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Monday Media Musings - 8/26/19
Sorry to Bother You: This should actually have been in the last round-up, which is the problem with skipping a week. Anyway, I had meant to watch this in time to include it in my Hugo voting, but I missed by a few weeks, which is just as well because it probably wouldn't have ranked higher than the movies I included on my ballot. I enjoyed the stellar performances and appreciated the critical commentary on race and labor relations, but it pushed my weirdness tolerances in ways that make it difficult for me to say I truly "liked" it. To say why would involve massive spoilers, so I'll leave it for now, but if you want to talk about the movie more in comments, hit me up!
Veronica Mars, 2014 movie: This movie was the first project I ever backed on Kickstarter (I suppose there are many people who can say that), and of course I saw it in theaters, but I'm pretty sure I hadn't seen it since then. I rewatched it with friends on Saturday in preparation for the new series (we also watched the first two episodes of that, but I'll save those for their own post once I've finished). On a pure fanservice level I enjoy the movie, of course, although it's not 100% for me since I'm not a hardcore Veronica/Logan shipper -- there are things I like about it, and things I don't like, and it really bothers me how unfair Veronica is to all her other love interests. But I also feel like it undoes a fair amount of the show's character development to promote a return to the status quo, and it'll be interesting to see how that plays out in Season 4.
Arrowverse: I'm currently about halfway through Arrow S5, The Flash S3, and Legends of Tomorrow S2 -- I watched all of Legends fairly recently, so I'm not watching every episode, just ones that are heavy on the Legion of Doom content. It's nice to have enough context to really understand the character interactions. Regarding Arrow, I'm finding myself less and less interested in Oliver's backstory, to the point where I wish I could fastforward through those scenes, but I realize I'll probably lose too much information if I do. I'm glad the other shows lean much less on the flashback structure. I'm really liking this season of The Flash so far -- I feel like it's hitting its tone and its stride, especially with the addition of HR Wells (I'm quite tickled to realize that Tom Cavanaugh seems to be playing a different variation of the Wells character in every season, and I hope they carry that conceit forward).
Veronica Mars, 2014 movie: This movie was the first project I ever backed on Kickstarter (I suppose there are many people who can say that), and of course I saw it in theaters, but I'm pretty sure I hadn't seen it since then. I rewatched it with friends on Saturday in preparation for the new series (we also watched the first two episodes of that, but I'll save those for their own post once I've finished). On a pure fanservice level I enjoy the movie, of course, although it's not 100% for me since I'm not a hardcore Veronica/Logan shipper -- there are things I like about it, and things I don't like, and it really bothers me how unfair Veronica is to all her other love interests. But I also feel like it undoes a fair amount of the show's character development to promote a return to the status quo, and it'll be interesting to see how that plays out in Season 4.
Arrowverse: I'm currently about halfway through Arrow S5, The Flash S3, and Legends of Tomorrow S2 -- I watched all of Legends fairly recently, so I'm not watching every episode, just ones that are heavy on the Legion of Doom content. It's nice to have enough context to really understand the character interactions. Regarding Arrow, I'm finding myself less and less interested in Oliver's backstory, to the point where I wish I could fastforward through those scenes, but I realize I'll probably lose too much information if I do. I'm glad the other shows lean much less on the flashback structure. I'm really liking this season of The Flash so far -- I feel like it's hitting its tone and its stride, especially with the addition of HR Wells (I'm quite tickled to realize that Tom Cavanaugh seems to be playing a different variation of the Wells character in every season, and I hope they carry that conceit forward).
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I definitely thought I loved it in the theater, but I haven't managed to watch it again since it came to streaming, so there is a small chance my brain knows I couldn't handle it again. : )