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Jan. 10th, 2020 05:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sideways• Well, my brother nicked his friend's Disney+ log-in, so I did get to see the rest of The Mandalorian. My opinion remains largely unchanged: good fun but very formulaic. That said, the last two episodes had a smidgen of spark to them (there was even a brief conversation between two people who fought on opposite sides of the war that pleased me), and there remains the possibility that with this comfortable success the Mickey masters will greenlight a slightly more adventurous second season.
• We also marched our way through Netflix's rendition of The Witcher! Now, I have no history in this series at all beyond vague facts garnered from gifsets and comments from friends, so I can't readily comment on how it compares to any of the source material. As a blind delving, though - it was pretty good? Deeply confusing at all times, but for the most part I was both intrigued and invested. I did find Ciri's subplot disappointingly bland - my understanding is that she's something of a fierce tomboy, which is not at all the impression the show managed to give - and elements of Yennefer's story annoyed me towards the end. Undeniably awesome fight choreography though, and it's prompted me to finally slide the Witcher III disc in to start installation. ("Aren't you in the middle of Black Flag-" Shhhhhh.)
• I've also finally cracked the spine on Call of the Reed Warbler, an ex-sheep farmer and modern environmentalist's take on regenerative agriculture in Australia. A co-worker described it as dry, but I don't think reading is his favourite hobby in general; so far it's brisk but detail rich. The hard part is not getting overwhelmingly crushed by just how much damage we've done to the planet, and how monumental a task its repair will be.
• At least I've a good selection of fiction to offset it!killyhawk sent me An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, and syntheid gave me God's War by Kameron Hurley, both of which look right up my alley ovo The struggle is deciding which to start first...
• The Christmas break means half my webcomics go on hiatus... still waiting mournfully on the return of Unsounded and Paranatural.
• We also marched our way through Netflix's rendition of The Witcher! Now, I have no history in this series at all beyond vague facts garnered from gifsets and comments from friends, so I can't readily comment on how it compares to any of the source material. As a blind delving, though - it was pretty good? Deeply confusing at all times, but for the most part I was both intrigued and invested. I did find Ciri's subplot disappointingly bland - my understanding is that she's something of a fierce tomboy, which is not at all the impression the show managed to give - and elements of Yennefer's story annoyed me towards the end. Undeniably awesome fight choreography though, and it's prompted me to finally slide the Witcher III disc in to start installation. ("Aren't you in the middle of Black Flag-" Shhhhhh.)
• I've also finally cracked the spine on Call of the Reed Warbler, an ex-sheep farmer and modern environmentalist's take on regenerative agriculture in Australia. A co-worker described it as dry, but I don't think reading is his favourite hobby in general; so far it's brisk but detail rich. The hard part is not getting overwhelmingly crushed by just how much damage we've done to the planet, and how monumental a task its repair will be.
• At least I've a good selection of fiction to offset it!
killyhawk sent me An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, and syntheid gave me God's War by Kameron Hurley, both of which look right up my alley ovo The struggle is deciding which to start first... • The Christmas break means half my webcomics go on hiatus... still waiting mournfully on the return of Unsounded and Paranatural.
