New Sense8 tomorrow.
I will be embodying the thread name.
...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!
Spike ,'Selfless'
Streaming 1: There Goes the Weekend
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beekaytee - May 04, 2017 3:08:42 pm PDT #316 of 2212
Compassionately intolerant
Glamcookie - May 08, 2017 4:43:35 am PDT #317 of 2212
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
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.
Beverly - May 08, 2017 11:42:11 pm PDT #318 of 2212
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
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.
aurelia - May 14, 2017 12:30:23 pm PDT #319 of 2212
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
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!
Tom Scola - May 18, 2017 6:30:01 am PDT #320 of 2212
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Sophia Brooks - May 22, 2017 2:44:48 am PDT #321 of 2212
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Is Twin Peaks talk in here, because I watched on Hulu or Premuim because of Showtime?
Calli - May 25, 2017 1:28:29 am PDT #322 of 2212
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I wondered, too, Sophia. Modern media exists to defy our organizational systems. Twin Peaks talk is in Premium.
Dana - Jun 01, 2017 9:14:06 am PDT #323 of 2212
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
DAMNIT Netflix canceled Sense8.
Jessica - Jun 02, 2017 5:18:48 am PDT #324 of 2212
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
DAMNIT Netflix canceled Sense8.
Nooooooooooooooooooo. Where am I going to get my quarterly Wachowski orgy montage fix now???
aurelia - Jun 18, 2017 9:28:40 pm PDT #325 of 2212
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Handmaid's Tale is getting a 2nd season? Huh? That could be amazing or a complete disaster.
That handmaid power walk was everything though.