Government shutdown, movies, Pacific Rim, Agents of SHIELD, books
In the continuing list of unexpected things halted by the US government shutdown: Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch TV series. The ships are stuck in dock because quotas are set by furloughed workers. The ship captains are paying $1,000 per day (for insurance, food, etc) while waiting for this to end. The show isn't being filmed and one of the captains went to Washington to testify about how the shutdown is harming the industry.
In general movie news: For a long time I thought I wasn't going to movies because they were too expensive. Which they are, but then I discovered a cheap theater nearby, and I still didn't go. A movie I really wanted to see (Pacific Rim) was played there and I still didn't go.
Today I watched it in the comfort of my home, and realized I'm just not a going-to-the-movies person. I really, really liked Pacific Rim, but man I can't sit and watch something for two hours straight. I got up multiple times to do other things, including a hot shower in the middle of it (I was freezing!) and a load of laundry. The idea of seeing a movie in the theater, where you'll miss part of it (and likely disturb everyone around you) if you have to get up to go to the bathroom... I'm just happier at home where I can pause it at will. I think it would have been an amazing movie on a giant screen, but I enjoyed it on the small one, too.
One of the reasons I wanted to see it was that people said it was really slashy. I didn't really see that at all. The framework of the story could be used for it (and has, there's a fun Pacific Rim/Avengers fic out there). But the story as-is? Maybe the scientist dudes, at the very most.
And speaking of science dudes, I hate to say this, but I'm getting bored with Agents of SHIELD. Oh I like Coulson, but I wish the rest of the team would get sucked out of the plane. I hate Skye more every time I see her (and she's in every damned scene). I hate the male lead character whatever the hell his name is. The two science geeks are meh. The pilot lady seems fine, but she doesn't have that much of a personality yet. It's sad because I really, really want to like the show. What's sadder: I hear the ratings aren't that good. I don't want it to be canceled! Just fixed!
And lastly, I got offered an interesting sounding book to review, so I'm going to give up on stupid vampire name book for a while. (Or forever. I rarely get back to a book if I move on to something else.) Mind Bond. In it a very few people become "Interspecies Telepaths" and bond with an animal. Sounds like just the kind of story I'd like.
In general movie news: For a long time I thought I wasn't going to movies because they were too expensive. Which they are, but then I discovered a cheap theater nearby, and I still didn't go. A movie I really wanted to see (Pacific Rim) was played there and I still didn't go.
Today I watched it in the comfort of my home, and realized I'm just not a going-to-the-movies person. I really, really liked Pacific Rim, but man I can't sit and watch something for two hours straight. I got up multiple times to do other things, including a hot shower in the middle of it (I was freezing!) and a load of laundry. The idea of seeing a movie in the theater, where you'll miss part of it (and likely disturb everyone around you) if you have to get up to go to the bathroom... I'm just happier at home where I can pause it at will. I think it would have been an amazing movie on a giant screen, but I enjoyed it on the small one, too.
One of the reasons I wanted to see it was that people said it was really slashy. I didn't really see that at all. The framework of the story could be used for it (and has, there's a fun Pacific Rim/Avengers fic out there). But the story as-is? Maybe the scientist dudes, at the very most.
And speaking of science dudes, I hate to say this, but I'm getting bored with Agents of SHIELD. Oh I like Coulson, but I wish the rest of the team would get sucked out of the plane. I hate Skye more every time I see her (and she's in every damned scene). I hate the male lead character whatever the hell his name is. The two science geeks are meh. The pilot lady seems fine, but she doesn't have that much of a personality yet. It's sad because I really, really want to like the show. What's sadder: I hear the ratings aren't that good. I don't want it to be canceled! Just fixed!
And lastly, I got offered an interesting sounding book to review, so I'm going to give up on stupid vampire name book for a while. (Or forever. I rarely get back to a book if I move on to something else.) Mind Bond. In it a very few people become "Interspecies Telepaths" and bond with an animal. Sounds like just the kind of story I'd like.