Well, I went back to work. So, at least at the beginning of each semester, the amount i consume drops precipitously. This should definitely be interesting, to say the least.
TV Shows Watched: Bookie: S2E5 (MAX) with audio description, Tiny Toons Looniversity (S2E1) with audio description, A Man On The Inside: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description
Movies Watched: Inside Out 2 (Disney plus) with audio description. I’ve already seen and reviewed the movie, but I took a really scattered day full of stopping and starting things to get through a film i saw that my theater was having reception problems throughout the film, so I didn’t hear 100% of the track.
Best Episode: A Man On The Inside- While nothing blew me away, I was interested to see how they wrapped this up, while also leaving a door open for the already confirmed second season. Now the question is who is coming back?
A runner up is silly. No runner up.
Best Performance: Ted Danson (A Man On The Inside)- There was a lot of melancholy happening in the finale, and I appreciated the tone he brought to his character. Again, not a lot of competition. I suppose I could pick a voice actor from the Tiny Toons show.
Best Audio Description: Tiny Toons Looniversity- Honestly, yes. It had the most to describe that was silly. This cartoon is full of sight gags. Considering I’ve seen the upcoming Looney Tunes movie The Day The Earth Blew Up without audio description, In can tell you that we heavily undervalue the audio description in content like this. You don’t fully realize until you see both sides, and the description in this show is really pretty great, and very necessary.
Best Moment Of Audio Description: Tiny Toons Looniversity- I mean, seriously. I could describe a scene for you, but I’m not entirely sure you would get it, and I’m sure no one watches this but me and little kids. My nostalgia always wins though. There are several complicated sight gag pieces, like one toward the end, where it looks like Buster is in a precarious situation, with all this dangerous stuff that might happen ton him that is laid out visually, following a string of bad luck he’s had all episode long. Then we see what happens with each of those things. It isn’t supported by any dialogue, and only made accessible through audio description.
Worst… Anything: Bookie- there’s a moment where their “accountant”, I think is shown somewhere, but it isn’t until after the second time we’ve seen him that we get the context behind it. I’m not entirely sure about the beats, and what could have fit in there, but it does feel like if I was watching Bookie with sighted people, they would have laughed at one point, and then later I get the joke. I would try to close that gap, if possible. That’s just a little moment.
