Other Media I Recently Consumed
Equilibrium is terrible, but not good-terrible. It’s “let’s make it look like the Matrix but without any real concept behind that” terrible.
Jupiter Ascending (which I had seen before) is the product of teenage Lana Wachowski’s id with all the absurdity that produces, but remains delightfully terrible. Also, I hadn’t realized until this viewing how many cast members from Sense8 were involved.
The Lovebirds, on the other hand, is actually worth your time. The plot is fairly by-the-numbers “normal couple gets involved in a ridiculous conspiracy” comedy, but the leads are very funny people who play off of each other delightfully.
Also this weekend, since we were in Farmingdale with my parents, I pulled a bunch of circa-1996 DC annuals and prestige books to read. Most of them remain fun comics; some are clearly better-written than others. I see, in retrospect, a bunch of political subtext that was lost on me when I was 15. Also, that exercise outfits and swimsuits of the 1980s very heavily influenced comic artists of the 90s. (And JLA: Act of God, while a solid concept, remains an example of the most out-of-character “imaginary story” for practically every DC hero-like, ignoring both core character traits and also established reactions when they were depowered in-continuity.)
(I've started in on the various CW DC shows, but I suspect it'll be awhile before I finish and can review them.)
Jupiter Ascending (which I had seen before) is the product of teenage Lana Wachowski’s id with all the absurdity that produces, but remains delightfully terrible. Also, I hadn’t realized until this viewing how many cast members from Sense8 were involved.
The Lovebirds, on the other hand, is actually worth your time. The plot is fairly by-the-numbers “normal couple gets involved in a ridiculous conspiracy” comedy, but the leads are very funny people who play off of each other delightfully.
Also this weekend, since we were in Farmingdale with my parents, I pulled a bunch of circa-1996 DC annuals and prestige books to read. Most of them remain fun comics; some are clearly better-written than others. I see, in retrospect, a bunch of political subtext that was lost on me when I was 15. Also, that exercise outfits and swimsuits of the 1980s very heavily influenced comic artists of the 90s. (And JLA: Act of God, while a solid concept, remains an example of the most out-of-character “imaginary story” for practically every DC hero-like, ignoring both core character traits and also established reactions when they were depowered in-continuity.)
(I've started in on the various CW DC shows, but I suspect it'll be awhile before I finish and can review them.)