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netgirl_y2kI have been trying to watch more tv as and when it comes out, because I've realised that if I miss something at the time then I'm never going to go back to it. Like, the thing that really drove this home to me was that the trailer for season three of Wheel of Time was released, and it looks good too. Alas, I missed season two at the time, and now I can no more go back to it than I could if it had been deleted from the internet.
Now, you may ask, isn't that weird and irrational and lead to you missing out on stuff you would otherwise really enjoy? And, yes, yes it does.
So I made a point of watching season two of Arcane as it was coming out, and it was fine, it was good-ish. It is still very pretty to look at, and the constructive criticism that Caitlyn/Vi was too early-2000s plausibly deniable lingering looks was very much taken on board. But the pacing was fucked. If they only intended to do two seasons (something I don't believe for a second) then either season two is too rushed or season one is too slow, and probably both. It also, like, the best thing about season one is that you didn't have to know a single thing about League of Legends to understand everything, and while it was still perfectly possible to follow along, it did feel like I would have gotten a lot more out of it I was familiar with the game lore and like - shan't. I'm not going to play League of goddamn Legends and you can't make me.
I watched The Sticky, which is that Margo Martindale maple syrup heist show, and I really liked it, watched it all in one go. Well, that isn't quite true - it's six episodes and I loved five of them. By episode six it's become apparent that they're doing that thing where they are just not going to finish it so they can drag what should evidently be a 8-10 episode mini-series out over two seasons. It played right into my biggest bugbear with the current streaming landscape - and a lot of my problem with Arcane - come back in two years for the thrilling conclusion of this thing you won't really remember watching.
I'd had no intention of watching Skeleton Crew. I am, post Ahsoka/The Acolyte, kind of Stars Wars'd out. But one of my friends had watched the first couple of episodes with his kids and said that it was dead cute and I ought to check it out. And he was right! It was super cute! The first episode especially had big ET vibes. And, I dunno, Star Wars fandom is so full of forty year olds taking ourselves very seriously that I think it's good to get the occasional collective reminder that this is a series about space wizards intended for children, you know, like we were when we first fell in love with this stuff.
I also watched the first couple of episodes of Creature Commandos, which is exactly what you think it's going to be - Suicide Squad by way of the Harley Quinn animation style by way of James Gunn's id. There is a bit in episode two where the Bride of Frankenstein (as voiced by Indira Varma) has a prolonged fight scene with Circe the Wonder Woman villain to the sounds of Gogol Bordello's Start Wearing Purple where I was, like, yup, I'm here for this.
I would pay money for this show if only HBO would launch in the UK and, you know, let me.
Now, you may ask, isn't that weird and irrational and lead to you missing out on stuff you would otherwise really enjoy? And, yes, yes it does.
So I made a point of watching season two of Arcane as it was coming out, and it was fine, it was good-ish. It is still very pretty to look at, and the constructive criticism that Caitlyn/Vi was too early-2000s plausibly deniable lingering looks was very much taken on board. But the pacing was fucked. If they only intended to do two seasons (something I don't believe for a second) then either season two is too rushed or season one is too slow, and probably both. It also, like, the best thing about season one is that you didn't have to know a single thing about League of Legends to understand everything, and while it was still perfectly possible to follow along, it did feel like I would have gotten a lot more out of it I was familiar with the game lore and like - shan't. I'm not going to play League of goddamn Legends and you can't make me.
I watched The Sticky, which is that Margo Martindale maple syrup heist show, and I really liked it, watched it all in one go. Well, that isn't quite true - it's six episodes and I loved five of them. By episode six it's become apparent that they're doing that thing where they are just not going to finish it so they can drag what should evidently be a 8-10 episode mini-series out over two seasons. It played right into my biggest bugbear with the current streaming landscape - and a lot of my problem with Arcane - come back in two years for the thrilling conclusion of this thing you won't really remember watching.
I'd had no intention of watching Skeleton Crew. I am, post Ahsoka/The Acolyte, kind of Stars Wars'd out. But one of my friends had watched the first couple of episodes with his kids and said that it was dead cute and I ought to check it out. And he was right! It was super cute! The first episode especially had big ET vibes. And, I dunno, Star Wars fandom is so full of forty year olds taking ourselves very seriously that I think it's good to get the occasional collective reminder that this is a series about space wizards intended for children, you know, like we were when we first fell in love with this stuff.
I also watched the first couple of episodes of Creature Commandos, which is exactly what you think it's going to be - Suicide Squad by way of the Harley Quinn animation style by way of James Gunn's id. There is a bit in episode two where the Bride of Frankenstein (as voiced by Indira Varma) has a prolonged fight scene with Circe the Wonder Woman villain to the sounds of Gogol Bordello's Start Wearing Purple where I was, like, yup, I'm here for this.
I would pay money for this show if only HBO would launch in the UK and, you know, let me.