Obi-Wan, Thor and the Serpent Queen 1.06.

It's my annual time of submission to the Mouse again, aka paying for Disney +, catching up with various things from last year.

Obi-Wan- Kenobi: mostly I liked it, though unfortunately a key scene had me muttering "you stole that from a Vader/Anakin & Ahsoka scene, screenwriter, I hope you're paying Dave Filoni" , more about this later.

( Spoilery comments )

Thor: Love and Thunder: I am in the absolute minority of MCU watchers in that I didn't likie Thor: Ragnarök all that much - in fact, I liked the Thor content of Avengers: Infinity Wars better in what it did with Thor than the entirety of Ragnarök - and what I heard about this latest movie didn't inspire me to seek it out in the theatre. But since I did submit to the Mouse, I thought I might as well, and yeah. All the elements I disliked, multliplied, for two thirds of the movie. ( Spoilers ensue )

Look, I like my humor between the drama as much as the next fan, but Taika Waititi's brand just doesn't work for me.

In Disney- unrelated news, I also watched the last episode of The Serpent Queen's first season. (Is it the first? Or is that supposed to be it?)

( Spoilers are better at this. )

Trick or Treat recs

Some - only some - of the delightful stories up at trickortreatex:

Babylon 5:

Haunted in Small Ways: in which Vir and Lennier see people who aren't there. Or do they?

Moments of Transition, Moments of Revelation: The AU I've been hankering for for eons, in which Sheridan does not return from Z'ha'dum, so Delenn and Ivanova have to carry on alone. Enter Neroon!

Ghosts

And things that go bump in the night: Trying to plan for Halloween in a house full of ghosts should be much, much easier than this. Alison pov, with the entire ensemble getting great moments.

Sandman (TV)

A place for one (or two): lovely Lucienne and Dream friendship story.

A good night's sleep: which modern Johanna Constantine can finally get.


Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

So this is Halloween Five times Christine Chapel planned Halloween, and one time she didn’t have to. As charming and warm-hearted as the show at its best.

West Wing:

Dead Man's Creek: in which Bartlet makes the gang go to a Republican-voting town on Halloween, because of course he does.