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Jun. 17th, 2015 09:18 pm1. I watched the 5th and final season of Covert Affairs. While I was iffy about parts of the first half of the season, I really enjoyed the second half. You can tell they were hoping there might still be a 6th season when they wrote the ending, but I'm pretty content with how things ended up.
2. Beauty and the Beast is back! I thought the return was pretty good.
( spoiler )
3. The 4th and 5th episodes of Wayward Pines were better than the first 3. I think the show would have benefitted enormously from spending less time trying for "WTF?" and trying to be MYSTERIOUS and SHOCKING and gotten to the revelations in episode 5 around episode...2. 3 at the latest.
( spoiler )
3. Netflix put up the back half of season 2 of The Fosters and hulu is getting the new episodes, so I'm actually current there. I did watch I think 9 episodes in 1 day, which was a huge mistake, given how emotionally draining it is.
Is it a spoiler to say that I'm glad someone finally commented on how ridiculously luxurious Wyatt's hair is (boy is practically a walking hair product commercial. Fabio sees his hair and runs to look at the billionty romance covers he posed for to remind himself that he will always be the cultural icon for men with long, luxurious locks.) even though I didn't care for the circumstances at all?
4. While I really enjoy CW's The Messengers, I didn't care for the reveal in the latest episode at all.
5. I tried out Jejoongwon a sageuk from a few years ago that had sounded interesting at the time, about the formation of Joseon's first western medicine hospital, but was mostly bored by the first episode. I decided to give the second episode a chance, but realized halfway through that I'd paid attention to maybe 5 minutes out of 30-something. Does anyone have any opinions as to whether or not I shouod give it another chance?
6. I also watched the first episode of Wolf Hall, the Masterpiece series about Thomas Cromwell, and was also and sadly bored by it.
7. I thought the second and third episodes of Stitchers were stronger than the first, though certain parts of the worldbuilding that were established in the pilot (particularly regarding Kirsten's condition) are already breaking down. Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Allison Scagliotti are still the main reasons to watch.
8. Hwajung is still my favorite thing I'm watching, and I should actually say something of merit about it instead of just repetively saying I like it. (Do tumblr picspams count?)
9. Not TV, but I finally got around to watching the latest Cinderella movie. After the Snow White movies from a few years ago and Maleficent, I expected something a bit more...revisionist, and maybe even deconstructive? It was a pretty straightforward adaptation, though, and an enjoyable one. I appreciated how they just completely ignored any ideas about "historical accuracy" in the costuming and went "this is a movie about a girl who goes to a ball in a pumpkin pulled by mice" and just went to town on the costumes. It was less of a mashup of the original Disney version and Ever After that the trailers and reports would imply, and that's ok, though there were scenes that were clearly modelled after Ever After scenes, to the point where I was surprised when they played out differently (such as Ella watching her father leave down the drive) as well as other Cinderella adaptations. I thought the cast was pretty good (though I was strangely and shockingly underwhelmed by Cate Blanchett until the last half hour or so) and it did what it wanted to do well.
2. Beauty and the Beast is back! I thought the return was pretty good.
( spoiler )
3. The 4th and 5th episodes of Wayward Pines were better than the first 3. I think the show would have benefitted enormously from spending less time trying for "WTF?" and trying to be MYSTERIOUS and SHOCKING and gotten to the revelations in episode 5 around episode...2. 3 at the latest.
( spoiler )
3. Netflix put up the back half of season 2 of The Fosters and hulu is getting the new episodes, so I'm actually current there. I did watch I think 9 episodes in 1 day, which was a huge mistake, given how emotionally draining it is.
Is it a spoiler to say that I'm glad someone finally commented on how ridiculously luxurious Wyatt's hair is (boy is practically a walking hair product commercial. Fabio sees his hair and runs to look at the billionty romance covers he posed for to remind himself that he will always be the cultural icon for men with long, luxurious locks.) even though I didn't care for the circumstances at all?
4. While I really enjoy CW's The Messengers, I didn't care for the reveal in the latest episode at all.
5. I tried out Jejoongwon a sageuk from a few years ago that had sounded interesting at the time, about the formation of Joseon's first western medicine hospital, but was mostly bored by the first episode. I decided to give the second episode a chance, but realized halfway through that I'd paid attention to maybe 5 minutes out of 30-something. Does anyone have any opinions as to whether or not I shouod give it another chance?
6. I also watched the first episode of Wolf Hall, the Masterpiece series about Thomas Cromwell, and was also and sadly bored by it.
7. I thought the second and third episodes of Stitchers were stronger than the first, though certain parts of the worldbuilding that were established in the pilot (particularly regarding Kirsten's condition) are already breaking down. Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Allison Scagliotti are still the main reasons to watch.
8. Hwajung is still my favorite thing I'm watching, and I should actually say something of merit about it instead of just repetively saying I like it. (Do tumblr picspams count?)
9. Not TV, but I finally got around to watching the latest Cinderella movie. After the Snow White movies from a few years ago and Maleficent, I expected something a bit more...revisionist, and maybe even deconstructive? It was a pretty straightforward adaptation, though, and an enjoyable one. I appreciated how they just completely ignored any ideas about "historical accuracy" in the costuming and went "this is a movie about a girl who goes to a ball in a pumpkin pulled by mice" and just went to town on the costumes. It was less of a mashup of the original Disney version and Ever After that the trailers and reports would imply, and that's ok, though there were scenes that were clearly modelled after Ever After scenes, to the point where I was surprised when they played out differently (such as Ella watching her father leave down the drive) as well as other Cinderella adaptations. I thought the cast was pretty good (though I was strangely and shockingly underwhelmed by Cate Blanchett until the last half hour or so) and it did what it wanted to do well.
