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Dec. 7th, 2019 11:20 pm1. His Dark Materials is rather good. I've made through three episodes now, and the second and third episode are gripping. Also, Ruth Wilson and Dafne Keen in the lead roles are excellent. As too are the rest of the very diverse cast. Unlike Game of Thrones, this cast is quite diverse. Also, I'd have to say that I like it a lot better than Game of Thrones. (Hardly surprising, considering I liked the books better.) But that's not neither here nor there -- the series holds up, it's well produced, and innovative.
( Vague spoilers, nothing major )
If you can get -- highly recommend. It's a dual effort by BBC and HBO, and it's already been renewed for a second season. Each season is an adaptation of a different book in the series. Also, they are grabbing material from the prequels and other stories in the series. Pullman has a fully detailed and realized world in his novels -- so the world-building and character development is already there. Also unlike Game of Thrones, Pullman's story is complete. It's not unfinished.
2. So, I tried the Boom!Studios reboot of the Buffy comics as written by the comic colorist Jordie Bellaire "who is an American comic book colorist who currently lives in Ireland and works for DC, Marvel, Valiant, and Image comic book publishers. She has colored Pretty Deadly, The Manhattan Projects, Moon Knight, The Vision, Magneto, Nowhere Men, Hawkeye, Batman, among other titles.
Bellaire is credited with starting the "Comics are for everybody" initiative to make the comic book community more inclusive and compassionate."
Yeah, that's wonderful, more power to her, yadda yadda, yadda, except she's not a good writer. I was disappointed. The writer should go back to being a colorist, leave writing to the people who can write.
That said the artists are good. Or at least the first one was. Dan Mora -- who only does about five issues of the series. After that things sort of go rapidly down hill in a jiffy in the art department. The problem with these comics is the artist is really good, he leaves, and we become aware of how bad the writing is, with mediocre art supporting it.
Comics are pretty much about the art anyhow. Coloring matters, but the drawings are very important. More important than the words -- because it's a visual medium.
You can ignore the words and just focus on the art.
Anyhow, the problem with the comics is the changes made don't quite work and are jarring to anyone who is at all familiar with the original series. ( Read more... )
3. In a reading slump. Trying to get out of it. Not getting very far.
Did however get stuff done today. I did laundry and made up my bed clean. Even washed the mattress pad. (Due to an accident this morning that really makes me wish I was in menupause -- but alas, no, damn it.) Laundry took a long time, but I had the basement to myself for the most part -- so not as long as it could have. Started at 12:15 and got done by 2:30. In between made almond milk, cleaned apartment, and made up bed. Also wrote a bit.
It's cold here. In the 30s. Brrr. Pretty though, with blue sky. Could be worse.
So not really complaining. It's -20 something in Canada. One of the reasons I don't live in Canada or Michigan or Chicago for that matter.
The thing of it is -- it's still fall. Dang it. Oh well, it's supposed to get to 58 on Tuesday, it'll be raining and I'll be at work, but still.
( Vague spoilers, nothing major )
If you can get -- highly recommend. It's a dual effort by BBC and HBO, and it's already been renewed for a second season. Each season is an adaptation of a different book in the series. Also, they are grabbing material from the prequels and other stories in the series. Pullman has a fully detailed and realized world in his novels -- so the world-building and character development is already there. Also unlike Game of Thrones, Pullman's story is complete. It's not unfinished.
2. So, I tried the Boom!Studios reboot of the Buffy comics as written by the comic colorist Jordie Bellaire "who is an American comic book colorist who currently lives in Ireland and works for DC, Marvel, Valiant, and Image comic book publishers. She has colored Pretty Deadly, The Manhattan Projects, Moon Knight, The Vision, Magneto, Nowhere Men, Hawkeye, Batman, among other titles.
Bellaire is credited with starting the "Comics are for everybody" initiative to make the comic book community more inclusive and compassionate."
Yeah, that's wonderful, more power to her, yadda yadda, yadda, except she's not a good writer. I was disappointed. The writer should go back to being a colorist, leave writing to the people who can write.
That said the artists are good. Or at least the first one was. Dan Mora -- who only does about five issues of the series. After that things sort of go rapidly down hill in a jiffy in the art department. The problem with these comics is the artist is really good, he leaves, and we become aware of how bad the writing is, with mediocre art supporting it.
Comics are pretty much about the art anyhow. Coloring matters, but the drawings are very important. More important than the words -- because it's a visual medium.
You can ignore the words and just focus on the art.
Anyhow, the problem with the comics is the changes made don't quite work and are jarring to anyone who is at all familiar with the original series. ( Read more... )
3. In a reading slump. Trying to get out of it. Not getting very far.
Did however get stuff done today. I did laundry and made up my bed clean. Even washed the mattress pad. (Due to an accident this morning that really makes me wish I was in menupause -- but alas, no, damn it.) Laundry took a long time, but I had the basement to myself for the most part -- so not as long as it could have. Started at 12:15 and got done by 2:30. In between made almond milk, cleaned apartment, and made up bed. Also wrote a bit.
It's cold here. In the 30s. Brrr. Pretty though, with blue sky. Could be worse.
So not really complaining. It's -20 something in Canada. One of the reasons I don't live in Canada or Michigan or Chicago for that matter.
The thing of it is -- it's still fall. Dang it. Oh well, it's supposed to get to 58 on Tuesday, it'll be raining and I'll be at work, but still.