Content Consumption Log (Since May 24, 2018)

[flamebyrd]

I'm back home! I haven't done one of these in a while, so here's a quick, probably inaccurate update on what I've been doing to conquer pop culture.

Books
Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells (Murderbot #3)
Exit Strategy - Martha Wells (Murderbot #4)

Audio (I only list narrative audio here)
The Adventure Zone: (K)Nights, 1-3
The Adventure Zone: Amnesty 8-12 (I'm not sure how much longer this has, but I think I'll wait a bit longer before listening to more)
The Adventure Zone: Dust
The Adventure Zone: Balance - All live shows through 1 November (Seattle, Halloween Special)
Lawful and Orderly - 1-2
The Strange Case of Starship Iris 1-4

If anyone has any narrative podcast recommendations, please send them my way!

Television
Guardian (镇魂) 1-4
Some random episodes of the classic Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Movies
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)

Live Events
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Toronto Maple Leafs, October 18 2018
Skate Canada International (Laval, QC) - Exhibition Gala

I also watched the entirety of Griffin McElroy's Pokemon Nuzlocke Run, despite never having played a Pokemon game. It was nice, chill plane viewing.

Comments

[flamebyrd]

It's so silly and yet I cannot stop watching. The two leads really make it.

I'm up to episode 9 now. Like I just said on Twitter, I'm continuing because a) I'm very into Shen Wei's everything, and b) I'm informed they don't drag out the Big Reveal forever, and I'm dying to find out how it goes.

[lynndyre]

Shen Wei is SO PRETTY and SO INTENSE and SO EVERYTHING I love him.

Fun thing I ran into people discussing that I didn't know- apparently in China there's a recognised trope that women change their hairstyle when they get married? -- Zhao Yunlan changes hairstyles between two episodes. XD

[flamebyrd]

And the identity porn plus his past makes all his interactions with Zhao Yunlan so weighted and his expressions are so great. Hnnng.

Haha, I assume you're on disgracetoscholars too! It's so useful, I hope the recaps continue so I can catch up on cultural cues I've missed.

[lynndyre]

Oh, cool, no, I didn't know that comm- have subscribed to it now! That looks super helpful.

Whenever you get to ep 23, (and there are so many shiny moments before that) there's one scene that is my favourite in the whole show, Zhu Yi Long's acting is what makes it. He's amazing.

[flamebyrd]

Ah! That's where I read the hair parting info, so I thought you might have found it the same way XD

Not to be that fan, but on the subject of canons that suffered the unnecessary addition of "science" to explain supernatural elements... this canon is dying (ha ha) for a Highlander crossover.

[lynndyre]

That could be amazing. With pre-Immortal Zhao Yunlan? And there's a later bad guy who would also map across.