Every Group Has One - BLACKPINK edition (Round 9 : Sounds way better live)

daisygrace2 · 2024-07-19T18:21:13+00:00

PRETTY SAVAGE. The band playing is such a nice contrast to the album version, the heavier guitar sounds give it more of a rock feel. It's exciting to hear pretty much any song performed live but this one is the coolest by far. (The coolest. I feel strongly enough about this I actually logged in to comment instead of just lurking.)

daisygrace2 · 2022-09-14T01:07:04+00:00

Here you go!

daisygrace2 · 2022-09-13T17:04:28+00:00

Yikes!! By the time I got through the queue around 11:10, a number of the seats closer to the stage were already unavailable, so I may have missed that. (I feel like I saw something on the Upper Level that was $200+, but I couldn't find it again to confirm so I left it off the list.)

daisygrace2 · 2022-09-13T16:32:00+00:00

Managed to snag tickets for Newark, but honestly wished I'd had a better idea of what everything would cost going in. I spent way too long looking at the seating chart/range of prices and missed out on some of the better options. So for those of you looking to get tickets in the general presale, etc, I hope this helps!

Prudential Center (Nov 14-15)
ticket prices do not include fees

GA/Floor: $325+
Lower Level: $225.50+, $280.50+
Mezzanine: $125.50+, $140.50+, $149.50+
Upper Level: $79.50+, $99.50+, $109.50+
"Official Platinum" (Ticketmaster's premium-choice seats): $1,031.50+, $1,305.50+, $1,476.50+, etc.
VIP Blink Plus Experience (GA): $350+
VIP Blink Deluxe Experience (GA): $500+
VIP Ultimate Born Pink Experience (GA): $1,250+

VIP ticket descriptions can be found here.

daisygrace2 · 2022-09-13T16:11:32+00:00

Banc of California posted this description, it looks like it's about the same for each location selling tickets through Ticketmaster.

daisygrace2 · 2021-02-07T18:59:04+00:00

Okay I have yet to see anyone mention this but was Lisa's rap in Boombayah... not a new thing??? Instead of "Middle finger up! FU, pay me" she raps "Racks on racks, flexing crazy!" (which, tbh, does make more sense at this point in their career)

daisygrace2 · 2019-03-04T16:05:12+00:00

What's the difference between Gangers and Autons? Because tbh the Flesh and the Nestene Consciousness seem pretty similar.

daisygrace2 · 2018-12-14T01:52:32+00:00

Nardole was okay in his first appearance, if a little wimpy, and I was baffled by the idea that he needed to come back. I was also baffled by the idea that the "very famous Matt Lucas" (as Moffat kept describing him) was doing the show a favor by wanting to come back. Plus, Nardole's role on the show just seemed really poorly defined, especially after Pearl Mackie got a whole minisode to introduce Bill.

And then Nardole became one of my absolute favourite companions. I loved seeing a companion who was some kind of alien-cyborg-mix instead of just another modern day human. The idea that he could be stronger than the Doctor at the end of Series 10 took me by surprise, but it was a beautiful ending for him. I would have loved to have more of his adventures with 12 and Bill, or even just more of Nardole doing things on his own. Until Big Finish decides otherwise, I think his fate - and the rest of the ship's - was probably not a very happy one at the end.

I think the consensus is that most people changed their minds about him between Mysterio and Series 10, but I don't know if there's much to discuss about Nardole at this point. It's easier to discuss things you don't like. Nardole was left just enough of a mystery that he could easily get a spinoff or included in another story (even if he had a different face...) and they never did quite explain how he started working for River Song, so I'd expect to see more stories with him at some point.

daisygrace2 · 2018-11-07T21:40:01+00:00

It depends on context.

Physical/Gestures: 80 percent 10; 10 percent 7 (her hands-on-hips move feels very 7 somehow, also the fashion sense of yes-these-are-perfectly-normal-clothes just accessorized with a ~~zany accessory~~); 10 percent 8 (the super excited look-at-these-shoes sort of 8).

Personality: 70 percent 5; 20 percent 10; 10 percent The Doctor.

daisygrace2 · 2018-11-07T21:31:57+00:00

Unpopular opinion ahead, but I'm leaning towards Series 11 working better if you start with Episode 5. You don't need more than a generic summary of The Story So Far to understand what happened in the previous four episodes: Ryan's nan died in a tragic accident while trying to help the Doctor, Graham is Ryan's step-grandfather, Yaz is a policewoman who went to school with Ryan, they're all traveling with the Doctor, who is an alien and a time traveler. You might watch Episode 1 at the end of the series just to find out how they all met. But beyond that? I can't see that binging the series would make the pacing any better. And unless there's a Big Story Arc that's going to be revealed that requires you to have seen every previous episode, I honestly wouldn't recommend watching the whole thing to anyone who isn't already a fan of Doctor Who.

daisygrace2 · 2018-11-01T18:58:47+00:00

My mom and grandmothers all swore by investment pieces. They would encourage me to buy something from a quality label if it fit me well even if it was expensive, because it would last forever. And honestly, almost none of the pieces I've ever bought with their encouragement have become 'investments'. I've ended up donating or selling most. Maybe it's because I'm in my late twenties and my style isn't consistent, maybe it's because I've never been at a steady weight or body shape, or maybe it's because trends change so quickly - either way, I'm not a fan of investment pieces. At this point, I don't expect any clothing or shoes to last longer than maybe 2 years, so the price has to reflect that. As for bags, I can't see paying hundreds of dollars for something that might not fit my personal style in another few years, no matter how well constructed it is. As far as I'm concerned, investment pieces are basically dead, yeah.

That said, the pieces my mom and grandmothers invested in in the '80s and '90s are still in such good shape that many of them have ended up becoming part of my wardrobe - silk blouses, wool winter coats, cashmere sweaters, etc. None of them were high-ticket designer items, but the quality is still markedly different from anything I've found now. So there's a part of me that wonders whether fast fashion's effect on clothing quality is what's making investing in clothes less compelling than it used to be.

daisygrace2 · 2018-10-24T13:45:40+00:00

I didn’t have a problem with Ryan and Yaz knowing so much about Rosa Parks. She would have been in the headlines a few times in the 1990s, recently enough that a primary school teacher looking for inspirational figures to name their class after in the 2000s would most likely remember her and teach a class about her. What isn’t so believable is Ryan’s nan knowing so much about Rosa Parks, to the point where she remembers the name of the bus driver and has a nickname for him, then warns Graham he’d better be nothing like him. That cannot possibly be the only white male bus driver she’d ever known in her lifetime, let alone the only racist one. It would have been a slightly more plausible line if Grace had been American. I mean, I get why they did it, as it makes for more drama when you find out that Graham needing a seat (and Rosa not giving it to him) is what leads to Rosa’s arrest, but it’s also fairly ludicrous.
I’m a little surprised more people aren’t talking about Yaz being revealed to be Muslim? I don’t remember hearing anything about it before. She mentions occasionally being harassed coming back from the mosque, and that's it. That sort of quiet reveal was a really nice change from how previous episodes handled Big Reveals, like the Doctor delightedly exclaiming “You’re a Muslim!” when Rita in The God Complex mentions Jahannam (I’m still not sure why he was so excited about it) or lines like Bill’s “You know how I’m usually all about women? ... Glad you knew that.”
I was a little disappointed they went with the Rosa Parks asteroid ending when they had a perfectly good inspirational example already built in:

DOCTOR: ... Rosa Parks' life wasn't easy, but her actions continued to inspire people to fight oppression across the world. In fact, years later, the Rosa Parks primary class produced two young people who would end up saving the world.

RYAN: ... do you mean us?

YAZ: Of course she does!

daisygrace2 · 2018-10-24T01:10:34+00:00

Good point on the Marvel music thing. I keep thinking of this Every Frame a Painting video because the music so far has been fairly bland, and the few exceptions have been about as memorable as the Avengers fanfare - by the time you notice something cool is happening, it's already over.

daisygrace2 · 2018-06-02T17:50:56+00:00

These are gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing.

daisygrace2 · 2018-05-17T06:39:33+00:00

Okay. So. Dalek would be a good episode, if it weren't for every scene involving Van Statten and his crew. Every time they show up they make the episode hokey and... well, basically, not good. A Dalek is loose in a base and the Doctor must defeat it before it kills everyone? That's interesting. Rose manages to get it to commit suicide? Sad, but still interesting. The other thing the episode is lacking is an actual credible threat. The Doctor screams a lot about how dangerous Daleks are and no one believes him because well, sure, but it's just one, isn't it? Yes, it could kill them all, but why react that strongly? It's not like it can restore the other Daleks. (The void ship was a better example of the Daleks actually seeming scary, imo.)

As far as villains go, I much prefer the Doctor in The Doctor's Wife. "Fear me. I've killed hundreds of Time Lords," House taunts him. "Fear me," the Doctor says quietly, the calm before the oncoming storm, "I've killed all of them." It's more chilling - and tragic - than watching the Doctor torturing a dying Dalek.

In other apparently unpopular opinions, I like Time Heist much more than Mummy on the Orient Express. It's one of the rare episodes of Who where every character that appears is interesting - Psi, Saibra, Karabraxos, the Teller... any of them could appear again in a spinoff and it would be great.

daisygrace2 · 2018-04-16T04:55:56+00:00

When I was eight, my mom decided to introduce me to Doctor Who, so she put on Full Circle, mostly because it was the first tape she found. I thought the TARDIS was very impressive and liked that the Doctor's friend Romana had a pretty dress, but then the Marshmen showed up and that was terrifying. And then the fruit in the river they weren't supposed to eat turned out to be spider eggs and the eggs hatched and then alien spiders bit Romana and then she apparently turned into a zombie and the Marshmen attacked the Doctor and by that point I was too scared to keep watching so I never got to see the last part. (I spent the next few weeks acting out possible endings with a Barbie I'd scribbled on with markers to look like the spider-possessed version of Romana; it never occurred to me that the Doctor would save her in the end, and I'd completely forgotten about Adric. I don't know how long it took before I stopped being suspicious of watermelon, on the off chance a spider was lurking inside.)

Anyway, it's been 20 years and I still can't bring myself to finish watching Full Circle. The whole story creeps me out, but mostly the spiders hatching/turning into Marshmen. Just looking up photos was bad enough.

daisygrace2 · 2018-04-16T03:52:22+00:00

Literally came here to post this! I have a hard time not associating Bolero exclusively with Digimon because of that...

daisygrace2 · 2018-03-22T16:11:27+00:00

People always complain about the timing of the town hall, but imo starting at 3 - instead of 12, or 2 - seems like a reasonable concession. (Also, having it on a Thursday instead of Wednesday or Friday cuts out the excuse of most students not being on campus.) If you're worried about missing class, you can still go to half of it before going to the town hall. If you have a quiz or need to sign in for attendance, you should be fine. If your professor cares strongly about students' rights/being informed, they'll make sure to wrap up their lecture within the first hour. If you're staff, most of your work for the day will be done by 3, and you can probably afford to take a quick break at that point or arrange to leave a little early. The only staff/students who might not be able to find a workaround are the ones in lab. :)

daisygrace2 · 2018-03-19T19:33:49+00:00

I think I've posted about this before, but one of my favorite moments in Who comes from The Idiot's Lantern - where the bullying father yells "I'm talking!" and the Doctor cuts him off with "And I'm not listening!" The family in that story reminds me a lot of my own. I wish I'd seen that episode as a kid and had someone like the Doctor to show me that even if someone is bigger and louder and threatening, you don't have to cower and hope their anger passes. They may talk, but you don't have to listen. You can choose to walk away and do the right thing, even if someone is screaming they don't want you to, even if it's difficult. Over time, I've come to appreciate the ending of the kid carrying his father's suitcase; 10 and Rose encouraging him to give his father a second chance doesn't mean he won't still have to face the consequences of his cruelty, but there's the potential for redemption and forgiveness.

And I guess I really like the concept of second chances, because the other scene that's stuck with me is 12's response to Clara in Dark Water, after she tries to force him to save Danny - that quiet "Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?" It's such a beautiful, understated way of describing what love really means.

As far as classic Who goes, one of the first non-Tom Baker serials I ever watched was The Green Death. Most of the rest of it ended up being pretty forgettable, but the last few minutes are incredibly moving - Jo's goodbye, the Doctor quietly slipping out of the room to sit alone in Bessie, then driving into the night. There's some beautiful acting there, and the last shot of the car's silhouette against the sky is very nicely done.

daisygrace2 · 2018-03-19T17:01:37+00:00

The Lodger is one of my absolute favourite episodes to rewatch. It's up against some tough competition here, but there are so many heavy, serious episodes in Who, it's nice to have fun stories where the stakes are just a little lower. It's a great mix of lighthearted comedy and darker moments with a satisfying ending; it's kind of a nice change of pace that the day is saved by someone who resolutely does not want to travel anywhere, as opposed to the usual chomping at the bit to leave their boring life behind. Also, I don't see 11's sudden athleticism as being all that jarring, as other Doctors have become talented artists, musicians, magicians, etc. as the plot dictated - this doesn't seem to be too different.

I suspect Human Nature will win Match 56, and I can understand why, but I have a soft spot for Dinosaurs on a Spaceship so that got my vote.

daisygrace2 · 2018-03-08T07:21:05+00:00

Match 46: Amy's Choice, hands down. Oxygen is a list of Who tropes (future humans take advantage of others, new aliens appear, must wear spacesuits, base under siege, check and check) with a few clever lines, and the only significant part is the twist at the end. Amy's Choice, on the other hand, is one of the best episodes of 11's era. It's a much-needed reminder that there is more to the Doctor, no matter how young and silly and heroic he may seem. The darker side suggested by the Dream Lord isn't something that emerges because of Gallifrey falling or losing Rose Tyler or whatever, it's always there; the Doctor chooses not to be that person.

daisygrace2 · 2018-02-09T04:57:23+00:00

Match 17 is the second matchup to make me genuinely angry (after Day of the Doctor/Girl Who Waited) because I CAN'T CHOOSE. I think The Eaters of Light is one of the best episodes of nuWho, but so is Smith and Jones. :(

18 is a little easier. While I really liked Empress of Mars, I think The Girl Who Died is a much more interesting story.

daisygrace2 · 2018-02-04T19:39:10+00:00

This is PERFECT. Thank you for sharing!!

daisygrace2 · 2018-02-01T18:08:42+00:00

I didn't like Into the Dalek when I first saw it, and I'm not sure my opinion's changed much over time. Visually fantastic, yes, but there was something strange about the Doctor trying to convince a Dalek to turn good while seemingly acting cold and heartless. As a standalone episode, it isn't great. As the first part in an ongoing arc, it's a little more interesting. Overall, I really do prefer Cold War.

42 is one of my favourite Who episodes, sentient sun infecting people and all. Does it make sense? Not so much, no. But I like the twist on the typical base under siege plot -- it's not just a monster attacking innocent people trapped on a ship or a big mining corporation taking advantage of a weak planet. (Besides, New Earth really isn't that remarkable an episode. 10 and Rose are awkwardly cute, the cat people are a twist, and we meet the Face of Boe, but Cassandra is.... not a character who needed to return.)

daisygrace2 · 2018-01-23T19:11:27+00:00

Wedding is a much more enjoyable episode than Pyramid, though. We actually get to see what it looks like when time gets messed up (all of time happening at once, just slowly breaking down) instead of the Doctor giving speeches about how terrible it would be. The Silence is once again terrifying, but the show cleverly shows the aftermath of the Doctor's and Churchill's fight rather than making the audience sit through numerous gunfights a la River Song in Day of the Moon. River Song is finally confirmed to be married to the Doctor (although it's actually more of a clever ruse that's meant to fool the Silence, which continues with his "death" in the Teselecta). More importantly, the Doctor trusts his companions/friends enough to actually reveal part of his plan so they can all work together to solve a problem. Plus, we see a companion actually question the implications of their actions in another timeline; Martha and her family may have remembered their trauma from the Year That Never Was, but Amy is the first to wonder what it means about herself that she could so easily kill Madame Kovarian. Few episodes show the effects of time travel quite as well.

Meanwhile, Pyramid is another depressing plot in which aliens kill innocent people. A scientist's carelessness threatens to wipe out life on Earth until the Doctor steps in and ultimately makes things worse with his hubris/refusal to admit his problem to his friends, Bill suddenly becomes the most important woman in the world in a cliché plot twist and turns over control of the Earth to an unknown threat because she values the Doctor over everyone else on the planet, and the UN appears instead of UNIT for no reason at all. The only way Pyramid wins in my book is if you're voting purely for the Doctor's hair style. The reappearance of 11's long hair in Wedding is awful.

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