Finally started Slow Horses. It’s played straighter than I’d thought it would be, and the pacing of the first couple of episodes makes the title feel very accurate indeed, but it does worm its way into your brain, and Gary Oldman’s work is a god-damn treasure. Looking forward to continuing it when the wife gets back.
Also watching Foundation, and while it’s getting space opera-y in a way I assume is even farther from the books, after 2 and a half seasons I finally find Gaal more interesting than annoying, and the genetic dynasty actors continue to make it work, plausibly playing the “same” characters but with vastly different different experiences revealing the little changes that have slipped in over the centuries.
Strange New Worlds maybe never grew into what I really hoped it would be, not that I know what that is well enough to articulate it, but it’s still by far the strongest of the recent Trek offerings.
Finally started Slow Horses. It’s played straighter than I’d thought it would be, and the pacing of the first couple of episodes makes the title feel very accurate indeed, but it does worm its way into your brain, and Gary Oldman’s work is a god-damn treasure. Looking forward to continuing it when the wife gets back.
Also watching Foundation, and while it’s getting space opera-y in a way I assume is even farther from the books, after 2 and a half seasons I finally find Gaal more interesting than annoying, and the genetic dynasty actors continue to make it work, plausibly playing the “same” characters but with vastly different different experiences revealing the little changes that have slipped in over the centuries.
Strange New Worlds maybe never grew into what I really hoped it would be, not that I know what that is well enough to articulate it, but it’s still by far the strongest of the recent Trek offerings.