Media Update Post
So uh. I haven't done one of these in a metric age and a half. So I'll kinda do what I did in Sept. 2012, and just do a holistic update, as much as I can.
I think there'll be a separate post where I comment on these books and movies &c, but that'll be In The Undetermined Future.
~:~books~:~
(and comics)
april-jun
Fifth Elephant
Jingo
Night Watch
Thud!, Terry Pratchett
---- re(rere)read
* Lilith's Brood, Octavia Butler
---- unfinished, should finish
Terrier, Tamora Pierce
---- reread
* Bloodhound, TPierce
---- unfinished, should finish.
---- this series is, pretty solidly, my favorite TP so far she's written.
Wild Magic
Wolf-Speaker
Emperor Mage
in the Hands of the Gods, Tamora Pierce
---- re(rere)read
---- oh man, I can always go back to TP
july
Matilda, Roald Dahl
---- re(rere)read
---- ♥
Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
---- re(rere)read
---- ♥
Fearscape, Nenia Campbell
---- I have words about this, in a later post
aug
A Game of Thrones, GRRM
---- reread half the book outa curiosity and also b/c Aivesi
---- remembered why I don't read these anymore. They're not bad, but they're not my thing.
Time of the Twins 1, Weis & Hickman
---- oh fuck, guys, Dragonlance is every bit as painful to try to slog through now as it was three years ago. yanno there's a reason I never picked these fukken books up.
* Little People: Learning to See The World Through My Daughter's Eyes, Daniel Kenney
---- read for Aivesi, 4chap in, need to finish.
Fire and Hemlock, Diana Wynne Jones
---- reread
---- ♥!
Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones
sept-nov
* Finder, Emma Bull
---- reread
---- need to finish
War for the Oaks, Emma Bull
---- re(rere)read
---- ♥
* At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald
---- unfinished - lil too much allegory for mee.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N K Jemisen
---- brilliant. comments to follow in a later post
* The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
---- I tried, kids. I really did. review will come in a future entry.
* Master of the Universe, Snowqueens Icedragon
---- unfinished, unlikely to be finished
---- the lolfic that got turned into 50shades
---- it's almost like Cassandra Clare, but with self-plagiarism instead of other-plagiarism, and with denial instead of threatening.
---- 100% lols
The Hunger Games, HG1
Catching Fire, HG2
Mockingjay, HG3, Suzanne Collins
---- I have some serious thoughts about this series. They will be in an upcoming post.
A Little Princess, Francis Hodgeson Burnett
---- reread
---- I have all sorts of thinky thoughts about this which will appear in a later post
The Giver, Lois Lowry
---- re(rere)read
---- stunningly apt. this book never gets old, nor does it get less beautiful.
COMICS:
april-jun
?
july-aug
Ruby Quest, Weaver
---- !!! pretty awesome, especialy for a CYOA /b comic!
Unsounded
---- caught up to current (then).
---- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Hero
---- one more chapter
Oglaf
---- caught up to current
sept-nov
The Oatmeal
---- caught up to current
Hyperbole and a Half
---- caught up to current
The Less-Than-Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal
---- caught up to current. brilliant webcomic.
~:~movies~:~
april-jun
The Emperor's New Groove
---- rewatch, :D
Little Nemo in Slumberland
---- re(rere)watch
---- the animation in this is as close to flawless as I've ever seen in an animated film.
Anastasia
---- re(rere)watch
---- :D! this movie! the music! Dimitri! :D
july-aug
Hot Fuzz
---- re(re)watch
---- :D!
Space Jam
---- rewatch
---- oh, the 90's!
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
---- the new one
---- oh god, Tim Burton, why do you 1) always put a perfectly fine-looking Johnny Depp into silly-ass wigs, and 2) have to make a TRAJIC BACKSTORY where it don't exist?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
---- re(rere)watch
---- the old one
---- had to watch this to get the taste of the new one outa my mouth. thanks, Gene Wilder, for your attitude in that film. it was brilliant.
Willow
---- re(rere)watch
---- b/c of the aivesi story. also, ♥ dis movie :D
Shallow Hal
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Chocolat
---- re(re)watch
The Karate Kid
---- original
The Karate Kid
---- redone
Howl's Moving Castle
sept-nov
The Truman Show
El Mariachi
Desperado
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
---- comments on this in a later post
Beverly Hills Cop I
Beverly Hills Cop II
The Heat
Shrek
---- rewatch :D
* Sin City
---- I couldnt' finish this one. The macho-rays were making me ill.
* Rainman
---- I couldn't finish this one. The dickish protagonist was making me irritated.
Precious
---- heartbreakingly good.
Saved!
---- stupidly mediocre
Terminator
Independence Day
Pan's Labyrinth
Swat
Antz
---- rewatch
Charlie Brown's Halloween
Se7en
Perfect Blue
---- Satoshi Kon! :D
~:~shows~:~
april-jun
Fullmetal Alchemist
---- rewatch
---- eps 17-34
july-aug
The Simpsons
---- one episode, that I'd heard of on TVTropes
Game of Thrones
---- season 1, all eps
---- thoughts on this in an upcoming post.
sept-nov
Battlestar Galactica [miniseries]
---- 2003 miniseries
---- comments on this in a later post
Legend of Korra
---- season 2, up to current
---- less satisfying than the first Korra! (except eps 7 and 8). Sadface. comments to follow.
Gilgamesh
---- rewatch eps 1-13
---- new-watch: 14, 15
---- aiming on finishing the series.
~:~
SO! As you can see, I haven't been at my best the past few months, because when I'm at my best I don't watch a quarter so many movies, and read way more books.
41 days.
Reviews of various on here to come in later posts, because I have Things To Say. Later, though.
I think there'll be a separate post where I comment on these books and movies &c, but that'll be In The Undetermined Future.
~:~books~:~
(and comics)
april-jun
Fifth Elephant
Jingo
Night Watch
Thud!, Terry Pratchett
---- re(rere)read
* Lilith's Brood, Octavia Butler
---- unfinished, should finish
Terrier, Tamora Pierce
---- reread
* Bloodhound, TPierce
---- unfinished, should finish.
---- this series is, pretty solidly, my favorite TP so far she's written.
Wild Magic
Wolf-Speaker
Emperor Mage
in the Hands of the Gods, Tamora Pierce
---- re(rere)read
---- oh man, I can always go back to TP
july
Matilda, Roald Dahl
---- re(rere)read
---- ♥
Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
---- re(rere)read
---- ♥
Fearscape, Nenia Campbell
---- I have words about this, in a later post
aug
A Game of Thrones, GRRM
---- reread half the book outa curiosity and also b/c Aivesi
---- remembered why I don't read these anymore. They're not bad, but they're not my thing.
Time of the Twins 1, Weis & Hickman
---- oh fuck, guys, Dragonlance is every bit as painful to try to slog through now as it was three years ago. yanno there's a reason I never picked these fukken books up.
* Little People: Learning to See The World Through My Daughter's Eyes, Daniel Kenney
---- read for Aivesi, 4chap in, need to finish.
Fire and Hemlock, Diana Wynne Jones
---- reread
---- ♥!
Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones
sept-nov
* Finder, Emma Bull
---- reread
---- need to finish
War for the Oaks, Emma Bull
---- re(rere)read
---- ♥
* At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald
---- unfinished - lil too much allegory for mee.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N K Jemisen
---- brilliant. comments to follow in a later post
* The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
---- I tried, kids. I really did. review will come in a future entry.
* Master of the Universe, Snowqueens Icedragon
---- unfinished, unlikely to be finished
---- the lolfic that got turned into 50shades
---- it's almost like Cassandra Clare, but with self-plagiarism instead of other-plagiarism, and with denial instead of threatening.
---- 100% lols
The Hunger Games, HG1
Catching Fire, HG2
Mockingjay, HG3, Suzanne Collins
---- I have some serious thoughts about this series. They will be in an upcoming post.
A Little Princess, Francis Hodgeson Burnett
---- reread
---- I have all sorts of thinky thoughts about this which will appear in a later post
The Giver, Lois Lowry
---- re(rere)read
---- stunningly apt. this book never gets old, nor does it get less beautiful.
COMICS:
april-jun
?
july-aug
Ruby Quest, Weaver
---- !!! pretty awesome, especialy for a CYOA /b comic!
Unsounded
---- caught up to current (then).
---- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Hero
---- one more chapter
Oglaf
---- caught up to current
sept-nov
The Oatmeal
---- caught up to current
Hyperbole and a Half
---- caught up to current
The Less-Than-Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal
---- caught up to current. brilliant webcomic.
~:~movies~:~
april-jun
The Emperor's New Groove
---- rewatch, :D
Little Nemo in Slumberland
---- re(rere)watch
---- the animation in this is as close to flawless as I've ever seen in an animated film.
Anastasia
---- re(rere)watch
---- :D! this movie! the music! Dimitri! :D
july-aug
Hot Fuzz
---- re(re)watch
---- :D!
Space Jam
---- rewatch
---- oh, the 90's!
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
---- the new one
---- oh god, Tim Burton, why do you 1) always put a perfectly fine-looking Johnny Depp into silly-ass wigs, and 2) have to make a TRAJIC BACKSTORY where it don't exist?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
---- re(rere)watch
---- the old one
---- had to watch this to get the taste of the new one outa my mouth. thanks, Gene Wilder, for your attitude in that film. it was brilliant.
Willow
---- re(rere)watch
---- b/c of the aivesi story. also, ♥ dis movie :D
Shallow Hal
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Chocolat
---- re(re)watch
The Karate Kid
---- original
The Karate Kid
---- redone
Howl's Moving Castle
sept-nov
The Truman Show
El Mariachi
Desperado
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
---- comments on this in a later post
Beverly Hills Cop I
Beverly Hills Cop II
The Heat
Shrek
---- rewatch :D
* Sin City
---- I couldnt' finish this one. The macho-rays were making me ill.
* Rainman
---- I couldn't finish this one. The dickish protagonist was making me irritated.
Precious
---- heartbreakingly good.
Saved!
---- stupidly mediocre
Terminator
Independence Day
Pan's Labyrinth
Swat
Antz
---- rewatch
Charlie Brown's Halloween
Se7en
Perfect Blue
---- Satoshi Kon! :D
~:~shows~:~
april-jun
Fullmetal Alchemist
---- rewatch
---- eps 17-34
july-aug
The Simpsons
---- one episode, that I'd heard of on TVTropes
Game of Thrones
---- season 1, all eps
---- thoughts on this in an upcoming post.
sept-nov
Battlestar Galactica [miniseries]
---- 2003 miniseries
---- comments on this in a later post
Legend of Korra
---- season 2, up to current
---- less satisfying than the first Korra! (except eps 7 and 8). Sadface. comments to follow.
Gilgamesh
---- rewatch eps 1-13
---- new-watch: 14, 15
---- aiming on finishing the series.
~:~
SO! As you can see, I haven't been at my best the past few months, because when I'm at my best I don't watch a quarter so many movies, and read way more books.
41 days.
Reviews of various on here to come in later posts, because I have Things To Say. Later, though.