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But it's slow between work, nonwork, and burnout, so Part 2 is still simmering.
In the meantime, I beat two videogames, both puzzles. The first is available online: Blocks with Letters On. It combines several block-moving games with a bit of wordplay, as the blocks need to line up to spell a word at the end. It's pretty simple for most of the 64 levels, but there are a number of very clever designs, and the last few puzzles are killer. In between each level, there's an amusing animation. And there's a sequel, More Blocks with Letters On which brings the total number of levels up to 94.
At home, I finished The Adventures of Lolo, which has been sitting on my Wii Virtual Console for a while. The puzzles were fun, but it did make me long for the later sequels where the puzzles were insane and plentiful.
In books, I finished reading Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon and moved on to Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles. I also picked up a few new fiction books from Central Library on a lunch break. I guess I need to start actually writing up the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
50books_poc thing, huh?
Season finales have come and gone, and the DVR is a bit empty right now. Still no idea why Dollhouse survived and Sarah Connor didn't.
I don't listen to lots and lots of music, but this song has been makig me happy today. I think that I'm going to enjoy the chiptunes more than the Weezer originals.
In the meantime, I beat two videogames, both puzzles. The first is available online: Blocks with Letters On. It combines several block-moving games with a bit of wordplay, as the blocks need to line up to spell a word at the end. It's pretty simple for most of the 64 levels, but there are a number of very clever designs, and the last few puzzles are killer. In between each level, there's an amusing animation. And there's a sequel, More Blocks with Letters On which brings the total number of levels up to 94.
At home, I finished The Adventures of Lolo, which has been sitting on my Wii Virtual Console for a while. The puzzles were fun, but it did make me long for the later sequels where the puzzles were insane and plentiful.
In books, I finished reading Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon and moved on to Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles. I also picked up a few new fiction books from Central Library on a lunch break. I guess I need to start actually writing up the
50books_poc thing, huh?Season finales have come and gone, and the DVR is a bit empty right now. Still no idea why Dollhouse survived and Sarah Connor didn't.
I don't listen to lots and lots of music, but this song has been makig me happy today. I think that I'm going to enjoy the chiptunes more than the Weezer originals.
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Dollhouse is more open for flexibility, not working around the limits of 3 (now 4) existing storylines from movies. I always thought it was odd timing to put out the series while the movies were still in process.
Dollhouse didn't get the best time slot to start, but at least it didn't get bounced around either, that can be death for any show, even now in the DVR age.
And obvious answer, sexy sells. I love Summer Glau and she's only gotten hotter, but the character isn't flexible enough to be truly sexy and she can't pull the whole show through herself. No offense to the other main characters.
And am I the only one creeped out by Shirley Manson's character, I mean more than is obviously intended. It really bugs me, because I was totally into her and Garbage and now I can't remove the Catherine Weaver overtones.
Sorry for the rambling comment, just felt like chiming in.
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The standard explanation around fandom is "sell your own product", nothing to do with content at all. (See, e.g., http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tvblog/2009/05/fox_execs_keep_playing_with_do.html .) Dollhouse is produced by Fox, so Fox can cash in on Dollhouse DVDs and (I suppose) comic books and mugs and a movie someday. TSCC wasn't.