Media Roundup: Bees, Goats, Ect.
May. 28th, 2020 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forestofgloryIt's been a while since I did one of these posts. I'm just not consuming new media very much right now, but here are some things I did watch or read recently.
Jupiter Ascending — so I was reminded of this because someone on twitter linked to fic that is fusion with this. And when I mentioned I’d never seen it people thought I’d enjoy it. It was on Netflix, and it seemed like a good thing to do while I was avoiding the hottest part of the house. It was fun! Lots of amazing over the top sets and costumes. Some of the action scenes were a bit visually dark and hard to follow but I mostly enjoyed them. I really enjoyed the bees but I was expecting more of them, and why are they not in space? This definitely is not a movie where I want to think too hard about the plot but I’m glad I finally got around to watching this.
Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality by James Kwak — A book about how a simplistic understanding of economics has impacted US politics.This was ok but I wanted it to be a little bit more in depth. For example going more into the research about how income inequality is bad. And even though this book is only a few years old there were places that felt slightly outdated. Since this book addressed inequality in the US I expected it to mention race but it never did and that felt like a major oversight.
“Loosestrife” by Marissa Lingen— I really enjoyed this story featuring intelligent genetically engineered goats!
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells— I reread the 1st four novelas in this series and then read Network Effects the new novel that just came out. These are actually kind of more violent than I really wanted just now. I had remembered all the delightful bits of murderbot enjoying its media more than people and had forgotten quite how brutal the violence in these books is.
Star Trek: Voyager — we are now about halfway through season 7! Still enjoying this very much. I wanted to shout out to “Muse” -- I really enjoyed the ancient greek style play retelling of Voyager in that episode. I’m a bit sad that its almost over but also a bit excited to watch something new. Our next show will be Picard, and then maybe another Chinese drama?
Jupiter Ascending — so I was reminded of this because someone on twitter linked to fic that is fusion with this. And when I mentioned I’d never seen it people thought I’d enjoy it. It was on Netflix, and it seemed like a good thing to do while I was avoiding the hottest part of the house. It was fun! Lots of amazing over the top sets and costumes. Some of the action scenes were a bit visually dark and hard to follow but I mostly enjoyed them. I really enjoyed the bees but I was expecting more of them, and why are they not in space? This definitely is not a movie where I want to think too hard about the plot but I’m glad I finally got around to watching this.
Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality by James Kwak — A book about how a simplistic understanding of economics has impacted US politics.This was ok but I wanted it to be a little bit more in depth. For example going more into the research about how income inequality is bad. And even though this book is only a few years old there were places that felt slightly outdated. Since this book addressed inequality in the US I expected it to mention race but it never did and that felt like a major oversight.
“Loosestrife” by Marissa Lingen— I really enjoyed this story featuring intelligent genetically engineered goats!
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells— I reread the 1st four novelas in this series and then read Network Effects the new novel that just came out. These are actually kind of more violent than I really wanted just now. I had remembered all the delightful bits of murderbot enjoying its media more than people and had forgotten quite how brutal the violence in these books is.
Star Trek: Voyager — we are now about halfway through season 7! Still enjoying this very much. I wanted to shout out to “Muse” -- I really enjoyed the ancient greek style play retelling of Voyager in that episode. I’m a bit sad that its almost over but also a bit excited to watch something new. Our next show will be Picard, and then maybe another Chinese drama?
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Date: 2020-05-28 09:42 pm (UTC)