it's like a --bland paradise
Nov. 12th, 2018 10:07 pm1. I was bored the other day and watched the trailer for the new Dark Phoenix movie, and... So. I remember back when X3 came out (and since then, really), that a lot of people were angry and up in arms, because the movie was basically "Jean snaps and goes evil, killing a bunch of people, then goes and joins Magneto and is in the background and then dies at the end" and... the trailer for the new Dark Phoenix movie seems to be "Jean goes to Magneto and asks him if it's ok if she snaps and then she probably does and everyone is SO SAD that Jean is off somewhere, BUT SHE IS STILL THEIR FRIEND AND THEY STILL LOVE HER and Magneto and Charles are still bitter ex-boyfriends and..."
And I don't understand how this is any better. I don't. And the acting looks so so awful (I mean Fassbender and Chuckles are all right, but everyone else is... yeah). I mean, at least Famke was a fucking excellent Jean Grey and managed to bring her A game to Dark Phoenix, and the cast she was surrounded by was stellar.
*sulks* I just want a movie where Jean Grey goes evil and has the entire plot to be evil and be the center of everything. But if I have to choose between the newer version and X3, I will be re-watching X3. Because Kitty is also in it, and it doesn't leave a sour taste in my mouth.
2. My company continues to dick around with whether it's going to do anything with my division. We had a town hall today that briefly mentioned my division, and then spent the rest of the time going on about the other one. Dull.
3. I am not doing Nano proper -- at least, I'm not trying to write 50K in one novel or novel-type thing. Instead, I'm tracking everything I'm writing this month (including anything I add to unfinished pieces--the goal, of course, being finishing shit). So far, it's been interesting how much I write at work (no porn, btw. Because, no.) - and also what weird ideas I hit upon while sitting at work arguing with spreadsheets.
4. I came across that "Who do you write like?" meme thing a while ago, and tried multiple things and kept getting Agatha Christie. Until I tried the Blue Train fic I've been writing off and on, and it told me I write like Steven King. Whoops. Maybe it was just the section I used.
And I don't understand how this is any better. I don't. And the acting looks so so awful (I mean Fassbender and Chuckles are all right, but everyone else is... yeah). I mean, at least Famke was a fucking excellent Jean Grey and managed to bring her A game to Dark Phoenix, and the cast she was surrounded by was stellar.
*sulks* I just want a movie where Jean Grey goes evil and has the entire plot to be evil and be the center of everything. But if I have to choose between the newer version and X3, I will be re-watching X3. Because Kitty is also in it, and it doesn't leave a sour taste in my mouth.
2. My company continues to dick around with whether it's going to do anything with my division. We had a town hall today that briefly mentioned my division, and then spent the rest of the time going on about the other one. Dull.
3. I am not doing Nano proper -- at least, I'm not trying to write 50K in one novel or novel-type thing. Instead, I'm tracking everything I'm writing this month (including anything I add to unfinished pieces--the goal, of course, being finishing shit). So far, it's been interesting how much I write at work (no porn, btw. Because, no.) - and also what weird ideas I hit upon while sitting at work arguing with spreadsheets.
4. I came across that "Who do you write like?" meme thing a while ago, and tried multiple things and kept getting Agatha Christie. Until I tried the Blue Train fic I've been writing off and on, and it told me I write like Steven King. Whoops. Maybe it was just the section I used.