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Happy New Year, everyone! May 2017 be kinder to you than 2016—even if you had a good 2016!
My New Year's Resolution, carefully formulated mere days before I heard rumors of LJ's impending demise is . . . drum roll, please . . . to post more on LJ!
If the worst happens and LJ goes kaput, please look for me on Drnamwidth instead: http://aelfgyfu-mead.dreamwidth.org. I've backed up my whole LJ there, and we can hide there, as in a bunker.
I am optimistic, however, so I will post here.
I've been around, and I'm sorry I haven't been more visible. I've been reading posts and generally replying, but things got away from me early this year, and I kept feeling as if I couldn't post to LJ until I posted more to LJ to explain where I'd been, but some of these will be friends-locked entries, and . . . and . . . and. . . .
There will be posts.
There will be more posts about the tv I'm watching. Brief version, with more to follow:
I stopped watching
• Agents of SHIELD. I heard it's going well this season and that in particular they're doing better with their characters of color, but I've just had enough. I'm tired of watching people make the same mistakes over and over (looking at you, Coulson, and Fitz, separately). I never get enough Melinda May. I like Daisy/Tremors/Quake/whatever we're calling her now, but she was never my favorite. And I really can't handle Ghost Rider. I can't deal with him doing immoral things under compulsion. It gets under my skin. I think I could like him, but I can't like what he does. Yes, I know that's the point—but I don't want to watch it. If you're enjoying it, more power to you!
Between seasons:
• iZombie is in trouble! They've pushed back the season premiere from fall to spring, and there are rumors it may be canceled, and my heart aches for Ravi and Liv and Clive, probably in that order. There will be a season, but it may be short, and it may be the last.
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: I kept wondering why I couldn't remember any of this. That's because the character of Dirk Gently, and a reference or two, are the only things from the book. I feel like they've simultaneously captured a good bit of the Douglas Adams spirit and thrown in far more violence and body horror. That's not easy considering that Douglas Adams destroyed earth in the first novel I read by him, but at least I didn't have to watch each individual suffer and die. There's an awful lot of suffering in DGHDA the series. But I can't stop watching. It's the cast.
• The Expanse: Good SF. I'd like more women, but the women they have are powerhouses.
• Dark Matter: Whaaat? The cliffhanger makes me think everyone's contract is up and they are currently trying to lowball the entire cast. I came to care about most of these people. I want most of them back.
ETA: • Twelve Monkeys remains problematic in some ways, and it's terribly violent. Yet I'm still addicted and wondering what's happening to the characters, as if they were doing stuff right now and I'll just get caught up on it later.
Still on:
• I continue to love Elementary. Joan Watson has always been awesome, and for her alone I would probably still be watching. What amazes me about this show, though, is that the principals, and particularly Sherlock Holmes himself, continue to develop. Most shows I like get into a rut where characters stop growing (I won't name them here because this should be an upbeat post), but Elementary keeps building its characters. Also, even Daughter watches this with us.
(One gripe: I am so sick of corporations or CEOs or whatever murdering people over business interests. They don't do this; they get each other legally. Also, I never want to see Sherlock or Joan blackmail anyone again. Ok, I guess that's two gripes.)
• Need more Doctor Who! I watched the Christmas special, as you may have seen, and didn't have a lot of coherent thoughts beyond "Peter Capaldi." Daughter watches this too.
• The Librarians is very silly and probably not worth posting about, except to say that they're all so cute it's a miracle I can watch at all. We all watch this. Daughter enjoys it the most. I won't start griping because I wouldn't be able to stop.
•Conviction: I like Hayley Atwell, I like her costars, and I mostly enjoy the show. That says, it has a race problem. The white lead buys cocaine, but she's not an addict. Nosiree Bob. It's the Black former cop who has an addiction problem and the Latino CSU dude who has a criminal record. The white people have made mistakes, but somehow they seem to be treated differently. And that's just the team! I think they're actually more sensitive with the characters of the week.
Sadly, this show has already been canceled. I was hoping it would get better, but it won't have the chance.
• Supergirl: I miss Cat Grant but am still digging the show. It may pass; I'm accumulating gripes. But I love Alex Danvers, James Olson, Win what's-his-name (yes, in that order), and oh, Kara Danvers is all right. (I frequently don't love the main character most.)
Still missing: Agent Carter! Can we have more now that Hayley Atwell is free again? Please? Pretty please with hot chocolate sauce on top?
What am I forgetting? I know I'm forgetting stuff, but it's time for dinner, and thinking "I'll finish this post later" is how I don't post for months.
My New Year's Resolution, carefully formulated mere days before I heard rumors of LJ's impending demise is . . . drum roll, please . . . to post more on LJ!
If the worst happens and LJ goes kaput, please look for me on Drnamwidth instead: http://aelfgyfu-mead.dreamwidth.org. I've backed up my whole LJ there, and we can hide there, as in a bunker.
I am optimistic, however, so I will post here.
I've been around, and I'm sorry I haven't been more visible. I've been reading posts and generally replying, but things got away from me early this year, and I kept feeling as if I couldn't post to LJ until I posted more to LJ to explain where I'd been, but some of these will be friends-locked entries, and . . . and . . . and. . . .
There will be posts.
There will be more posts about the tv I'm watching. Brief version, with more to follow:
I stopped watching
• Agents of SHIELD. I heard it's going well this season and that in particular they're doing better with their characters of color, but I've just had enough. I'm tired of watching people make the same mistakes over and over (looking at you, Coulson, and Fitz, separately). I never get enough Melinda May. I like Daisy/Tremors/Quake/whatever we're calling her now, but she was never my favorite. And I really can't handle Ghost Rider. I can't deal with him doing immoral things under compulsion. It gets under my skin. I think I could like him, but I can't like what he does. Yes, I know that's the point—but I don't want to watch it. If you're enjoying it, more power to you!
Between seasons:
• iZombie is in trouble! They've pushed back the season premiere from fall to spring, and there are rumors it may be canceled, and my heart aches for Ravi and Liv and Clive, probably in that order. There will be a season, but it may be short, and it may be the last.
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: I kept wondering why I couldn't remember any of this. That's because the character of Dirk Gently, and a reference or two, are the only things from the book. I feel like they've simultaneously captured a good bit of the Douglas Adams spirit and thrown in far more violence and body horror. That's not easy considering that Douglas Adams destroyed earth in the first novel I read by him, but at least I didn't have to watch each individual suffer and die. There's an awful lot of suffering in DGHDA the series. But I can't stop watching. It's the cast.
• The Expanse: Good SF. I'd like more women, but the women they have are powerhouses.
• Dark Matter: Whaaat? The cliffhanger makes me think everyone's contract is up and they are currently trying to lowball the entire cast. I came to care about most of these people. I want most of them back.
ETA: • Twelve Monkeys remains problematic in some ways, and it's terribly violent. Yet I'm still addicted and wondering what's happening to the characters, as if they were doing stuff right now and I'll just get caught up on it later.
Still on:
• I continue to love Elementary. Joan Watson has always been awesome, and for her alone I would probably still be watching. What amazes me about this show, though, is that the principals, and particularly Sherlock Holmes himself, continue to develop. Most shows I like get into a rut where characters stop growing (I won't name them here because this should be an upbeat post), but Elementary keeps building its characters. Also, even Daughter watches this with us.
(One gripe: I am so sick of corporations or CEOs or whatever murdering people over business interests. They don't do this; they get each other legally. Also, I never want to see Sherlock or Joan blackmail anyone again. Ok, I guess that's two gripes.)
• Need more Doctor Who! I watched the Christmas special, as you may have seen, and didn't have a lot of coherent thoughts beyond "Peter Capaldi." Daughter watches this too.
• The Librarians is very silly and probably not worth posting about, except to say that they're all so cute it's a miracle I can watch at all. We all watch this. Daughter enjoys it the most. I won't start griping because I wouldn't be able to stop.
•Conviction: I like Hayley Atwell, I like her costars, and I mostly enjoy the show. That says, it has a race problem. The white lead buys cocaine, but she's not an addict. Nosiree Bob. It's the Black former cop who has an addiction problem and the Latino CSU dude who has a criminal record. The white people have made mistakes, but somehow they seem to be treated differently. And that's just the team! I think they're actually more sensitive with the characters of the week.
Sadly, this show has already been canceled. I was hoping it would get better, but it won't have the chance.
• Supergirl: I miss Cat Grant but am still digging the show. It may pass; I'm accumulating gripes. But I love Alex Danvers, James Olson, Win what's-his-name (yes, in that order), and oh, Kara Danvers is all right. (I frequently don't love the main character most.)
Still missing: Agent Carter! Can we have more now that Hayley Atwell is free again? Please? Pretty please with hot chocolate sauce on top?
What am I forgetting? I know I'm forgetting stuff, but it's time for dinner, and thinking "I'll finish this post later" is how I don't post for months.
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was first published in 1987, so I'm not surprised at all there's no resemblance to the original storyline. They'd either have to make a period piece or update the concept, and it's much easier to update and use a recognizable title.
It was verging on dark comedy quite a bit, but Dirk was pretty much a ray of sunshine despite what he'd been through. Maybe he had to remain optimistic because of what he'd been through. The cast was a delight. Looks like the plot of the second season will go in a new direction, so maybe less body horror and something else instead? Based on the ending, I'm thinking prison break.
I hope if this season of iZombie is the last, TPTB will get a chance to wrap things up instead of leaving things open. That was one good thing to come out of Person of Interest getting a shorter final season was TPTB seemed to take a "What can they do, cancel us a second time?" attitude and did a lot of wrapping up, even if it wasn't always on a happy note.
I'm watching Conviction until the end because of Atwell, but it's too bad it won't get a chance to improve some problematic things.
It took me a while to start watching Elementary, but I do like the characterization a lot more than that other mystery show. Less of the lead being a dick for the sake of being a dick, and more of him being a dick, understanding he was dick, and apologizing for it some way and actually being sincere.
One new show I've been enjoying is Timeless, and I almost didn't give it a chance due to the time travel aspect. That's always tricky to pull off, and they may flub it up eventually, but there's some built in failure rates and changes in their timeline but not their memories.
Took a bit to get into, but I was immediately intrigued in the first episode when the person being pressured into being the pilot of a time ship to stop the Bad Guy outright says to his boss who is black but British, "I don't know how it works across the pond, but I am black. There is literally no place in American history that'll be awesome for me." And they follow through with it, repeatedly, showing just how bad it would have been for people of color and women at various points in history, without making it too preachy. It just is, and is often how their cover story unravels because the black man or the white woman does something they're not expected to do.
I'm looking forward to the final season of Orphan Black, to see how that wild ride plays out. Overall though, a lot of what I watch is just passing the time, made much easier with a DVR where I can time shift. Some I keep watching more to keep a toe in the fandom than anything else.
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Yes, I do hope iZombie gets a good send-off!
I haven't even triedTimeless; I may have meant to and lost track of it. After so many years of my youth with maybe one SF show besides Doctor Who, we have an embarrassment of riches.
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You definitely do have an embarrassment of riches to choose from, don't you? I can't recall... have you watched Babylon 5? One of the first real attempts at "long form" storytelling that we see so much of now, with a beginning, middle, and end planned out from the start. A few bumps due to threats of cancellation, actors departing, etc., but it still was rather groundbreaking in storytelling and intelligent scripts. Very 90s CGI though, but that sort of thing doesn't bother me any more than seeing a play with minimal sets.
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Nonono, I stay here. And post more as well :)
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But this remains my place to post as well—I have over a hundred icons here and only four at DW!
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I got the notification from DW :)
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Bless you, dear. And Happy New Year to you!!
Give the family a cuddle from me...
*HUGS*
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