American Gods and other tall tales.
Dec. 14th, 2007 02:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osarabaLast night I got home early, amazingly enough. They let us out early at work; I could have left at 3pm, but I had work to do and stayed til 4:30pm. My mom stayed really late at work and I was going to pick her up from the train, but she stayed til 2:30am finishing up something for a meeting today, so I told her to just take a cab home. Even so, I stayed up til 3:30am. But at least I was home relaxing.
I finished watching Firefly, which got really good after episode 8. Episode 9 was my favorite, but 10, 11, and 13 were also really good, if I remember correctly. For some reason I didn't realize that there were only 14 episodes. So it's really unfortunate that the show was cancelled at that point because I could definitely see the potential in it and was really intrigued by the characters' personal histories and how they would be revealed. I was less annoyed by River in the second half of the show than the first, but Book still annoyed me. I also like Kaylee a little more; she's really cute, but I still want to throw her out an airlock. =D
And I have to remember to find or borrow Serenity from someone. I'm interested in what exactly they expounded upon in the movie. Does anyone know how much time there was between the tv show and the movie?
I'm also currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman, on Juliet's recommendation. It's really rather good. I'm very much enjoying the measured pace of it and the way you don't quite know what the hell is going on. =D I'm glad. I haven't read any of Gaiman's comics, which I know are extremely popular, and I didn't want to be disappointed since so many of my friends are into him. I did read his young adult novel, Coraline, several years ago -- just after it came out, I believe, and while I enjoyed it, there really wasn't too much of a connection there for me.
For anyone who's read American Gods, can you tell me -- exactly what does Shadow look like? I don't remember reading a description of his coloring or features, except for the fact that he's pretty tall, and I have a way of making up my own visuals anyway. ^^;
Tonight a few of us are going to see I Am Legend, so I'm hoping it'll be good. I've become more hesitant as of late in giving my opinion on tv shows and movies, but I will just have to snap myself out of it because there's nothing wrong with having a different perspective. Dammit.
I finished watching Firefly, which got really good after episode 8. Episode 9 was my favorite, but 10, 11, and 13 were also really good, if I remember correctly. For some reason I didn't realize that there were only 14 episodes. So it's really unfortunate that the show was cancelled at that point because I could definitely see the potential in it and was really intrigued by the characters' personal histories and how they would be revealed. I was less annoyed by River in the second half of the show than the first, but Book still annoyed me. I also like Kaylee a little more; she's really cute, but I still want to throw her out an airlock. =D
And I have to remember to find or borrow Serenity from someone. I'm interested in what exactly they expounded upon in the movie. Does anyone know how much time there was between the tv show and the movie?
I'm also currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman, on Juliet's recommendation. It's really rather good. I'm very much enjoying the measured pace of it and the way you don't quite know what the hell is going on. =D I'm glad. I haven't read any of Gaiman's comics, which I know are extremely popular, and I didn't want to be disappointed since so many of my friends are into him. I did read his young adult novel, Coraline, several years ago -- just after it came out, I believe, and while I enjoyed it, there really wasn't too much of a connection there for me.
For anyone who's read American Gods, can you tell me -- exactly what does Shadow look like? I don't remember reading a description of his coloring or features, except for the fact that he's pretty tall, and I have a way of making up my own visuals anyway. ^^;
Tonight a few of us are going to see I Am Legend, so I'm hoping it'll be good. I've become more hesitant as of late in giving my opinion on tv shows and movies, but I will just have to snap myself out of it because there's nothing wrong with having a different perspective. Dammit.
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Date: 2007-12-16 01:10 am (UTC)