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The sun came back after more than a week, and it made what would have been a tiring morning a much more enjoable one. There was a lot of walking, a lot of offices, papers, talking about mom's condition, but everytime I stepped outside and took a look at that bright blue sky I felt so much better.
I grabbed a couple of sandwiches for lunch, and sat down to watch Elementary. Wow. It was already a brilliant series last year, but this year they also fixed their only tiny flaw: this season the cases are more complex and engaging (which is weird when I think it's the one thing that is truly lacking this year in Person of Interest), and the character development, as always, is absolutely splendid. Truly the best thing about such a fantastic series. The writing is just something else. The natural, beautiful way their relationship keeps growing, it's amazing.
And now, ice cream and the rest of the episodes that came out yesterday. This year I'm following far more tv shows than I'm comfortable admitting.
EDIT: Just finished watching the first episode of Once Upon A Time in Wonderland. Uhm. I'm not sure I could say I liked it.
Pros: the actress playing Alice is really good, and we have an active heroine fighting and exploring to save her beloved. So yay for a feminist storyline. The Knave of Hearts is great. We get to see a lot of Wonderland, which sadly they couldn't do on OUAT. They got the Red Queen a Chess Palace, since she's not a card, but a chess piece. Naveen Andrews. Wait, count Naveen Andrews twice, he's just that good.
Cons: the actress playing the Red Queen is BAD. So, so, so freaking bad. My god, she couldn't act her way out of a wet paper bag, and the worst thing is, she's supposed to be this show's version of Regina, and Lana Parilla is definitely the best actress in OUAT. While this Red Queen made me cringe everytime she was on screen. But the worst thing is the fact that the good guy from Agrabah is white, while the bad guy from Agrabah is a PoC. This coming from a spin-off of a tv show whose biggest flaw is the lack of representation (in a very big cast, there are three persons of colour in total: two dead, one has a secondary storyline).
So, yep, I'm going to watch it all in one go after it's finished, but I'm not really holding my breath. Which is a pity, because I really liked the premise.
I grabbed a couple of sandwiches for lunch, and sat down to watch Elementary. Wow. It was already a brilliant series last year, but this year they also fixed their only tiny flaw: this season the cases are more complex and engaging (which is weird when I think it's the one thing that is truly lacking this year in Person of Interest), and the character development, as always, is absolutely splendid. Truly the best thing about such a fantastic series. The writing is just something else. The natural, beautiful way their relationship keeps growing, it's amazing.
And now, ice cream and the rest of the episodes that came out yesterday. This year I'm following far more tv shows than I'm comfortable admitting.
EDIT: Just finished watching the first episode of Once Upon A Time in Wonderland. Uhm. I'm not sure I could say I liked it.
Pros: the actress playing Alice is really good, and we have an active heroine fighting and exploring to save her beloved. So yay for a feminist storyline. The Knave of Hearts is great. We get to see a lot of Wonderland, which sadly they couldn't do on OUAT. They got the Red Queen a Chess Palace, since she's not a card, but a chess piece. Naveen Andrews. Wait, count Naveen Andrews twice, he's just that good.
Cons: the actress playing the Red Queen is BAD. So, so, so freaking bad. My god, she couldn't act her way out of a wet paper bag, and the worst thing is, she's supposed to be this show's version of Regina, and Lana Parilla is definitely the best actress in OUAT. While this Red Queen made me cringe everytime she was on screen. But the worst thing is the fact that the good guy from Agrabah is white, while the bad guy from Agrabah is a PoC. This coming from a spin-off of a tv show whose biggest flaw is the lack of representation (in a very big cast, there are three persons of colour in total: two dead, one has a secondary storyline).
So, yep, I'm going to watch it all in one go after it's finished, but I'm not really holding my breath. Which is a pity, because I really liked the premise.
