#elo mate

Yesterday before sleeping I read the entire story of the first book of The Old Guard and then because I couldn’t wait I read all the second tome except for the 5th part of it who happens to be the end. 

I actually loved it, and it made me regret for a moment that the adaptation is a film instead of a show but at the same time I’m okay with it. I loved everything about it and the idea of these beings, these people who lived and died so many times through a large amount of time and how it’s wearing them down, the psychological effects of it is incredible. 

I watched the movie today and I’m okay with most of the changes, what happen to Quynh is actually worst than what happen to Tomiko in the books and weirdly I’m okay with that change, even if I do believe the two situations can end with the same consequences.

I liked how they made Nile question a little more the situation she’s in and not choosing to get with the group by default but because she wanted to be with them and could understand who they were. I know some people were annoyed by her but to me, it made sense, she wasn’t being complicated or difficult for nothing, it was realistic. 

The twist about Andy at the end of the movie put me off a little, I’m not fan of that change. 

Booker...tssssssssssss...but it made sense...in a way like he was alone while Andy had partners before and then Nicky & Joe have each other since the beginning. I really hate disloyal people and I don’t want to give them any benefice of the doubt or excuses but I do understand his pain and why he did what he did and I feel it’s also because he thought maybe Andy would understand him. I loved when she told him in the books how she didn’t want to die, just a reason to live, I really wanted to have Charlize say the same thing to Matthias in the movie instead of “not this way”. The fact the screenwriter is the comic books writer makes me accept the changes more easily because the heart of the story is still there.

Nicky & Joe, I have nothing to add, everyone is already saying what I feel about them. I absolutely love their story and the fact they have been together for 900+ years, they started the after life together in hatred for a second of their existence and live the rest of it just loving each other and it’s beautiful. This is how romance should be portrayed in general, the subtlety when it needs to be and the love declaration when it should be said, oie oie oie, my feels.

I prefer the comics villain more than the movie villain but in both cases I’m really into both stories and ending. Even if I feel they should have killed the doctor in the movie like in the comics but I understand why they didn’t. 

randoms thoughts 

While watching the movie, I wondered if the “Immortals” might connect with a few of them like the Sense8 cluster except they’re not specifically 8. Like there would be other “Immortals” in the world connected with each other but not with the Old Guard we know, it would be quite interesting. 

The last time that a finale did that to me was probably LOST (maybe others but I don’t remember so..meh), I hate crying because it gives me headaches just after. But I am a crier so I made my peace with that misery. 

I didn’t think, it would do that to me, when each of them decide to take the path they wanted to take, the moment of realization that it was the time to move on was so sad but not bad sad more like it’s time to say goodbye to them like saying goodbye to an old friend. They did it well and it made me cry, so I guess they did what they needed to do. I have so many questions but at the same time, not having answers to them is okay. This is the kind of ending I like, the ones that breaks your heart because it’s the end and that’s it. I’m happy the ended their show when they wanted to and didn’t drag it for years and years. 

This is the one of the rare shows I enjoyed from the beginning to the end. Before watching the Finale, I watched the Pilot and I realized so many moments for the rest of that first season was hinted that pilot, it’s crazy how re-watching it after four seasons gave me a new perspective and made me maybe pay more attention.

I’ll rewatch The Good Place because I love it and it made me care for Philosophy...and it’s incredibly funny because I had a 6/20 in that damned class for my Baccalauréat. This show made me care and made this subject interesting and fun. The character growth was remarkable for each of them, like for LOST, I’m sad that it’s over but also happy. 

I saw a tweet of mine from two years ago where I was basically predicting the exact contrary of what is happening in this movie and it’s kind of funny. 

It’s the first time, I’m actually writing in this tumblr about any Star Wars movie.

I’ve found a way to not talk about it in this blog and I can’t exactly say why, it’s like I saw the movies like 3 times for the first two and twice for this one and nothing.

It’s kind of crazy. 

I’m not part of the fandom, I talk about the movies with friends, I’m as casual as you can be, I don’t ship anything, I don’t anti ship anything, I just go with the flow until now I guess.

I don’t like this movie, I don’t hate this movie. I enjoyed Force Awakens, I liked The Last Jedi and I find this movie meh.

It’s entertaining...it’s meh. 

I’m just sad because of the lack of imagination and the bad script who tells you everything instead of showing it or it tells you what will happen before showing the moments and it’s bad. Fanservice and nostagia can be such a bad mix. I know some people were living their best lives while seeing so (too) many references to the past movies or having their reddit theory becoming true but all I can think is how lazy it was. 

It’s just sad to watch such an unremarkable movie, it exists, it’s okay because it’s a Star Wars movie, it has a few good shots and that’s why I can’t find in me to hate/dislike it but after that this movie was pretty mediocre. 

If people love it then I’m happy for them, they find what they needed in it, if they hated it, it’s life. 

I just find it so lacking of imagination, it’s just depressing. 

  I was supposed to finish reading the book but I was tired and I just read like 80 pages out of 200, it’s kind of laughable but I had to work the next morning so, priorities!

Since, I’ve read a lot about the book, and saw all the movies, I already knew everything about the subject, the characters and the endings, the author concession to her editor. So I was ready to watch the 2019 version of the movie.

It’s never about the person who is obvious. Never. If that was true then half of the previous character would still be alive. Ned Stark would be the great noble hero but it’s not.

The beauty of seeing Arya killing the Night King is realizing that her entire journey was created for that moment. Her meeting Syrio Forel and learn how to use Niddle and the words to Death, then Jaqen H’ghar and Lady Melissandre who told her they would meet again and when they did, you see that one scene made her remember and realize what she needed to do. 

This show is not only about Daenerys, Jon and Cersei and this episode, this glorious episode showed us that in every possible aspect.

I watched the whole thing like it was the first episode and I didn’t question half of it as a pilot...I was thinking ‘oh I like this show why not reblog gifs about the first episode’ to realise that what I’ve just seen wasn’t in them and then go to wikipedia to see what was wrong aaaaaand what I saw was the last episode huuuuuum.

Now, this is weird because when I was a teenager I was used to read the last chapter of a book before starting the book from the beginning, there were no logic for this, except that I liked that idea of Knowing the end without really knowing it since I didn’t know what happen to have this conclusion. I guess, I will have to apply this logic there, but I didn’t do that for a decade so it’s weird. 

Instead of having a post saying “what a pretty interesting beginning, it’s fascinating because now what will happen if you start with an end that isn’t happening anymore”...I’ll say: “What a fascinating end, what was the events that lead to that conclusion?” .

Let’s begin this show, I guess. I shot myself in the foot, but I’m incredibly intrigued by this show, I know most of angelic and demonic references because of me watching the six first seasons of Supernatural, that helped.  

David Tennant huuuuuuuum, I really love this actor, Micheal Sheen is adorable with his little BCBG angel outfit, he’s so cute.

I’m shipping the shit out of Orla and James! 

I was laughing during the whole thing, sometimes you’re a little sad but they always find a way to make you die laughing.

It’s really one of the shows about teenagers that feel so genuine and fun. 

Sister Michael is still the best adult with high Granda Joe hahahaha.