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Monday Media Musings - 1/3/22
I suspect one reason I got inconsistent at posting this series is because I lose track of which shows and games in progress I have and haven't posted about. I have a preference for posting about things I've finished completely, but since I'm not going to finish a show or game every week, that means sometimes skipping completely and so not building a habit. Therefore, one of my plans for this year is to say a little bit about everything that's in progress each week, so that I have a reason to keep working on it. So have a snapshot of my media consumption for the last week of 2021.
The Great British Baking Show: We're on what Netflix calls Collection 8, which I think is season 11 of original Bake-Off -- the first season with Matt. I adored Prue immediately, I enjoyed Sandi, and I've become very fond of Noel, but I have a feeling that Matt is unlikely to grow on me, and of course I miss Mel and Sue, which I have a feeling everyone does. We've seen the first three episodes, and at one point Peter -- the young'in of the group -- mentions that Bake-off has been around for more than half his life, and Paul's reaction is very relatable.
The Next Thing You Eat: Celebrity chef David Chang's most recent television project, on the future of food and the restaurant industry. We've watched five out of six episodes so I'll hold my thoughts until we're done.
Hades: We've played through the main storyline and are probably working toward the epilogue, although we may give up on it as requiring too much grinding. This will definitely get a longer write-up once we've finished (or given up).
Derry Girls, Episode 1: We watched this last night; not much to say yet, but it's charming and funny so far. Michelle is a terrible person and somehow I still find her kind of hilarious.
The Twilight Saga: So, okay. I read the first Twilight book around the time it first came out because there's been so much buzz and I needed to see it for myself. I found it compelling and annoying and engaging and terrible and decided that one was enough. I never read any of the other books or watched any of the movies at all, although I still enjoyed consuming media about Twilight (incredulous recaps, video essays about both books and films, dissections of it as a fandom phenomena). And then, on New Year's Eve day, I was casting about YouTube for something to watch when an old favorite dramatic reading of Midnight Sun caught my eye, and I idly wondered if the original movies were available on any of the streaming services. I opened Netflix, and lo and behold, there it was, the first Twilight film -- and it, along with the rest of the series, were leaving Netflix on January 15th.
Reader, I watched them. I watched them all over the space of two days. And while I would never say they were good movies, nor can I say I truly regret having experienced it for myself. Edward is a terrible boyfriend at first, but slowly grows less terrible; Jacob is worse than I expected and gets worse all the time; the big picture vampire politics story is oddly engaging; I feel for Kristen Stewart and weird acting choices she was so clearly directed to make (Edward too, but somehow Robert Pattinson makes it work better than KStew did); Alice is the best, and if they ever make a movie about her and Jasper I am so there.
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Gaining the favor of enough Olympians. It's a bit frustrating because (even though I looked up a guide that tells us what we need to do for each one) it's really hard to know when that point has been reached. Is it just filling up all the hearts?
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