Fandom Catch-up: Doctor Who, Outlander, Miss Fisher, Captain America, Teen Wolf
There's a post-a-day thing going on this month, and while there is no way I could ever do that, I figured I should at least post a little bit this month, especially since I haven't posted since Vividcon. At which I had a great time, and I really meant to post more about what vids I liked and may yet do so, but... eh. We'll see. I will be posting a personal post locked after this one, so if you can't see it and want to, let me know.
There have been two whole episodes of Doctor Who I enjoyed this series - the Robin Hood one, and yesterdays, which was especially enjoyable. I can't remember the last time that happened. And I actually had no issues or complaints at all with yesterday's episode, which is even rarer. I'm afraid to hope for a more general uptrend in enjoyable episodes, but I'll take the good ones if they've got them. Of course, probably a major part of that is that I have a major weakness for heist stuff, hence my love for things like the Ocean's movies and Leverage, so that helped. It also helped that I don't think Twelve made derogatory comments about Clara this time (if I just missed hearing something, I'm OK with not knowing about it), and that the folks hired to help with the heist didn't actually die, yay! I'd like to see those folks again sometime.
Let's see, what else. After someone mentioned it on twitter (and after seeing Ken Burns on The Daily Show) last week, I decided to watch Ken Burn's The Roosevelts: An Intimate History this weekend. I didn't know what I was getting myself into - it's 7 episodes, almost 2 hours each. But PBS has made it available online, via the web, Apple TV, and Roku among others, which has made it very easy, and it's very good. If you're a history buff at all, you'll enjoy this. Also I just found out that Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti are among those lending their voices to this, so that's neat.
I am also watching Outlander, which. I never made it past book 1, because I had some major issues with it at the time. It's probably been more than a decade since then, so I don't remember my specific issues, but give things I've seen written about it since, I suspect it had to do with all the rape and violence, etc. So I'm uneasy about this show and what's coming. On the other hand, I'm loving the acting, and Caitriona Balfe, and am really, really appreciating watching Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser as he is kind of like catnip to me. So I very much appreciated yesterday's episode, in which Claire was able to thoroughly deflower him. Yum. I fear that it's all downhill from here, but I will continue to enjoy this episode going forward no matter what. Not just for the sex and nudity, mind, although that is certainly a major plus, but also for how cute Jamie and Claire are together.
Let's see, what else am I doing fannishly. Still majorly into MCU, particularly Captain America, and still majorly into Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes. But for whatever reason, even though I'm really into that, unlike other major pairings of the past, this doesn't keep me from enjoying other pairings involving Steve and/or Bucky. *shrug* I'm just really into this particular one right now, and possibly forever. I am both looking forward to and dreading the next movies because of all this.
Still sort of in Teen Wolf, and marathoned the last season in 1 day (well, more like skimmed through episodes) so I could watch the finale live. I'm still sort of eh about the season as a whole, but there are several things about the finale that I thoroughly enjoyed: Scott finally getting to beat Peter up (wish he'd killed him, but oh well); Kira being amazingly awesome; and Derek transforming to a full wolf. And the season actually ended things on a high note for Derek! I was shocked. So we'll see how that goes.
Finally, I've gotten into Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in a major way. It's Australian TV, so it's a little hard to get, but it's about an independent lady of 1920s Melbourne and the mysteries she solves and the trouble she gets into. I'm going going to say it's perfect, because it's not (it's got a few rather glaring racism issues in a couple of eps, for example), but it's got a ton of different awesome ladies being awesome in different ways, and the male characters are pretty great, too. You can see all the Miss Fisher posts I've reblogged on Tumblr here, but here's a good pimping post. Season 1 is currently streaming on Netflix, and both seasons are for sale as DVD sets on Amazon, but I just recently found out that Acorn TV (just Google it) has both seasons for online streaming and they currently have a 1 month free trial offer. Go forth and enjoy! Season 3 has just been greenlit, and I'm looking forward to it a lot.
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There have been two whole episodes of Doctor Who I enjoyed this series - the Robin Hood one, and yesterdays, which was especially enjoyable. I can't remember the last time that happened. And I actually had no issues or complaints at all with yesterday's episode, which is even rarer. I'm afraid to hope for a more general uptrend in enjoyable episodes, but I'll take the good ones if they've got them. Of course, probably a major part of that is that I have a major weakness for heist stuff, hence my love for things like the Ocean's movies and Leverage, so that helped. It also helped that I don't think Twelve made derogatory comments about Clara this time (if I just missed hearing something, I'm OK with not knowing about it), and that the folks hired to help with the heist didn't actually die, yay! I'd like to see those folks again sometime.
Let's see, what else. After someone mentioned it on twitter (and after seeing Ken Burns on The Daily Show) last week, I decided to watch Ken Burn's The Roosevelts: An Intimate History this weekend. I didn't know what I was getting myself into - it's 7 episodes, almost 2 hours each. But PBS has made it available online, via the web, Apple TV, and Roku among others, which has made it very easy, and it's very good. If you're a history buff at all, you'll enjoy this. Also I just found out that Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti are among those lending their voices to this, so that's neat.
I am also watching Outlander, which. I never made it past book 1, because I had some major issues with it at the time. It's probably been more than a decade since then, so I don't remember my specific issues, but give things I've seen written about it since, I suspect it had to do with all the rape and violence, etc. So I'm uneasy about this show and what's coming. On the other hand, I'm loving the acting, and Caitriona Balfe, and am really, really appreciating watching Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser as he is kind of like catnip to me. So I very much appreciated yesterday's episode, in which Claire was able to thoroughly deflower him. Yum. I fear that it's all downhill from here, but I will continue to enjoy this episode going forward no matter what. Not just for the sex and nudity, mind, although that is certainly a major plus, but also for how cute Jamie and Claire are together.
Let's see, what else am I doing fannishly. Still majorly into MCU, particularly Captain America, and still majorly into Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes. But for whatever reason, even though I'm really into that, unlike other major pairings of the past, this doesn't keep me from enjoying other pairings involving Steve and/or Bucky. *shrug* I'm just really into this particular one right now, and possibly forever. I am both looking forward to and dreading the next movies because of all this.
Still sort of in Teen Wolf, and marathoned the last season in 1 day (well, more like skimmed through episodes) so I could watch the finale live. I'm still sort of eh about the season as a whole, but there are several things about the finale that I thoroughly enjoyed: Scott finally getting to beat Peter up (wish he'd killed him, but oh well); Kira being amazingly awesome; and Derek transforming to a full wolf. And the season actually ended things on a high note for Derek! I was shocked. So we'll see how that goes.
Finally, I've gotten into Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in a major way. It's Australian TV, so it's a little hard to get, but it's about an independent lady of 1920s Melbourne and the mysteries she solves and the trouble she gets into. I'm going going to say it's perfect, because it's not (it's got a few rather glaring racism issues in a couple of eps, for example), but it's got a ton of different awesome ladies being awesome in different ways, and the male characters are pretty great, too. You can see all the Miss Fisher posts I've reblogged on Tumblr here, but here's a good pimping post. Season 1 is currently streaming on Netflix, and both seasons are for sale as DVD sets on Amazon, but I just recently found out that Acorn TV (just Google it) has both seasons for online streaming and they currently have a 1 month free trial offer. Go forth and enjoy! Season 3 has just been greenlit, and I'm looking forward to it a lot.
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