Hikago Day
May. 5th, 2023 11:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meteordustSHINDOU:
It must be lonely to be the god of go.
You'd have no equal, no rival.
MR KITAJIMA:
Hmm... that's a curious thing to say.
MR KITAJIMA'S OPPONENT:
Well... maybe that's why the god of go teaches humans how to play.
To nurture a strong player who can someday be a worthy opponent for the god.
TOUYA:
So that's why go players down through the ages...
seem compelled to get better and better?
MR KITAJIMA'S OPPONENT:
Exactly right!
Why else would a game become a way of life?
- Chapter 168 of Hikaru no Go
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Some things I've been watching lately:
* Star Trek: Lower Decks - I never expected to fall for this show the way I did. TNG is forever the show of my heart, and what I want most out of Star Trek. Lower Decks somehow manages to capture that optimism about the future, and that love of science, space, and exploration. It's been said that it's a Star Trek comedy, but not a Star Trek parody. Admittedly, it has a rocky start before it finds its feet, and recurring bursts of unnecessary crude humour. But some of its episodes are up there with the best of Trek I've seen, like the stunning Season 1 finale, "No Small Parts". It manages to pay tribute to nostalgia, both the beloved and the ridiculous, as well as add its own voice to the universe, distinctive and contemporary. I marathoned the first three seasons of this, and I'm hanging out for the fourth later this year.
* Willow - The movie was one of my childhood faves, so I was excited for a new TV show sequel, especially with Warwick Davis so enthusiastic about it. It was everything I didn't know I wanted. The new generation are a delight. Willow is a great flawed mentor figure who has Seen Some Stuff. Sorsha is fantastic and complicated. Even Madmartigan gets to be obliquely involved. I love all the banter and the interactions. I love how everyone is genre savvy. I love all the classic fantasy tropes, and how it sometimes feels like an RPG adventure. I just don't get all the criticism of it! I thought the writing was great, the acting was great, the cinematography was great. I am gutted that it got cancelled after a season. I am still hoping for a revival somehow.
It must be lonely to be the god of go.
You'd have no equal, no rival.
MR KITAJIMA:
Hmm... that's a curious thing to say.
MR KITAJIMA'S OPPONENT:
Well... maybe that's why the god of go teaches humans how to play.
To nurture a strong player who can someday be a worthy opponent for the god.
TOUYA:
So that's why go players down through the ages...
seem compelled to get better and better?
MR KITAJIMA'S OPPONENT:
Exactly right!
Why else would a game become a way of life?
- Chapter 168 of Hikaru no Go
Some things I've been watching lately:
* Star Trek: Lower Decks - I never expected to fall for this show the way I did. TNG is forever the show of my heart, and what I want most out of Star Trek. Lower Decks somehow manages to capture that optimism about the future, and that love of science, space, and exploration. It's been said that it's a Star Trek comedy, but not a Star Trek parody. Admittedly, it has a rocky start before it finds its feet, and recurring bursts of unnecessary crude humour. But some of its episodes are up there with the best of Trek I've seen, like the stunning Season 1 finale, "No Small Parts". It manages to pay tribute to nostalgia, both the beloved and the ridiculous, as well as add its own voice to the universe, distinctive and contemporary. I marathoned the first three seasons of this, and I'm hanging out for the fourth later this year.
* Willow - The movie was one of my childhood faves, so I was excited for a new TV show sequel, especially with Warwick Davis so enthusiastic about it. It was everything I didn't know I wanted. The new generation are a delight. Willow is a great flawed mentor figure who has Seen Some Stuff. Sorsha is fantastic and complicated. Even Madmartigan gets to be obliquely involved. I love all the banter and the interactions. I love how everyone is genre savvy. I love all the classic fantasy tropes, and how it sometimes feels like an RPG adventure. I just don't get all the criticism of it! I thought the writing was great, the acting was great, the cinematography was great. I am gutted that it got cancelled after a season. I am still hoping for a revival somehow.
