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[korpi]

UN-GO: One episode to go, frankly I've been too distracted while watching this to know what's really going on, which is a damn shame now that everything is wrapping up nicely. Probably warrants a second watch. Minor diet member Shady Bob-Cut with her deliberate enthusiastic clumsiness and veiled&top-notch sense of humor is the best character, and I'd gladly watch a show focused solely on her.

Gundam Unicorn: production values

The Millennium trilogy: Impossible to put down after the first hundred pages as advertised. Too much focus on everyone's sex lives.... was my first reaction, but since it was one of the major running themes, I guess it's not my place to complain. I wonder if the movies are worth watching if you've already read the books?

A Dance with Dragons: Stuck on page 300 since October, what went wrong.

Damages: Ellen and Patty play against each other perfectly. Period. I had my doubts in the first season, but Ellen has really gained presence since (and the process has been completely believable, kudos to the actor).

Etrian Odyssey: Passed the point of the clitch from previous attempt at playthrough, victory!

T&B Miracle Jump: Kotetsu and Barnaby's dynamic is pretty off-putting and seems to concentrate on all the aspects of their characters and relationship that I found dull in the first episodes. Yay Ueda.

Comments

[mairenn-k.livejournal.com]

It's funny that you mention the Millennium trilogy; I got tired of feeling like the last person on earth who hadn't read it so I decided to give it a try only last week. I'm halfway through the second book now, and it really is difficult to put down, like you say. I'm a little ambivalent to how I feel about the novels and the author overall so far, but they're definitely interesting to analyze.

Oh, and I loved Un-go, especially after the first three or four episodes. The plot required quite a lot of concentration and there was a lot of dialogue, but I liked how it handled the philosophies and themes it brought up.

[kor-pi.livejournal.com]

I should really start Un-Go again. I don't think I've missed anything major, but at the same time I don't feel confident enough to speculate, and this is a show where I'd like to do that. I've been watching it with a friend who it's impossible not to constantly chat with (during episodes eight to ten we were discussing... abortion and a father's moral rights to biologically related matter) and it's equally impossible to keep track of bad subtitles (not to even mention the actual dialogue) while doing that. I really love the world. Though I admit that I'm less enthusiastic about the fantasy than the sci-fi elements!

The Millennium trilogy has very interesting themes and I like how the author uses different viewpoints to carry them, how different the characters' attitudes are. I was fairly impressed by how authentic they felt. But it got a bit heavy at times.