DVD Logging
Sep. 9th, 2009 11:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckHighlander season 1 DVD 1 - The first episode (The Gathering) was watchable even if not inspiring, but I couldn't make it through the second (Family Tree). I didn't care about Richie and found the story anxiety inducing (too much violence and deceit and desperation). Does the series improve? There's a third episode on the DVD, but right now, I'm leaning toward sending it back to Netflix unwatched.
Mai-HiME 13-16 - Episode 15 had an action spike that I'd have expected to come at the end of a series. I wonder if it ended a season? It had the level of resolution that I'd expect for that. I'm not sure what new enemies there are to face. I suppose we might get more answers about the school and the mysterious appearing and disappearing boy.
Monk season 6 DVD 4 - It was good to see the show come back to address the question of Trudy's murder. Apart from that, this was same old, same old. I still enjoy the show in small doses.
Patriotic Knights 33-36 - I have no idea what series the Netflix blurb attached to this is actually talking about. The blurb mentions someone named 'Kam' who never turned up, and I can't mangle any of the names of the characters who did appear to get Kam. There's also no evil constable let alone an evil Manchurian constable. This makes me doubt that the historical period referenced is correct, but I have no idea at all when the story is actually set.
I mainly wonder about the when because I started to think about all of the information that's on the screen that I just don't receive because I'm ignorant. I've learned that, for female characters, hair I'd label as bleached blond is meant to be white and to signify age or grief or illness. I've learned that men past a certain age who lack beards or some form of facial hair are probably eunuchs. I still don't know what color choices in costumes mean or which bits of set dressing indicate refinement as opposed to ostentation.
All this is by way of explaining that I spent the last few minutes of the final episode wondering if I was watching a tragedy or if I should expect a final second save. The last thirty seconds gave me my answer (even if there were still lingering questions about poisons and whether or not a particular one could be counteracted). The final episode moved at a breakneck pace, barely letting up in the last five minutes. I kept wondering if I was going to find out that the series was actually longer but that Netflix didn't carry it all.
I am highly amused at an ending where the young heroes are getting their butts kicked (while putting up an admirable fight) and end up being saved by the graying masters who trained them. Age doesn't mean an end to power or relevance.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - This was a rematch. After catching a small bit of the movie on TV two nights ago, I decided that Cordelia was ready for it, so I pulled out the VHS tape and showed her Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. She found a few bits scary, but she immediately wanted to watch it again.
I remember really loving this movie. I wanted to be there in the factory, even with its dangers. I don't feel that as much now, but there's still magic.
Mai-HiME 13-16 - Episode 15 had an action spike that I'd have expected to come at the end of a series. I wonder if it ended a season? It had the level of resolution that I'd expect for that. I'm not sure what new enemies there are to face. I suppose we might get more answers about the school and the mysterious appearing and disappearing boy.
Monk season 6 DVD 4 - It was good to see the show come back to address the question of Trudy's murder. Apart from that, this was same old, same old. I still enjoy the show in small doses.
Patriotic Knights 33-36 - I have no idea what series the Netflix blurb attached to this is actually talking about. The blurb mentions someone named 'Kam' who never turned up, and I can't mangle any of the names of the characters who did appear to get Kam. There's also no evil constable let alone an evil Manchurian constable. This makes me doubt that the historical period referenced is correct, but I have no idea at all when the story is actually set.
I mainly wonder about the when because I started to think about all of the information that's on the screen that I just don't receive because I'm ignorant. I've learned that, for female characters, hair I'd label as bleached blond is meant to be white and to signify age or grief or illness. I've learned that men past a certain age who lack beards or some form of facial hair are probably eunuchs. I still don't know what color choices in costumes mean or which bits of set dressing indicate refinement as opposed to ostentation.
All this is by way of explaining that I spent the last few minutes of the final episode wondering if I was watching a tragedy or if I should expect a final second save. The last thirty seconds gave me my answer (even if there were still lingering questions about poisons and whether or not a particular one could be counteracted). The final episode moved at a breakneck pace, barely letting up in the last five minutes. I kept wondering if I was going to find out that the series was actually longer but that Netflix didn't carry it all.
I am highly amused at an ending where the young heroes are getting their butts kicked (while putting up an admirable fight) and end up being saved by the graying masters who trained them. Age doesn't mean an end to power or relevance.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - This was a rematch. After catching a small bit of the movie on TV two nights ago, I decided that Cordelia was ready for it, so I pulled out the VHS tape and showed her Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. She found a few bits scary, but she immediately wanted to watch it again.
I remember really loving this movie. I wanted to be there in the factory, even with its dangers. I don't feel that as much now, but there's still magic.
