Spontaneous Musings

1. Watched the The Old Guard tonight - the movie starring Cherliz Theron and Kiki Layne (who was in If Beale Street Could Talk - I highly recommend "If Beale Street Could Talk", if you've not seen it - it was hands down the best film I saw last year and this year to date.)

Anyhow, The Old Guard felt less like a movie and more like the pilot of a television series. It's clunky in the same way that television serial pilots are, with lots of exposition, and set-up, but a feeling that future episodes might carry more weight. And - much like pilots of television serials - it's last scene was by far the most intriguing. I think that pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the movie without getting spoiled. In other words, if it were a television series? I might stick with it for a bit. But as a movie? Eh..it's not bad, just clunky. The villains are kind of cliche. Although it is progressive with LGBTQ relationships and casting. But there's not much to the plot - lots of expository material. Go watch "If Beale Street Could Talk" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" instead.

2. I'm irritable.

Also, NYC has made me dislike bicyclists. I'm perfectly fine with bicyclists anywhere else. It's just here that I'd like to strangle them. Or poke them with a large stick while they ride by me on the sidewalk. That's right, in my neighborhood, people are riding their bikes on pedestrian paths, sidewalks, etc. The only relief from the nasty fiends is Greenwood Cemetery - which prohibits bike riding. It's the only place in the city that prohibits the riding of bikes. Ah...

3. Flirting with various forums on Comic Con.

Whedon appears to have left it. Not quite sure why - can't find anything discussing it and it was sudden. Either that - or they don't want to let me attend it for some reason, but I'm neither that egotistical nor paranoid. I mean why would anyone care if I attended? I lurk. And I'm not a journalist. I'm nobody. I think he asked that they remove it. But Nathan Fillon may have him drop in on his Q&A, so that's possible. Fillon's is also more doable - it's on Sunday. I kind of want to do Cherliz Theron - Badass Heroine - and a Q&A on her career. I like Cherliz Theron. She plays tough characters. It should be noted that I've never done a comic-con in my life. And I dislike Zoom. So, we'll see if this works.

OOOhhh, I found something really really cool - Star Trek Universe It has the creator of Rick and Morty, and the casts of Discovery and Picard on it. The Discovery Cast will do a scene read-through. ( https://comiccon2020.sched.com/list/descriptions )

Where I blatantly take the Star Trek meme on my flist and turn it into a meme for the tv shows and a series that I was "ahem" far more of an insane fan of and actually own and can remember. We'll see if it works. [I don't remember most of STAR TREK, I'll do some of the questions in a separate meme.]

( 29 Days of Whedonverse )

Yes, a continuation of the monster essay, or treatise that I wrote in 2003. Sigh, some people write fanfic on tv shows, I write essays on tv shows.

( Fans - Breaking the Fourth Wall & the Media Critics )

To be honest, I've always been a little leery of identifying myself as a "fan" of anything. Not sure why. I think it's the fanatic aspect of the word that unnerves me. For you see - the obsessive aspect of myself is not one I like to stroke or endorse, so much as discourage. When I reacte obsessively to something, I start wondering why.

I'm thinking about this today due to three things I read. Two online - in scrollgirl and fresne's livejournals, where they kindly provided me with information on two of the huge fandom kerfuffles people on flist mentioned but provided vague info on, causing my curiousity hackles to rise. It's sort of like mentioning that there's a monster out there, but not providing any info on where, what it looks like and whether it hurt anyone. I'm find myself craning my neck going, what, where, how? Show me! If it weren't for scrollgirl and fresne, I would have remained perpetually at a loss, which might have been a good thing. Not sure. Not really sure why I'm so fascinated with weird fan behavior or social interaction - more so to be honest than the shows the behavior is associated with. The third, was an article in EW about Serenity - the up-coming Joss Whedon sci-fi. What was odd about the third, was that it was not a review or even a teaser so much as brief essay on how the film came about and how weird it was that it did. The essay did not show Whedon or the internet fans in the best light, in my opinion. But that might just be me.

( Serenity article )

( the BTVS fandom stuff - ramble on fanfic, the last seasons of the show, and flist postings on kerfuffles... )

PS: Thank you to the anynomous friend who gave me two months paid lj. Don't know what to do with the two months paid lj, but appreciate the thought!