Happy Holidailies

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:50:32 GMT

It's that time again, the time when I actually try to journal online for a month. (I do have paper journals and I try to write at least a paragraph or two in those daily, and I do pretty good about that. So it's not like I'm completely out of practice! It's only the habit of saying everything online that I've gotten out of.)

I'm writing this a day ahead - it's very early Wednesday morning. I have just been watching Willow (the new TV series, not the old movie) and I'm kind of unimpressed. Or maybe it's just that it pales in comparison to Andor, which just ended and which I loved so, so much. I kind of feel like Willow belongs in a different time-slot - although I'm sure most people don't watch TV in the middle of the night as much as I do, and aren't likely to watch streaming shows at any particular time, anyway. (Caring about time-slots just shows my age, I suspect.) But going back to three years ago when The Mandalorian first came out, I've been in the habit of watching the Disney - mostly meaning Star Wars & Marvel - shows at 2am Wednesday mornings, which is usually when they put up the new stuff in my time-zone (presumably because that's midnight Pacific).

Willow feels more like a kids' show, is what I'm trying to get at. Really, it always did - I remember rolling my eyes when we first saw the movie at all those reaction shots of the baby - and then there were the brownies. The baby is grown up now - and in fact I got spoiled regarding who she had grown up to be, so watch out for that! - and the brownies are nowhere in evidence in the first two episodes, which is what's up on D+ currently. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if they make an appearance at some point, though.

Willow the movie certainly grew on me - I'm hoping the series will too.

(I was going to add a movie update, but I'll save that for tomorrow.)

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