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The Walking Dead 1x02:
You know, if I were to guess that they were going to change anything about the comic, I wouldn't have guessed that they were going to add more live characters (not that it's a bad thing, but how many live television shows do you know that go out of their way to have a cast of more than five). It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out, or if they'll be sprinkling in new characters down the line.
Usually, I'd think they're just more cannon fodder-except, it looks like they're really making every life count. In most zombie films, leaving the racist muntineer to die would be the obvious thing to do-the audience would be expected to cheer for his death. This time, they're making every death have consequences- nobody's happy about the death, and some are less happy than others.
I might have still giggled at the slo-mo key drop, though.
It's interesting that they're pushing Lori/Shane so hard. I can't wait for the inevitable reunion.
Glenn's my new boyfriend, by the way. ♥ Glenn. I was irrationally scared for him in his stolen sports car-I just kept on thinking about how the driver's side window was smashed-any of the zombies could have just reached in and grabbed him.
Seeing him stream out of Atlanta with the car alarm blazing was amazing, and I loved his nervous zombie groan when he was covered in zombie muck. And his 'uh, no offense guys, but you're kind of fucking up my normal routine' with the sewer thing. And, you know, all things Glenn.
The Broken Kingdoms (N.K. Jemisin), some premise spoilers, nothing specific, Spoilers for the 100k Kingdoms
I might have devoured this in two days. That's not that surprising, I finished the previous book in about three days, and I had less free time then. I like it for pretty much the same reasons-awesome world building, awesome characterization, some really great concepts and a very readable style.
It's very much its own book, taking place ten years after 100k Kingdoms and taking place in a completely different social strata. There are cameos that don't feel like cameos-if I hadn't read the first book, I don't think I would have thought their presence was out of the ordinary. We're brought back on things that I didn't think were loose ends, but were interesting to explore anyway. T'vril! Not!Naha! How the godlings react to their new stepmother! It was just enough that it wasn't distracting.
In some ways, parts of the plot were telegraphed a little more-there were fewer 'shocked in a good way' moments than in the 100k kingdoms. But that's sort of expected-I'm more familiar with the world, now-I've got a better idea about how this world works and how the gods think. I've got some background knowledge to guess.
But you know what? I think what I really appreciate about this novel is that it wraps things up in the end-it's its own work. I get why this and the 100k Kingdoms are part of a trilogy-they're obviously connected, but I don't feel like I just read half of a work in progress (I'm looking at you, The Name of the Wind). I'm sated . . . until the next book comes out.
You know, if I were to guess that they were going to change anything about the comic, I wouldn't have guessed that they were going to add more live characters (not that it's a bad thing, but how many live television shows do you know that go out of their way to have a cast of more than five). It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out, or if they'll be sprinkling in new characters down the line.
Usually, I'd think they're just more cannon fodder-except, it looks like they're really making every life count. In most zombie films, leaving the racist muntineer to die would be the obvious thing to do-the audience would be expected to cheer for his death. This time, they're making every death have consequences- nobody's happy about the death, and some are less happy than others.
I might have still giggled at the slo-mo key drop, though.
It's interesting that they're pushing Lori/Shane so hard. I can't wait for the inevitable reunion.
Glenn's my new boyfriend, by the way. ♥ Glenn. I was irrationally scared for him in his stolen sports car-I just kept on thinking about how the driver's side window was smashed-any of the zombies could have just reached in and grabbed him.
Seeing him stream out of Atlanta with the car alarm blazing was amazing, and I loved his nervous zombie groan when he was covered in zombie muck. And his 'uh, no offense guys, but you're kind of fucking up my normal routine' with the sewer thing. And, you know, all things Glenn.
The Broken Kingdoms (N.K. Jemisin), some premise spoilers, nothing specific, Spoilers for the 100k Kingdoms
I might have devoured this in two days. That's not that surprising, I finished the previous book in about three days, and I had less free time then. I like it for pretty much the same reasons-awesome world building, awesome characterization, some really great concepts and a very readable style.
It's very much its own book, taking place ten years after 100k Kingdoms and taking place in a completely different social strata. There are cameos that don't feel like cameos-if I hadn't read the first book, I don't think I would have thought their presence was out of the ordinary. We're brought back on things that I didn't think were loose ends, but were interesting to explore anyway. T'vril! Not!Naha! How the godlings react to their new stepmother! It was just enough that it wasn't distracting.
In some ways, parts of the plot were telegraphed a little more-there were fewer 'shocked in a good way' moments than in the 100k kingdoms. But that's sort of expected-I'm more familiar with the world, now-I've got a better idea about how this world works and how the gods think. I've got some background knowledge to guess.
But you know what? I think what I really appreciate about this novel is that it wraps things up in the end-it's its own work. I get why this and the 100k Kingdoms are part of a trilogy-they're obviously connected, but I don't feel like I just read half of a work in progress (I'm looking at you, The Name of the Wind). I'm sated . . . until the next book comes out.