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shallownessI posted Fancy Hotel, a Person of Interest/The Night Manager ficlet. Zoe and John were the focus of the prompt and remain the focus of the fic, but I had TNM on my mind and it was the spark for me. I wish I could have come up with a better title, but at least I managed a summary.
I caught up with B99 3.14 Karen Peralta
I am impressed with the show for being so funny about something that I found rather sad. Even for him, Jake regressed when his mother pulled out his father as her current squeeze into the angry child...who’d seen what he’d seen and understandably couldn’t trust his father. Samberg did a lot of good physical comedy in this episode, his mother was well cast and they used Amy’s awkwardness majestically.
Boyle did a Boyle (poor Rosa), while the ‘bonding’ strand with Holt, Gina, Scully and Hitchcock could have done with another scene, I felt.
Of course, I’m now behind again because I chose to watch Scorpion (post to come).
I went to see a double-bill of films yesterday for the first time in ages. First was Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Yes, I know. One word review: ponderous.
The good: Jeremy Irons’s voice and the introduction of Wonder Woman. I liked the Clark/Lois, but I felt it and Lois was underserved, but not as much as I feared it would be. There were lots of problems, but I’ll focus on the most relevant one, which is that you’ve seen the trailer(s), and who hasn't given the promo push, most of the film will not come as a surpise.
And before this film a new-to-me Captain America: Civil War trailer aired and I think that contained a major development that made me clap my hands to my mouth in disbelief that they’d show that now. What is wrong with the people behind cutting these trailers? Stick to the first third, show glimpses of the main characters, give a flavour of the mood...people are going to go see films featuring Captain America, Iron Man, Batman and Superman!
Having said that, The Lego Batman Movie trailer filled me with glee.
What I wasn’t spoiled for in BvS:DoJ was the upteempth iteration of Batman’s origin story, Bruce’s dreams and that Superman dies. I could have done without all of those and most of the fight/action scenes were dull. But as the last second suggested, Superman isn't really dead. Frankly, I didn’t believe he was anyway, because that's a daft twist for a film that's a stepping stone to the Justice League, but Amy Adams was excellent at portraying grief which created an odd dissonance of feeling really sad for Lois and refusing to believe what was happening.
But the film worked at getting me excited about Diana Prince AKA Wonder Woman, who was so much more interesting than the titular characters, svelting around mysteriously until Wonder Woman was unleashed. Roll on the Wonder Woman solo movie, which seems like the only thing DC is doing that Marvel seems to need to worry about.
The second film I saw was Eddie the Eagle, which is thoroughly entertaining. It has also had a huge promo push in the UK, and benefits from being a sporting underdog dramedy based on a true story that I'm about old enough to remember, but I don't think they used the last third in the promo material.
Finally, I've caught up on Parks and Rec
5.11
Well, this featured April at her most contrary.
I laughed the most at Tom, Andy and Ben ‘playing’ basketball, but I enjoyed Ann being terrible with kids, which made for a nice jab at gender stereotyping in the other plotline, and she got better at it.
5.12
I’m glad we moved on from Ann realising she takes on her boyfriends’ personalities, as she’s realised that for weeks now. And you could see it was going to be about Leslie and Ann’s friendship, with controlling friend Leslie not liking the blog or the independence – although wanting to be a mother felt like a big decision that had come out of the blue, even allowing for the connection with Diane’s daughters in the last episode. So, I was glad all that was acknowledged by the end. Howard the Douche had a whole split personality and I can’t see any situation bar a sitcom where Leslie going on air to beg him to stop talking about Ann’s situation would be approporiate.
If Ben was in charge of the food and drink for the wedding, the calzone was inevitable, I suppose. I found Tom’s descriptions of the fare useful, which makes me pretentious by Pawnee standards. The food-poisoned trio were hilariously absurd and made me more prone to laughing at everything that happened in the second half of the episode. JJ’s as the caterer is perfect. Had we met JJ before?
But the April being Leslie plotline looked very promising – and it was, April’s version of Leslie was funny and the vulnerability it masked was sweet. I liked that even Andy could see the obvious – that April would handle the public meetings better as herself.
I caught up with B99 3.14 Karen Peralta
I am impressed with the show for being so funny about something that I found rather sad. Even for him, Jake regressed when his mother pulled out his father as her current squeeze into the angry child...who’d seen what he’d seen and understandably couldn’t trust his father. Samberg did a lot of good physical comedy in this episode, his mother was well cast and they used Amy’s awkwardness majestically.
Boyle did a Boyle (poor Rosa), while the ‘bonding’ strand with Holt, Gina, Scully and Hitchcock could have done with another scene, I felt.
Of course, I’m now behind again because I chose to watch Scorpion (post to come).
I went to see a double-bill of films yesterday for the first time in ages. First was Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Yes, I know. One word review: ponderous.
The good: Jeremy Irons’s voice and the introduction of Wonder Woman. I liked the Clark/Lois, but I felt it and Lois was underserved, but not as much as I feared it would be. There were lots of problems, but I’ll focus on the most relevant one, which is that you’ve seen the trailer(s), and who hasn't given the promo push, most of the film will not come as a surpise.
And before this film a new-to-me Captain America: Civil War trailer aired and I think that contained a major development that made me clap my hands to my mouth in disbelief that they’d show that now. What is wrong with the people behind cutting these trailers? Stick to the first third, show glimpses of the main characters, give a flavour of the mood...people are going to go see films featuring Captain America, Iron Man, Batman and Superman!
Having said that, The Lego Batman Movie trailer filled me with glee.
What I wasn’t spoiled for in BvS:DoJ was the upteempth iteration of Batman’s origin story, Bruce’s dreams and that Superman dies. I could have done without all of those and most of the fight/action scenes were dull. But as the last second suggested, Superman isn't really dead. Frankly, I didn’t believe he was anyway, because that's a daft twist for a film that's a stepping stone to the Justice League, but Amy Adams was excellent at portraying grief which created an odd dissonance of feeling really sad for Lois and refusing to believe what was happening.
But the film worked at getting me excited about Diana Prince AKA Wonder Woman, who was so much more interesting than the titular characters, svelting around mysteriously until Wonder Woman was unleashed. Roll on the Wonder Woman solo movie, which seems like the only thing DC is doing that Marvel seems to need to worry about.
The second film I saw was Eddie the Eagle, which is thoroughly entertaining. It has also had a huge promo push in the UK, and benefits from being a sporting underdog dramedy based on a true story that I'm about old enough to remember, but I don't think they used the last third in the promo material.
Finally, I've caught up on Parks and Rec
5.11
Well, this featured April at her most contrary.
I laughed the most at Tom, Andy and Ben ‘playing’ basketball, but I enjoyed Ann being terrible with kids, which made for a nice jab at gender stereotyping in the other plotline, and she got better at it.
5.12
I’m glad we moved on from Ann realising she takes on her boyfriends’ personalities, as she’s realised that for weeks now. And you could see it was going to be about Leslie and Ann’s friendship, with controlling friend Leslie not liking the blog or the independence – although wanting to be a mother felt like a big decision that had come out of the blue, even allowing for the connection with Diane’s daughters in the last episode. So, I was glad all that was acknowledged by the end. Howard the Douche had a whole split personality and I can’t see any situation bar a sitcom where Leslie going on air to beg him to stop talking about Ann’s situation would be approporiate.
If Ben was in charge of the food and drink for the wedding, the calzone was inevitable, I suppose. I found Tom’s descriptions of the fare useful, which makes me pretentious by Pawnee standards. The food-poisoned trio were hilariously absurd and made me more prone to laughing at everything that happened in the second half of the episode. JJ’s as the caterer is perfect. Had we met JJ before?
But the April being Leslie plotline looked very promising – and it was, April’s version of Leslie was funny and the vulnerability it masked was sweet. I liked that even Andy could see the obvious – that April would handle the public meetings better as herself.
