TV

chronological..ish

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Oats Studio - netflix, 2022

really unsure how I feel about this. they're really trying to sell "feeling sad about U.S. soldiers having trauma from committing war crimes" type sci fi vibes. feels written like it's trying to mimic the writing or narration of something that was originally a book. I'm stoned as shit & havent been paying attention tho so this might actually be good/im a hater.

-- nvm i got to episode 3 which has somehow made me think this is not very good while also making me LOVE it

-- nvm i got like 7 minutes in episode 3 and im like genuinely not enjoying it while at the same time, kind of impressed with the visceral horror levels im feeling for such a cheesy/played our/dumb format.

KLEO - netflix, 2022

doing some really strange work with tropes. every single character and scene feels like a trope, but at like the tiniest scale. it's in german and there's scenes I'd get distracted, not even read the subtitles & still know exactly what was happening because it was so formulaic. perhaps all media does this to an extent, it's just how big and how extensive the tropes are. there are some nice moments that are remixing of tropes and they at least chose some very very fun ones.

weird, red-scared kinda bent but like no shocker there.

Ok coming back to this stoned- I do enjoy this because it is all tropes. And things that make no qualms about using tropes ao3, modern adaptions of shakespeare, romance novels, soap operas, baz luhrman- then have to make their work interesting with aesthetics. When the plot/dynamic is semi rigid with tropes, you’re forced to make your work interesting or new with style, with HOW you convey those beats. And that’s when you get really beautiful tv. This is that, every line and moment of the plot is able to be predicted 90 seconds out at the latest, but the visuals are so lovely and the music so nicely done, and those tropes arranged together nicely it does become something interesting