@sepulkralkreatur and i binge-watched the new kafka biopic-series, produced by german television. and i got to say - i loved it so much.
it combined the littlest details from kafka's life and also his aftermath, with his literary work - which often was linked to certain events. for those who read his work and diaries/biographies, spotting all the little references was very fun. and one of my most favourite things was probably the narrator with the reoccurring break of the fourth wall - as well as the music and collage-esque animations.
every episode was told through the perspective of significant people from kafka's life and dealt with a certain theme:
- as well as a 7th bonus-episode "kafka and me", which was more of a documental biography take with interviews, with a dog narrating the scenario and kafka's impact on our society.
joel basman did a great job at portraying franz kafka. the voice, the laugh and facial expressions being awkward all were very fitting and closing the hole, that we as readers experience towards kafka as a person.
the non-linear series served the exact atmosphere, that i associate with kafka: tragedy, humour, and the absurd. daniel kehlmann and david schalko did a great job on writing it. chapeau!
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Well, Anakin's going to be throwing a tantrum tonight. Padme has been outvoted!
She'll join hubby in the trash compactor... maybe Anakin's rage will be tempered by his Padawan making it through.
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As always, just an unbiased observer. Time for Round Eleven!
Thinking about this moment because he knows he’s about to die, he knows these are his last seconds of life. But instead of using his last moments to take in the world around him, he closes his eyes and he gives up his senses to Jyn. He’s using his last moments to take in his new world and new home: Jyn. Getting all the time he can with her, allowing her to be the only thing that matters and allowing her to be all that he’s aware of as his time runs out so that he can die at home and at peace
THE MONTAGE?? THE KISS?? THE FLASHBACKS??
THE👏DAM👏SMILE👏 SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP
WHAT WAS THAT EPISODE
I HAVE CHILLS LITERAL CHILLS ILL NEVER FIND ANOTHER PIECE OF MEDIA BETTER THAN THIS
You know, I love Bridgerton, and season 2 is literally my favourite, but sometimes I’m still pissed at how they handled everything with lady whistledown and the Colin-Penloise storyline.
The fact that the Featheringtons had such a big portion of screen time, to the point that we know very little about the Sharmas, is very disappointing. To build Pen’s storyline they effed up Kate’s, and most of all Benedict’s future one. The order of storylines would’ve been so much better for so many characters if the Featherington family had less but consistent screentime throughout more seasons.
To me, the season 1 finale shouldn’t have revealed that Pen was LW. It should’ve stayed a mystery for that moment, to give the watchers the time to speculate and everything.
That way in season 2 we would’ve had more space for other storylines. Yes, the Featherington would still have screen time, but not as much as they did in canon. They could’ve added Felicity and a storyline tied to that, leaving the majority of space to the Sharma family backstory and storyline. And, we could’ve had the grounds to introduce Sophie and set up Benedict’s season. In the finale we would’ve got the LW reveal.
Then it would’ve been Benedict’s turn to have a storyline with Sophie in “season 3”. In parallel, the LW and Featherington storyline of S2 would’ve unfolded later, with Penloise’s fall out at the end of “season 3”.
At that point Pen would be in the marriage market for 4 years, and season 3’s previously set storyline would have unfolded. Not only that, but it would directly tie to Eloise’s story the following season.
I don’t know, I just think this order of things would’ve been so much better for so many characters. More of Kate and her backstory during her season, a nice season for Ben and Sophie, an organic amount of Featherington in all seasons without overshadowing the LI’s own storylines, and then a back to back continuation of the Pen-Eloise drama.
You see, in the books, Pen’s marriage is what makes El desire to marry as well. They will surely change that for Show!Eloise because of the different characterization, but it still could’ve made sense. Based on how things are set now, either Benedict’s story will be pushed further back to season 5 to keep the continuation of the Penloise storyline, or season 4 will be centered on Benedict but once again overshadowed by the LW drama.
I love Bridgerton, I do, it’s one of my fav series at the moment. But as a writer, I also think that consistency is important in the grand scheme of things, especially in a series like this. The urge to unmask LW for the watcher effed up multiple characters’ storylines. Especially since the Queen Charlotte spinoff happened even without LW and the Queen’s storyline drama. QC’s few present-set moments didn’t even acknowledge all the beef between Charlotte and LW. It could’ve been a nice set up for the “season 3” beef tho, since Pen talked so much about George and Princess Charlotte’s death.
So yeah, sorry for the rant, but this back and forth in storylines just rubs me the wrong way.