I am so down. I suppose I may have to watch Iron Fist at some point.
'Safe'
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New Sense8 tomorrow.
I will be embodying the thread name.
3 eps into The Handmaid's Tale and it's feeling rather... torture-porn-like to me. I typically prefer more subtle stories. The flashbacks are pretty terrifying, though, as it feels like we are not too far off from that scenario today. Wondering if telling the story more in a linear way rather than through flashbacks would be more satisfying (for me, anyway). I don't feel a real connection to the characters and I think I would if it played out from Before to Now.
ION, I had no idea Alexis Bledel could actually act. I thought she basically was playing herself for Rory.
I thought she basically was playing herself for Rory.
Well, she basically played Rory for Traveling Pants and Bride and Prejudice, so how were you to know any different? I'm glad she's able to prove her skill now, though.
ETA: My history with The Handmaid's Tale is first seeing the movie with Natasha Richardson and Faye Dunaway on late night tv. It intrigued me so I tracked down the book, which horrified me enough to become part of the tools with which I assess and evaluate world events. I used it as a reference for a fic I wrote, partly for my own catharsis and processing, partly as a wakeup call for some readers. It continues to generate comments and discussion.
I haven't seen the new series, but I've read a lot about it. And while I'm really very glad that it's generating interest and discussion about real-world events, I agree with Glam. For me, the new series seems like torture porn, and I'm not there for that.
I do have an urge to track down the movie and watch it again. I don't know if I can sustain a fourth or fifth reading of the book, though.
Watching S2 of Sens8 and there is some excellent local casting. Mary Beth Fisher! John Judd! Janet Ulrich Brooks! Holy shit, John Judd is important to this season!
Is Twin Peaks talk in here, because I watched on Hulu or Premuim because of Showtime?
I wondered, too, Sophia. Modern media exists to defy our organizational systems. Twin Peaks talk is in Premium.
DAMNIT Netflix canceled Sense8.
DAMNIT Netflix canceled Sense8.
Nooooooooooooooooooo. Where am I going to get my quarterly Wachowski orgy montage fix now???