Media week in review

[thistlechaser]

What I'm currently reading

The Institute by Stephen King. Holy cow, this is so good. I can't put it down, I read it every time I can snag a moment (including at work). Even though, like all of his books, it's super long, I'm nearly done with it.

Last week I wrote about it "Only (small) downside is that my Kindle tells me this book is going to take me hours longer to read than most do. I'd say "There goes my book count for the year!", but it's already down the tube." So it's funny that I'm going to finish it in about a week.

What I'm currently watching

So many shows...

I started Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, a comedy about a team working on the world's most popular MMO game. It should be such a perfect show for me, but I dislike it. It's not in any way funny (I watched the first two eps, and only had one moment of mild amusement), and the characters are just flat stereotypes. Instead of being a show gamers can enjoy, it's rather insulting. Not sure if I'm going to give it another ep before giving up, but I suspect not. (Edit: Reddit said it got better in ep 3, and it did a little, but I'm not sure if enough to stick with it.)

I watched one ep of Star Trek: Picard. Good acting, good production, okay story. Really odd to see Vulcans with a French accent. I'm not at all hooked, but I'll keep watching.

Other shows: I sort of started rewatching Major Crimes (I had loved it so much the first time I saw it), but I'm only one ep in in a week. Community: Basically same thing. On ep 8, haven't watched it since last weekend. The Mandalorian: Same thing. Two eps left to go, haven't watched it since last weekend.

Going to start watching: The Outsider based on Stephen King's book. Because I need more shows to watch...

Haven't touched in weeks: The First and Man in the High Castle. Starting to wonder if I'll ever get back to them. Man in the High Castle is interesting, but it doesn't make me feel good about watching it, so I think my brain is kind of just shying away from returning to it.

Dropped shows: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. I loved the first two seasons, but this third one just isn't doing it for me. It's silly and I don't like any of the characters.

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

We just started watching S4 of The Man in the High Castle. I know what you mean about it - it's a good and provocatively thoughtful show, but it also is disturbing in many ways, and not actually fun.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Looks like I'm in the middle of season 2 still. I usually like dark, disturbing things, but I feel like I just can't handle it right now. Maybe I'll be able to go back to it if there's a good outcome in the November election, haha.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Huh, sounds like Mythic Quest is similar to Big Bang Theory in that the jokes are mostly at the expense of the geeks? I saw critics talking about it online and that Dani Pudi was in it so I was curious but meh, not curious enough to paly for Apple TV+ LOL

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Sorry if you got a bunch of like emails on your comment. I had no idea LJ added them to comments, and I kept clicking it by mistake while trying to reply.

If you're okay with ho ho ho and a bottle of rum'ing, you can check out the show here: https://www1.swatchseries.to/serie/mythic_quest_raven_s_banquet I watch all my stuff there.

I watched the first 5 eps now, and it's okay. Improving, but still not good. The only reason I'm still watching it is the eps are so short, so I feel like I'm actually making progress on a show.

I actually like Big Bang Theory, but all the characters in Quest are so unlikable. Dani Pudi is in it, but his character might be the worst of them all.

[xxmadsenxx.livejournal.com]

I loved The Institute! I couldn't put it down either. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Totally loved it! I just finished it (sadly), I need to toss my review up.

[xxmadsenxx.livejournal.com]

I was kinda sad when I finished it, too.