Media report: True Detective, Full Circle
Feb. 29th, 2024 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sasha_featherSince I posted last I've watched all the available episodes of Make Some Noise, an improv show on DropOut network, and enjoyed them a lot. Really hitting the spot for me right now, I need some soft things and silly humor.
As a contrast I watched "True Detective" season 4; this is an anthology show where the seasons are vaguely interconnected but mostly independent of each other, and the 4th season has Jodie Foster and a wonderful indigenous actress, Kali Reis. Absolutely captivating. It's a cop show and horror, neither of which are usually my thing. What worked for me was the actors, the arctic setting, and good writing that focuses on women. It's so great to see indigenous actors in more things lately. There are at least 2 queer women in this, plus great chemistry between Foster's and Reis' characters that I hope ignites many fanworks. Streaming on HBO Max.
"Full Circle" is a documentary on Netflix about an adaptive skier Trevor Kennison, a risk-taking athlete with a spinal cord injury. The film attempts to draw parallels between him and activist Barry Corbet, who had been a skier; the film doesn't quite succeed at this attempt. There were some good parts to this, such as beautiful footage of mountain landscapes, amazing skiing feats, and honesty about spinal cord injury. But it was too long, and I wanted more information about Corbet. I know this is my usual complaint but it would be great for stories to focus on community and interdependence rather than individualism. Kennison, and the film, seem to be leaning into "be an inspiration" because that's how to get respect and money and a means to avoid pity.
My new show I'm watching is "Resident Alien," a comedy-drama with Alan Tudyk, I like it and will continue. What a good role for Tudyk!! He's an alien pretending to be human in a small town in (I think) Colorado. Again, great to see indigenous actors in this.
My roommate watched a couple episodes of a show called "Wolf Like Me" and I half-watched it but largely disliked it. Josh Gad stars as a widowed father who starts dating a woman who is a werewolf. For some reason this is set in Australia despite both leads being North American. The tone was weird, very serious; the characters are freaking out a lot over things like car accidents, grief, a teenager's suicide attempt, and also being/dating a werewolf. It just was way too grim for me right now and also, no queer people, no people of color.
As a contrast I watched "True Detective" season 4; this is an anthology show where the seasons are vaguely interconnected but mostly independent of each other, and the 4th season has Jodie Foster and a wonderful indigenous actress, Kali Reis. Absolutely captivating. It's a cop show and horror, neither of which are usually my thing. What worked for me was the actors, the arctic setting, and good writing that focuses on women. It's so great to see indigenous actors in more things lately. There are at least 2 queer women in this, plus great chemistry between Foster's and Reis' characters that I hope ignites many fanworks. Streaming on HBO Max.
"Full Circle" is a documentary on Netflix about an adaptive skier Trevor Kennison, a risk-taking athlete with a spinal cord injury. The film attempts to draw parallels between him and activist Barry Corbet, who had been a skier; the film doesn't quite succeed at this attempt. There were some good parts to this, such as beautiful footage of mountain landscapes, amazing skiing feats, and honesty about spinal cord injury. But it was too long, and I wanted more information about Corbet. I know this is my usual complaint but it would be great for stories to focus on community and interdependence rather than individualism. Kennison, and the film, seem to be leaning into "be an inspiration" because that's how to get respect and money and a means to avoid pity.
My new show I'm watching is "Resident Alien," a comedy-drama with Alan Tudyk, I like it and will continue. What a good role for Tudyk!! He's an alien pretending to be human in a small town in (I think) Colorado. Again, great to see indigenous actors in this.
My roommate watched a couple episodes of a show called "Wolf Like Me" and I half-watched it but largely disliked it. Josh Gad stars as a widowed father who starts dating a woman who is a werewolf. For some reason this is set in Australia despite both leads being North American. The tone was weird, very serious; the characters are freaking out a lot over things like car accidents, grief, a teenager's suicide attempt, and also being/dating a werewolf. It just was way too grim for me right now and also, no queer people, no people of color.
