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chuckroGarfunkel and Oats - I found this short TV series reminiscent of The Monkees, with loosely-connected goofy slice-of-life plots and musical breaks interspersed. They got an impressive collection of guest stars crammed into the eight episodes. It’s fun, but I’m not surprised it didn’t find an audience—their style is really better suited to Youtube shorts than a full 22-minute episode.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - The Flash deals with a totally broken timeline in which Aquaman and Wonder Woman are poised to destroy the world. If you haven’t read the original comics and have a good enough knowledge of DC characters to recognize everybody, you’re going to be seriously confused.
Star Trek Beyond - This was a lot of fun, and better than Into Darkness mostly in that it didn't have many of the problems, not that it was a notably better movie on its merits. There wasn't much we hadn't seen before, there were some nice plotholes (though not nearly as huge as the previous two movies); but the dialogue and character interactions were snappy and the whole ensemble cast got to show off. Arguably the best of the three new Trek movies.
Sunday in the Park with George - On one hand, this was a very well-presented show with an excellent score and very talented performers. On the other hand, the material is so much “artistic” wanking it’s not even funny. Look at all the amazing references to art history I’ve made here! Share my ANGST about ART! (Also, I didn’t realize that a song from tick, tick…BOOM! was a direct parody of a song from this show.)
tick, tick…BOOM! - I realized shortly after she walked on stage that Hawkgirl was playing Susan. What I didn’t realize until reading the Playbill was that I’d also probably seen her as the leading player in the recent revival of Pippin (the one with Terrence Mann as Charles). Which makes it a super-shame that there’s basically no dancing in this show, because she was amazing in that. I was underwhelmed by Johnny because he either sang with an insanely nasal voice (which grated on me) or a Ben Folds-esque rock voice (which would have worked as a stylistic choice if he’d actually been consistent with it). Michael didn’t match my personal vision of the character, but the actor did a nice job anyway. And despite its resonance with me dying down after I turned 30, finished my MBA, bought a house, and had a kid, I still do really like this show.
Pentatonix – 2016 World Tour - Much more of a classic arena “rock concert” than pretty much every other concert we’ve been to recently, which was a nice change of place, though I’ll admit the more “intime” venues are more my style. They got a bunch of audience members up on stage for one song, which made this the Best Birthday Ever for one 14-year-old fan. Also, we got $7 ice creams, because the Prudential Center wants to grow up to be Madison Square Garden.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - The Flash deals with a totally broken timeline in which Aquaman and Wonder Woman are poised to destroy the world. If you haven’t read the original comics and have a good enough knowledge of DC characters to recognize everybody, you’re going to be seriously confused.
Star Trek Beyond - This was a lot of fun, and better than Into Darkness mostly in that it didn't have many of the problems, not that it was a notably better movie on its merits. There wasn't much we hadn't seen before, there were some nice plotholes (though not nearly as huge as the previous two movies); but the dialogue and character interactions were snappy and the whole ensemble cast got to show off. Arguably the best of the three new Trek movies.
Sunday in the Park with George - On one hand, this was a very well-presented show with an excellent score and very talented performers. On the other hand, the material is so much “artistic” wanking it’s not even funny. Look at all the amazing references to art history I’ve made here! Share my ANGST about ART! (Also, I didn’t realize that a song from tick, tick…BOOM! was a direct parody of a song from this show.)
tick, tick…BOOM! - I realized shortly after she walked on stage that Hawkgirl was playing Susan. What I didn’t realize until reading the Playbill was that I’d also probably seen her as the leading player in the recent revival of Pippin (the one with Terrence Mann as Charles). Which makes it a super-shame that there’s basically no dancing in this show, because she was amazing in that. I was underwhelmed by Johnny because he either sang with an insanely nasal voice (which grated on me) or a Ben Folds-esque rock voice (which would have worked as a stylistic choice if he’d actually been consistent with it). Michael didn’t match my personal vision of the character, but the actor did a nice job anyway. And despite its resonance with me dying down after I turned 30, finished my MBA, bought a house, and had a kid, I still do really like this show.
Pentatonix – 2016 World Tour - Much more of a classic arena “rock concert” than pretty much every other concert we’ve been to recently, which was a nice change of place, though I’ll admit the more “intime” venues are more my style. They got a bunch of audience members up on stage for one song, which made this the Best Birthday Ever for one 14-year-old fan. Also, we got $7 ice creams, because the Prudential Center wants to grow up to be Madison Square Garden.
