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Feb. 23rd, 2018 06:49 pm1. Hmmm..Entertainment News, via EW, none of which was in the EW mag. It was just lots of articles about the Oscars and a few reviews. Also, I don't know about anyone else -- but I'm losing track of all of the tv shows popping up. I missed The Alienist premiere -- mainly because no one told me when it was on, including TV Guide. And it's really hard for me to get enthused about anything focusing on serial killers.
Anyhow...as I was saying, EW news:
* Surprise, surprise, Joss Whedon Exits Batgirl -- while this in reality probably doesn't come as much of a surprise to anyone...it's interesting why he exited it. He couldn't come up with a script. Not exactly shocking, he hasn't been able to write a good female superhero script since well, Buffy S7. And whether that was all that good or not, depends largely on your perspective. (I'm sorry, I tried to read his Wonder Woman script, I truly did, but it was definitely not for me.)
Considering this comes on the heels of not one but two huge superhero blockbuster cinematic disappointments that he was involved in, and the scandal regarding his ex-wife's allegations, resulting in the shut-down of Whedonesque, which all occurred just before the MeToo# Movement took off...plus his subsequent disappearance from social media. It's not surprising. I was sort of expecting it to be honest. I'm just surprised it took this long. Maybe they were waiting to see what happened with Justice League?
From the two people I personally know who saw Justice League -- it's actually a good movie. But until I see it myself, I really can't tell you what I think of it.
It's all so odd. Whedon is about my age. A few years back, I was envious of him. He seemed to have the world by a string -- doing what he loved, lots of creative balls in the air, a great partner, a wonderful house, and vacations at a family villa in Italy. But alas...goes to show you, people put on great performances, but we don't always see the rot behind the makeup.
* The Expanse S3 - Finally has an air date -- Wednesday April 11. Which means I have about a month to finish watching S2.
I stopped after the series aired the ending that had appeared in the first novel - Levianthan Wakes.
(ie. In other words I'm 7 episodes behind.)
* Netflix's Lost in Space Reboot on April 13 -- I'm admittedly curious. This was one of my best friend's favorite television shows, when we were about 9 or 10 years of age, living in West Chester PA. Her name was Debbie Dipeso. I have no fear sharing that name. I haven't seen her since I was well 12, no wait, I did see her briefly at 17. As far as I know, she could be dead, married with lots of kids, homeless, in a great career, I can't bloody find her on the internet. So I'm thinking married with a new name?
Anyhow, she was into science fiction horror (specifically horror), in the 1970s. The scarier, the better. Her favorite shows? Batman, Lost in Space, Dark Shadows, Night Gallery, The Japanese Horror Film marathons (she adored Godzilla - we saw every Godzilla film known to man), Star Trek, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Space 1999 (which I avoided when I could, it scared the shit out of me when I was 9), Doctor Who, the movie King Kong. If it was a horror flick -- she was into it. I liked sci-fi well enough, just not necessarily some of the monsters.
So, am admittedly curious what a reboot of Lost in Space would look like.
2. ( ear worm song that's been in my head all day long )
Except like most...all I could remember was da da da da..."down the barrel of a gun". Stupid Gun Debate. I blame it. Since it was plaguing me, it can now plague you too.
Spread the love.
Speaking of Guns, a co-worker shared with me today what Japan did. How Japan Has Almost Completely Eliminated Gun Deaths.
Why can't we do that? It's not like guns are addictive or anything, right? I mean honestly, if you could save a million lives tomorrow by agreeing to do this -- if there was a 1 in 10 possibility of it? Wouldn't you? Particularly if it's something you never use. I mean seriously.
3. Someday when I get around to it, I may write a meta on The Black Panther, but not sure there's much point -- considering every critic on the planet has already done so. Also my muse woke up and all I've been doing in my free time is writing. Written over 100 pages so far in the last two weeks. Averaging about twenty a day. Write on the subway, on the train, at home, at lunch for about five-ten minutes when I can. Also extremely busy at work. Stupid muse has bad timing. Why it can't do this when I'm bored, or on vacation, no clue.
Anyhow...as I was saying, EW news:
* Surprise, surprise, Joss Whedon Exits Batgirl -- while this in reality probably doesn't come as much of a surprise to anyone...it's interesting why he exited it. He couldn't come up with a script. Not exactly shocking, he hasn't been able to write a good female superhero script since well, Buffy S7. And whether that was all that good or not, depends largely on your perspective. (I'm sorry, I tried to read his Wonder Woman script, I truly did, but it was definitely not for me.)
Considering this comes on the heels of not one but two huge superhero blockbuster cinematic disappointments that he was involved in, and the scandal regarding his ex-wife's allegations, resulting in the shut-down of Whedonesque, which all occurred just before the MeToo# Movement took off...plus his subsequent disappearance from social media. It's not surprising. I was sort of expecting it to be honest. I'm just surprised it took this long. Maybe they were waiting to see what happened with Justice League?
From the two people I personally know who saw Justice League -- it's actually a good movie. But until I see it myself, I really can't tell you what I think of it.
It's all so odd. Whedon is about my age. A few years back, I was envious of him. He seemed to have the world by a string -- doing what he loved, lots of creative balls in the air, a great partner, a wonderful house, and vacations at a family villa in Italy. But alas...goes to show you, people put on great performances, but we don't always see the rot behind the makeup.
* The Expanse S3 - Finally has an air date -- Wednesday April 11. Which means I have about a month to finish watching S2.
I stopped after the series aired the ending that had appeared in the first novel - Levianthan Wakes.
(ie. In other words I'm 7 episodes behind.)
* Netflix's Lost in Space Reboot on April 13 -- I'm admittedly curious. This was one of my best friend's favorite television shows, when we were about 9 or 10 years of age, living in West Chester PA. Her name was Debbie Dipeso. I have no fear sharing that name. I haven't seen her since I was well 12, no wait, I did see her briefly at 17. As far as I know, she could be dead, married with lots of kids, homeless, in a great career, I can't bloody find her on the internet. So I'm thinking married with a new name?
Anyhow, she was into science fiction horror (specifically horror), in the 1970s. The scarier, the better. Her favorite shows? Batman, Lost in Space, Dark Shadows, Night Gallery, The Japanese Horror Film marathons (she adored Godzilla - we saw every Godzilla film known to man), Star Trek, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Space 1999 (which I avoided when I could, it scared the shit out of me when I was 9), Doctor Who, the movie King Kong. If it was a horror flick -- she was into it. I liked sci-fi well enough, just not necessarily some of the monsters.
So, am admittedly curious what a reboot of Lost in Space would look like.
2. ( ear worm song that's been in my head all day long )
Except like most...all I could remember was da da da da..."down the barrel of a gun". Stupid Gun Debate. I blame it. Since it was plaguing me, it can now plague you too.
Spread the love.
Speaking of Guns, a co-worker shared with me today what Japan did. How Japan Has Almost Completely Eliminated Gun Deaths.
Why can't we do that? It's not like guns are addictive or anything, right? I mean honestly, if you could save a million lives tomorrow by agreeing to do this -- if there was a 1 in 10 possibility of it? Wouldn't you? Particularly if it's something you never use. I mean seriously.
3. Someday when I get around to it, I may write a meta on The Black Panther, but not sure there's much point -- considering every critic on the planet has already done so. Also my muse woke up and all I've been doing in my free time is writing. Written over 100 pages so far in the last two weeks. Averaging about twenty a day. Write on the subway, on the train, at home, at lunch for about five-ten minutes when I can. Also extremely busy at work. Stupid muse has bad timing. Why it can't do this when I'm bored, or on vacation, no clue.