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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
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1. Finished first three episodes of Andor, now on to the second arc. The first three episode arc drug a bit. I had to re-watch episode two - on account of having fallen asleep during it. Andor drags a bit? But I still love some of the characters - so am pulling through.
2. Buffy Re-watch - am in S3, its my comfort show. Take-aways:
* Xander is a jerk that jumps past insufferable. Methinks there is a bit more than a little Hyena!Xander in Xander than expected - or more likely the writers are enjoying exploring it. And I have to admit I cheered Evil Spike when he clobbered him in Episode 8 of S3 (Lover's Walk). Willow is also annoying for the first half of the season. The writers do not appear to like him.
* I feel sorry for Faith and Cordelia. Both feel like outsiders, and I'm not sure the writers were going for that for Cordelia? I can totally understand why Faith dumped the gang for the Mayor later in the season. She has no watcher, she's in a dirt bag motel room (similar to Buffy's in Anne) and is rarely consulted. I'd have left them too.
* The writers are making fun of the SATs - and I'm on board. They really rank on those tests big time - it's in almost all the episodes. Also, they show how meaningless they are - by having the least interested in studying or knowledge excel. Buffy, Cordy and Oz have the highest test scores, and could care less, while Xander and Willow have the lowest. It's kind of obvious by episode 8 that the writers don't think highly of the SAT's and are having a blast making fun of them. (The SATS or the US's Standardized Testing)
* The writers are making it really clear Buffy and Angel can't work. Every single episode it comes up. They can't be friends. They can't be in love. They can't work together. Spike of all people finally gets through to Buffy by bringing up "love's bitch" which is an echo of the Counselor, Platt, who more less tells Buffy the same thing.
* There are no duds in S3 so far - I haven't skipped over any episodes upon rewatch, so most definitely an approvement over S1 and 2. I think they found their rhythm finally writing wise.
3. Murderbot
Something else...not sure what.
The Bear is coming June 25, and I may need to do a Foundation rewatch for when it drops, also a rewatch of The Diplomat.
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It does what a lot of mystery shows do - attempt to throw the audience off course with a lots of twists and turns. Except the twists and turns don't make a lot of sense. And various timelines don't quite fit.
I got a bit lost in it. Not helped by the fact that the main mystery is a bit horrific like something out of Criminal Minds. It's a very dark and gritty series, with a lot of graphic violence - some of which is towards women.
But Mathew Goode is excellent in it, and it has some interesting characters who are very compelling. I'd watch S2 for the characters. And I really liked the characters. But whomever is responsible for the plotting, sucks at plotting. (I've been told it's the original writer - so maybe they need to veer away from the source material?)
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