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*phew*
I did a big push this weekend to get several photomontage-type covers cleared out of the way so I can spend the next two weeks focusing on a painting I've got to do. Didn't get 2 of them finished, but I've got approval for the concepts from the authors and the rest will be (reasonably) easy to do.
I did take time off twice, once to go see The Meg with Toby. My review is: I went to see Jason Statham* punch a shark, and Jason Statham more-or-less punched a shark, so I more-or-less got my money's worth. All eight of us in the theatre broke out in applause when he more-or-less punched the shark, so I assume everyone went in with similar expectations.
The other break was to watch three more episodes of The Dragon Prince on Netflix, which is a cartoon by the Avater: The Last Airbender people and my review is: WHY ARE YOU NOT WATCHING THIS YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING THIS.
* I was a bit worried that my dreams last night would involve the depths of the ocean and sharks, as my subconscious tends to throw things I've seen or done that day into my dreams, but they didn't. Instead I dreamed Jason Statham and I were a two-person team who did some sort of unspecified bodyguard/security work hired to do our thing someplace where there was a room full of children. We weren't told what was going on, but I worked out the kids were there to audition for a commercial and it was a sort of green room kitted out like a daycare. (Also, because when I have to go to the bathroom, it intrudes upon my dreams in a usually-unpleasant manner, I dreamed I did so in a bathroom with Jason Statham present. When someone else commented on that, I told them that once we'd been captured and held in a one-room cell for five days and after that, I just didn't care.)
I did take time off twice, once to go see The Meg with Toby. My review is: I went to see Jason Statham* punch a shark, and Jason Statham more-or-less punched a shark, so I more-or-less got my money's worth. All eight of us in the theatre broke out in applause when he more-or-less punched the shark, so I assume everyone went in with similar expectations.
The other break was to watch three more episodes of The Dragon Prince on Netflix, which is a cartoon by the Avater: The Last Airbender people and my review is: WHY ARE YOU NOT WATCHING THIS YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING THIS.
* I was a bit worried that my dreams last night would involve the depths of the ocean and sharks, as my subconscious tends to throw things I've seen or done that day into my dreams, but they didn't. Instead I dreamed Jason Statham and I were a two-person team who did some sort of unspecified bodyguard/security work hired to do our thing someplace where there was a room full of children. We weren't told what was going on, but I worked out the kids were there to audition for a commercial and it was a sort of green room kitted out like a daycare. (Also, because when I have to go to the bathroom, it intrudes upon my dreams in a usually-unpleasant manner, I dreamed I did so in a bathroom with Jason Statham present. When someone else commented on that, I told them that once we'd been captured and held in a one-room cell for five days and after that, I just didn't care.)
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The main criticism I seem to be seeing about it from reviewers (culture sites rather than individual bloggers) is that it’s “not as novel” as Avatar because it’s got a “generic” fantasy world with elves and pseudo-European medieval style. To which my answer is grabbing them by the shoulders, shoving their noses against the screen, and screaming “LOOK AT THE CHARACTERS. LOOK AT THEM!” I mean, when have you EVER seen a blended multiracial family in fantasy fiction? As the protagonists? Let alone the kick-ass [redacted for spoilers] female General who’s [redacted] is treated as so normal literally no one comments on it?
God, I love this show.
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The only thing keeping us from binging is both of us trying to get a bunch of stuff out of the way before we go on vacation the first week of October. AUGH