I actually watched some new shows! Weird!
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ratbones- Guardian newbie L has been reading through the fics you guys recommended for them a while back. Thank you so much to everyone who helped out! L apparently stands for Lurker in this case. It must run in the family.
- I am (still) watching TLTR (on iQiyi's free update schedule because I'm not really in a rush). I'm in the middle of episode 22 right now and to be perfectly honest, it's losing me a little bit. I loved all of the actual tomb raiding, with the Iron Triangle exploring and doing dumb shit and getting injured in fun ways. Adventures! Also hand crab zombies. I really loved the giant over-the-top action scene in episode I think it was 15??? followed by the bleeding and fainting and angst about Wu Xie's condition. There was more good stuff with Wu Xie and Pangzi for a couple episodes after that, but now they're separated and I'm really quite bored.
I like Xiao Bai! She's extremely cute at all times and I am suspicious of her and that's all fantastic. But her relationship with Wu Xie isn't really interesting enough to do much for me, and there is no other relationship with any remotely interesting interaction going on right now, and it's not like I was watching this show for the genius plot.
I'm going to keep plugging through, I guess, but we're solidly in the meh zone. They just put a poodle in a jar and the most interesting thing about the scene was skinny Long-ge's devastating cheekbones.
- I also watched Detective L recently, which I have been meaning to do for a long time. That one gets a full and unhesitating endorsement. Even though it doesn't really have an ending. I was already aware of that, and I think being prepared saved me a lot of heartache. By heartache, I mean exploding with rage.
Anyway, I am a longtime Sherlock Holmes nerd and am familiar with a number of adaptations, and if Detective L counts as an adaptation, it's high on my list of favorites. I might or might not get around to making a full review-type post about it. Luo Fei and Qin Xiaoman are awesome. (I don't have the gene for het shipping, and I don't really ship anything here at all. It's just a great, fun show with awesome characters.)
- Black Scales is just about finished. Somehow, instead of running out of Guardian fic ideas like a decent person would at this point, I have a BUNCH of ideas happening? I was dreading having nothing new or different to write about these characters and this universe, but it seems like that isn't happening. Most of the ideas I have are for shorter, sillier fics, so we'll see if I'm capable of pulling those off. I do have another longfic concept kicking around as well, but I have a Feeling about its potential word count.
- I am (still) watching TLTR (on iQiyi's free update schedule because I'm not really in a rush). I'm in the middle of episode 22 right now and to be perfectly honest, it's losing me a little bit. I loved all of the actual tomb raiding, with the Iron Triangle exploring and doing dumb shit and getting injured in fun ways. Adventures! Also hand crab zombies. I really loved the giant over-the-top action scene in episode I think it was 15??? followed by the bleeding and fainting and angst about Wu Xie's condition. There was more good stuff with Wu Xie and Pangzi for a couple episodes after that, but now they're separated and I'm really quite bored.
I like Xiao Bai! She's extremely cute at all times and I am suspicious of her and that's all fantastic. But her relationship with Wu Xie isn't really interesting enough to do much for me, and there is no other relationship with any remotely interesting interaction going on right now, and it's not like I was watching this show for the genius plot.
I'm going to keep plugging through, I guess, but we're solidly in the meh zone. They just put a poodle in a jar and the most interesting thing about the scene was skinny Long-ge's devastating cheekbones.
- I also watched Detective L recently, which I have been meaning to do for a long time. That one gets a full and unhesitating endorsement. Even though it doesn't really have an ending. I was already aware of that, and I think being prepared saved me a lot of heartache. By heartache, I mean exploding with rage.
Anyway, I am a longtime Sherlock Holmes nerd and am familiar with a number of adaptations, and if Detective L counts as an adaptation, it's high on my list of favorites. I might or might not get around to making a full review-type post about it. Luo Fei and Qin Xiaoman are awesome. (I don't have the gene for het shipping, and I don't really ship anything here at all. It's just a great, fun show with awesome characters.)
- Black Scales is just about finished. Somehow, instead of running out of Guardian fic ideas like a decent person would at this point, I have a BUNCH of ideas happening? I was dreading having nothing new or different to write about these characters and this universe, but it seems like that isn't happening. Most of the ideas I have are for shorter, sillier fics, so we'll see if I'm capable of pulling those off. I do have another longfic concept kicking around as well, but I have a Feeling about its potential word count.
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Date: 2020-08-20 06:40 am (UTC)we're solidly in the meh zone
Yup. Don't know if you've seen any of my posts but on top of possibly not being the most riveting script to begin with, the Warehouse 11 arc had a whole bunch of stuff (including everything they were building up to!!) censored to hell and back to the point where there are episodes where you will feel as if you're having a stroke because nothing makes sense, people end up in new locations with no explanation and talk about events that weren't shown on screen and we're just supposed to roll with it.
And the entire Piaopiao subplot was supposed to be about a ~mystery illness~ tied into the toxic-dust plane and everything else and instead is just about... expensive medical bills. (But hey at least those episodes come with free recommendations for over the counter cold meds??)
I don't know how spoiler-averse you are and I do apologise if this is Too Much Information but according to trailers and interviews Season 2 (which we still don't know when we're getting) is going to be made up the tail end of W11 nonsense and then two different arcs:
1) Iron Triangle Only Adventures (in tombs!!)
2) Everyone Joins Forces For The Big Finale (also in Tombs?)
Hopefully this will encourage you to at least tune back in whenever we get to that point because YES I MISS THE IRON TRIANGLE I MISS TOMBS. GIVE US TOMBS, TOMB SHOW!!
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Date: 2020-08-20 07:41 pm (UTC):D Thanks!
I saw your posts on censorship but just waded into the one a bit, only up to whatever was the latest episode I'd seen at the time, so yeah...uh, I had caught the vibe that censorship had mangled the W11 arc in particular, but it's disheartening to hear the extent. I feel like there could have been something here (investigating mysterious artifacts hidden away in the warehouse, our fave fuerdai getting bullied, industrial espionage!!) but it was a swing and a miss for a few reasons. :/ And the Piaopiao thing was supposed to have a POINT, besides selling me cold medicine?? ARGH.
Honestly, though, if it surpasses a certain level of "what is even happening anymore" I might cross back over into popcorn-munching enjoyment. Not the kind of enjoyment I wanted from this show, but. At least I'll know what happened...to the extent that it is possible to know what happened.
I like general "spoilers" that give me some idea what to expect, I just don't like to have specific events or plot points spoiled for me if I can avoid it, so you're good, and that's very helpful information. S2 sounds promising! More chaotic tomb dorks doing their thing! Please.