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ironymaiden) wrote2020-06-15 06:49 pm
ironymaiden) wrote2020-06-15 06:49 pm
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Monday Media: welcome to the great b*tches vogue-off
what are you currently consuming?
we watched all the available episodes of Legendary this weekend, looking forward to the next one dropping on Thursday. it's a panel-judged reality competition show; of the regular judges only Leiomy is a ballroom expert but the others sit back and listen when it counts. there's a rotating 5th seat from the queer community, so far a mix of inside and outside of ballroom culture.
the first episode is on youtube; it's mostly intros and explainers with the real competition (and the 5th judges) in the following episodes.
there's a bit of interpersonal drama, but it largely consists of GBBO-style mutual admiration and hugs and excellence. the annoying judge is no more annoying than Paul Hollywood. the emcee is AMAZING.
what did you recently finish?
Avatar: The Last Airbender, like everyone else who missed it the first time and has Netflix. (actually, i tried watching it back in the day but bounced off of the first few episodes.) it's surprisingly good - all the heroes are flawed and behave in a manner consistent with their character and values. even the Avatar has to practice and study; it's not just talent. the villains have complex motivations and are allowed to grow and change over the course of the show. there's some stuff around the ending that i wish had been dealt with consistently through the course of the series, but even so they pulled out something reasonably satisfying. my only real disappointment is that i wanted a "future" coda at the end of the series. i guess they were leaving the door wide open for whatever was going to be next. (i have since read several of the comics from the library and watched an episode of The Legend of Korra.)
what will you consume next?
probably not Legend of Korra. it's not available on any of the four streaming services i pay for and i can only get season 1 from the library without access to physical media.
i've been recording Agents of SHIELD and not watching it. maybe because i always watch AoS withmimerki and it feels wrong?
probably going to finish She-Ra since somehow we forgot to do that. otherwise there are a lot of Toho movies to watch on HBOMax.
we watched all the available episodes of Legendary this weekend, looking forward to the next one dropping on Thursday. it's a panel-judged reality competition show; of the regular judges only Leiomy is a ballroom expert but the others sit back and listen when it counts. there's a rotating 5th seat from the queer community, so far a mix of inside and outside of ballroom culture.
the first episode is on youtube; it's mostly intros and explainers with the real competition (and the 5th judges) in the following episodes.
there's a bit of interpersonal drama, but it largely consists of GBBO-style mutual admiration and hugs and excellence. the annoying judge is no more annoying than Paul Hollywood. the emcee is AMAZING.
what did you recently finish?
Avatar: The Last Airbender, like everyone else who missed it the first time and has Netflix. (actually, i tried watching it back in the day but bounced off of the first few episodes.) it's surprisingly good - all the heroes are flawed and behave in a manner consistent with their character and values. even the Avatar has to practice and study; it's not just talent. the villains have complex motivations and are allowed to grow and change over the course of the show. there's some stuff around the ending that i wish had been dealt with consistently through the course of the series, but even so they pulled out something reasonably satisfying. my only real disappointment is that i wanted a "future" coda at the end of the series. i guess they were leaving the door wide open for whatever was going to be next. (i have since read several of the comics from the library and watched an episode of The Legend of Korra.)
what will you consume next?
probably not Legend of Korra. it's not available on any of the four streaming services i pay for and i can only get season 1 from the library without access to physical media.
i've been recording Agents of SHIELD and not watching it. maybe because i always watch AoS with
mimerki and it feels wrong?probably going to finish She-Ra since somehow we forgot to do that. otherwise there are a lot of Toho movies to watch on HBOMax.
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I have Many Opinions about Korra, which boil down to: at its best it's better than A:tLA but Korra was both far less consistently good than A:tLA and at its not infrequent worst was worse than A:tLA. Still worth watching if you can find it.
You might also want to look into The Dragon Prince on Netflix: Aaron Ehasz, the creater, was one of the head writers of A:tLA. He didn't stick around for Korra, and it really shows how much of what made A:tLA great was him vs the creators.
Toph is my favorite unless it's Iroh