Stuff I've been watching
24 Mar 2022 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
salineaCaught up on Shadow and Bone which I enjoyed a lot. It's very Young Adult in vibe, in a way that I found refreshing to see in TV shows format, in that you need to not think too much about the plot and everybody is way too young; but it looks very pretty and is well realized to craft atmosphere wonderfully; and the characters are overall endearing.
For context I've read the Six of Crows duology but not the main Grishaverse trilogy (which i've only heard bad thing about) so it was a bit odd to see how the series adapt both stories by mixing them together a bit awkwardly. I love the Crows characters and they did feel like they were a full B plot of the story. However they end up letting Alina go way too easily, first unintentionally which makes them look incompetent (well, except Inej who does it intentionally) and then intentionally which was a bit eyeroll worthy after the way the stakes for this heist had been raised the way it had. But what they bring to the story is more than worth it, because they're great characters and the heist ambiance that goes with them is awesome and really deepens the story. Nina's side of the story is the one that feels wayyy too awkwardly tied to the rest of the story and feels extraneous. I'm not sure there would have been a more graceful way of handling it considering, unless they'd kept her up for S2 and then revealed things in flashback which may not have been an improvement. And Nina's one of my favorite Crows character ! But it was hard to care for her side of the story even if the actress is great(wouldn't have minded her being fatter like in the books though)
I liked Alina well enough though her part felt cookie cutter. The Darkling is a fun villain. I think the part that made me raise my eyebrow the most is when Aline guesses accurately about his mother with basically no reason to.
Finished watching Star Trek: Discovery's S4. Overall that was my favorite season. I liked how the stakes were built, how the vein of optimism was worked and how the show has been increasingly using more of its full cast. I've not liked any of the final of the series a lot and while I still had issue with this one finale (especially was doubtful about how the communication with the 10-C was suddenly easy and free flowing after it had been a plot point that things were still rough and awkward; and didn't like the effort to keep us in suspense about Book's entirely predictable survival), it was my favorite finale so far.
I've also watched an anime series called Mashiro no Oto, from last year. It's basically a shamisen sport shounen thus proving once more that you can build sport shounen out of everything. It was a lot of fun, greatly helped by the quality of the sountrack. I don't know much about shamisen music, but I enjoyed hearing it immensely. The story is a bit rough and honestly feels more like a first arc to the story (which it probably is, being the adaptation of a light novel) than anything. The characters are fun - I especially appreciated for spirited and sometimes aggressive many of the female characters are. The story had gusto, I really hope there's a second season sometimes to watch. (also I wish I could find an OST for it which I haven't been able to so far).
For context I've read the Six of Crows duology but not the main Grishaverse trilogy (which i've only heard bad thing about) so it was a bit odd to see how the series adapt both stories by mixing them together a bit awkwardly. I love the Crows characters and they did feel like they were a full B plot of the story. However they end up letting Alina go way too easily, first unintentionally which makes them look incompetent (well, except Inej who does it intentionally) and then intentionally which was a bit eyeroll worthy after the way the stakes for this heist had been raised the way it had. But what they bring to the story is more than worth it, because they're great characters and the heist ambiance that goes with them is awesome and really deepens the story. Nina's side of the story is the one that feels wayyy too awkwardly tied to the rest of the story and feels extraneous. I'm not sure there would have been a more graceful way of handling it considering, unless they'd kept her up for S2 and then revealed things in flashback which may not have been an improvement. And Nina's one of my favorite Crows character ! But it was hard to care for her side of the story even if the actress is great(wouldn't have minded her being fatter like in the books though)
I liked Alina well enough though her part felt cookie cutter. The Darkling is a fun villain. I think the part that made me raise my eyebrow the most is when Aline guesses accurately about his mother with basically no reason to.
Finished watching Star Trek: Discovery's S4. Overall that was my favorite season. I liked how the stakes were built, how the vein of optimism was worked and how the show has been increasingly using more of its full cast. I've not liked any of the final of the series a lot and while I still had issue with this one finale (especially was doubtful about how the communication with the 10-C was suddenly easy and free flowing after it had been a plot point that things were still rough and awkward; and didn't like the effort to keep us in suspense about Book's entirely predictable survival), it was my favorite finale so far.
I've also watched an anime series called Mashiro no Oto, from last year. It's basically a shamisen sport shounen thus proving once more that you can build sport shounen out of everything. It was a lot of fun, greatly helped by the quality of the sountrack. I don't know much about shamisen music, but I enjoyed hearing it immensely. The story is a bit rough and honestly feels more like a first arc to the story (which it probably is, being the adaptation of a light novel) than anything. The characters are fun - I especially appreciated for spirited and sometimes aggressive many of the female characters are. The story had gusto, I really hope there's a second season sometimes to watch. (also I wish I could find an OST for it which I haven't been able to so far).