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Nov. 29th, 2018 09:31 pmIn my attempt not to think about things I have no control over -- which seems to be everything at the moment...
1. Daredevil was Cancelled after stellar 3rd Season -- so right now the only two that have been renewed are Jessica Jones and The Punisher. (If I were Netflix, I'd have Daredevil guest-star on Jessica Jones, but I'm not, so they won't. I haven't watched The Punisher and don't plan to.)
I'm partway through S3 Daredevil and I'm not liking it as much as everyone else. Mainly because I'm not a Wilson Fiske fan. My favorite villain was Electra, she was complicated, and redeemable. Fiske is just your typical entitled rich white guy. I'm rather tired of the disenfranchised nasty white male who becomes rich and makes everyone's lives hell. Lost patience with the trope five years ago.
But, I do like what they are doing with everyone else...so sticking with it for now. Even if I despise the villains. Sort of glad they aren't continuing and decided to end on a high note.
The reasons they aren't -- are predictably, Disney/Marvel wants a lot of money, script control, and thirteen episodes. Netflix wants ten episodes, less money, and script control. (Can't blame Netflix for that -- these shows are already expensive to produce and Netflix has moved on to buzzier fare and doesn't need Disney's superhero shows any longer.
I've grown weary of them too. And have moved on. Even though, I admittedly have a crush on Charlie Cox's Daredevil. He's hot as Daredevil.
2. While others are leaving Facebook, I'm still on it for a couple of family members, specifically my science geek cousin, who worked in Bell Laboratories.
Physicists finally calculated where proton's mass comes from.
Besides links to the above, he also posts on his monarch butterfly sanctuary. They have competing ones, my Uncle who lives outside of Detroit in Michigan, in the country, posts about his sancturary and my cousin, who lives outside of Chicago, posts about his.
3. Books...
Still reading Hello, Stranger! (Ravenals) by Lisa Keyplas, which at least is different in that it is a Victorian era (at least I think it is Victorian, not always easy to tell in historical romances) romance between a British female physician and a British spy. She's independent and works in a clinic under another Doctor. Trained at the Sorbonne. And works as a doctor for the working class and poor. Her love interest, is an Irishman who work for the British Secret Service as a trained assassin. And they met when he was hired by a mutual friend to ensure her safety in various areas of London. Now she could be in danger, because of what he's doing for the British government.
While reading this, I'm once again struck by how American romance novelists view Europe and Britain. They either romanticize the class system or demonize it. This appears to be the later. And they also are bit sketchy as to when exactly the story is taking place -- anywhere in the 1800s or early 1900s, when women had to wear dresses and weren't accepted in male professions. Also expected to get married, and considered on the shelf at the ripe old age of 28. (I think I had more tolerance for this concept when I was younger, now in my fifties, I roll my eyes.)
I've no idea if any of the information in this book is remotely accurate. Since it is in the romance genre, it really doesn't have to be. But it is interesting how American writers, at least I think Lisa Keyplas is American (if not, sorry), portray the Brits and the British culture.
My difficulty with the book outside of what is related above is the lack of humor. It's there, but minor. And it is a tad syrupy on the love scenes. I've come to the conclusion that it is really hard to write an effective love scene. (Hence the reason there are so many books with consensual issues or sexual violence -- because honestly, a love scene doesn't have conflict and is rather boring to read as a result. It's not a like a fight -- where you are trying to figure out who will win. It's two people kissing various body parts and putting various body parts into each other, while moaning, grunting, and giving each other pleasure -- not exactly a fun spectator sport. It rarely furthers character or action, unless it is forbidden (which works better in historicals), unwanted, someone is a virgin and that's a big deal (only really in historicals), or taboo in some way. ) This book doesn't have sexual violence in it. At least not at the 20% mark. So there's that. I prefer it when people refer to sexual violence as something that has happened, but do not show it.
I'm flirting with the Parker Posey Biography and a Television writer bio. Both listed by NPR's Guide to Best Books in the humor section.
Smart Bitches went directly to the romance section, I went directly to the graphic novel, eye-opening reads, family situations, and humor sections, in that order, because I'm getting bored of the romance novels. I want romance -- but not being the central or main focus of the book.
1. Daredevil was Cancelled after stellar 3rd Season -- so right now the only two that have been renewed are Jessica Jones and The Punisher. (If I were Netflix, I'd have Daredevil guest-star on Jessica Jones, but I'm not, so they won't. I haven't watched The Punisher and don't plan to.)
I'm partway through S3 Daredevil and I'm not liking it as much as everyone else. Mainly because I'm not a Wilson Fiske fan. My favorite villain was Electra, she was complicated, and redeemable. Fiske is just your typical entitled rich white guy. I'm rather tired of the disenfranchised nasty white male who becomes rich and makes everyone's lives hell. Lost patience with the trope five years ago.
But, I do like what they are doing with everyone else...so sticking with it for now. Even if I despise the villains. Sort of glad they aren't continuing and decided to end on a high note.
The reasons they aren't -- are predictably, Disney/Marvel wants a lot of money, script control, and thirteen episodes. Netflix wants ten episodes, less money, and script control. (Can't blame Netflix for that -- these shows are already expensive to produce and Netflix has moved on to buzzier fare and doesn't need Disney's superhero shows any longer.
I've grown weary of them too. And have moved on. Even though, I admittedly have a crush on Charlie Cox's Daredevil. He's hot as Daredevil.
2. While others are leaving Facebook, I'm still on it for a couple of family members, specifically my science geek cousin, who worked in Bell Laboratories.
Physicists finally calculated where proton's mass comes from.
Besides links to the above, he also posts on his monarch butterfly sanctuary. They have competing ones, my Uncle who lives outside of Detroit in Michigan, in the country, posts about his sancturary and my cousin, who lives outside of Chicago, posts about his.
3. Books...
Still reading Hello, Stranger! (Ravenals) by Lisa Keyplas, which at least is different in that it is a Victorian era (at least I think it is Victorian, not always easy to tell in historical romances) romance between a British female physician and a British spy. She's independent and works in a clinic under another Doctor. Trained at the Sorbonne. And works as a doctor for the working class and poor. Her love interest, is an Irishman who work for the British Secret Service as a trained assassin. And they met when he was hired by a mutual friend to ensure her safety in various areas of London. Now she could be in danger, because of what he's doing for the British government.
While reading this, I'm once again struck by how American romance novelists view Europe and Britain. They either romanticize the class system or demonize it. This appears to be the later. And they also are bit sketchy as to when exactly the story is taking place -- anywhere in the 1800s or early 1900s, when women had to wear dresses and weren't accepted in male professions. Also expected to get married, and considered on the shelf at the ripe old age of 28. (I think I had more tolerance for this concept when I was younger, now in my fifties, I roll my eyes.)
I've no idea if any of the information in this book is remotely accurate. Since it is in the romance genre, it really doesn't have to be. But it is interesting how American writers, at least I think Lisa Keyplas is American (if not, sorry), portray the Brits and the British culture.
My difficulty with the book outside of what is related above is the lack of humor. It's there, but minor. And it is a tad syrupy on the love scenes. I've come to the conclusion that it is really hard to write an effective love scene. (Hence the reason there are so many books with consensual issues or sexual violence -- because honestly, a love scene doesn't have conflict and is rather boring to read as a result. It's not a like a fight -- where you are trying to figure out who will win. It's two people kissing various body parts and putting various body parts into each other, while moaning, grunting, and giving each other pleasure -- not exactly a fun spectator sport. It rarely furthers character or action, unless it is forbidden (which works better in historicals), unwanted, someone is a virgin and that's a big deal (only really in historicals), or taboo in some way. ) This book doesn't have sexual violence in it. At least not at the 20% mark. So there's that. I prefer it when people refer to sexual violence as something that has happened, but do not show it.
I'm flirting with the Parker Posey Biography and a Television writer bio. Both listed by NPR's Guide to Best Books in the humor section.
Smart Bitches went directly to the romance section, I went directly to the graphic novel, eye-opening reads, family situations, and humor sections, in that order, because I'm getting bored of the romance novels. I want romance -- but not being the central or main focus of the book.
