don't be dull, be fannish

I went to see...

American Assassin - great cast, good action, needed better, tighter directing. I think it was a missed opportunity. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, I just didn't love it. Maybe that will change when I get it on DVD, that usually happens. The thing is, I don't think it'll earn enough money for a sequel. And that's too bad because I would've loved to see Dylan O'Brien and Michael Keaton together on the screen again.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle - fantastic action, great cast, passable story, way too long. And some of the jokes were downright distasteful - seriously, the vagina thing? *full-body shudder* I would've cut Elton John out completely and severely slashed Penny's time on-screen. I did love the original Galahad and Agent Tequila! Weirdly, I slash those two O.O

On DVD I saw...

Shelter - I just needed something soft and sweet. One of he best gay romances out there, hands down.

Angels and Demons - another Robert Langdon movie. Not bad but not nearly as interesting as the first one. Still, good time was had.

Inferno - the last Robert Langdon movie (so far). And the weakest. I just didn't care about it. It was long, it was boring... no wonder it flopped. It just lacked the spark of the previous films in the series. I think it's time to let Robert Langdon rest.

On the TV front...

MacGyver - the reboot, I mean. I fell SO HARD for the show! I mean, so hard! I'm actually writing fics for it, 3 by now! Wow. I haven't felt this inspired to write anything for something new in ages. It's basically a modern day A-Team - over the top, silly and not to be taken seriously - but the relationship between MacGyver and Jack Dalton is just... MWAH!

The Librarians - got S1 on DVD and I should finish it tonight. Another silly, sweet, cute show with little to no real angst. The perfect show to watch when you feel down and need cheering up!

Yay! TNT renewed The Librarians for S2: link. Yeah, the show had a slow, boring start but I loved the second half of the season! And I hope that S2 will continue in that vein and that we will get Jake Stone/Cassandra Cillian, too. Because their scenes are the main reason why I watch the show!

The Librarians wasn't bad, darker than usual, that's for sure, but since there were basically no Jake and Cassandra scenes, it was only okay-ish for me. Those two together are the reason why I watch the show, after all.

The promo for the season finale looks fantastic, though: link.

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Oh, CBS just renewed Madam Secretary, Scorpion and NCIS: NOLA for S2: link.

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And the S2 promo for Penny Dreadful: link.

The show isn't bad but I honestly hoped it would be better. I think it's a good replacement for Warehouse 13 but something about the team is still not working. I'm not really feeling Ezekiel Jones, the Asian thief. He grates. A lot.

What I really love and why I'm still sticking around are Stone and Cassandra and their relationship. I love that he knows how to pull her out of her visions, that he figured out what made her tick. And that she's still trying to make up to him the fact that she betrayed them which hurt him in particular most of all. Their scenes are really sweet, I love them. I wish there was more of them, to be honest.

But, let's face it. If Christian Kane weren't in it, I wouldn't be watching it. Christian Kane makes everything more bearable.