Wow it has been a really long time since I posted
After two of the most stressful months I have ever had, my ship seems to (at least temporarily) be righting itself again and I find myself feeling outwardly fannish, not just inwardly fannish. Tumblr is very good for supporting inward/non-responsive fannishness, but I have THOUGHTS and I want to share them. It helps that I also saw TWO WHOLE MOVIES this weekend. IN THE THEATER. It was basically a miracle.
Iron Man 3 - I was really happy with the movie, including the ending. I actually hope this is the last Iron Man movie (blasphemy, I know) because it feels like a perfect way to end it all. I'll be curious to see how he gets enveloped into the second Avengers film, but after that I want him to live a happy life with Pepper (and his therapist Bruce. <33333333 omg I squeaked out loud when they showed that that was who he was talking to - I NEVER expected it to be Bruce! EEEEEEEEEEE).
Star Trek: Into Darkness - I actually was not all that interested in seeing this movie. I'd read a TON of reviews and fannish responses to it and was just very sure this was not going to be My Thing. But Brynnmck invited me to go so I gave it a shot. Although I spent half the time Benedict Cumberbatch was onscreen wishing he had been a POC actor (and the other half realizing finally what everybody SEES in him - I've never seen him in anything before and he has never really come across all that great to me in stills), the rest of the movie delighted me. I don't know if it's just that my expectations were low or what, but I had FUN and I ADORED the amount of TEEEEEEEEAM there was in the movie. The Kirk/Spock switch from Wrath of Khan was also pretty clever, and I was really moved by Kirk's "I'm afraid" moment.
Game of Thrones - SO. HOW ABOUT THAT WEDDING, HUH? I have had MANY YEARS to get used to the loss of innocence that comes with the Red Wedding, and even so I still did not want to watch it happen. Somehow seeing it just made it feel viscerally new all over again. I am also really enjoying all of the show fans' responses to the RW; not out of mocking, but because WE HAVE BEEN THERE and it's nice to be able to share the trauma. Heh. Ned's death in the first book is the one that ultimately I will never get over, but the RW was fundamentally the most shocking to me because of how it turns everything about the story onto its head. I mean Ned's death was SHOCKING AS HELL, but once it happens, you can see how it sets in motion so many major storylines, including Robb & Cat's. And then when THEY get killed....well crap. (A friend of mine threw his book across the room when he read that part, and couldn't go back to finish it for days. I mostly just remember being horrified, because the build up is so slow and subtle and then things start happening and you realize it's getting KIND OF BAD and then it all goes to hell.) I'm very curious about where they're going in the finale this year. There are some interesting things still in this book to play out, but I'm hoping they save most of them for next season. This season has been FULL. Heh.
PS - still TOTALLY SHIPPING Jamie/Brienne. UGH I love them SO MUCH. Tumblr has been great about fulfilling my J/B needs.
Is it time for Breaking Bad yet? Now? Now?
Now?
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Iron Man 3 - I was really happy with the movie, including the ending. I actually hope this is the last Iron Man movie (blasphemy, I know) because it feels like a perfect way to end it all. I'll be curious to see how he gets enveloped into the second Avengers film, but after that I want him to live a happy life with Pepper (and his therapist Bruce. <33333333 omg I squeaked out loud when they showed that that was who he was talking to - I NEVER expected it to be Bruce! EEEEEEEEEEE).
Star Trek: Into Darkness - I actually was not all that interested in seeing this movie. I'd read a TON of reviews and fannish responses to it and was just very sure this was not going to be My Thing. But Brynnmck invited me to go so I gave it a shot. Although I spent half the time Benedict Cumberbatch was onscreen wishing he had been a POC actor (and the other half realizing finally what everybody SEES in him - I've never seen him in anything before and he has never really come across all that great to me in stills), the rest of the movie delighted me. I don't know if it's just that my expectations were low or what, but I had FUN and I ADORED the amount of TEEEEEEEEAM there was in the movie. The Kirk/Spock switch from Wrath of Khan was also pretty clever, and I was really moved by Kirk's "I'm afraid" moment.
Game of Thrones - SO. HOW ABOUT THAT WEDDING, HUH? I have had MANY YEARS to get used to the loss of innocence that comes with the Red Wedding, and even so I still did not want to watch it happen. Somehow seeing it just made it feel viscerally new all over again. I am also really enjoying all of the show fans' responses to the RW; not out of mocking, but because WE HAVE BEEN THERE and it's nice to be able to share the trauma. Heh. Ned's death in the first book is the one that ultimately I will never get over, but the RW was fundamentally the most shocking to me because of how it turns everything about the story onto its head. I mean Ned's death was SHOCKING AS HELL, but once it happens, you can see how it sets in motion so many major storylines, including Robb & Cat's. And then when THEY get killed....well crap. (A friend of mine threw his book across the room when he read that part, and couldn't go back to finish it for days. I mostly just remember being horrified, because the build up is so slow and subtle and then things start happening and you realize it's getting KIND OF BAD and then it all goes to hell.) I'm very curious about where they're going in the finale this year. There are some interesting things still in this book to play out, but I'm hoping they save most of them for next season. This season has been FULL. Heh.
PS - still TOTALLY SHIPPING Jamie/Brienne. UGH I love them SO MUCH. Tumblr has been great about fulfilling my J/B needs.
Is it time for Breaking Bad yet? Now? Now?
Now?
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comments at DW)