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Oct. 29th, 2014 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotThe Tissots are SO COMFORTABLE. I did get a little rubbing on the back of my calf at the top of the boot, but I think that was mainly from driving - and that said, I was able to drive without wanting to pull over and take them off or anything. I'm definitely thinking of not bringing any other shoes with me to New York to save on what I have to carry on the E. So a big recommend from me.
They are still shedding polish on my hands, though. Why. Why.
The Boardwalk Empire finale was excellent. I kind of wish the show'd been under the threat of cancellation earlier - maybe it would have gotten sharper and clearer and more narratively satisfying over the past few seasons, instead of getting more and more bulky until this season pared it down. It could have used maybe one more episode for closure, but I guess this ending just solidified that it really is all about Nucky. I say this without judgment. Okay, maybe a little judgment because it's always been all about Margaret for me. Not that Margaret didn't get her moment. The implication that she's found her career and doesn't need to rely on men for protection anymore was great. It needed more for Gillian, though. I don't know, I like the idea of the show ending with the last day of her innocence, but at the same time it feels unfair to her character - it's all about Nucky. Nucky brushing her off in the institution, and Nucky lying that he'll take care of her.
I'm still a little spooked by the television scene. The period settings are so well done - and in this season, there's always been two exquisite, believable period settings in each episode - that I get sucked in, and seeing Nucky, who's always been an Edwardian in some respects, confronted with such a modern piece of technology by an eerie prophet was actually kind of frightening. Television has changed the world so much; this signals the end of an era. And I'm not quite sure what that era is (apart from, obviously, the pre-television era) but it's so alien to what came before. TBH, this has been a bit spoiled by the fact that 1924->1931 is a huge jump in terms of art, dress, and design so we already seemed to be in a slightly alien world.
I hope HBO follows up with another show that's as perfectly period but maybe slightly less graphic. I know all dramas have to be about a Man With Issues who gets worse and worse until he has to die, but HBO is HBO. They could change that if they wanted.
Put the hooks and bars in the dress lining. Tomorrow: snaps, the hem, and potential (probable) alterations.
They are still shedding polish on my hands, though. Why. Why.
The Boardwalk Empire finale was excellent. I kind of wish the show'd been under the threat of cancellation earlier - maybe it would have gotten sharper and clearer and more narratively satisfying over the past few seasons, instead of getting more and more bulky until this season pared it down. It could have used maybe one more episode for closure, but I guess this ending just solidified that it really is all about Nucky. I say this without judgment. Okay, maybe a little judgment because it's always been all about Margaret for me. Not that Margaret didn't get her moment. The implication that she's found her career and doesn't need to rely on men for protection anymore was great. It needed more for Gillian, though. I don't know, I like the idea of the show ending with the last day of her innocence, but at the same time it feels unfair to her character - it's all about Nucky. Nucky brushing her off in the institution, and Nucky lying that he'll take care of her.
I'm still a little spooked by the television scene. The period settings are so well done - and in this season, there's always been two exquisite, believable period settings in each episode - that I get sucked in, and seeing Nucky, who's always been an Edwardian in some respects, confronted with such a modern piece of technology by an eerie prophet was actually kind of frightening. Television has changed the world so much; this signals the end of an era. And I'm not quite sure what that era is (apart from, obviously, the pre-television era) but it's so alien to what came before. TBH, this has been a bit spoiled by the fact that 1924->1931 is a huge jump in terms of art, dress, and design so we already seemed to be in a slightly alien world.
I hope HBO follows up with another show that's as perfectly period but maybe slightly less graphic. I know all dramas have to be about a Man With Issues who gets worse and worse until he has to die, but HBO is HBO. They could change that if they wanted.
Put the hooks and bars in the dress lining. Tomorrow: snaps, the hem, and potential (probable) alterations.
