I keep seeing the ads for it and trying to figure out if I want to watch it. I also kept thinking maybe it was a second season because of how little the trailer did to explain a lot of things. But I think I'll check it out
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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askye - Apr 24, 2020 6:40:26 pm PDT #1610 of 2020
Thrive to spite them
esse - Apr 24, 2020 8:38:40 pm PDT #1611 of 2020
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I just heard about Fort Salem today... Between the witches and the f/f it's getting intriguing.
chrismg - Apr 25, 2020 7:25:42 am PDT #1612 of 2020
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Askye, no it's still the first season. This post has a good overview, although there's a little fangirling:
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2020 12:54:21 pm PDT #1613 of 2020
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Okay, I got the ebook of The Magicians from the library because I forgot so damn much of it and wanted to compare it to the show, and holy crap, right from the first page Quentin is a total shit* AND I forgot they were high-school seniors (WTF). Syfy definitely made the right choice in aging them up.
*(I'm not saying that show!Quentin *isn't* a shit, but he's infinitely more endearing.)
esse - Apr 29, 2020 4:04:34 pm PDT #1614 of 2020
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yeah, I noped out of LG's "The Magicians" no less than six times before I finally, begrudgingly, read it -- and that was only because I had watched enough of the show that I was morbidly curious about the differences. Hated the book. Hated Book!Quentin. Still haven't been able to read the subsequent two novels.
And I noped out of season 5 of the Magicians because of the end of S4; I was very in love with the show and it broke my heart nearly irreparably.
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2020 4:51:40 pm PDT #1615 of 2020
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
There's very little I remember from the first 2 books (never read the third), except for Julia's story arc in the second book, which is basically her story arc in TV S1. I LOVED her story arc so much -- and then when it got to the Reynard of it all, I threw the book across the room, because god DAMN.
I'm completely spoiled through the end of S5, and I'm not looking forward to the end of S4, but I expect I'll watch S5.
esse - Apr 29, 2020 5:04:50 pm PDT #1616 of 2020
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yeah, that's what noped me out of season 1 of the Magicians originally, but then it a bunch of my friends got into it and it was really good... IDK, I suspect I'll probably watch s5 eventually but with a definite sense of cynicism. It sucked a lot because I really loved the ensemble, and in particular the actors, who were fantastic and did not deserve what the show did to them.
Laura - Apr 30, 2020 4:49:26 am PDT #1617 of 2020
Our wings are not tired.
I binged the series fairly quickly. There was much eyerolling, except when I remembered Tom's advice to view it as a comedy, which helped. Margot, Eliot, and Josh made it the most fun for me, although now that I think back Penny was not so hard on the eyes either. So yeah, the actors kept me clicking next episode.
chrismg - Apr 30, 2020 6:50:09 am PDT #1618 of 2020
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
So recent episodes of Motherland: Fort Salem have made it clearer what the underlying story is. Stop me if you've heard this one:
A small subgroup of humanity has physical differences that give them special powers. There's a struggle going on between two factions with ideological differences over how they should relate to the larger population. One faction is working towards assimilation, with emphasis on how useful the special group can be. The other is violently separatist, including attempting to foment a race war between the special group and the rest of the humans. Meanwhile, small populations of the special group are caught in the middle.
-t - Apr 30, 2020 8:06:24 am PDT #1619 of 2020
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There are worse stories to retell