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ironymaiden) wrote2020-11-23 10:09 pm
ironymaiden) wrote2020-11-23 10:09 pm
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Monday Media returns-ish
Just finished:
Barbarians (Barbaren) on Netflix. this is a German show in German and classical Latin, where i got the story i wanted out of the first few minutes of Gladiator - those nasty Romans deserve to have their asses kicked in the woods. C says the military history and costuming of the Romans is good, i say the human drama is soapy and fun, six episodes and no filler. CW for suicide, gore, and attempted rape. ends in a (reasonably) happy-for-now place with a solid setup for season 2.
Weekly watches:
Feeling pretty meh about the GBBO final coming up. this season has been edited to create extra "drama" that has resulted in one of the contestants looking like a fuckup that keeps managing to just be not-last, like showcasing every spill on her workstation and her basically calling herself stupid. i know she's been a star baker so that's not the full story. i blame Love Productions/Channel4 for creating a narrative that has resulted in making her a target for abuse on social media.*
After a wobbly start, The Mandalorian has mostly righted the ship.
Tried and failed:
Seis Manos, a "Netflix anime" set in Mexico. it's trying for a pulp 70s kung-fu film meets grindhouse vibe but it just kind of grossed me out and was giving this white girl racist vibes. kudos for subverting a trope - someone looks like they're going to be the series protagonist, but they were just a way to introduce us to the actual leads. i think anyway, we were only able to give it two episodes.
The palate cleanser:
The Repair Shop is delightful - Brits bring in family heirlooms for restoration and a charming specialist in a thatched-roof barn restores them and then we get to see the owners beaming and crying and sharing said heirloom with family members. i'd like slightly more restoration nerdery and slightly less sweet families (really we could keep the families and just make it longer) but it literally helped us be able to sleep well after the disturbing stuff in Seis Manos. the various restoration experts are delightful and it just has them and a narrator, no tv host. excited to have three seasons to get us through the rest of the year.
The tried and true:
tonight i discovered that Key and Peele is on HBO Max. it's so nice to watch without commercials. the Obama jokes are bittersweet these days, but tonight I said, "bitch" had me laughing so hard i had a coughing fit.
* yes, it's the fat one and there's definitely fatphobia involved. but i felt the same way (and still see similar comments from other fans) about Ruby Tandoh back in the day, and she is slim and conventionally attractive.
Barbarians (Barbaren) on Netflix. this is a German show in German and classical Latin, where i got the story i wanted out of the first few minutes of Gladiator - those nasty Romans deserve to have their asses kicked in the woods. C says the military history and costuming of the Romans is good, i say the human drama is soapy and fun, six episodes and no filler. CW for suicide, gore, and attempted rape. ends in a (reasonably) happy-for-now place with a solid setup for season 2.
Weekly watches:
Feeling pretty meh about the GBBO final coming up. this season has been edited to create extra "drama" that has resulted in one of the contestants looking like a fuckup that keeps managing to just be not-last, like showcasing every spill on her workstation and her basically calling herself stupid. i know she's been a star baker so that's not the full story. i blame Love Productions/Channel4 for creating a narrative that has resulted in making her a target for abuse on social media.*
After a wobbly start, The Mandalorian has mostly righted the ship.
Tried and failed:
Seis Manos, a "Netflix anime" set in Mexico. it's trying for a pulp 70s kung-fu film meets grindhouse vibe but it just kind of grossed me out and was giving this white girl racist vibes. kudos for subverting a trope - someone looks like they're going to be the series protagonist, but they were just a way to introduce us to the actual leads. i think anyway, we were only able to give it two episodes.
The palate cleanser:
The Repair Shop is delightful - Brits bring in family heirlooms for restoration and a charming specialist in a thatched-roof barn restores them and then we get to see the owners beaming and crying and sharing said heirloom with family members. i'd like slightly more restoration nerdery and slightly less sweet families (really we could keep the families and just make it longer) but it literally helped us be able to sleep well after the disturbing stuff in Seis Manos. the various restoration experts are delightful and it just has them and a narrator, no tv host. excited to have three seasons to get us through the rest of the year.
The tried and true:
tonight i discovered that Key and Peele is on HBO Max. it's so nice to watch without commercials. the Obama jokes are bittersweet these days, but tonight I said, "bitch" had me laughing so hard i had a coughing fit.
* yes, it's the fat one and there's definitely fatphobia involved. but i felt the same way (and still see similar comments from other fans) about Ruby Tandoh back in the day, and she is slim and conventionally attractive.