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So I just came back from Star Trek Beyond and I enjoyed it very much.

( Some of my favorite parts )

Anyway, I enjoyed it and I'd definitely recommend going to see it.
  

I keep telling myself that I'll do a post about all my shows soon, but with all of them having finales at different times I keep putting it off.  And anyway, with some of them- like The Blacklist- I want to wait until the end of the season to see how I feel just because everything is crazy right now.

Lucifer at least is over already (but picked up for another season).  Since I basically inhaled that show despite all my complaints I feel like I'd better talk about it some more.  I'm still annoyed that they took such an interesting premise and did a run-of-the-mill procedural show with it- but I guess it's a good procedural show?  All the characters are really fun, and one thing I love about it is that if the show teases that something dramatic is going to happen, it's going to happen in that episode or the next one, not five episodes later when they're finally ready to move the seasonal arc along like a lot of shows do.  And I feel like there's room in what mythology there is for it to grow a bit more, so... we'll see what the next season brings.

I just started watching Crossing Lines.  I've only seen four episodes, but I like it so far.  I'm wondering where exactly it airs because I'd never heard of it before at all and it's had like three seasons.

I'll also be watching the third season of The Musketeers in June, probably, and I'm looking forward to that.  I've missed it.
  

I just saw Captain America Civil War.  I'll do a more detailed post on it on Sunday or something, once I have my thoughts in order, but for now I have to get one thing off my chest:
In the long and glorious history of completely unnecessary and out of left field hetero kisses, the one between Steve and Sharon was a humdinger.  Peggy just died, Steve just learned that Sharon was related to her, their last personal conversation was about Peggy and the things she knew... but sure, they were just boiling with sexual tension that whole time, absolutely.  And it was almost worse because there wasn't even a romantic subplot.  Like I didn't want a romantic subplot, but taking out that kiss would have no noticeable effect on the story, so  Why.  Was.  It.  There???  People in my theatre made the funniest 'hmming' noises.  I think even people who normally dig the whole "attractive white man + attractive white woman = equals love obviously" equation were WTF-ing over this... thing.


Also I'm working on a couple of super fluffy fanfics right now and I have no idea what to call them.  Normally I go for song lyrics when I'm at a loss, but when combing through my music over the last few days I realized that most of my music is of the melancholy and/or overwrought variety.  Can anyone recommend some just really happy love songs?

Very "cotton candy and rainbows"-type quotes about love might be useful too, if anyone knows any.
 

So I got caught up on Legends of Tomorrow.  I don't really have anything specific to say, but I'm enjoying it.  I feel like it has similar appeal to Angel and spin-offs like that.  I would like to see them travel further into the past more often, and while I get why the Savage plotline is really all there is I think I'd like it if it was more episodic as well- make it more Doctor Who-like.  (Speaking of Doctor Who, it's so nice to see Arthur Darvill again)

I was mainly excited for this show because of him and Sara but the rest of cast are great too.  I will say that I never loved Snart the way everyone seems to.  Like I don't hate him or even dislike him, he's cool and everything, I just... he's such a wildly popular character and I never completely understood why.  Still, he's grown on me quite a bit in this show.
 

So, I've mentioned before that I periodically try to watch Stargate Universe, right?  Well I've recently given it another shot and I'm maybe halfway through S1 and-

( My thoughts, which are not always positive )

Anyway, I soldier on.  Are there any good episodes I should keep an eye out for going forward?
 

I watched The Blacklist premiere but I don't have much to say other than I'm glad it's back and it was awesome.

Has anybody been watching Sleepy Hollow?  It kind of lost me last season and I'm wondering if I should give the new one a try.

Is there anything new you guys are excited for/enjoying?  I'm thinking about checking out Quantico, but otherwise I'm not too excited by the look of anything.
 

It was pretty hit or miss as far as remakes go (Illya got a personality transplant, right?  It wasn't just me?) but it was also a fun movie and I enjoyed it.

I wish I could track down a post I saw on tumblr back when the trailer first came out that said that Henry Cavill must be the straightest man on the planet because despite all the subtext they couldn't seen any slashy chemistry at all.  Having seen the movie (and as a Napolean/Illyra shipper from way back), I have to say that it's really, really true.  I did not pick up a single vibe.
 

I'm caught up with Britain on The Musketeers because the BBC keeps having hiatuses and so far BBCA hasn't- who knows if that will last.

I was all caught up on The Blacklist until today, and I should watch the new episode tommorrow.  I missed Forever and Agent Carter last week because for whatever reason I could not get reception on that station for anything.  I watched both this week and went back and watched the episode of Forever that I missed.  I haven't been able to get up the energy for Agent Carter, though.  I just don't love it, and the kind of militant "watch this show or it will be your fault it failed" attitude I've seen over the internet about it is making it even harder to watch, frankly.  I don't even really have much to say about it.

( The Blacklist )

( Forever )

( The Musketeers )

I also watched Death Comes to Pemberley recently.  Could it have been much more like fanfic?  I mean, I knew it was.  I knew it was a mystery P.D. James wrote with characters from Pride and Prejudice- but I don't mean the general premise.  I mean all the angst and the unnecessary romantic misunderstandings (which I assure you I ate up with a spoon).  Fanfic, I tell you.

Has anyone been watching Sleepy Hollow?  How's it doing?  
   

I had to sit through fifteen minutes of dudes talking about the superbowl and generally screwing around, but I'm pretty sure it was worth it because it was SO good.  OMG I missed this show so much.

( Some thoughts )

How excited am I for next week?  So excited.  We might be getting closure on certain plotlines at long last.  *dances*
  

Watched Agent Carter and Forever.

The promo stuff for Agent Carter is really weird.  First they talk about how "she lost the love of her life" and that annoys me because what I liked so much about Peggy's arc in CATFA and CATWS is that she had a life without him, and a pretty good one.  And then the show comes along and is all, "we must do the tragic struggling hero thing."  Then there's this voice-over guy that comes on saying soemthing about "TV's newest female weapon" which is bizarre.  I don't mind the female part, there's no reason not to mention it when it is, in fact, noteworthy- I just feel like this "newest" suggests some profusion when that is in fact not the case, and weapon is just... an awkward choice.  As with last week, I like the show but I don't love it.  

Boy, but I do love Forever.  It was a great episode.  I've heard that it was a surprise that it was even picked up for a whole season, so I'm worried there won't be a season 2.  Anyway, I'm having fun while it lasts.

I'm going to try to watch Galavant soon, but so far I haven't found the time.