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Television and books
Oct. 9th, 2018 09:15 pm1. Situation Comedies continue to be hit or miss affairs with me. ( Read more... )
2. The Gifted -- is moving into far more interesting territory this season. ( Read more... )
3. I'm more of an X-men fan than the standard super-hero trope fan. I like my heroes, reluctant, and a bit more gritty. Also I adore the emphasis on personal relationships, instituional and personal prejudices and discrimination, the outsider focus, etc. The Avengers are sort of the popular kids, the privileged, hero-worshipped group -- while the X-men and the Mutants are the outsiders, who never get any credit, and help -- but try not to be seen.
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4. Knee is better. So is back. Apparently it wasn't money troubles or not volunteering to save the world...but weather, barometric pressure, and possibly cramping pinching a nerve. I don't know. It's still there, just not as bad.
5. Making headway in Kate Daniel's series finale, Magic Triumphs. I may finish it by the end of this week -- which is a record. Lately it either takes two-three months to make it through a book or I don't finish it at all. (Mainly because I only have time to read on my commute and before bed at night...and I will often use that time to write instead. Particularly if I'm bored with the book in question. A bored co-worker keeps updating me on his progress through the tome "Gotham: A History of New York City" which is over 1500 pages long. I have it too - courtesy of my brother, who is in the habit of giving me huge hard-back books from Christmas which can double as door stops.)
That said, Magic Triumphs has issues. Obviously the writers are more interested in talking about the woes of parenting a toddler than having other key character interactions. Also, there's too many characters for such a short book. They walk on stage, say a few words, then leave. Several of which...the writers aren't quite sure what to do with, so their stay is rather brief.
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6. Too late to vote for Dancing with the Stars again. Also haven't seen all of it yet. Finally figured out who the Zombie Teen is, and why Camryn Manneheim from The Practice among other things was in the audience. Milo is Camryn's kid. And he's a professional dancer -- he danced his way through the Disney Zombie movie, and has been on Broadway at the ripe old age of 16 and 17. Also has connections due to Mom.
So we have at least four ringers on this show. Hardly fair. It's a show that is supposed to be about ballroom dancing, but since ballroom dancing is clearly too boring -- they've jazzed it up with people who can do backflips.
Will admit it was an entertaining routine. I'd have given it a 9 too. Haven't seen any of the others, except Retton's which bored me.
2. The Gifted -- is moving into far more interesting territory this season. ( Read more... )
3. I'm more of an X-men fan than the standard super-hero trope fan. I like my heroes, reluctant, and a bit more gritty. Also I adore the emphasis on personal relationships, instituional and personal prejudices and discrimination, the outsider focus, etc. The Avengers are sort of the popular kids, the privileged, hero-worshipped group -- while the X-men and the Mutants are the outsiders, who never get any credit, and help -- but try not to be seen.
( Read more... )
4. Knee is better. So is back. Apparently it wasn't money troubles or not volunteering to save the world...but weather, barometric pressure, and possibly cramping pinching a nerve. I don't know. It's still there, just not as bad.
5. Making headway in Kate Daniel's series finale, Magic Triumphs. I may finish it by the end of this week -- which is a record. Lately it either takes two-three months to make it through a book or I don't finish it at all. (Mainly because I only have time to read on my commute and before bed at night...and I will often use that time to write instead. Particularly if I'm bored with the book in question. A bored co-worker keeps updating me on his progress through the tome "Gotham: A History of New York City" which is over 1500 pages long. I have it too - courtesy of my brother, who is in the habit of giving me huge hard-back books from Christmas which can double as door stops.)
That said, Magic Triumphs has issues. Obviously the writers are more interested in talking about the woes of parenting a toddler than having other key character interactions. Also, there's too many characters for such a short book. They walk on stage, say a few words, then leave. Several of which...the writers aren't quite sure what to do with, so their stay is rather brief.
( Read more... )
6. Too late to vote for Dancing with the Stars again. Also haven't seen all of it yet. Finally figured out who the Zombie Teen is, and why Camryn Manneheim from The Practice among other things was in the audience. Milo is Camryn's kid. And he's a professional dancer -- he danced his way through the Disney Zombie movie, and has been on Broadway at the ripe old age of 16 and 17. Also has connections due to Mom.
So we have at least four ringers on this show. Hardly fair. It's a show that is supposed to be about ballroom dancing, but since ballroom dancing is clearly too boring -- they've jazzed it up with people who can do backflips.
Will admit it was an entertaining routine. I'd have given it a 9 too. Haven't seen any of the others, except Retton's which bored me.