Another week goes by...
Started a little rough... hard time sleeping and didn't feel well for a few days, so I mostly spent the week laying around, resting and watching stuff on Streaming. Which, granted, isn't that different from my normal week, just a little more resting and little less doing anything else.
I've rediscovered House, MD and I've been binge watching that. No, it's not lupus. (If you've watched House, you get the joke.) Honestly, since I first saw Hugh Laurie in Blackadder (classic British comedy) I still find it deeply weird to see him as a bitter, misanthropic doctor.
My other excitement of the week is I finally saw The Marvels. Yeah, I'm behind on the MCU but since watching them in the theater really doesn't work for me, I have to wait for them to come out on streaming. Anyway, I liked The Marvels... and I think I understand why some people didn't.
For those folks who don't spend their days binge watching stuff on streaming, keeping up with MCU shows on Disney+ is probably hard and two of the three main characters are lifted from the shows. That's a good reason for some people to not like the movie.
More telling, I think, is that like Captain Marvel before it, The Marvels is a movie about, by and chiefly aimed at women. Remember how, in the Avengers, they first get together by Iron Man, Captain America and Thor basically beating the crap out of each other... the whole Guy Thing. In The Marvels, Carol, Kamala and Monica get together, talk to each other, share their feelings and spend time learning how to better cooperate and work together... the whole Not-Guy Thing. Plus, there is the random musical number... which is frankly awesome!
Basically, the usual macho dick-head who just wants to see the Hulk smash things and try to catch a peek of Black Widow's tits isn't going to be a fan of this movie.
We need more movies for those guys to hate. Really, we do.
By the way, the whole feeling sick and not sleeping thing from the beginning of the week... feeling a bit better now (touch wood). Still taking it slow, laying around and resting. Besides I'm only halfway through seasons 2 of House. :)
Onward
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