Never you Done That
Oct. 27th, 2019 12:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7We had proper Halloween weather for the last few days - grey, cool, rainy, and foggy. It's given way to cool and sunny today, and that's acceptable. The rain's coming back for Halloween, hooray!
I got to see the first episode of HBO's Watchmen series. I came into it blind, and I think that helped me appreciate it more. It follows the comics, rather than the 2009 movie, set about 30 years later, in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma. The episode began with a scene set during the 1921 Tulsa race riots, and if you haven't read about that particular nightmarish event, head on over to Wikipedia sometime. Cops wear masks, but have to get consent from citizens to record interactions and permission from supervisors to physically unlock their weapons. There's a KKK-alike, the Seventh Kavalry. Vietnam is a state. It's harsh and unflinching, and at the same time powerfully stylish. I don't expect to see the rest of the series until it makes its way to Netflix, alas, but if the whole thing keeps up the premiere's strength, it's going to make for some very good television.
Disney+ launches in a couple of weeks. To the consternation of some, The Mandalorian, and I presume the other original series, aren't going to be released all at once. Weekly schedule, and I think I like that better. I'm not into the six-episode binge-watch thing, and the slower release schedule will give me time to absorb and think about individual episodes.
The final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker released last week. It's certainly pretty, and there is so much spaceship porn, but I'm keeping my expectations low. To be honest, I'm still far more excited for The Mandalorian - it's Jon Favreau giving me a Western in Star Wars outfits, for crying out loud!
A couple of my super-creative friends launched their first Kickstarter - a DCC setting guide based on a very strange old comic book - Leopard Women of Venus! After six days, they're over two-thirds of the way to the project goal. Super excited to see this come to pass.
I got to see the first episode of HBO's Watchmen series. I came into it blind, and I think that helped me appreciate it more. It follows the comics, rather than the 2009 movie, set about 30 years later, in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma. The episode began with a scene set during the 1921 Tulsa race riots, and if you haven't read about that particular nightmarish event, head on over to Wikipedia sometime. Cops wear masks, but have to get consent from citizens to record interactions and permission from supervisors to physically unlock their weapons. There's a KKK-alike, the Seventh Kavalry. Vietnam is a state. It's harsh and unflinching, and at the same time powerfully stylish. I don't expect to see the rest of the series until it makes its way to Netflix, alas, but if the whole thing keeps up the premiere's strength, it's going to make for some very good television.
Disney+ launches in a couple of weeks. To the consternation of some, The Mandalorian, and I presume the other original series, aren't going to be released all at once. Weekly schedule, and I think I like that better. I'm not into the six-episode binge-watch thing, and the slower release schedule will give me time to absorb and think about individual episodes.
The final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker released last week. It's certainly pretty, and there is so much spaceship porn, but I'm keeping my expectations low. To be honest, I'm still far more excited for The Mandalorian - it's Jon Favreau giving me a Western in Star Wars outfits, for crying out loud!
A couple of my super-creative friends launched their first Kickstarter - a DCC setting guide based on a very strange old comic book - Leopard Women of Venus! After six days, they're over two-thirds of the way to the project goal. Super excited to see this come to pass.