{"id":4884,"date":"2020-02-01T22:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T21:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2021-01-02T18:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T17:16:09","slug":"mixed-media-saturday-1-february-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2020\/02\/01\/mixed-media-saturday-1-february-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed media, Saturday 1 February 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fuck Brexit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/18203627.brexit-nicola-sturgeon-shares-europe-scotland-love-heart-image\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/europe-heart-scotland-2.jpg\" alt=\"The words Europe and Scotland linked by a heart, projected onto the side of the European Commission HQ\" class=\"wp-image-4886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/europe-heart-scotland-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/europe-heart-scotland-2-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Europe \u2764\ufe0f Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/18204412.town-netherlands-replaces-union-jack-saltire-eu-flag-line-up\/\">Town in Netherlands replaces Union Jack with Saltire in EU flag line-up<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven&#8217;t quite figured out how to make a European Flag tattoo design that works for me yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuck Brexit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/knives-out-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Knives Out movie poster\" class=\"wp-image-4887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/knives-out-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/knives-out-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/knives-out-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/knives-out.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Films:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>El Camino<em> (Breaking Bad movie)<\/em><\/strong> A good chaser after having finished watching all of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.<\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>Knives Out<\/strong> I&#8217;m a fan of Rian Johnson&#8217;s, and I&#8217;d been looking forward to this for <em>ages<\/em>. Watched it at the cinema with Abi and Fiona on my birthday, after rushing down a pineapple and jalope\u00f1o pizza (yes) at the Domino&#8217;s around the corner to catch the movie start time. Excellent film, absolutely loved it.<\/li><li><strong>The Irishman<\/strong>  Boring. The facial digital de-aging was good, possibly the best we&#8217;ve seen to date, but they forgot to de-age the actors&#8217; <em>gaits<\/em>. In scenes where he&#8217;s supposed to be playing a man in his 40s, De Niro still <em>walks and moves<\/em> like a man in his 70s. Also, did I mention the film&#8217;s boring? Because it&#8217;s boring.<\/li><li><strong>Rise of Skywalker<\/strong>  Yes, it&#8217;s stupid and full of plot holes, but I liked it. Kinda glad that the cycle is done now, though.<\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>Warcraft<\/strong>  You know what? <em>Not at all bad.<\/em> It&#8217;s not <em>Moon<\/em> or <em>Source Code, <\/em>but it&#8217;s not a turkey. It&#8217;s not subtle, it&#8217;s not groundbreaking, but it&#8217;s sincere in putting on an entertaining and exciting big-budget fantasy spectacle that isn&#8217;t set in Middle Earth. I enjoyed it.<\/li><li><strong>Roman J Israel Esq<\/strong>  Knowing nothing about this film other than having watched the trailer clip showing a single scene of dialogue between Denzel Washington and Colin Farrell, this went in a <em>completely<\/em> different direction than I&#8217;d expected. Thoughtful, uncomfortable, pretty good.<\/li><li>\ud83d\udca9\ud83d\udca9 <strong>6 Underground <\/strong> I tried watching this, but I couldn&#8217;t. A billionaire faking his own death so he can mete out vigilante justice with no regard for collateral damage is&#8230;troublesome at best, the I found the opening car chase scene so abhorrent that I deleted the download from my phone so that I wouldn&#8217;t be tempted to try returning to it. (Yes, Bruce Wayne\/Batman, yes, Tony Stark\/Iron Man. I know.)<\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>Frozen 2<\/strong> Good. Kristoff&#8217;s &#8220;Lost in the woods&#8221; eighties music video parody is <em>hilarious<\/em>. <\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>My name is Dolemite<\/strong>  <em>Excellent<\/em>. Funny and moving story of a comedian trying to make it big, and do it <em>his<\/em> way.<\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>Song of the Sea <\/strong> Beautiful film, gorgeous animation.<\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>Jojo Rabbit<\/strong>  Brilliant. I found the start uncomfortable, with how much it leaned in to painting the nazis in a normal and humorous light, but it turned into something altogether sharper, more subtle, and more emotional.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>Rick and Morty<\/strong> <strong>season 4<\/strong> (or at least the first half of it) &#8211; still funny.<\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>Watchmen<\/strong>  Excellent, intense, twisty &amp; turny, although the use of kinetic weapons in the final episode felt inconsistent in its execution.<\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>The Good Place season 4<\/strong> Wow. Hard to keep up the level of comedy and still bring that to a satisfying ending, but they really did it.<\/li><li>\u2b50\ufe0f <strong>October Faction<\/strong> <strong>season 1<\/strong> I won&#8217;t be surprised if Netflix doesn&#8217;t renew this for a second season, and I won&#8217;t be <em>super<\/em> disappointed, either, because they brought this first story arc to a pretty solid conclusion. It&#8217;s relatively low budget, relatively low key and downbeat, definitely not the flashiest or best piece of TV out there. But what can I say? I enjoyed the family story, and felt a strong connection with the two parents, struggling to deal with two teens who themselves are trying to figure out their own identity in a new and difficult situation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/slow-horses.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Horses by Mick Herron book cover\" class=\"wp-image-4888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/slow-horses.jpg 353w, https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/slow-horses-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2b50\ufe0f The first 5 books of the <em>Jackson Lamb<\/em> series by Mick Herron: <strong>Slow Horses<\/strong>, <strong>Dead Lions<\/strong>, <strong>Real Tigers<\/strong>, <strong>Spook Street<\/strong>, and <strong>London Rules<\/strong>. Loved these. I came across them via <a href=\"https:\/\/warrenellis.ltd\/books\/slow-horses\/\">Warren Ellis<\/a>. Serious spy stories, with elements of <em>Archer<\/em>-like inappropriate humour that creep in around the edges. Looking forward to the next one.<\/li><li>\ud83e\udd14 <strong>Measure What Matters<\/strong> by John Doerr. He never comes out and <em>explicitly says<\/em> there is a causal link between the use of OKRs and corporate success (maybe his editor balked), but he sure as heck <em>implies<\/em> it at every opportunity. Now, I like OKRs, but I also like supporting evidence. This book is a selection of the most successful case studies <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convenience_sampling\">from his personal acquaintance<\/a>. Pretty! But completely lacking in balance, or in guidance for anything but the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Happy_path\">happiest of paths<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Halsey - Finally \/\/ beautiful stranger\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ONS51QzCh1Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Manic<\/strong> by Halsey is amazing. Varied and richly textured. And I can actuall play the bass part for &#8220;Finally \/\/ beautiful stranger&#8221; because it&#8217;s super easy (E-D-C-A) and at a tempo I can still handle. \u2764\ufe0f<\/li><li>The track &#8220;Alanis&#8217; Interlude&#8221; on Manic features&#8230;Alanis Morissette, who I haven&#8217;t listened to for ages. As in, I hadn&#8217;t heard <strong>Flavors of Entanglement<\/strong> from 2008 or  <strong>havoc and bright lights<\/strong> from 2012 at all. But now I have! I prefer the latter.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alanis Morissette - Guardian (OFFICIAL VIDEO)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7q0reAgBMYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update: <\/strong>I&#8217;d forgotten that in the time period for this mixed mediastravaganza I <em>also<\/em> had a subscription to Amazon Prime. This was <em>accidental<\/em>. I generally avoid Amazon (I disapprove strongly of their labour practices), but when I do use them, I <em>always<\/em> avoid signing up for their offers of Amazon Prime. But this time they caught me with one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dark_pattern\">dark patterns<\/a>. Something like a &#8220;no, I don&#8217;t want to not take advantage of opting out of this free offer&#8221; checkbox that I misinterpreted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, so there I was with an Amazon Prime subscription, and Season 4 of \u2b50 <strong>The Expanse<\/strong> just having been released as an Amazon exclusive, so I stuck around for that. And season 1 of \u2b50 <strong>Fleabag.<\/strong> But not season 2, because despite season 2 being &#8220;Available on Amazon Prime Video&#8221; this apparently doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s, you know, <em>available<\/em> on Amazon Prime Video in the way media are available on other video subscription services. Of course not, what was I thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So anyway, that subscription is gone now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there&#8217;s Disney+, on which we&#8217;ve watched season 1 of <strong>The Mandalorian<\/strong>. Mixed opinion. On the one hand Baby Yoda, on the other hand droid slavery and mass murder. So.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as I was looking back over this media collection, I thought it was looking a bit <em>light<\/em> for a three month gap since the previous one&#8230;and then I remembered that \u2b50 <strong>Spider-Man<\/strong>  on PS4 kinda took over my life for while there. Time well spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/spidey.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/spidey.jpeg 920w, https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/spidey-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/images\/2020\/spidey-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuck Brexit! Town in Netherlands replaces Union Jack with Saltire in EU flag line-up I haven&#8217;t quite figured out how to make a European Flag tattoo design that works for me yet. Fuck Brexit! Films: El Camino (Breaking Bad movie) A good chaser after having finished watching all of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2020\/02\/01\/mixed-media-saturday-1-february-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mixed media, Saturday 1 February 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1782],"tags":[1840,1839,1838,1753],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mixed-media","tag-books","tag-films","tag-mixed-media","tag-music-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4992,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions\/4992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}