I loved how they wrapped up season one of Murderbot, and I love even more that we’ll get a season 2!
Wash: Captain, didn't you know kissin' girls makes you sleepy? Mal: Well sometimes I just can't help myself.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Calli - Jul 16, 2025 3:28:40 pm PDT #2314 of 2328
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
-t - Jul 16, 2025 3:32:58 pm PDT #2315 of 2328
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes! It feels like the people making it love it like I do which is SUCH a TREAT (on top of being a really good adaptation which is great on its own merits)
Dana - Jul 16, 2025 3:38:49 pm PDT #2316 of 2328
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The last episode in particular was a brilliant way to adapt the end of the novelette for the end of a TV season.
-t - Jul 16, 2025 5:01:06 pm PDT #2317 of 2328
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Very true
-t - Jul 16, 2025 5:07:55 pm PDT #2318 of 2328
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had forgotten how much it can matter what the document (there is probably a better word but hopefully you know what I mean) that we are reading actually is (ie, letter to Mensah, ReadMe for SecUnits, documentary transcript excerpt, etc) and whether we know that while reading. If I had thought about that prior to watching the show, I would have been worried about how they could possibly handle it
dcp - Jul 17, 2025 5:39:30 pm PDT #2319 of 2328
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
x-post with Procedurals
I just finished watching Ballard. on Amazon Prime.
Enjoyed it. Some good puzzles. Excellent cast, excellent acting. Some delightful cameos by characters from Bosch.
A very good hook at the end of ep. 10 to set up season 2.
eta: Leonard Roberts (a.k.a. Forrest Gates from BtVS season 4) had a part in one episode, as a detective.
Atropa - Jul 25, 2025 12:50:59 pm PDT #2320 of 2328
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am so goddamn conflicted about watching the rest of The Sandman. I enjoyed S1, I mostly enjoyed the first half of S2, but the news about Gaiman has, of course, retroactively tainted things for me.
With that aside, my complaints for the first half of S2 are:
1. Delirium should be weirder. She's too manic pixie dream girl in this, not the "seems nice, but obviously not tightly tethered to this world" she should be.
2. The fae should have been much more unsettling/uncanny valley. Not CGI everything, but less Renn Fair than they were. I'm sure budget was part of the issue, but they could have used the Charles Vess illustrations for that issue for more reference.
Laura - Jul 25, 2025 12:55:20 pm PDT #2321 of 2328
Our wings are not tired.
I haven't watched yet for the same conflicted emotional reasons, Atropa. It will probably happen before end of summer, but not sure yet.
-t - Jul 25, 2025 1:24:17 pm PDT #2322 of 2328
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have not watched any of season 2 yet, although I have not completely ruled out out that I will. It's weird because I was looking forward to it an awful lot not that long ago, but I just don't know how to approach it now and maybe I should just not? But that seems unfair to the cast and everyone else who worked on it. And the same part of me that can't stop poking at bruises to see if they still hurt definitely wants to check it out.
Atropa - Jul 28, 2025 5:17:01 pm PDT #2323 of 2328
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I watched all of Sandman s2, and had to spend the entire time thinking of it as "inspired by" and not an actual adaptation. There were very weird changes to storylines and relationships from the comics, tho' I want more of the Loki/Puck situationship, and because the producers and writers had to cram 50+ issues of character development into this season, none of the emotional beats felt earned. For example, in the storyline for The Wake, it was clear in the comics that dreamers from everywhere were in attendance, even if they didn't know why. The production could have used CGI to create a larger crowd, dammit. Which is why I say none of the emotional beats were earned.
I missed Thessaly, but was happy that since they didn't include her, Mad Hettie ended up with more to do.
One other thing: No, I am NOT here for any Joanna Constantine + The Corinthian relationship. Talk about something that came out of left field and didn't feel natural.