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sprocketTurning into a semi-annual tradition, the TV and movie marathons when I Am Not That Sick, I'm Just Too Lazy To Get Off This Couch, Really. Usually followed by a nap.
The Marvels: "what if we make a movie focusing on three women, two of them women of color, but we wrote a plot exactly like every other Marvel movie?" sneezes into hundredth kleenex
Damsel: "what if we made a movie inverting a bunch of tropes, and cast Shoreh Aghdashloo as the dragon voice actor, but we used the Netflix plot formula instead of creativity?" Needed another editing pass to clean up the pacing. Shoreh Aghdashloo was magnificent. sneezes into five hundredth kleenex
Mad Max: Fury Road: "I'm just going to rewatch the night sniping scene, now that I'm cranky about pacing and editing, to see if Fury Road holds up." The night sniping scene does in fact hold up, and I stayed up rewatched the entire movie despite best intentions. The entire movie holds up. A+ will watch on many future occasions.sneezes into even more kleenex
Arcane S2, 2x01 - 2x04: I don't care about any of these people, I'm just here for the outrageously pretty animation and soundtrack work. This is. So. Pretty. sneezes into thousandth kleenex
Wheel of Time S3, 3x01 - 3x05: it's as if someone on the internet said "we are Disappointed there are so many lesbians," and the writing room heard, "you want more lesbians? There's not enough gay love? Or poly? COMING RIGHT UP. Do we have to slide men marrying men into the Rhuidean flashback? Maybe, maybe not... let's do it."
As expected, Shoreh Aghdashloo is killing it as Elaida. I want a redemption arc, or at least the "she's wrong about a lot of stuff but has some points, even if she's making the points all wrong" arc I know is not supported by book canon. Heck, I'd take a really fabulous death scene over book canon. I don't know that I care about book canon all that much, honestly.
The Marvels: "what if we make a movie focusing on three women, two of them women of color, but we wrote a plot exactly like every other Marvel movie?" sneezes into hundredth kleenex
Damsel: "what if we made a movie inverting a bunch of tropes, and cast Shoreh Aghdashloo as the dragon voice actor, but we used the Netflix plot formula instead of creativity?" Needed another editing pass to clean up the pacing. Shoreh Aghdashloo was magnificent. sneezes into five hundredth kleenex
Mad Max: Fury Road: "I'm just going to rewatch the night sniping scene, now that I'm cranky about pacing and editing, to see if Fury Road holds up." The night sniping scene does in fact hold up, and I stayed up rewatched the entire movie despite best intentions. The entire movie holds up. A+ will watch on many future occasions.sneezes into even more kleenex
Arcane S2, 2x01 - 2x04: I don't care about any of these people, I'm just here for the outrageously pretty animation and soundtrack work. This is. So. Pretty. sneezes into thousandth kleenex
Wheel of Time S3, 3x01 - 3x05: it's as if someone on the internet said "we are Disappointed there are so many lesbians," and the writing room heard, "you want more lesbians? There's not enough gay love? Or poly? COMING RIGHT UP. Do we have to slide men marrying men into the Rhuidean flashback? Maybe, maybe not... let's do it."
As expected, Shoreh Aghdashloo is killing it as Elaida. I want a redemption arc, or at least the "she's wrong about a lot of stuff but has some points, even if she's making the points all wrong" arc I know is not supported by book canon. Heck, I'd take a really fabulous death scene over book canon. I don't know that I care about book canon all that much, honestly.
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