Happy May 4th
There's too much stuff happening today, so let's see if I can hit them all:
1. "May the 4th Be With You"
Unofficially today is "Star Wars Day" so to all the Star Wars fans, happy May 4th. I have seen a lot of Star Wars resurgence on Tumblr and people coming out of the woodwork for Star Wars since the extended trailer hit. I guess 2015 is the year ( Read more... )
1. "May the 4th Be With You"
Unofficially today is "Star Wars Day" so to all the Star Wars fans, happy May 4th. I have seen a lot of Star Wars resurgence on Tumblr and people coming out of the woodwork for Star Wars since the extended trailer hit. I guess 2015 is the year ( Read more... )
Okay, I might have to see pictures. (DOES MARK HAMILL HAVE A BADASS WIZARD BEARD??? I NEED TO SEE HIM IN A BADASS WIZARD BEARD!!!)
2) I'm in complete awe that that was Audrey's official movie debut.
I know! It's not surprising that she became such a huge star after that. It's rare to find someone that young and inexperienced totally sell it like that, but she did.
3) But when statistically you have more POC getting arrested, abused, and killed by the police, there's a fucking problem. [. . .] It sucks having to keep your mouth shut when they say ignorant things. But sometimes you just can't argue with stupid.
Yep. I have nothing further to add on this, just--yep. It's not even that they're straight-up bigoted or racist, but they just don't get it. I think that's almost harder in some ways.
4) Nurses are awesome. They definitely have a lot more time with the patients and are the ones to stick around and take care of things in the middle of the night, no matter what holiday it is or what the weather's like. That's hard, and it's much appreciated.
5) Awww. Okay--breathe. We haven't hit the new season yet. Hannibal is still my favorite show on right now, but it's got stiff competition too. Every show on every network has stepped up their games, and it's exciting to see what else is out there. Orphan Black is great. Sleepy Hollow is dumb but fun to watch. I've heard good things about Daredevil but I haven't seen it yet. There's so much out there. Although I definitely think it's weird to hear people say Season 2 was better--what's that about?
I can live with the shippers. They're just having fun with it--no big deal. Plus, a new season means more snark and fun stuff from Cleo and the official Tumblr page, and more Aromaleigh colors! I'm optimistic.
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I'm really surprised we haven't seen anything with Leia, tho. Like, I hope that means she's being a badass and really important to the overall storyline and not just. . . well, we have Rey and that fills our female quota right now!
5. I want to watch Daredevil too! But I don't have Netflix (tho I'm trying to convince my mom to get it since our local video rental place closed up) so I'll have to wait for the DVD's probably. But yes, I've seen people raving about it.
With Orphan Black and Sleepy Hollow, they both have their problems (SH especially last season) but god damn if they aren't more inclusive of the minorities and, OB especially, exploring themes that matter to me as a woman. Yes, Hannibal is gorgeously shot; yes, when it's storytelling is good, it's so good. But. . . it's still a show about two white males that prioritizes them over the POC FBI agent and willingly sidelined and made pawns of all its female characters.
Then, there's my trepidation with the whole Red Dragon storyline. It was funny but when I watched Wait Until Dark, I was like, "this is the kind of Reba I want to see: a blind woman who doesn't want to be treated differently and refuses to be pushed around because of her disability." I'm scared (and pretty much convinced) Reba isn't going to be as badass as I want her to be, given what happened to all the women of Hannibal last season.
S2 topping S1 is a total thing, and I'm gobsmacked over it. S1 was perfect, where everything built on top of each other and it felt like a complete story beginning to end. S2 felt like it was chasing its tail and moved at a glacial pace with Will trying to reel Hannibal in. I think people really liked the finale, and that is why S2 overall is the "better" season. But S1, overall, had a tighter storyline and I actually liked the S1 finale better because I thought it was less predictable.
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