Watching Tuesday
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brigdhSleepy Hollow
2.16
Eh, I didn't really like this episode. It had a lot of potential – I am totally down for magic hologram Thomas Jefferson – but I didn't think it used any of that potential. Where was last season's awareness of the complexities of history? Did Crane and Abbie just totally forget that whole Sally Hemings conversation they had? Especially when the show is positing a "choose between innocent lives or immense greater good!" dilemma, that seem really fucking relevant.
And speaking of, that dilemma was really dumb. Why couldn't they come back later with Jenny, lots of firepower, maybe a few additional helpers, and take out the Reavers while protecting the library? Even if the library had to be destroyed, they seriously didn't have the time to truck a few boxes of books up above ground first? The Irving storyline was also nonsensical (and how were he and Jenny having a screaming argument with gunshots in a police station with no one noticing?).
I guess the new guy is hot? That's a plus.
Farscape
1.22 ("Family Ties")
This was a great episode! I continue to love that Aryn gets to name Baby Moya. And I really like the name she went with; it was very effective. I also liked all of the one-on-one interaction scenes, with people talking about how much they like each other. It was a great way to end the season.
And dramatic cliffhanger! That must have been so awful, back when it was airing and everyone had to wait months to see what happened next.
Being Human: UK
1.1
I decided to take a break between season of Farscape and watch something else, and I settled on this, both because it's short (only 6 episodes a season) and because people have been telling me for years that I'd enjoy it. So far it's very good! They managed to jam a ton of plot into fifty minutes, but it worked for me and I'm liking the characters so far.
Jupiter Ascending
OH MY GOD THIS MOVIE IS SO DUMB. BUT AMAZING. BUT DUMB. I don't know if I can genuinely recommend it, but I enjoyed myself a huge amount, and that's what matters.
Actual wingfic! A werewolf searching for someone to be his pack! Bees recognize royalty! Punching each other is a 'male bonding ritual'! Incestuous space royalty! If all of that was incoherent, congratulations, that's what the movie feels like. But with special effects and insane costumes. I am so into this, and totally want it to be the weird fannish movie obsession of the year, much like Pacific Rim was last year.
2.16
And speaking of, that dilemma was really dumb. Why couldn't they come back later with Jenny, lots of firepower, maybe a few additional helpers, and take out the Reavers while protecting the library? Even if the library had to be destroyed, they seriously didn't have the time to truck a few boxes of books up above ground first? The Irving storyline was also nonsensical (and how were he and Jenny having a screaming argument with gunshots in a police station with no one noticing?).
I guess the new guy is hot? That's a plus.
Farscape
1.22 ("Family Ties")
This was a great episode! I continue to love that Aryn gets to name Baby Moya. And I really like the name she went with; it was very effective. I also liked all of the one-on-one interaction scenes, with people talking about how much they like each other. It was a great way to end the season.
And dramatic cliffhanger! That must have been so awful, back when it was airing and everyone had to wait months to see what happened next.
Being Human: UK
1.1
I decided to take a break between season of Farscape and watch something else, and I settled on this, both because it's short (only 6 episodes a season) and because people have been telling me for years that I'd enjoy it. So far it's very good! They managed to jam a ton of plot into fifty minutes, but it worked for me and I'm liking the characters so far.
Jupiter Ascending
OH MY GOD THIS MOVIE IS SO DUMB. BUT AMAZING. BUT DUMB. I don't know if I can genuinely recommend it, but I enjoyed myself a huge amount, and that's what matters.
Actual wingfic! A werewolf searching for someone to be his pack! Bees recognize royalty! Punching each other is a 'male bonding ritual'! Incestuous space royalty! If all of that was incoherent, congratulations, that's what the movie feels like. But with special effects and insane costumes. I am so into this, and totally want it to be the weird fannish movie obsession of the year, much like Pacific Rim was last year.
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Date: 2015-02-11 08:39 pm (UTC)Yay Jupiter Ascending! We've been told it's so awful it's wonderful, so we're thinking about seeing it. I can assure you the same cannot be said for Seventh Son, which is just plain awful. AWFUL. Not even worth watching if it were free. :-P
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Date: 2015-02-11 09:20 pm (UTC)And that's sad to hear about Seventh Son, but I'm not surprised. I thought the commercials looked pretty terrible too.
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Date: 2015-02-14 08:28 pm (UTC)I hope you like Jupiter Ascending! I really enjoyed myself, but with awesome-bad movies like this, I'm always cautious about recommending it to people, in case they don't feel the same way about it.
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Date: 2015-02-15 10:22 pm (UTC)And I loved Jupiter Ascending! I loved all the stuff with Jupiter's family, and the ending on the roof was so perfect I had to clamp my hands over my face in glee. Also space elephants!
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Date: 2015-02-16 09:04 pm (UTC)Yay! I'm so glad you liked it! The ending was great, wasn't it? And I adored how she liked being called "Your Majesty".