For part of my vacation time I’m actually using that 4K Blu Ray player that sits almost entirely unused in the living room.
Yesterday I watched the Genesis documentary/interview piece, Sum Of The Parts. Which is a decent, if highly condensed, overview of Genesis’ discography and how it came to be. (With one glaring omission.) They also dabbled in covering the solo careers, showing the “highlights” of Gabriel’s and Collins’ output plus brief mentions of Hackett’s first solo record (before the split) and Rutherford’s Mechanics project and Banks’ various efforts. Mind you… near the end of the whole piece they got to “Collins left the band in 1996” and immediately cut to the preparation for the 2007 tour. Hmm. Poor Ray Wilson, left out of the story again.
Today I watched the second Miles Morales animated adventure series installment, Across the Spiderverse. And it’s… good, overall. Almost continually quippy, though it managed to dial that down at some of the more appropriate moments. But that’s Spider-Man (and Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Woman, and, and, and, and…) for you, being quippy is sewn into the costume. (With one notable exception.) Visually, the team at Sony’s animation studio continue to push the boundaries using the first Spiderverse flick as a jumping-off point. It’s a delight for the eyes. Story-wise… I don’t know. It’s not done yet, so I can’t “sit” with it and get a feel for how well they’ve pulled that off. I’ve seen half a movie, now I have to wait for the other half.
No more movies this week, but maybe I’ll start on a TV show next. I’ll decide on that… tomorrow.
