minor obsessions
Sep. 26th, 2024 03:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
resoluteI am currently reveling in obsession with the following things:
1. Lego, of the Thai Pop group LYKN, performed as his solo during their concert, the Bollywood - Thai hit song "Dhoom Dhoom"
subclause: this led me into an internet rabbithole about kathoey, or ladyboys, and their place in Thai culture and society.
2. The tv show From. The set-up is simple. People are driving somewhere. And they find a huge dead tree blocking the road, with a murder of crows circling above it. After that it is too late. The people can't leave the small town they find themselves in. They are trapped, along with everyone else this has happened to. And at night, monsters come.
I am mesmerized by this show! The acting is great. The writing is good. Some of the folks making it are veterans of Lost and other shows of that ilk. The big questions of what is going on and how will these people get home are good, not too distracting. What I love, though, the part I am FASCINATED with, is every scene when a new car rolls into town, and the people who are already there have to, to convince the newcomers (who truly believe that they are just turned around and need directions back to the highway) to leave their vehicle and come hide in a diner or post office because there are monsters in the dark.
I mean, I just -- it's great fun!
Now, I am halfway through season 2, and typically shows like this bog down in their lore and cleverness-attempts. We shall see how this one fares!
1. Lego, of the Thai Pop group LYKN, performed as his solo during their concert, the Bollywood - Thai hit song "Dhoom Dhoom"
subclause: this led me into an internet rabbithole about kathoey, or ladyboys, and their place in Thai culture and society.
2. The tv show From. The set-up is simple. People are driving somewhere. And they find a huge dead tree blocking the road, with a murder of crows circling above it. After that it is too late. The people can't leave the small town they find themselves in. They are trapped, along with everyone else this has happened to. And at night, monsters come.
I am mesmerized by this show! The acting is great. The writing is good. Some of the folks making it are veterans of Lost and other shows of that ilk. The big questions of what is going on and how will these people get home are good, not too distracting. What I love, though, the part I am FASCINATED with, is every scene when a new car rolls into town, and the people who are already there have to, to convince the newcomers (who truly believe that they are just turned around and need directions back to the highway) to leave their vehicle and come hide in a diner or post office because there are monsters in the dark.
I mean, I just -- it's great fun!
Now, I am halfway through season 2, and typically shows like this bog down in their lore and cleverness-attempts. We shall see how this one fares!