12min in and we're discussing art and crisis of the language. i love this show
JINKX MONSOON you know just brilliant choices everywhere
i love how this is playing with doctor who's lore and i wonder if davies is cooking something that connects ruby to rose because of the references (the human race having survived and your mother being long dead is too much to handle, hope and mourn mix up? call her to say you love her! thanks technology. horrible cgi connects cassandra and the babies, and I love that too. thanks technology!). i love the push the bottom reference and everything else. and it didn't lose its bluntness on serious themes (talk about abortion and child care in a children's story with monsters made of bogey and a spaceship fart powered? oh did i mention just this once everybody lives? yes, even the monsters!). everything feels very familiar... maybe even too familiar, too doctor whoesque. i'm intrigued
also davies is clearly trying to talk to the show's older fans while working on something new, so i don't really get what people are complaining about. oh no i remember. doctor who fans complaining about doctor who being doctor who is also part of the lore :wink:
used to be an ok show but just like with every other, they shut down what it had that was nice. no union, just settling for corporate jobs. soft critics, characters get less loveable every episode. this season buries it
i love how everyone's always sweating and dirty in this ridicule tiny town. love how progressive it actually is and that at the same time it doesn't take itself too seriously. great stuff altogether
not only it's funny and well written with great casting, this show is also of the kind The World Might Be Ending But We Are Living which is my favorite genre. i also love this thing about english/irish tv shows where they know how to make good use of their time, so seasons and episodes are shorter than american ones, for example. i love that they stay in that tradition and make such good use of their time, it's amazing
i don't understand how this is comedy, nothing funny every actually happens. it's just weird, it has some horror vibes, which i usually really dig, but not here. i never fully understand if it is a critique on machismo, because most of the time it ends up endorsing it
it's a pretty nice cooking competition tv show! curious to see how they'll make the next seasons and hoping for it to become weirder and with even more twists, i don't care for justice
i find it very sad that they try to make it more "mature" and "deep" making them go into serious relationships and then actually make it all revolve around men's desires. surely the worst of the seasons. each one of them get a little lost. samantha is the more radical, sure, she cares about what other people think, the first episode is a shit show on her trying to give her some deepness, when she already was prety round and exciting. the most imature thing anyone can do is try to make it "deep" and "serious" by bringing up things like cancer. that doesn't give any depth into the show or the character, just goes to show how they ran out of ideas for amazing characters. seasons 4 and 5 they did that by showing more boobs and much more nudity. that's cheap, they made it shallow
very well intended, heart warming etc. i guess as good as netflix allows, this is great. cioè non c'è male. when i first started watching it it felt like it would be somewhat like 30 rock and alice would be some kind of liz lemon and maybe because of that my expectations were a little high
for me ru paul's drag race became ever more difficult to watch because the competitors seemed to have overcame ru's skills and abilities, other than that it had become pretty easy to spot what kind of queen they were looking for. and for me, the choices only reinforce stereotypes and standards, which is the opposite what drag is imo. so, this italian version of the show is less messy than USA's first season, but also it feels like it lacks authenticity, to become its own thing, to have learned from other versions mistakes. but i'm fine with all of that in the end. what i cannot accept is that we have to respect priscilla's judice: a queen who can't perform, can't deliver a joke, isn't charismatic, can't work on the go, doesn't read well her lines — snatch game's worst perform ever, not ONE joke. just terrible. they really need to rethink her choice as the main hostess. chiara francini? absolute perfection. tommaso? great. so priscilla just falls absolutely flat in comparison to anyone there. even luquisha. people made so fun of her, and she still delivers charisma and something unique, somewhat kitsch. priscilla has nothing to offer so the show feels much less interesting than it could be.
in all that scenario, it was pretty obvious from the go that they would choose the most feminine queen, not the best, not the one who could deliver a variety of talents, it felt like they were only waiting for her to cover her ass, nothing else. and don't get me wrong, i love her, i think she deserves, although in my heart farida holds a special place especially for her performance on the bride challenge.
long story short: priscilla sucks ass, every queen there has more to offer than her so everything feels very unfair, chiara francini is absolute perfection.
i really like the show, and there are a few things that i liked even more. first, of course, is how the 90s are part of the show, they are not the show itself, it's not a romanticized take on that decade or anything like that, it's just set in that period and clearly from a today's perspective (why do always black characters die first? (and the show answers: doesn't have to be like that)) without sounding anacronistic. then there's the today/yesterday dinamic that feels very on point, very balanced, we have protagonists, but in general every character in the past is also very well-rounded and very unique. for me, this temporal dinamic just goes to show how we actually live our lives, we think about the past all the time, it comes back at unexpected times, it is part of present and of who we've become. and that is way i also really like how the show treats trauma as a theme. when shauna and taissa are in bed talking about how their lives would have been hadn't it been for the plane crashing, it became very obvious that it would just be the same, even in shauna's "my life would be so different!" you would still be, in a way, yourself. their trauma can be darker than our usual, but it is still trauma. it shapes who we are and our perspective in life, but it doesn't define us. these girls aren't like this just because of trauma, at most it only triggered and gave them space to be like that. i really like that idea and how they work it here. i got to yellowjackets because i saw a tiktoker (hahah) saying "finally a show that isn't trying to teach anything!" and it's amazing how that is accurate. even though for me traume is central in this first season, i don't think the show limits itself by anything. also, the premisse could so go to something shallow and that doesn't take itself really seriously (or too seriously, which sometimes is the same thing), and i really like that it didn't fall for that trap.
i've read some reviews and found it funny that i actually like the dialogues and the fact that the show isn't just horror, i like all the other parts too, i love how invested they are in how horror and trauma can be an everyday thing, how it is just simply part of life: these everyday women -- weird, loving, fierce or a misfit woman; happy, angry, melancolic, sad, dark, angsty - , going about their lives as one does.
it's amazing how doctor who fans hate doctor who, no surprise some people who have never liked the show keep on trying to make it look bad. guess what, disliking things says only about you, not the things themselves. those guys are the worst, but this series is the best, and they truly don't deserve it ;))) chibnall shows an amazing storytelling skill; jodie whittaker is an incredible actor and her doctor is such a good and nuanced one it never fails to entertain, she will be remembered as one of the most underrated ever (because the fanbase guys suck); the side adventures other than the new and old characters just expands this universe so much, making it new again, it's incredible; the decision to take one good director was also a good one to this short -- and clearly expensive -- series. i LOVE azure and swarm. plus, the idea of time as it is presented here is just amazing and gives so much for the future of a very old tv show. this is one of the best series we've had and i'm glad chibnall had the balls to do something completely different from what he was doing, showing a great side of his writing. it's perfect in every way
also: ESTAUTIUS!!!!!!!!!!
the after the before trilogy
i didn't know how badly i needed an italian cooking competition show. i'd like borghese to consider a final round for the competitor to fight each other with kitchen blades
deep as a puddle. but somewhat entertaining, the greatest flaw here is not being able to hold the breath from the first episodes. there are too many episodes and our characters never really develop, just circle the main idea of who and what they are even as new elements are introduced. seems it's in such a hurry to bring in new twists we never get to enjoy or feel anything. so in the end is a little numbing
i really like how this feels teenagery (?), how from one episode to the other characters change almost completely and stories shift to a whole new direction on account of very small acts; how everything is the end of the world or the beginning of a new era. i love it! rich spoiled teenagers doing shit is probably one of the best genres, but i feel like this also take a good look at how many rich kids are actually just lonely and the need of being part of something is highlighted by that. also love the use of social media here, i think the show actually understands this generation
i actually really liked this! i think chibnall is trying to hit on very contemporary important messages, such as the rise of fascism worldwide again, and i think it's difficult to make it original and fun and exciting and children-oriented etc all at the same time, but we can see he is trying and he loves the show, and i think that counts. it's a different take, more focused on earth and human problems, less space analogies, less subtle, but i see no great harm in that.
and this is a recurring theme for 13: going back to important moments in human history when evil won despite every effort, but this time she actually saves earth, it's the great thing about fantasy.
i also feel like the companions so far haven't really connected emotionally with the doctor, and i thought that was part of what was going on, so when ryan decides to stay on earth, because it's his home, it made sense to me. i didn't like to see him go, even if in this episode he was already kinda out of it, ready to leave. and it was a shame to see graham go too, but i think it makes sense to him as character: family is the most important thing, and ryan is his family, not the doctor, because she was too busy being emotionally locked away from them, trying not to hurt or put them in danger, which for me is the 13's personality. she has to deal with a lot from her past right now, and the companions are very independent and for a long time don't seem to care about that. it felt rushed yaz's response to her being gone for ten months, but i think it's the kind of involvement she needed to make sense for her to keep on being a companion.
i liked the daleks coming to earth and being all very on the nose: police = fascism. but i liked it better when the not-so-much-a-metaphor ended and the daleks started fighting each other. i loved every reference, which i think goes to show how much chibnall is himself a fan of the show, how much is willing to say to us: hey, i love it too, i love the mythology and the callbacks, but i'm more interested in doing something different, something that makes sense for me. and the doctor is all about change, so why not go to this with an open mind and heart? really excited for the next season. this year is already somewhat better than last one because in it there's doctor who new episodes
god and satan united to prepare a special place in hell for whoever cancelled this show
fuck netflix.
i made a long review point out everything i love about this show, how it is amazing and progressive, and it isn't afraid to be what it is and how it is, but apparently there was some sort of error with trakt.tv =( . in short: i love how bold it became and how the message is always so very clear: nobody needs to be alone, nobody should be alone, only together we can take care of each other and the earth we live in. the magic lies in this: love is for everybody. and there are so many kinds of love, so many ways to express it, even romantically speaking. ecossocialism, broad antisfascism (there is no other way) and shared love for everyone and everything around us -- this is the way to a bright future. othersire, and i quote lord prime, there is no future.
i am so happy with this show, so proud of its trajectory from the beginning -- somewhat sillier and less bold, without climaxes -- to these super bold last seasons. i love everything about it, how progressive it is, how it is not afraid of showing that love is for everyone, that we should take care of each other and of the earth we live in. i'm not much of a redemption arcs fan, but i am living for catra's and shadoweaver's final arcs, truly the two most complex characters (in my humble opinion, but i do love a good villain). i love how yes, we've got excellent lbgt+ characters and how they subvert the roles in other ht relationships, but not everybody need to be romantically involved. love is for everyone, but there's also so many kinds of love. i love that the idea of legacy only makes sense if it is the best for everyone, is not something to be mindlessly passed on without any consideration for the individual's subjectivity. i love that everything is really feminin in such an honest, unique and proud way. maybe every boy felt this much affection for their favorite tv shows when they were little, and it is so good to feel the same way. i love how nuanced and direct it can be at the same time, it is ecossocialist and antifascist in a very broad sense (i mean, with every kind of fascism there is, be it with direct politics, with religion, with love, with aesthetics -- everything). i loooove the trace, the design, the aesthetics' conception for this. i love how all the time it is about friendship, about being true to yourself, even if that hurst because you're still finding out who you are, about family and how the idea of it can be expanded to new people in your life. i mean, in the end, it is always building up to this idea of community, showing us that together we can achieve whatever it is, no matter how hard. nobody needs to be a hero alone. nobody has to be alone.
i think the show's strenght lies in the fact that it is never really ambitious. this indie magical realism works well for this kind of show, because it tell you by its aesthetics what it is (and i'm not sure what that would be heheh). i knew this was about jason segel, by him for him with him etc, so the finale was pretty much expected. there are no big surprises here, as they show us. i've been doing therapy for a few months now, and i feel like this is the kind of thing a depressed person going through therapy would create. i think from the beginning it's all very clear, so you keep going forward because you already know what you're expecting. anyway, it's a good show. i like the actors, i like their dynamic, i like the story, i think it's ok when it stops being a game and changes tone, that's why the finale is not a surprise too. i also like that it doesn't push too hard on anything, so a trans woman, black people, big companies, they're all just part of life today, so they don't need to be problematized, they don't need to be more than what they are: part of life.
no such a thing as too romantic!!
this second episode is interesting in its narrative, because there's a development involving dominique, but it's not in a traditional way that we see it. i think it's interesting that in the first episode they brought a non-normativa black person, and in this one they go deeper into that, taking people's testimonies and making it dialogue with everything else that is going on. it's about gender and non-conformity to social expectations in general. society tries to answer to "what should a woman be? what should a man be?", but nance is interested in what we could all be, our singularities. i love how men are portrayed as loving and caring people by the end of the episode, as in opposition to the first ones that appear.
in this first episode i think there isn't really a story, it's just nance presenting what the show is going to be: a mix of everything he feels like experimenting with. and it's wonderful
i love how the characters are very round, not totally evil nor totally good (except for iofur, who was pure evil). i particularly like that children here are very childish, which means they act like they should, being the hero/heroin or not. the only thing, i think some things could be clearer for us who haven't read the books yet (like the boy's arc and his mother's, i feel like it should have had episodes dedicated only to them, or some alternate episodes, or at least they should get some more space), it's probably hard to translate all of that universe, but all in all it's pretty great. excited for next season!!
"Doctor. The Doctor." <3 whittaker is amazing. loved the spy parallels and there was so much action, time flew! i think the master card was played a little too early and i didn't like this casting in particular, because we already knew he was going to be the villain and he was fine being his first character, but he lacks some kind of charisma that the master needs. anyhow, let's see how it all turns out, i'm excited about this season
vida has something that many shows only pretend to try (so hard) to do: it cares about its marginalized characters. it doesn't have to make a huge effort to make these latinas interesting, their story is a common one, but they have problems particular to this community, in which the characters shine and are well developed. so i think this is the strongest point in this show: it is about visibility, but not only; it's about this interesting people and community, it's about everyday sufferings and joys. the acting is very good, even a little better than the writing, which is also very good. i like how we have different generations with their own singularities being protagonist here. there is this shock between them, but there's also dialogue, comprehension... anyway, a really good show.
the idea of taking something out of the pedestal in which it was put and bring it to the plan of the ordinary is amazing. this show does it with emily dickinson's biography and character perfectly. it is the teen drama/comedy it intends to be, and it has a very good balance between deeper emotions, militancy, poetry and jokes. whiz khalifa as death? john mulaney as a dick thoreau? halee steinfeld as a petulant teen emily dickinson? we have it all! i like the "anacronysms" in it as well: the vernacular, how they express their feelings, how women are daring and are open about having political opinions etc. in a period drama i'm not sure we would have that, and i think we'd lost the goal of bringing this 1800's set drama for today's spirit, which is the greatest in this show
the whole show is based on the concept of free will being the greatest part of being human, and somehow this saves humanity, against all odds. i simply love it
essentially the same as it has always been, which is: great. i love the references to previous seasons, i find it a a great way of remembering the whole story and keeping track of characters' (arrested) development, which shows that the writers really know them. i honestly find it really really funny; these are truly horrible people, but we cannot not like them. this last season has a really good ending too!! love it love it love it. if it ever comes back again, i'll be as glad as always <3 ps: the actors who play the young bluths (especially michael, gob and buster) are an amazing cast!
