry, I'm not going to break out into song. Although the song Dear Prudence is bouncing about in my head at the moment. Hurricane? What Hurricane? Earl completely ignored us and went to visit Rhode Island instead, apparently. All that fuss and bother over nothing. Even the governor got in on the act. I swear sometimes I think NY State government is a comedy act.
Pondering whether I really want to venture out to the subway, take a 45-50 minute ride to the upper West Side, and meet up with 200 and some strangers having a picnic in Central Park. Got a message from meetup groups inviting me out to Central Park to frolic - bring rollerblades, skateboard, bike, or just good walking shoes. But the prospect of a crowded day in Central Park is not exactly enticing. Particularly after the difficult week I've had - negotiating with difficult people both inside and outside my company- enough to give me a complex. May just venture to the promenade...then again maybe not, sort of want a people free day. OR as people free as one can get living in a city.
Spent most of last night reading Buffy reviews. There's about ten on my flist alone. Which begs the question? If I stopped talking about Buffy would I lose half my readers? I'm guessing not, since I don't talk about it that much anymore.
After reading the reviews? I honestly don't know if I want to continue reading the comic books or not. The consensus, assuming there is one, appears to be that the comics are entertaining and interesting if you want to take the time to analyze the frigging daylights out of them and engage in the Whedon's favorite guessing game: what is the story exactly? And what does it all mean? Sort of similar to the tv series Lost - which liked to play a similar game.( grousing about the difficulty of focusing on plot twists as your main story bit, and how the focus on plot twists can hurt good stories...it's a ramble )
The best reviews are by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
local_max, aycheb, beergoodfoamy and 2maggie2 - go read both of maggie's, then contrast and compare. The first one demonstrates why the comics aren't working for most people, the second demonstrates why they are working for a select bunch. Which is why I'm on the fence about them.
In other news, I just watched this week's Project Runway -( rant about project runway which I'm really hating this year...thisclose to dropping it from the DVR. )
And apparently Jane Espenson is writing the 4th season of Torchwood? (according to flist - all my entertainment news these days comes from flist) That woman gets around, she was the show-runner on Caprica (which may or may not return according to flist?), and Warehouse 13 (also according to flist.). Busy lady. Lucky lady. What I want to know is - is Torchwood going to be on BBC America still or is it on Starz (where I can't get it?)
Loving Storm of Swords - this book is suspenseful and exceedingly detailed in all the right places. A pleasant surprise. Have to admit - when I see 1500 page books, I blanch in fear and foreboding. Few writers can do lengthy epics well. Too often they get bogged down in extraneous details that few people care about and does not pertain to the story. Also this novel seems to be more character driven and less about battles than the last book was. I remember getting bogged down in Clash of Kings.
Pondering whether I really want to venture out to the subway, take a 45-50 minute ride to the upper West Side, and meet up with 200 and some strangers having a picnic in Central Park. Got a message from meetup groups inviting me out to Central Park to frolic - bring rollerblades, skateboard, bike, or just good walking shoes. But the prospect of a crowded day in Central Park is not exactly enticing. Particularly after the difficult week I've had - negotiating with difficult people both inside and outside my company- enough to give me a complex. May just venture to the promenade...then again maybe not, sort of want a people free day. OR as people free as one can get living in a city.
Spent most of last night reading Buffy reviews. There's about ten on my flist alone. Which begs the question? If I stopped talking about Buffy would I lose half my readers? I'm guessing not, since I don't talk about it that much anymore.
After reading the reviews? I honestly don't know if I want to continue reading the comic books or not. The consensus, assuming there is one, appears to be that the comics are entertaining and interesting if you want to take the time to analyze the frigging daylights out of them and engage in the Whedon's favorite guessing game: what is the story exactly? And what does it all mean? Sort of similar to the tv series Lost - which liked to play a similar game.( grousing about the difficulty of focusing on plot twists as your main story bit, and how the focus on plot twists can hurt good stories...it's a ramble )
The best reviews are by
local_max, aycheb, beergoodfoamy and 2maggie2 - go read both of maggie's, then contrast and compare. The first one demonstrates why the comics aren't working for most people, the second demonstrates why they are working for a select bunch. Which is why I'm on the fence about them. In other news, I just watched this week's Project Runway -( rant about project runway which I'm really hating this year...thisclose to dropping it from the DVR. )
And apparently Jane Espenson is writing the 4th season of Torchwood? (according to flist - all my entertainment news these days comes from flist) That woman gets around, she was the show-runner on Caprica (which may or may not return according to flist?), and Warehouse 13 (also according to flist.). Busy lady. Lucky lady. What I want to know is - is Torchwood going to be on BBC America still or is it on Starz (where I can't get it?)
Loving Storm of Swords - this book is suspenseful and exceedingly detailed in all the right places. A pleasant surprise. Have to admit - when I see 1500 page books, I blanch in fear and foreboding. Few writers can do lengthy epics well. Too often they get bogged down in extraneous details that few people care about and does not pertain to the story. Also this novel seems to be more character driven and less about battles than the last book was. I remember getting bogged down in Clash of Kings.