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rogueslayer452++ I've been trying to write up my review of season five of The Expanse, but figuring out how to articulate my thoughts and feelings has become a difficult task as it bounces around from becoming either far too long and repetitive or just me going "fifth season was amazing....the best season so far....phenomenal performances....", which is, y'know, all true, but I want to be more cohesive than that. Still working on it.
++ I know I've groused about the trend the entertainment industry has with banking on nostalgia, the more reboots/remakes/revivals that are announced the more my eyes roll further back into my head as I sigh in near defeat, and that hasn't changed. With that being said, however, when I heard that they were doing The Mighty Ducks television series on Disney+ with bringing back Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay, my childhood heart was like...."oh? tell me more please." Listen, Emilio Estevez was one of my first childhood celebrity crushes, right after Harrison Ford, and The Mighty Ducks was a huge part of the reason why (D2: The Mighty Ducks is a personal favorite, simply because his look in it was hotit was the hair okay). Is this another banking of nostalgia moment? Yeah, of course it is, and yeah I'm ashamed by looking forward to seeing it, but I don't care.
++ Since I've become a bit more interested in Asian dramas lately, one that I've come across that I've seen people I follow talking about has been Mr. Queen, a Kdrama that is an adaptation of a Chinese novel (which also had a Chinese web series adaptation, that was censored in China), and it just recently concluded. Once I learned of its premise, immediately I was like, oh yes this is my jam. Essentially, a modern guy is transported into the past in the body of a queen, and alongside the politics and plot stuff there is the concept of gender identity and bisexuality/questioning of sexuality. Needless to say, I became intrigued and sold on this alone. I have yet to see it, but I've seen gifsets and it looks hilarious (the "gay panic" moments and physical comedy) and also heartwarming (the tenderness and romantic angle). I'll eventually get to it, along with the other Asian dramas I have on my list to watch.
++ I know I've groused about the trend the entertainment industry has with banking on nostalgia, the more reboots/remakes/revivals that are announced the more my eyes roll further back into my head as I sigh in near defeat, and that hasn't changed. With that being said, however, when I heard that they were doing The Mighty Ducks television series on Disney+ with bringing back Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay, my childhood heart was like...."oh? tell me more please." Listen, Emilio Estevez was one of my first childhood celebrity crushes, right after Harrison Ford, and The Mighty Ducks was a huge part of the reason why (D2: The Mighty Ducks is a personal favorite, simply because his look in it was hot
++ Since I've become a bit more interested in Asian dramas lately, one that I've come across that I've seen people I follow talking about has been Mr. Queen, a Kdrama that is an adaptation of a Chinese novel (which also had a Chinese web series adaptation, that was censored in China), and it just recently concluded. Once I learned of its premise, immediately I was like, oh yes this is my jam. Essentially, a modern guy is transported into the past in the body of a queen, and alongside the politics and plot stuff there is the concept of gender identity and bisexuality/questioning of sexuality. Needless to say, I became intrigued and sold on this alone. I have yet to see it, but I've seen gifsets and it looks hilarious (the "gay panic" moments and physical comedy) and also heartwarming (the tenderness and romantic angle). I'll eventually get to it, along with the other Asian dramas I have on my list to watch.
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Date: 2021-02-21 02:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-22 10:53 pm (UTC)(It also makes me think about how I used to episode reviews back in the day, how I would actually write them out pretty much almost immediately after an episode aired. How did I manage that? I don't even know anymore....)
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Date: 2021-02-23 01:32 am (UTC)The thing I appreciated the most about Naomi's story was how the writers and directors resisted the urge to have her monologue. I think lesser shows would have had her narrating all of her actions, but it was so much more engaging to wonder what she was thinking, what her plan was, would it work.
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Date: 2021-02-24 06:38 am (UTC)That is a good point.
And yeah, that is something I really liked about her storyline in the latter half of the season. They really utilized the "show, don't tell" aspect of the storytelling, the visual clues to what she was doing and seeing her struggling is what made that part of her arc so tense. I loved seeing that, especially since it further demonstrated the fantastic acting by Dominique Tipper where it was just her and a spaceship, nobody else around her, and it made for some amazing emotional storytelling.
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Date: 2021-02-25 02:31 am (UTC)Have you watched/listened to any of Ty and That Guy? I did the first episode and it was a lot of fun, those two crack me up.