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I gave up by noon yesterday. Them stomping around above my head had me glued to the ceiling, so I gave up and went out to go watch TV all day instead, which is a really lame use of my time, but I genuinely couldn't think. But aside from series 4 of TMNZ because I can't be arsed to download the episodes individually, I've now seen all the Anglophone versions of Taskmaster, and overall, they're enjoyable.
Except TMUS. That's still a flaming disaster, and I stand by everything I said about it, and even have a few things to add.
( This got long again, so behind a cut it goes )
After I finished TMAU, I wasn't quite ready for bed, so I decided to watch Everyone Else Burns, which I've been meaning to watch for a while. I missed it when it first aired earlier this year, and I really like Simon Bird, so I decided to finally put that on. It's not quite what I thought it would be, but at the same time it's exactly what I thought it would be. I really enjoyed it, I think in large part because it focused on the church aspect a lot less than I expected it to. It seemed like that was going to be a bigger part of it, given the whole concept of the show. It was very much there, but it was more of an undertone to the whole thing, and less of the central focus to everything. Somehow I guess I thought the culty religion itself would be the focus of the comedy, but it's more used as scaffolding to build around. What surprised me most is that even though this is very much a parody of culty religions like Mormonism and Jehovah's Witness, the comedy isn't coming from poking fun at the religion itself. The rest of their church is very much played straight, if overly strict and fairly outdated even by their own community's standards—there's one episode where they have a fête sort of thing with other sects, and they have to play nice with one church that flies pride flags, even though everyone from David's church clearly thinks the folks from that one are going to burn in hell. Instead, the humour very much comes from how out of touch they are. David has a mobile phone he gives to his daughter that hasn't been plugged in since 9/11, and he destroyed the television as part of "God's will" because it had sex on it.
( And a cut for spoilers )
All in all, a tremendously unproductive day, but whatever. It was the weekend, so who cares? I got a lot of work done on a new blanket, and it seems quiet today so I'll make up for it today. I want to work more on Malapropism, because I think I've finally found the right groove for it. That's always the trick with new projects, is figuring out what they want to be. Starting out with something real was definitely the right move, because it let me find the right voice and tempo for it, but also it's let me find the right amount of embellishment to pepper in. People who have been with the newsletter will be able to tell how much is real in the first few chapters, I think, but the goal is to reach a point where that line becomes so blurred that eventually it is all fiction, with bits that are simply inspired by stupid shit that happens around me. But this year has been so astronomically stupid that it was the best place to start, so it was the right call in the end, I think.
Except TMUS. That's still a flaming disaster, and I stand by everything I said about it, and even have a few things to add.
( This got long again, so behind a cut it goes )
After I finished TMAU, I wasn't quite ready for bed, so I decided to watch Everyone Else Burns, which I've been meaning to watch for a while. I missed it when it first aired earlier this year, and I really like Simon Bird, so I decided to finally put that on. It's not quite what I thought it would be, but at the same time it's exactly what I thought it would be. I really enjoyed it, I think in large part because it focused on the church aspect a lot less than I expected it to. It seemed like that was going to be a bigger part of it, given the whole concept of the show. It was very much there, but it was more of an undertone to the whole thing, and less of the central focus to everything. Somehow I guess I thought the culty religion itself would be the focus of the comedy, but it's more used as scaffolding to build around. What surprised me most is that even though this is very much a parody of culty religions like Mormonism and Jehovah's Witness, the comedy isn't coming from poking fun at the religion itself. The rest of their church is very much played straight, if overly strict and fairly outdated even by their own community's standards—there's one episode where they have a fête sort of thing with other sects, and they have to play nice with one church that flies pride flags, even though everyone from David's church clearly thinks the folks from that one are going to burn in hell. Instead, the humour very much comes from how out of touch they are. David has a mobile phone he gives to his daughter that hasn't been plugged in since 9/11, and he destroyed the television as part of "God's will" because it had sex on it.
( And a cut for spoilers )
All in all, a tremendously unproductive day, but whatever. It was the weekend, so who cares? I got a lot of work done on a new blanket, and it seems quiet today so I'll make up for it today. I want to work more on Malapropism, because I think I've finally found the right groove for it. That's always the trick with new projects, is figuring out what they want to be. Starting out with something real was definitely the right move, because it let me find the right voice and tempo for it, but also it's let me find the right amount of embellishment to pepper in. People who have been with the newsletter will be able to tell how much is real in the first few chapters, I think, but the goal is to reach a point where that line becomes so blurred that eventually it is all fiction, with bits that are simply inspired by stupid shit that happens around me. But this year has been so astronomically stupid that it was the best place to start, so it was the right call in the end, I think.
