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The second season is a lot better than the first. They've worked out some of the storytelling kinks they had in the first season (how they tackle the flashbacks are a lot more concise now and better executed, IMO). It's probably one of the most enjoyable seasons of a TV show I've watched in a while.

 

I've only seen the first season, but I really like it! Is Reign good?

 

Thanks for that Mira_Jade, you made me vomit a little bit. Aaaargh, costume design in "historical" dramas, aaaargh...

 

Mira_Jade I recommend Arrow. Plus now I have a new obsession and it ain't pretty. I love the team dynamics! Felicity has become one of favorite female characters on a show.

I didn't even try with Reign. I lost track of Vampire diaries but I will probably watch Flash. I'm a Marvel girl through and through(speaking of check out Her Universe's new Marvel line Mira!) but the Arrow writes and Stephen Amell has converted me at least to Arrow!!!

 

So Marvel ladies ... excited about the new show with Captain America's love?

Reign has been on my list to watch, but I haven't even seen an episode. I absolutely adore history and particularly this time period and the preceeding few hundred years, so I'm disappointed that it's eh (though really, with a few exceptions, CW strikes me as having a plethora of silly shows, so I'm not surprised). Maybe I'll bump it to near thebottom of my list.

Especially since I got talked into watching Game of Thrones and have been going at it

 

I am so excited for Agent Carter! So happy ABC is taking a chance with an awesome female lead!

AS for AoS after Winter Soldier came out, the season just picked up and wow. They just got better. I cannot wait for the second season.

I have yet to watch Season 3 or 4 of Game of Thrones. I have downloaded the books so that's probably my summer read this year.

 

Mira_Jade - enjoy it! The books become steadily less engaging after ASoS (too much standing around talking and waiting for something to happen, IMO ), but even so, the world remains incredibly rich and fascinating. My sister has been reading A Dance with Dragons for over a year now and I'm trying to get her to pick up the pace a bit so I can get the book back...

Master_Jaina1011 - I agree, AOS does pick up after Winter Soldier came out (since they have interlinked plot events), but I still can't help but feel unsatisfied. I mean... in retrospect it feels like the show was just stalling, waiting around for Winter Soldier to come out so it could do the plot it really wanted to do. And since everything was so secretive, since AOS couldn't spoil what was going to happen for Winter Soldier, the plot of the final third of the show isn't set up well. No matter how many times I go back and look at it, it still feels like it came out of NOWHERE. Poor execution, IMO.

Spoiler: to talk about being secretive...

Apparently Brett Dalton wasn't even TOLD his character was working for HYDRA before the episode where he flips. He had no idea... hiding that kind of backstory from your actors, especially when it is so crucial to their tactics and development, is just... argh. I don't like it. Poor execution.

While I appreciate how AOS is expanding on the impact events of the MCU films have on Earth, I don't like plot developments being established in one medium and then jumping to another to be tied up. It's sloppy. The works are related, yes, but they shouldn't be dependent on each other and AOS and Winter Soldier definitely are if you're going to maximize audience understanding and enjoyment.

...I'll have to see about checking out Agent Carter...

 

I haven't seen AOS or Winter Soldier, but I completely agree with this:

Not just with this situation specifically, but in general. Each one should be able to stand alone.

I read the first SOIAF book many years ago (8-ish) and didn't enjoy it all that much. And I wouldn't even say I like the show so much; it's not really my type of thing. So I'm going to do a very rare thing for me and probably not read the books, just continue with the show.

 

I'm must admit, Nat, I'm a little surprised that you're still following the show. I know how much you like your happy endings... (I think we've had the conversation about happy/bittersweet/sad endings about five times or something?)

 

Oh, at LEAST five times! You know me well I actually knew a lot of what happened (between here and Buzzfeed and my best friend, who adores the show). And honestly, even after everything, I'm still hoping for a happy ending But I wouldn't use "like" to describe my feelings about the show, more a wanting to know what's going to happen.

And speaking of TV, I know we're not all great sports fans, but is anyone else watching the World Cup? I actually took an extended lunch today so I could watch the US play Germany

 

I've been watching it because one USA, and two they have in on the tv's in the office

 

Rargle, I hit a snag in the fic I was idly working on. Time to stop working on it and deal with the nagging plot bunny that's been spawned from a frikkin' sig pic on another forum...

 

Aaaaand the U.S. is out Ah, well; it was fun while it lasted.

And happy Canada Day!

 

RIP Robin Williams. One of the funniest actors that was out there. I bid you a final Na-nu Na-nu!

 

That was so sad to hear He was one of the greats.

 

Echoing that. Mork and Mindy was a blastarama. Liked him in Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Patch Adams.

 

I have several songs from Aladdin on my iPod and love listening to them to remember all the good times he gave me as a child!

Did everyone have a good weekend? It's a holiday in the States, so I went to visit friends and had a blast Not ready for summer to come to an end!

 

I usually can't wait for fall, but I'd wanted this summer so much, and it was so cold, that I could wait a few more weeks!

 

I want fall to come sooner. Cosplaying is easier in the fall. I don't die of dehydration and heat as much.

 

Labour Day weekend for me was spent travelling and re-organizing. I just moved provinces for school, so I'm adjusting to having flown half-way across the country.