Sometimes the recognition isn't about using bait...

[rogueslayer452]

++ I didn't watch the Oscars, I only paid attention to everyone reacting to it in real time, but I am so very happy that The Shape of Water won Best Picture. Part of me wishes that Get Out could have gotten it, as I feel like it deserved more wins (and it really would have stuck it to the Academy members who had really racist opinions about the film itself), but if there was to be another film to win instead anything by Guillermo del Toro would do. At least Get Out won for best original screenplay, which makes history as Jordan Peele is the first black person to win the award. The Shape of Water, Get Out, and Coco were the highlight wins of the event, which makes me happy.

++ The teaser for the second season of Luke Cage looks absolutely hype.

++ Krysten Ritter speculates that there won't be another season of The Defenders. I'm not even remotely surprised by this, considering how lukewarm and blah the first season was. The basic concept had potential but combined with the bad writing and execution of plot it just didn't deliver and was a huge letdown. Though I guess it served its purpose of getting the main characters together in some way, but it still could've been much better than it was. It's disappointing since it didn't take full advantage of the time they had, you know what I mean? At least now we can have them appearing and guesting in each other's respective shows.

++ We have a trailer for The Expanse S3 and it looks so good, I can't wait.

Comments

[icecoldrain.livejournal.com]

I always get my Oscars news from other people and I love all the fashion coverage lmao. I wish Get Out won for best movie, but I'm also okay with The Shape of Water winning. Get Out should've won all the awards though.

I loved The Defenders so I'm a little sad that we likely won't get a second season. In the off chance we do, can they ditch Iron Fist? XD

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Get Out deserved more recognition than it was given. I'm glad it won what it did, because it was rightfully earned, but it truly needed more nominations and to win more than it did that night. If anything, Daniel Kaluuya deserved to win for Best Actor.

I would only accept another season of The Defenders if they got a completely new showrunner, new writers, and ditch Danny Rand/Iron Fist and replace him with Colleen Wing as the fourth Defender instead. So, basically, for it to be nothing like what the first season was and to be what we deserved in the first place. But I doubt that will ever happen. The thing is, I liked the concept of what the show seemed to be but the execution was severely lacking and disappointing, imho. To be fair, I was only hyped up to see Jessica, Luke and Matt and some of the other supporting characters interacting with each other, but even that didn't get utilized as much as I wanted it to. Unfortunately, in the end it just didn't live up to the hype that we were promised and even with the interactions we did get I yearned for more, while they played up too much of The Hand/Iron Fist plot that I just didn't care about at all.

[noybusiness.livejournal.com]

Do you think there's a chance the Daughters of the Dragon will get their own show?

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

One would hope. There were some nice moments between the two of them in The Defenders, even if it was just brief, to kind of set that up for the possible future of them teaming up. Whether in their own show or not, that depends, but I really do want their own show, that would be amazing.

[icecoldrain.livejournal.com]

It really did! I was saddened by the negative responses people were having to it being nominated, and then there's the people who vote for the award winners who were nixing even watching it.

I second you there. They def had some major misteps, and I couldn't stand Iron Fist/Danny Rand the entire season.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

And let's not forget Get Out being nominated in the Comedy/Musical category at the Golden Globes, for reasons I still don't know. This film has gone through the wringer of being insulted by people who just don't have a clue, which is devastating and frustrating to see. I'm happy it got the nominations/wins it did, but it deserved more. :/

[icecoldrain.livejournal.com]

YESSSSSS. I had an argument with someone who was claiming that I was wrong and that it was a comedy. I was like ummmm are we talking about the same movie?!

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

It honestly astonishes me that some would be that dense to even consider it a comedy, considering the content and how it was presented, which was absolutely a horror. Sure, there were some comedic moments here and there, but that doesn't mean it's classified as a comedy, ffs.