Hulu is crying wolf again
Dec. 3rd, 2023 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annavereI think I'm basically done with Stargate Atlantis for now. It's maintaining its entertainment quality and showing a willingness to mess with the status quo and I actually care about the characters a great deal - what they've done with Ford has given him a very interesting and sad arc, and if there's one thing I've discovered from the current discourse about Doctor Who, it's that I really enjoy tragic-heroic storytelling, where doing great things comes with a terrible price and yet those things are done anyway. I like doomed soldiers, ergo I actually liked the Donna storyline even to its former conclusion, and liked the Rose storyline until RTD decided to paste on a happy ending and am now fascinated by poor broken Ford trying to prove himself even as he descends into madness. It's not really a right or wrong reaction, and it feels pointless to elaborate because it's like preferring chocolate or vanilla and here I am choosing coffee over both.
I'm looking forward to continuing SGA, but since I don't want to be paying for Hulu forever (which at the pace I watch TV, is all too likely), I'm adding it to my DVD wishlist instead and turning my focus to other stuff which I haven't made up my mind about yet.
Another expiring notice, this time for White Collar, whose first episode was extremely rote and failed to keep my interest. So I finally watched the second half of the two parter and it was a lot better. Liked both leads more, appreciated the happy marriage, the Kate storyline looks a little more interesting than first glance and the jokes were less over the top and better integrated into the world. I want to compare it to The Blacklist, only for white collar crime - and actually good, though being better than The Blacklist is a low bar to clear.
Went Christmas shopping and discovered my local used bookstore has a well hidden DVD shelf, which is an exciting development. I grabbed a nice copy of Roman Holiday for myself and will hope for some nice TV shows to get liquidated there as well.
I'm looking forward to continuing SGA, but since I don't want to be paying for Hulu forever (which at the pace I watch TV, is all too likely), I'm adding it to my DVD wishlist instead and turning my focus to other stuff which I haven't made up my mind about yet.
Another expiring notice, this time for White Collar, whose first episode was extremely rote and failed to keep my interest. So I finally watched the second half of the two parter and it was a lot better. Liked both leads more, appreciated the happy marriage, the Kate storyline looks a little more interesting than first glance and the jokes were less over the top and better integrated into the world. I want to compare it to The Blacklist, only for white collar crime - and actually good, though being better than The Blacklist is a low bar to clear.
Went Christmas shopping and discovered my local used bookstore has a well hidden DVD shelf, which is an exciting development. I grabbed a nice copy of Roman Holiday for myself and will hope for some nice TV shows to get liquidated there as well.
