New blog, and Defying Gravity
This week's blog is about babies. Well, not really. It's about the use of "baby" as an endearment in m/m fiction and how its overuse does. my. head. in. When someone starts calling his boyfriend "baby" three times a page? NO. Please stop. I beg you. Would love to hear your thoughts and whether it's just me who can't stand this particular term of endearment!
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Ah, Monday. How are you here already? Had a good weekend, though. I finished watching Defying Gravity, the short-lived astronaut show from a couple of years ago. I have to say, the enjoyed the hell out of it! I had low expectations and vaguely remembered it as being called "Grey's in space," but I loved it. Aside from featuring a multi-cultural ensemble and a partial focus on romance, it really isn't like GA. There were a few cutesy moments, but overall, no. It was actually sci-fi, which I wasn't expecting and was a pleasant surprise. Extremely arc-driven storytelling, which I adore, with a big mystery and also several small ones that are revealed throughout the 13 episodes. Thankfully, the ending wasn't a huge cliffhanger, and while there are loose ends, it was satisfying.
I always enjoyed Ron Livingston in Office Space, Sex and the City and whatnot before I saw Band of Brothers, but now I see him in a whole new light. And it is a sexy, good light, let me tell you. He's aging excellently, and I just loved him in this show as the snarky, tortured hero with a metric shitton of manpain and guilt over his girlfriend's tragic death 10 years prior. Yep, 10 years. No easily moving on for this guy! He does have a new love interest, but on most TV shows people get over death in like, five minutes, so this was a pleasant change of pace.
Really liked the rest of the cast, too, and I'm retroactively pissed at ABC for screwing this show over. Read an interview with the creator (who very nicely outlined where the show would have gone after it became clear there'd be no saving it), and he said ABC kept them dangling, saying they wanted the show, but not committing. They finally committed and threw it up on the air three weeks later in the middle of summer with no marketing. Fuck you, ABC. He obviously regrets not selling it to Sci-Fi SyFy, but what can you do? Le sigh.
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Ah, Monday. How are you here already? Had a good weekend, though. I finished watching Defying Gravity, the short-lived astronaut show from a couple of years ago. I have to say, the enjoyed the hell out of it! I had low expectations and vaguely remembered it as being called "Grey's in space," but I loved it. Aside from featuring a multi-cultural ensemble and a partial focus on romance, it really isn't like GA. There were a few cutesy moments, but overall, no. It was actually sci-fi, which I wasn't expecting and was a pleasant surprise. Extremely arc-driven storytelling, which I adore, with a big mystery and also several small ones that are revealed throughout the 13 episodes. Thankfully, the ending wasn't a huge cliffhanger, and while there are loose ends, it was satisfying.
I always enjoyed Ron Livingston in Office Space, Sex and the City and whatnot before I saw Band of Brothers, but now I see him in a whole new light. And it is a sexy, good light, let me tell you. He's aging excellently, and I just loved him in this show as the snarky, tortured hero with a metric shitton of manpain and guilt over his girlfriend's tragic death 10 years prior. Yep, 10 years. No easily moving on for this guy! He does have a new love interest, but on most TV shows people get over death in like, five minutes, so this was a pleasant change of pace.
Really liked the rest of the cast, too, and I'm retroactively pissed at ABC for screwing this show over. Read an interview with the creator (who very nicely outlined where the show would have gone after it became clear there'd be no saving it), and he said ABC kept them dangling, saying they wanted the show, but not committing. They finally committed and threw it up on the air three weeks later in the middle of summer with no marketing. Fuck you, ABC. He obviously regrets not selling it to Sci-Fi SyFy, but what can you do? Le sigh.