Media Roundup: Team Ups and More
Jan. 27th, 2020 10:23 amSteven Universe: The Movie This was very enjoyable! It was nice to spend more time with all these beloved characters. The main problem with Steven Universe is that it treats all problems as interpersonal when some of them are systematic and this movie doesn’t fix that, but it was charming and fun despite that. I’m always here for Steven trying to talk his way out of problems.
Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden This fablisist graphic novel about two queer women on a road trip was beautifully drawn. The art does so much to convey the mood. It's very surreal and melancholy in places. (Content note: sexual assault, grief)
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas This is an academic book about race in SFF, or more specifically Blackness with a focus of the portrayal of Black women.It’s a mix of lit crit and discussion of fan reactions, so they’ll be a section on how certain work reflects the culture’s ideas about race and then some discussion of the fan culture around it I thought it was really good!
Marvel Rising by Devin Grayson et al. I’m not a big superhero person, but I am fond of both Squirrel Girl and Ms Marvel so a comic where they team up seemed like fun. But it felt a bit bland to me lacking most of what I really like about these characters. The team up got them both out of their normal context, which meant that we only got a small scene with Squirrel Girl’s friends and none of Ms Marvel’s family, and I missed all of them. Plus one of the things that I love about Squirrel Girl is that she always tries to find a non-violent solution, and that didn’t really happen here. So this was a perfectly ok story but didn’t really give me what I wanted from the team up.
Field Trip by Molly Brooks This MG graphic novel is sequel to Sanity & Tallulah. Its a fun story about girls having and adventure in space
Star Trek: Voyager We are now in the middle of season four and things are a bit bleaker than in the 1st three seasons. But we have Seven of Nine now and she is great! Also I knew that Voyager had more of found family vibe than other Treks, but I didn’t realize that they just call themselves a family all the time! It's so nice. Also the show does a great job of teaming up different pairs of character to good effect.
Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden This fablisist graphic novel about two queer women on a road trip was beautifully drawn. The art does so much to convey the mood. It's very surreal and melancholy in places. (Content note: sexual assault, grief)
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas This is an academic book about race in SFF, or more specifically Blackness with a focus of the portrayal of Black women.It’s a mix of lit crit and discussion of fan reactions, so they’ll be a section on how certain work reflects the culture’s ideas about race and then some discussion of the fan culture around it I thought it was really good!
Marvel Rising by Devin Grayson et al. I’m not a big superhero person, but I am fond of both Squirrel Girl and Ms Marvel so a comic where they team up seemed like fun. But it felt a bit bland to me lacking most of what I really like about these characters. The team up got them both out of their normal context, which meant that we only got a small scene with Squirrel Girl’s friends and none of Ms Marvel’s family, and I missed all of them. Plus one of the things that I love about Squirrel Girl is that she always tries to find a non-violent solution, and that didn’t really happen here. So this was a perfectly ok story but didn’t really give me what I wanted from the team up.
Field Trip by Molly Brooks This MG graphic novel is sequel to Sanity & Tallulah. Its a fun story about girls having and adventure in space
Star Trek: Voyager We are now in the middle of season four and things are a bit bleaker than in the 1st three seasons. But we have Seven of Nine now and she is great! Also I knew that Voyager had more of found family vibe than other Treks, but I didn’t realize that they just call themselves a family all the time! It's so nice. Also the show does a great job of teaming up different pairs of character to good effect.
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