verushka70

well, I haven't gotten around to Sense8 or PoI yet... I've been rewatching Mr Robot S1 and finishing the last 3 eps of Archer. (Also reading a lot lately. On book 5 in the Longmire series by Craig Johnson.)

I also finished re-watching S2 of True Detective and I have to say, it stands up well. I came out of the rewatch with the same likes and dislikes I had before, but I've decided I pretty much love S2 only slightly less than S1 -- for some of the reasons I loved S1, but also for some completely diff ones. The political/law enforcement corruption (pings me hard) in S2 is front and center from jump, whereas it doesn't enter into S1 until later. The female characters in TD S2, though still somewhat stereotyped, are more well-rounded/complex. Still hate that Frank and Ray (and Woodrugh) die. Still hate baby-ending. This time around, though, I took less issue with Ray/Ani smexin'.

wrt MM (still haven't seen XXL), I kind of assumed part of Soderberg's point was the duality you mention -- the beefcake vs. the embarrassment of being/seeing beefcake, which is really only a variation on the theme of superficial vs. substance. The sister of The Kid is kind of the mouthpiece voicing that disdain, but she at least gets to know Mike as a person. That duality is in Mike's on-again-off-again grad-school gf Joanna: she'll fuck Mike, but she won't actually date him. MM has both blatant and subtle portrayals of the prioritizing of surface over depth, and kind of analogizes the valuation of beauty over brains with the valuation of money over people. Which I always kind of liked about it.

I'm glad to hear CT is a sweetie IRL. I heard he hated Pettyfer, but then apparently Pettyfer was an asshole even before he was in MM.

Have you finished watching S1 Mr. Robot yet? (I just DLed 2x1 and 2x2 - haven't seen them yet.)

SPOILERS!! I totes did not see the big Mr Robot S1 reveal coming. (Though with all the comparisons to Fight Club, I probably should have...) I have to say, I had a gut-churning squick moment there. Prior to that, I was like, "Oohhh, May/December slash!" wrt Elliot/Mr. Robot. Oops! Sigh...
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However, I forged ahead. Too bad Tyrell turns out to be a killer! because there's quite an Elliot/Tyrell vibe too.
I did, however, find it highly unlikely Angela would go to work for Evil Corp. Then again, it was probably one of the only jobs she could get after suing the major client of her employer, and where the loss of that major client would be the death knell of the employer, I guess...
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