I thought the novelty might wear off — yet season 3 is just as good. Perhaps better.
I’m sorry it’s ending.
I’ll miss the music, for one thing.
The Civil War is a big theme. And the plot diverges more from her actual life. More to magic realism.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Gabriel Ebert) is an excellent addition. An author, abolitionist, and soldier who was one of the first to recognize the poet’s genius.
A LITTLE madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King, But God be with the Clown Who ponders this tremendous scene – This whole experiment of green, As if it were his own!
Because I HATE advertising, I subscribe to YouTube Premium for about $10 / month.
Included in that bundle is YouTube Music. I downloaded about 100 favourite songs so I can listen offline on the rare occasion I want music rather than podcasts and audio books.
It includes “YouTube Original” TV and movies, a sad collection of things you’d never want to watch. Google has ALL the money so I’m surprised they don’t buy some streaming platforms and compete against Disney, Netflix and the rest.
BUT their only remaining scripted series is Cobra Kai.
Not the best TV comedy of the year. But it is original. Brave.
100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas stand-up comedy diva, needs to maintain relevance: the head of the casino where she performs wants to pare down her performance dates.
Ava is a Gen Z comedy writer who is unable to find work due to being “canceled” over an insensitive tweet. The two reluctantly team up …
Having traveled over 90 nations, IF you asked me where to go in December … near bottom of the list would be Toronto, OnTerrible. 😀
Yet for reasons I’m too embarrassed to relate, I ended up staying in a downtown hostel for 5 nights.
ON THE UPSIDE, the Planet Traveler Hostel in Kensington Market is excellent. I knew the eclectic Kensington neighbourhood from the Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.
Having now finished the trilogy of novellas, I’m impressed.
It’s a complex plot with many twists and turns. AND the relationship between nerdy Eve and the psycho killer makes a lot more sense than in the TV show.
As a teen, I wasn’t a big fan of Foundation — the book series — though I loved everything else written by Asimov.
Too sprawling.
It must have been intimidating to try to produce a coherent TV show.
Foundation chronicles “…the thousand year saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.” …
Goyer pitched the series in one sentence: “It’s a 1,000-year chess game between Hari Seldon and the Empire, and all the characters in between are the pawns, but some of the pawns over the course of this saga end up becoming kings and queens.” …
Casting is excellent. Lee Pace is particularly good as Brother Day.
It’s beautiful to look at. Skillfully done. Critics love the show but it’s only 70% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I’ll probably continue to season 2. But it’s not must-watch for me.
The excellent TV series Killing Eve was based on this book series. The TV show is better — though the book is well written. Well researched.
It would appear — at the start — to be yet another Russian female super assassin. Villanelle is not much different than the last 6 Russian sexy super killers I’ve encountered. Another La Femme Nikita.
The slightly new twist is exploring Villanelle’s weird personal connection of sex and death.
In any case, I’ll be reading the next 2 books in the series.
It was quickly adapted for TV. AND a second season has already been lit. It’s had great reviews. Especially for Kaley Cuoco playing the hot mess alcoholic party … girl?
The TV show is better than the book. Quite entertaining. Of course the plot is silly silly.
Rick McCharles 