house of cards – goodolvic

New Fiction 2020 – December

Spider-Man: The City that Never Sleeps dev. Insomniac Games (2018)

A short trip through a boring underworld.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales dev. Insomniac Games (2020)

A short trip through the pains of separation that should have been much longer.

Tomorrow Never Dies dir. Roger Spottiswoode (1997)

Billionaire heads of global conglomerates are living in a dream.

The World Is Not Enough dir. Michael Apted (1999)

How do you follow Michelle Yeoh with Denise Richards? It feels unfair.

Die Another Day dir. Lee Tamahori (2002)

The brief beginnings of the traumatized Bond.

Quantum of Solace dir. Marc Forster (2008)

Vengeance is a good focal point. A single beam in space until the moment of desired catharsis, then refraction.

Skyfall dir. Sam Mendes (2012)

Transfixed by Bérénice Marlohe and the amber-lit club sequence.

Spectre dir. Sam Mendes (2015)

The children pay for the sins of the father.

Just Another Christmas dir. Roberto Santucci (2020)

Blink of a holiday.

A California Christmas dir. Shaun Piccinino (2020)

Would you like some more of this California wine?

Soul dir. Pete Docter (2020)

Good but for the transfiguration problem.

The Good Place – Season 4 (2019-2020)

Chidi and Eleanor lounging at sunset.

BoJack Horseman – Seasons 5-6 (2018-2020)

BoJack and Sarah Lynn at the planetarium.

House of Cards – Seasons 5-6 (2017-2018)

For the sake of completion.

New Fiction 2020 – December

Spider-Man: The City that Never Sleeps dev. Insomniac Games (2018)

A short trip through a boring underworld.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales dev. Insomniac Games (2020)

A short trip through the pains of separation that should have been much longer.

Tomorrow Never Dies dir. Roger Spottiswoode (1997)

Billionaire heads of global conglomerates are living in a dream.

The World Is Not Enough dir. Michael Apted (1999)

How do you follow Michelle Yeoh with Denise Richards? It feels unfair.

Die Another Day dir. Lee Tamahori (2002)

The brief beginnings of the traumatized Bond.

Quantum of Solace dir. Marc Forster (2008)

Vengeance is a good focal point. A single beam in space until the moment of desired catharsis, then refraction.

Skyfall dir. Sam Mendes (2012)

Transfixed by Bérénice Marlohe and the amber-lit club sequence.

Spectre dir. Sam Mendes (2015)

The children pay for the sins of the father.

Just Another Christmas dir. Roberto Santucci (2020)

Blink of a holiday.

A California Christmas dir. Shaun Piccinino (2020)

Would you like some more of this California wine?

Soul dir. Pete Docter (2020)

Good but for the transfiguration problem.

The Good Place – Season 4 (2019-2020)

Chidi and Eleanor lounging at sunset.

BoJack Horseman – Seasons 5-6 (2018-2020)

BoJack and Sarah Lynn at the planetarium.

House of Cards – Seasons 5-6 (2017-2018)

For the sake of completion.

Separately, I watched House of Cards through to its conclusion and enjoyed it. Still tasting it, so I’ll reevaluate when it’s digested some. But it did well by me in the way The Wire and Deadwood did well by me. Characters are personable even at their most despicable. Violence becomes political, sex is doled out tactically. The dialogue can drop some good lines every now and then.

Here’s the kicker: it’s only season 1. Season fucking 1. Had you told me that this would not be The End I would’ve waited until they were done. It was even right there in between the jumble of other words that aren’t PLAY, but I didn’t allow myself to see it.

My point is to be careful, all you speed readers out there. You keyword searchers. Too much of that high-level stuff will stunt your comprehension, cause dyxlexic flare-ups, and lead to the kind of existential unhappiness that only a season finale can rile up.

Separately, I watched House of Cards through to its conclusion and enjoyed it. Still tasting it, so I’ll reevaluate when it’s digested some. But it did well by me in the way The Wire and Deadwood did well by me. Characters are personable even at their most despicable. Violence becomes political, sex is doled out tactically. The dialogue can drop some good lines every now and then.

Here’s the kicker: it’s only season 1. Season fucking 1. Had you told me that this would not be The End I would’ve waited until they were done. It was even right there in between the jumble of other words that aren’t PLAY, but I didn’t allow myself to see it.

My point is to be careful, all you speed readers out there. You keyword searchers. Too much of that high-level stuff will stunt your comprehension, cause dyxlexic flare-ups, and lead to the kind of existential unhappiness that only a season finale can rile up.