Say Something Saturday, May 9 2020
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vivarocksteady1. Something interesting you learned this week.
The Oort Cloud is (theoretically) a cloud of cosmic dust and planetoids and whatnot, that floats around in the middle distance between our star and the next nearest star.
Before this week, I honestly thought Oort Clouds were these cloud alien guys:
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2. Something you did or accomplished this week
I planted my garden, since I thought the "first frost" was finally passed. But it's going to be below freezing tonight so I might have to try again :(
3. An interesting piece of media / link / song / etc. that you discovered or enjoyed this week
Cardinal, the Canadian detective series, is actually REALLY good! My bar for Canadian TV is pretty low, so like, idk, take that with a grain of salt, lol, but if you like broody sad detectives who can't keep their family together (hellooooo Bill Tench) then you might just like Cardinal!
Also, I love winter settings for broody detective stories, like Fargo. Nothing like a sad tortured detective clomping around in big old ugly boots.
Season One, at least, is excellent. There are some VERY objectifying shots of the twinky male victim that are kind of refreshing-- it's the kind of shots you usually see taken of female victims, and sometimes its just nice to have the opposite. But they are also so objectifying that it's just too much and kind of unsettling. Like, who is this image FOR?? As someone who enjoys objectifying the male form a lot, I found it pretty gratuitous. It wasn't torture porn, but it definitely evoked the memory of torture porn, so that was like hmm :-/
Anyway, the other seasons don't have that kind of thing going on, but the stories aren't quite as gripping and the female detective isn't as interesting as she is in season one. In any case, I'd say give it a shot!
The Oort Cloud is (theoretically) a cloud of cosmic dust and planetoids and whatnot, that floats around in the middle distance between our star and the next nearest star.
Before this week, I honestly thought Oort Clouds were these cloud alien guys:
2. Something you did or accomplished this week
I planted my garden, since I thought the "first frost" was finally passed. But it's going to be below freezing tonight so I might have to try again :(
3. An interesting piece of media / link / song / etc. that you discovered or enjoyed this week
Cardinal, the Canadian detective series, is actually REALLY good! My bar for Canadian TV is pretty low, so like, idk, take that with a grain of salt, lol, but if you like broody sad detectives who can't keep their family together (hellooooo Bill Tench) then you might just like Cardinal!
Also, I love winter settings for broody detective stories, like Fargo. Nothing like a sad tortured detective clomping around in big old ugly boots.
Season One, at least, is excellent. There are some VERY objectifying shots of the twinky male victim that are kind of refreshing-- it's the kind of shots you usually see taken of female victims, and sometimes its just nice to have the opposite. But they are also so objectifying that it's just too much and kind of unsettling. Like, who is this image FOR?? As someone who enjoys objectifying the male form a lot, I found it pretty gratuitous. It wasn't torture porn, but it definitely evoked the memory of torture porn, so that was like hmm :-/
Anyway, the other seasons don't have that kind of thing going on, but the stories aren't quite as gripping and the female detective isn't as interesting as she is in season one. In any case, I'd say give it a shot!
