still alive; also, books & TV
Oh, hi, LJ people. I'm playing catch-up with stuff here, so there may be belated comments on posts in the next few days. In the meantime, here's a quick overview of stuff I've watched and read lately.
I watched the first eight episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender with several of my wee relatives. It's quite good. (I realize that this is not news to many of you, but sometimes you just have to figure things out for yourself.) Although the humor is definitely aimed for its young target audience, the characters were well-written, the stories enjoyable, the scenery lovely and the music... oh, I really liked the soundtrack.
So is there some sort of viewer's guide out there? Which episodes are vital and which can be skipped? I'm not sure I could make it through every single episode, but I wouldn't mind watching enough of it to get the general idea and have the pay-off of the story arc.
I also watched the first episode of the BBC series Luther. I'm not sure what to think at this point. It's more of a curiosity than must-watch television right now. It improves, yes? Tell me if it does, because I'd like a bit of motivation to move on to episode two. Specifically: there's more going on than just Luther having tension with Alice, right? Like, actual other cases with actual detecting? I'm happy to have Alice around, but I want more than the Luther and Alice dance around each other in deliciously psychotic ways show. That should be the spice and not the meat.
Re-read Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Still fun. Too bad I didn't enjoy Gaiman's solo novels except Neverwhere, although I've never tried any of his graphic novels. I need to go to the library and see what Pratchett I haven't read yet. I think I've managed to read most of his Discworld novels.
I read the novel True Grit. I haven't seen any movie version of it; everything I knew about the basic story is from fannish osmosis. So this first read-through was more about "Ack, what happens?!" than enjoying Mattie's narration. I want to read it again for her distinct voice, now that I won't be driven as hard by wanting answers about the plot.
Started reading Daughter of Persia, a memoir by an Iranian woman. I'm halfway through. It's fascinating; I may post about it when I'm done.
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I watched the first eight episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender with several of my wee relatives. It's quite good. (I realize that this is not news to many of you, but sometimes you just have to figure things out for yourself.) Although the humor is definitely aimed for its young target audience, the characters were well-written, the stories enjoyable, the scenery lovely and the music... oh, I really liked the soundtrack.
So is there some sort of viewer's guide out there? Which episodes are vital and which can be skipped? I'm not sure I could make it through every single episode, but I wouldn't mind watching enough of it to get the general idea and have the pay-off of the story arc.
I also watched the first episode of the BBC series Luther. I'm not sure what to think at this point. It's more of a curiosity than must-watch television right now. It improves, yes? Tell me if it does, because I'd like a bit of motivation to move on to episode two. Specifically: there's more going on than just Luther having tension with Alice, right? Like, actual other cases with actual detecting? I'm happy to have Alice around, but I want more than the Luther and Alice dance around each other in deliciously psychotic ways show. That should be the spice and not the meat.
Re-read Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Still fun. Too bad I didn't enjoy Gaiman's solo novels except Neverwhere, although I've never tried any of his graphic novels. I need to go to the library and see what Pratchett I haven't read yet. I think I've managed to read most of his Discworld novels.
I read the novel True Grit. I haven't seen any movie version of it; everything I knew about the basic story is from fannish osmosis. So this first read-through was more about "Ack, what happens?!" than enjoying Mattie's narration. I want to read it again for her distinct voice, now that I won't be driven as hard by wanting answers about the plot.
Started reading Daughter of Persia, a memoir by an Iranian woman. I'm halfway through. It's fascinating; I may post about it when I'm done.
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