I have a large and mysterious bruise on my knee.
It's been almost two months since I posted something. I've been neglecting my reading because it's been too hot. I've been absorbing movies instead, so many movies, too lazy to turn pages. But I thought I'd throw out a few things about some TV I've been watching but maybe never mentioned.
Daredevil - Finished it, great show, good fight scenes. A bit dark occasionally, it never seems to be daytime, but I suppose that's its thing. I do wonder how much it's going to embrace its comic roots. I keep getting a weird supernatural vibe from some of it, but that's probably just me.
Penny Dreadful - This show is so Victorian it almost hurts, so many angsty Victorian faces. I always enjoy the hell out of all the drama and all the clothing and all the crazy Eva Green liberally sprinkled through every episode. Also ugly nightgowns, so many ugly nightgowns.
Hannibal - Every time Hannibal comes back, I always forget how beautiful all the violence and fine dining is. Also they're not even trying to pretend any more are they. I love everything about it. No show is even close to this interesting to look at.
Dark Matter - Really wanted to like it after being disappointed with the graphic novel, but I'm finding it a little boring and predictable. I'm watching it just because it's sci-fi at the moment. Killjoys might be more fun but I haven't gotten to that yet.
Sense8 - I watched the first episode. I was tentatively interested in some of the characters, and the whole hive mind thing they teased hooked me. I wanted to like it. But I found the dialogue clunky, jammed with exposition and hard to take seriously. I've been told by the internet that I have to give it at least three more episodes because it gets better. Also apparently interesting stuff happens.
Humans - Honestly should have been the sort of thing that I really enjoy, and I kind of loved what they were doing with Anita and Odi, but I kept forgetting it was on, and I just couldn't be bothered to catch up.
I'm going to marathon Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I've been saving it up for some nebulous future time. And there are a couple of things around that sound interesting that I might end up watching. People keep talking about Zoo and The Whispers. Also Dominion is coming back soon, my crazy angel apocalypse show. And Agent Carter starts airing here next week. I shall definitely be watching that.
Daredevil - Finished it, great show, good fight scenes. A bit dark occasionally, it never seems to be daytime, but I suppose that's its thing. I do wonder how much it's going to embrace its comic roots. I keep getting a weird supernatural vibe from some of it, but that's probably just me.
Penny Dreadful - This show is so Victorian it almost hurts, so many angsty Victorian faces. I always enjoy the hell out of all the drama and all the clothing and all the crazy Eva Green liberally sprinkled through every episode. Also ugly nightgowns, so many ugly nightgowns.
Hannibal - Every time Hannibal comes back, I always forget how beautiful all the violence and fine dining is. Also they're not even trying to pretend any more are they. I love everything about it. No show is even close to this interesting to look at.
Dark Matter - Really wanted to like it after being disappointed with the graphic novel, but I'm finding it a little boring and predictable. I'm watching it just because it's sci-fi at the moment. Killjoys might be more fun but I haven't gotten to that yet.
Sense8 - I watched the first episode. I was tentatively interested in some of the characters, and the whole hive mind thing they teased hooked me. I wanted to like it. But I found the dialogue clunky, jammed with exposition and hard to take seriously. I've been told by the internet that I have to give it at least three more episodes because it gets better. Also apparently interesting stuff happens.
Humans - Honestly should have been the sort of thing that I really enjoy, and I kind of loved what they were doing with Anita and Odi, but I kept forgetting it was on, and I just couldn't be bothered to catch up.
I'm going to marathon Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I've been saving it up for some nebulous future time. And there are a couple of things around that sound interesting that I might end up watching. People keep talking about Zoo and The Whispers. Also Dominion is coming back soon, my crazy angel apocalypse show. And Agent Carter starts airing here next week. I shall definitely be watching that.