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shadowkatAccomplished little today, outside of going to the pharmacy, picking up groceries, and painting a bit. I was very sleepy. I've seen somewhere that diabetes can cause fatigue. But so can menopause. Depression. Sleep deprivation. Etc. I did sleep well enough the night before - but had nightmares. Something about a plane. Traveling somewhere with my workforce. Being stranded and left behind. I'm on vacation - give it a break subconscious. Oh also made ice cream concoctions for the Ninja Creami - which can turn most things into ice cream. I made coffee yogurt/peanut butter chocolate ice cream (with protein powders), and tropical frozen yogurt ice cream with orange yogurt, banana (not yogurt just a banana), and a few slices of pinapple blended. Both taste good. Should be interesting.
Got off social media - which keeps exposing me to stories about nasty people that I really was much better off not knowing about. I do not want to know these people exist or about their problems - stop informing me they do, internet. Honestly. It's enough to make me miss the 20th Century. The information age/technological age is annoying and kind of scary.
1. Finished Bridgerton, at least until the second part of S3 arrives on June 13. As an aside, there's a bunch of television critics and columnists out there - that a) I wish I didn't know existed (thank you so much internet for that), and b) should be fired from their jobs and never get paid for anything they write ever again (note I'm not censoring them, just cancelling their profitability). Dear god. It's a fluffy romantic fantasy series, not the Bachelor (which by the way should be ripped apart). I won't irritate you with what they wrote. Except that I wish I didn't know about it.
Oh, don't do this? Someone on twitter found an nasty article about an actress's looks, and felt the need to tell everyone on twitter to send said article to the attention of the actress, her agent/representation & the producer of the television series. Telling them that they should take action against the publication in defense of all of the fans who look like the actress and relate to her, and have been offended by the article on her behalf.
I was appalled. The publication is very obscure (I've never heard of it until now - it's some bad British gossip fashion magazine, are there any good ones?) as is the columnist. Never heard of her either. And sending this to the actress and the producer of Bridgerton - isn't going to do anything but annoy them. They already know these idiots exist. They don't need to be reminded. And it's not illegal to write and publish that crap.
What can you do? Don't read it. Don't subscribe to the publication. Don't subscribe, buy, or read anything the writer writes. That's it. Ignore it.
Ignore the nasty people. Maybe they'll go away.
In case you've never heard of it (I don't know how - it's got a great marketing team) - Bridgerton is a series adapted from a series of "stand-a-alone" romance novels. They are connected, in that it revolves around the Bridgerton family and their friends, lovers and cohorts. But each one can be read separately. With the connector between them - Lady Whistledown, the unseen narrator/gossip columnist, and Queen Charlotte, also the family dynamics to the degree its present. It is not a soap opera - we don't follow the couples that have their HEA, they are kind of written out as a happily ever after. More like Austen Novels but connected, or a series of mysteries, except the central focus is getting the two main characters in each season together.
It's not the Bachelor (which I despise & you can't pay me enough to watch that horrible show - spits on it). This is fictional. It's not contemporary - it's a historical romance series that takes place in an AU Regency Period in London. So loosely adapted from the books in that it has colorblind casting, and in this series Queen Charlotte was able to bring People of Color into the British aristocracy and get them accepted. Racism doesn't really seem to exist here. Just sexism, homophobia and classicism, which is actually true of most historical romances? They rarely focus on racism.
S3 focuses on Colin and Penelope, whose romance unlike the previous two, has been building over the course of two seasons now. This may be the only season in which it helps to have actually seen the previous ones. The actors are excellent - they manage to show how each character has grown and changed with subtle mannerisms and vocalization. Same with Eloise, who has also changed over the course of the seasons, as has her dilettante brother Benedict, who no longer paints, or pursues the arts or even wild parties.
The series is character and relationship focused, fluffy, and none too deep. It's not something that academics can really play with - it's something they should watch to take a breather. It's fun, fluffy, there's no violence, and lots of pretty gowns. Also we get to see a hot air balloon. What's not to love?
2. Moved on to the last episode of X-men '97 - this series is a lot better than the original 90s series. Better written and animated, it also is closer to the comics, and has tighter plotting. I was surprised by the ending - since I went in unspoiled. This series surprised in lot of ways, it went dark, it killed off a major character, and it separated the main characters at various points. That's what the comics does. It also did a very good job of getting across the relationship between Magnus and Charles, along with Storm/Forge, Jean & Scott, Magnus/Rogue/Gambit and Rogue/Nightcrawler. One of the better animated adaptations.
Add to the above? We get cameos from Daredevil, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and various others. Disney has shown that it has a better handle on this than Fox did. So, go Disney. Also it went dark, which surprised me.
Although that may explain why the show-runner was fired.
3. Then on to Doctor Who - this is the new series on Disney + and BBC. Disney basically bought the rights to Doctor Who, with the view of co-producing and distributing it with the BBC. What this means is - higher production values, and exclusive distribution on Disney (so no commercials) in the US, and it gets to air at the same time as it does in the BBC, not months later like it did under BBC America and AMC.
I had reservations. But, Disney was smart about it. They brought back RT Davies. Who in turn wisely split the Doctor - the David Tennant version with all the baggage - gets to live out his life hanging with Donna and her family. While the 15th Doctor, portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa goes on adventures with his young blond sidekick Ruby Sunday. (Not to be confused with the Rolling Stones song Ruby Tuesday - which I'm wondering if that was deliberate since both this doctor and Ruby have musical abilities and often break into song.) Not only that - but Davies cast an actor who has a similar frenetic witty style to Tennant and Smith (the most popular of the Doctors). You feel almost as if he just can't keep still or has a serious case of ADHD.
I adore him. I didn't know if I would, I never do with the Doctors, but I do. I also like Ruby - far more than I ever liked Rose. She's delightfully quippy. Makes me think of a British Kiernan Shipka, even looks a bit like her. He's compelling and so is she, and their chemistry is electric and delightfully platonic - I think she's a lesbian, and he's well everything?
This Who, surprise, surprise, has a trans villain - the Maestro in the third episode. But Disney can get away with more than the BBC. And has a different audience. Also, Ruby is clearly a lesbian who was playing in a lesbian band, and a had girlfriend.
I remember stating once that I'd appreciate Doctor Who better - if he regenerated into either a woman or a person of color and not just a British White Dude in a suite. And low and behold they have. Nguti may be my favorite outside of Tennant.
Regarding the episodes? Davies brought back Stephen Moffat for the fourth episode. Who'd I missed. I like Moffat's banter, and tricky plots. Moffat's episode may have been a touch too on the nose and topical for its own good, but I enjoyed it. It was clever and got across the general theme. Also tricky having the bulk of the episode involving the Doctor balancing on a landmine that can go off at any moment. (I'm thinking Davies and Moffat must be close friends.)
Davies episodes are romps. While Moffat's is a touch more serious in tone. I'm hoping this continues, they work well with each other, better together, I think, than apart. Moffat kind of balances out Davies sentimentality and frentic silliness, and Davies balances out Moffat's twisty plots over characters, and preachy biting wit.
The Devil's Chord was rather different. The Beatles casting was off - but they weren't around long enough for it to matter. It was fun though. I enjoyed.
The Baby Episode - less so. It was kind of gross and silly, and made me realize, yes this is a kid's show and it's on Disney. Of course we're going to have a snot monster.
I'd already seen the church episode - which I rather liked, but not enough to re-watch. Of the episodes, my fav's are the fourth and Maestro, and that isn't all that surprising, since I tended to like Moffat's episodes the best during The Tenth Doctor's run, and the series arc episodes best with Davies. Davies' stand-a-lone's don't work quite as well as his arc episodes do.
Overall enjoying this season quite a bit. Disney is treating it as S1. Although I'm pretty sure they got other episodes on from other doctors.
(Oh it just occurred to me - Disney owns first distribution rights to three of the longest running serials right now. X-men, Doctor Who, and General Hospital. Also Disney is older than all three of them and their creators put together. Disney started in the 1930s.)
Got off social media - which keeps exposing me to stories about nasty people that I really was much better off not knowing about. I do not want to know these people exist or about their problems - stop informing me they do, internet. Honestly. It's enough to make me miss the 20th Century. The information age/technological age is annoying and kind of scary.
1. Finished Bridgerton, at least until the second part of S3 arrives on June 13. As an aside, there's a bunch of television critics and columnists out there - that a) I wish I didn't know existed (thank you so much internet for that), and b) should be fired from their jobs and never get paid for anything they write ever again (note I'm not censoring them, just cancelling their profitability). Dear god. It's a fluffy romantic fantasy series, not the Bachelor (which by the way should be ripped apart). I won't irritate you with what they wrote. Except that I wish I didn't know about it.
Oh, don't do this? Someone on twitter found an nasty article about an actress's looks, and felt the need to tell everyone on twitter to send said article to the attention of the actress, her agent/representation & the producer of the television series. Telling them that they should take action against the publication in defense of all of the fans who look like the actress and relate to her, and have been offended by the article on her behalf.
I was appalled. The publication is very obscure (I've never heard of it until now - it's some bad British gossip fashion magazine, are there any good ones?) as is the columnist. Never heard of her either. And sending this to the actress and the producer of Bridgerton - isn't going to do anything but annoy them. They already know these idiots exist. They don't need to be reminded. And it's not illegal to write and publish that crap.
What can you do? Don't read it. Don't subscribe to the publication. Don't subscribe, buy, or read anything the writer writes. That's it. Ignore it.
Ignore the nasty people. Maybe they'll go away.
In case you've never heard of it (I don't know how - it's got a great marketing team) - Bridgerton is a series adapted from a series of "stand-a-alone" romance novels. They are connected, in that it revolves around the Bridgerton family and their friends, lovers and cohorts. But each one can be read separately. With the connector between them - Lady Whistledown, the unseen narrator/gossip columnist, and Queen Charlotte, also the family dynamics to the degree its present. It is not a soap opera - we don't follow the couples that have their HEA, they are kind of written out as a happily ever after. More like Austen Novels but connected, or a series of mysteries, except the central focus is getting the two main characters in each season together.
It's not the Bachelor (which I despise & you can't pay me enough to watch that horrible show - spits on it). This is fictional. It's not contemporary - it's a historical romance series that takes place in an AU Regency Period in London. So loosely adapted from the books in that it has colorblind casting, and in this series Queen Charlotte was able to bring People of Color into the British aristocracy and get them accepted. Racism doesn't really seem to exist here. Just sexism, homophobia and classicism, which is actually true of most historical romances? They rarely focus on racism.
S3 focuses on Colin and Penelope, whose romance unlike the previous two, has been building over the course of two seasons now. This may be the only season in which it helps to have actually seen the previous ones. The actors are excellent - they manage to show how each character has grown and changed with subtle mannerisms and vocalization. Same with Eloise, who has also changed over the course of the seasons, as has her dilettante brother Benedict, who no longer paints, or pursues the arts or even wild parties.
The series is character and relationship focused, fluffy, and none too deep. It's not something that academics can really play with - it's something they should watch to take a breather. It's fun, fluffy, there's no violence, and lots of pretty gowns. Also we get to see a hot air balloon. What's not to love?
2. Moved on to the last episode of X-men '97 - this series is a lot better than the original 90s series. Better written and animated, it also is closer to the comics, and has tighter plotting. I was surprised by the ending - since I went in unspoiled. This series surprised in lot of ways, it went dark, it killed off a major character, and it separated the main characters at various points. That's what the comics does. It also did a very good job of getting across the relationship between Magnus and Charles, along with Storm/Forge, Jean & Scott, Magnus/Rogue/Gambit and Rogue/Nightcrawler. One of the better animated adaptations.
Add to the above? We get cameos from Daredevil, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and various others. Disney has shown that it has a better handle on this than Fox did. So, go Disney. Also it went dark, which surprised me.
Although that may explain why the show-runner was fired.
3. Then on to Doctor Who - this is the new series on Disney + and BBC. Disney basically bought the rights to Doctor Who, with the view of co-producing and distributing it with the BBC. What this means is - higher production values, and exclusive distribution on Disney (so no commercials) in the US, and it gets to air at the same time as it does in the BBC, not months later like it did under BBC America and AMC.
I had reservations. But, Disney was smart about it. They brought back RT Davies. Who in turn wisely split the Doctor - the David Tennant version with all the baggage - gets to live out his life hanging with Donna and her family. While the 15th Doctor, portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa goes on adventures with his young blond sidekick Ruby Sunday. (Not to be confused with the Rolling Stones song Ruby Tuesday - which I'm wondering if that was deliberate since both this doctor and Ruby have musical abilities and often break into song.) Not only that - but Davies cast an actor who has a similar frenetic witty style to Tennant and Smith (the most popular of the Doctors). You feel almost as if he just can't keep still or has a serious case of ADHD.
I adore him. I didn't know if I would, I never do with the Doctors, but I do. I also like Ruby - far more than I ever liked Rose. She's delightfully quippy. Makes me think of a British Kiernan Shipka, even looks a bit like her. He's compelling and so is she, and their chemistry is electric and delightfully platonic - I think she's a lesbian, and he's well everything?
This Who, surprise, surprise, has a trans villain - the Maestro in the third episode. But Disney can get away with more than the BBC. And has a different audience. Also, Ruby is clearly a lesbian who was playing in a lesbian band, and a had girlfriend.
I remember stating once that I'd appreciate Doctor Who better - if he regenerated into either a woman or a person of color and not just a British White Dude in a suite. And low and behold they have. Nguti may be my favorite outside of Tennant.
Regarding the episodes? Davies brought back Stephen Moffat for the fourth episode. Who'd I missed. I like Moffat's banter, and tricky plots. Moffat's episode may have been a touch too on the nose and topical for its own good, but I enjoyed it. It was clever and got across the general theme. Also tricky having the bulk of the episode involving the Doctor balancing on a landmine that can go off at any moment. (I'm thinking Davies and Moffat must be close friends.)
Davies episodes are romps. While Moffat's is a touch more serious in tone. I'm hoping this continues, they work well with each other, better together, I think, than apart. Moffat kind of balances out Davies sentimentality and frentic silliness, and Davies balances out Moffat's twisty plots over characters, and preachy biting wit.
The Devil's Chord was rather different. The Beatles casting was off - but they weren't around long enough for it to matter. It was fun though. I enjoyed.
The Baby Episode - less so. It was kind of gross and silly, and made me realize, yes this is a kid's show and it's on Disney. Of course we're going to have a snot monster.
I'd already seen the church episode - which I rather liked, but not enough to re-watch. Of the episodes, my fav's are the fourth and Maestro, and that isn't all that surprising, since I tended to like Moffat's episodes the best during The Tenth Doctor's run, and the series arc episodes best with Davies. Davies' stand-a-lone's don't work quite as well as his arc episodes do.
Overall enjoying this season quite a bit. Disney is treating it as S1. Although I'm pretty sure they got other episodes on from other doctors.
(Oh it just occurred to me - Disney owns first distribution rights to three of the longest running serials right now. X-men, Doctor Who, and General Hospital. Also Disney is older than all three of them and their creators put together. Disney started in the 1930s.)
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Date: 2024-05-26 02:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-05-26 02:49 pm (UTC)Harper's Bazar put her on the front page as lovely. So the top fashion mags, like Vanity Fair, Harpers, Vogue - see her as lovely.
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Date: 2024-05-26 09:50 pm (UTC)Attacking it - is pointless. Best to ignore it completely. Be like talking to a wall.
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Date: 2024-05-27 09:53 pm (UTC)Bridgerton and Doctor Who
Date: 2024-05-27 02:56 am (UTC)I loved the first part of Bridgerton's season 3. I found myself enjoying Lord Debling's character and even Cressida Cowper.
With Doctor Who, I've been going crazy seeing how good the new episodes are this season. I'm still a bit uneasy about calling this season one and Ncuti the 15th doctor, but I'm having a good time sitting and watching the episodes. My favorite so far has been Boom for sure. Moffat knows how to write great speeches and that's all the doctor could do this episode so his talent for moving, war-ending speeches were on full display.
I thought it was established in the 1900s. I may be mistaken though. I'm a bit too sleepy to look it up.
Re: Bridgerton and Doctor Who
Date: 2024-05-27 02:12 pm (UTC)"Disney started in the 1930s" I thought it was established in the 1900s. I may be mistaken though. I'm a bit too sleepy to look it up.
No, it's not that old. Also Walt Disney died in the mid-60s, and he wasn't that old, around 65. He was born in 1901. It celebrated its 100 year anniversary last year 1923 to 2023.
We're both wrong - it was started in 1923. October 16, 1923, Walt Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio with his brother Roy Disney
"On October 16, 1923, Walt Disney and his brother Roy found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, California. The studio, now known as the Walt Disney Company, has had an oversized impact on the entertainment industry and is now one of the largest media companies in the world."
It became the Walt Disney Company in the 30s, when the cartoons started to take off.
"The popularity of the Mickey Mouse shorts convinced Disney his studio could produce a feature film, which he began to do in 1934. The project, which some dubbed “Disney’s Folly,” went 400 percent over budget and required over 300 animators, artists, and assistants, but Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was a smash hit when it debuted just before Christmas 1937."
I'm still a bit uneasy about calling this season one and Ncuti the 15th doctor, but I'm having a good time sitting and watching the episodes.
That's just Disney keeping track of the seasons it has first distribution rights to or is producing.
The previous seasons were solely produced by BBC or BBC and BBC America, with distribution rights to AMC. Prior to that -BBC with PBS had sole distribution (that was in the 1970s, so it was a long time ago and PBS just distributed in US).
From BBC's perspective - its 15 seasons, from Disney's it's Season 1, because they don't own rights to the others, or the others were produced separately.
Just ignore it. It's not relevant to us or the story or the writing. Only to the copyright - which is confusing to well everyone.
With Doctor Who, I've been going crazy seeing how good the new episodes are this season.
They are excellent this season - surprisingly so. (I think part of it is - that the previous three seasons were kind of lack luster? They weren't to my taste at any rate. YMMV. So in comparison - these episodes seem brilliant.)
My favorite so far has been Boom for sure. Moffat knows how to write great speeches and that's all the doctor could do this episode so his talent for moving, war-ending speeches were on full display.
Mine as well. Moffat is very good at dialogue or snappy dialogue and speeches - and that's all the episode truly was - dialogue.
I think the internet has collectively forgotten the age old proverb of "don't feed the trolls." Hate-reading is at an all time high. I don't understand why. If something bothers you so much just block and move on. Don't spread to give in to outrage.
It's the forum or platforms? Twitter (now X), Facebook, Tumblr, etc kind of promote it? Along with hate-watching. The marketing logarithm is set up to push negativity. And everyone loves to look at a train wreck or fight. So there's a lot of rubber-necking - "oh god, what happened?" - and off we go.
They did it here too - years ago, although mostly on live journal - where you'd have a kerfuffle and everyone would spread, chat, link to it - to see it. But LJ and DW aren't set up to further that sort of think - you have to work to find it. Twitter and Facebook and Tumblr and TickTok etc are. They have a quick share function - where you click a button and its reposted. Or retweeted. Click another button - liked. Click another - you can repost and comment on it. I think you can see how that can feed a troll? You know there's a problem with the platform when hateful politicians can turn it into their means of marketing their hateful messages with barely a click of a button.