Class of ’09, Daisy Jones and the Epic Character Arc

Man, have I been starved for good entertainment lately. I don’t think I have particularly niche tastes, but it feels harder and harder to find something that really scratches that itch in terms of the stories that hook me in. The kinda crazy thing is that I’ve had this issue not only with television and movies lately, but with music too.  Is it me?  As Class of ’09‘s Ashley Poet says in episode 4, “Am I the problem??”  I’m not convinced it’s entirely my fault.  My tastes have certainly not changed, but I think the variety in the types of stories that are being told has grown, which is obviously a good thing.  Maybe I need to widen my horizons on the different things I’m willing to try out.

The last thing I liked enough to bother writing about it on here was Station Eleven, which definitely had me by the balls.  Figuratively, of course.  Like, to the point where I watched The Last Of Us when it aired a couple months ago and yes, I really liked it, but even that still didn’t hit quite as hard for me as Station Eleven.  I found myself being slightly annoyed that TLOU was such a smash hit, while SE (a kinda similar premise) had been basically ignored on the same streaming service.  I guess it needed a video game version first.  I do love zaddy Pedro Pascal though, so I can never be too mad when he’s involved.