owlmoose | Monday Media Musings

Arrowverse update: I'm currently caught up on Supergirl (to Episode 5) and have watched The Flash through Episode 6 (one episode behind as of this writing. I'm not sure how long the main storyline of Supergirl is going to hold my interest. There's only so many times we can see Kara nearly escape the Phantom Zone but not quite before it gets stale. So I'm glad they seem to be putting it in the background for this two parter focusing on Brainy and Nia, and not just because I love the idea of any two parter focusing on Brainy and Nia. I also appreciate what they've done with Lena so far -- I enjoyed seeing her practice radical acceptance by leaving Lex and Luthorcorp to go her own way. I enjoyed *The Flash"'s recent take on time loops -- I'm a sucker for a good time loop episode, and this one tried some new things I liked.

Soul: I've been aware of the latest Pixar movie for awhile, but T only recently heard about it, and now that we have Disney+, he wanted to watch it. So we did. Enjoyable as a sweet and funny buddy comedy, with some lovely ideas about music and creativity and finding your purpose in life. I'm not usually a jazz person, but I thought the music was wonderful - the main character is a jazz pianist, and Jon Batiste of Late Night with Steven Colbert performed his works (as well as composing most of the original jazz in the score, along with gorgeous ambient tracks by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor). This score definitely earned its Academy Award.

Monday Media Musings - 5/3/21

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