shallowness: Yelena with a determined expression on face (Yelena Thunderbolts)
I rewatched Black Widow in prep, and as Yelena and Alexei are funny and entertaining in it (and I followed who and what Taskmaster was better in this rewatch), it was probably worth it. Brief review. )

About fifteen people in my showing, with less than half leaving early, but the rest of us stayed until the post-credits scene. Among the trailers, Mission Impossible (which has been getting lots of free promo in the British news this week), Superman (i, did not realise that was coming out this summer, ii, unenthused about Krypto, iii, pretty leads, iv, willing to trust James Gunn up to a point) and Fantastic 4: First Steps (skipped the second iteration of F4. Going retro is going to make for comparisons with The Incredibles...but, fine, make the Silver Surfer female.) Am more enthused about Superman than Fantastic 4.

As for Thunderbolts*, overall, yes, it's an entertaining iteration of the scrappy team of powered people having done bad things learning to work together and maybe do good. It has the sense to know that Florence Pugh is the star, making Yelena Belova (who has the least powers) its heart and leader. Some of it is stuff we’ve seen before, deliberately so in some ways, but it’s better and more cohesive than Suicide Squad (backhand compliment though that is.) It has a nice line in being self-deprecating before the audience can be, and is consistently amusing, if not laugh out loud funny, while dealing with damaged, grieving people and continuing the touching relationship of a grown-up child assassin and her embarrassing adoptive dad hankering after glory days that never were first seen in Black Widow.

tl;dr, spoilers, references to Trump )
shallowness: Beautiful blue alien in front of colourful background (Zhaan Farscape wonders I've seen)
As I'm not planning on going to the cinema tonight...

Black Bag Read more... )

Saw the cinematic trailer for Thunderbolts for the first time. If you emphasise that it features Yelena Belova and her found father and have a cover of a song that I like, apparently I’ll forget my issues with Marvel. (The trailer for Jurassic Whatever: In It For the Money also featured a cover of a song that I like and ScarJo, but no, I have no intention of going to see that.)

Mickey 17 Read more... )

The End Read more... )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Katrina the shrew)
Posting twice in a day, because this is time sensitive.

There were two big cinema releases in the UK this weekend (sorry Heart Eyes): Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth Bridget Jones film vs. Captain America: Brave New World. I have thoughts about this! I’ve got history with both properties, if you will, but I was on the comic everywoman’s side over MCU’s latest offering Read more... )

As for the film itself, Read more... )
shallowness: Beautiful blue alien in front of colourful background (Zhaan Farscape wonders I've seen)
I’ve seen the trailer for Fantastic Beasts 3: Dumbledore’s Something, and I’ve got two thoughts:

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Having said that, I doubt that I’ll see it in the cinema – I’m going to miss The Batman and the opportunity to rank it among the other Batman films, even though it features Catwoman and an intriguing cast. But it sounds like its aesthetic is not very me friendly ATM.

But disc 4 of Scorpion season 4:

I liked ‘Wave Goodbye’ less than ‘The Hunker Games’ and ‘Lighthouse of the Risng Sun’, and I liked ‘Nerd, Wind and Fire’ more than the other three.

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Downton Abbey 2019

Short version: Like a Christmas special with a bigger budget. Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess of Grantham YAY! )

Trailerwatch: Now I have more of a feel for what The Aeronauts will be like and I think I'll go see it. Cats...is better if you close your eyes and listen to Jennifer Hudson sing her heart out. Like many things, it would have been better animated. Not going to see it.

(Lightly edited 30/4/2022.)

Comicsness

May. 30th, 2019 09:58 am
shallowness: Catwoman looking at the Batsign in the Gotham City night sky (Catwoman watching Batverse films)
Gotham 5.1 Year Zero

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So many episodes to catch up on, but I went to the cinema to see Avengers: Endgame again yesterday. Thoughts. Spoilers. )

Before the film we were addressed by Tom Holland because they were playing a Spider-man: Far from Home trailer after the credits. I think it’s a good idea, because probably people were staying, and the trailer was way spoilery for Endgame. Thoughts. Spoilers. )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (POI Shaw)
Among the other things I’ve posted about over the past few months, I’ve been watching Burn Notice season 3 on DVD. It’s almost 10 years old! As it’s got a ‘client of the week’ format, it’s not the easiest show to binge on, so I’ve more or less been watching one episode a week.

Overview with spoilers )

Other stuff: I read some casting rumours about the Black Widow movie. spoiler? )

And, post-Endgame, there I was thinking ‘ooh, Men in Black: International’ may be fun and then I saw the trailer and beheld Liam Neeson and suddenly I’m much cooler on the reboot.
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Wanda Infinity War)
I had to go and see a showing an hour after I intended, and thought I got one of the last few seats, but it was a decent seat. When I took it, there were quite a few seats to my left that were really empty, which made me tense about when they'd turn up. Which was never.

Trailerwatch: X-Men: Dark Phoenix looks as if it might have interesting things to say about gender. I am trying to sit on those expectations until they are the realistic ‘is better than X-Men 3: The Last Stand’. Also, John Wick 3, how dare you look like my kind of film? I still refuse to go see a film trilogy hinging on a dead dog.

Not really spoilery, discussing the length and when you can leave. )

Spoilers )

So, icons I want are visual spoilers? )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Wanda Infinity War)
I posted two ficlets yesterday. we wish for better, a Gotham drabble (Selina/Bruce, post season 4) Read more... )

Just a Very High Number has been floating about the hard-drive for months, and should be 711 words long, but isn’t. It’s self-indulgent original fic (het) set in space, OKAY, Read more... )

So, that was a bit of me clearing the decks. I’m working on other fics, but they’re not ready to post. I considered doing the first sentence from five WIPs meme, but between the fact that with many fics of mine, a sentence is a large portion of the fic, that I’m doubtful I’ll post some of them and that those memes jinx me, I decided not to. However, that led to me doing some editing on another story I hadn’t done anything with this year.

On another topic entirely, Captain Marvel will soon be out. (Please be good. Please be good.) There’s been a LOT going on in the trailers, some of it promising. But the clips of spoilers? )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Default)
From Monday to today seems to have been swallowed up by a vortex. I’ve only had snatches online. Back on Sunday, I posted The Princess and the Dragons of Many Hues. PG. Original/Fairy Tale
Characters: A princess, her sisters, a king, a queen, a governess, servants, subjects, artists and a lover, and various dragons.
Summary: In a world where there are dragons of many hues, it took this princess to approach them.
(1,505 words.) Inspired by rather than a fill for the prompt: Fairy Tales, any, a dragon of a different colour.

The writing thereof, film trailers and Pacific Rim feelings )

Later tonight, I’ll post my thoughts about the TV I’ve watched this week.
shallowness: bright flowers in vase against green background (flowers that remind me of Layla)
Love, Lies and Records - Episode 6

Made harder to watch by Ashley Jensen’s bereavement, for whom one can only feel great sympathy.

tl:dr )


In other news, I am so glad that Pitch Perfect 3 is much better than Pitch Perfect 2 led us to believe it would be.

Three things:

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As for the trailers, there are many films I’m looking forward to seeing in 2018, Father Figures is not one of them. Every single frame was a case of ‘Why, Owen Wilson, WHY?’
shallowness: Beautiful blue alien in front of colourful background (Zhaan Farscape wonders I've seen)
I am Groot. )

Trailers: a scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: this is the last one, honest which featured intriguing beasties and not enough Barbossa, but I think I’m bound to see it anyway. There was also a trailer for Spider-Man vs. Iron Man that left me underwhelmed, but conversely, I think I want to see Baby Driver (Edgar Wright mashes up The Fast and the Furious and Drive?) now.
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Rogue X-Men Films)
I said a little while ago that I was going to post a linkspam. Well, here goes in reverse chronological order. I've been holding on to these links for ages, and most of them come via my reading page.

Shakespeare, Introversion, DS9, Tropes, Movie stuff and Denethor meta )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Rogue X-Men Films)
I went to see Doctor Strange last night. I suppose I might give it a three and a half out of five.

Read more... )
shallowness: Jadzia smiling eyes closed text reads 'Hee!' (DS9 Jadzia is amused)
I still don’t know what to make of the fact that I realised, when watching the trailer for Storks, that Andy Samberg was playing the main stork from the way he said ‘nemesis’. What does that say about me? What does that say about Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

Oh, and also I caught a bit of a season 1 Agents of SHIELD episode and was reminded of how thoroughly infuriating I found Skye and how bland Ward was. You know how you change your mind about some things after time? Well, sometimes, you don’t.

Parks and Rec
7.7 Donna and Joe

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7.8 Ms Ludgate-Dwyer Goes to Washington

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shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Natasha Avengers intensity)
Marvel, I still don’t see why a standalone Black Widow movie isn’t upcoming. I really don’t.

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I saw the trailer for X-Men Apocalypse Read more... ) Must watch the Rogue cut of DOFP soon, then.
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Default)
I 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

Itsy-Bitsy Spider )

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.

more words ) 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 Read more... ) 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

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5.12

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shallowness: Jadzia smiling eyes closed text reads 'Hee!' (DS9 Jadzia is amused)
Parks and Rec 5.03

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5.04

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Meanwhile, I saw a trailer for The Huntsman: Winter's War last night that suggested that they may tackle what I thought was going to be my main problem with the film, meaning I can enjoy watching Emily Blunt play a baddie (something I've long wanted), Jessica Chastain go all action-y, and the return of the Huntsman etc...

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