#moonhaven tv

[dragonotherkinforest]

Moonhaven has hope??!!! 😱😱😱😃😃

[scifipinups]

Emma McDonald Moonhaven (2022)

[hadesoftheladies]

FEMALE MOVIE/TV RECS (PART 3 / SCI-FI)

got inspired from a recommendation post so decided to make a list of movies and shows with female-centric stories/female protagonists. since i can't post all of the genres in one post, i'll split it into multiple posts and y'all can save or add to the list as you wish. (disclaimer: i have watched most of these, but i only know about the existence of others. not every movie/show on these lists will be my recommendation. my recommendations will be beneath the list with reasons. also some of these are way better than others in terms of storytelling/performance--which is why i'll list my faves separately):

Common Themes in the Media Listed:

-Women and girls fighting against oppressive regimes

-Unholy discoveries about the secrets of the universe

-Protagonists fighting an enemy they don't understand

-Dystopias, sickness and disaster literally everywhere

-Survivalism, action and (occasionally) comedy

-Father/daughter and older daughter/younger kid protective relationships

-How does humanity die--aliens, robots, zombies or hubris?

WHAT I HAVEN'T WATCHED:

Silo (although my sister highly recommends it)

Vesper

Invasion

Fallout

Arrival

Prometheus

Aliens

Alita: Battle Angel

The Girl With All the Gifts

The Last of Us

I Am Mother

Colossal

Rebel Moon

What Happened to Monday

Ashoka

Prey

Moonhaven

Bumblebee

The 100

Ghost in the Shell

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:

Foundation (10/10) (I cannot sing its praises enough)

Annihilation (8.5/10)

The Hunger Games (10/10)

Rogue One (7/10)

PERSONAL NOTES

Colossal is actually a sci-fi comedy, but ultimately a comedy first. So it's tonally different from most of these.

While I found Mortal Engines and The 5th Wave entertaining, I can also say that they are objectively not that good. You can only enjoy Mortal Engines if you enjoy spectacle, don't mind cliches, and don't know anything about physics (or care).

I don't remember much of The Rise of Skywalker because by the time I was watching it, I had only watched Star Wars 3 out of the whole series so I was pretty lost. But I remember enjoying the fight scenes.

Please watch Foundation! Like, if you claim to love sci-fi you have to do it. Two of the three main characters are women, Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin. Gaal is a mathematical genius and Salvor is just . . . chef's KISS! Also, both are women of color! Like! If you wish there was some kind of grand-scale sci-fi like Dune with a female lead, Foundation is it! It's based on the books by Isaac Asimov (who was a rancid misogynist), and it is unfaithful to his work in the best ways! (Gaal and Salvor were not women in the books.) The only "issue" is it focuses more on American type-heroism rather than the sociological focus of the book (the point of the books was literally about how individualism does about fuckall in determining the future and it's easier to predict human behaviour on a large scale but much harder the smaller your data size). But it still makes for fantastic storytelling.

Alita: Battle Angel may be said to have the born-sexy-yesterday trope, but I'm not sure she's overtly sexualized in the movie. I looked at her designs and they look tasteful. Might be some stories issues.

If you haven't watched The Hunger Games, idk what to tell you except you should be doing that right now. If you claim to like movies in general. It's so good, I cannot begin to break down precisely why it's so good. Suzanne Collins is a genius!

[kuwdora]

The fraught experience of watching TV in a streaming entertainment economy.

I basically watch new TV with the expectation that current season I’m watching is going to be the last. That includes The Witcher Netflix, btw, but other shows, too. I get the feeling we’ve all sort of…come to this conclusion, right? We’re all so jaded because things get cancelled left and right. Nothing is safe. Nothing. :(

We all have to race to watch The Sandman or Shadow and Bone ASAP instead of enjoying a week-to-week drop. It’s exhausting. I don’t like feeling guilty when I don’t have the brain to watch things. I definitely have just streamed stuff in the background and watched it for real later, too.

Star Trek Prodigy on Paramount? Cancelled and pulled from the platform. People who purchased the rest of the season on Amazon never got the episodes because the rights were pulled. Star Trek is the flagship IP!!! And it STILL GOT CANCELLED. Even though it’s beautiful, and fucking brilliant and incredible television and had new episodes in the pipeline.

The other show I’m currently mourning is Moonhaven. I wrote about that show here. It was renewed for a second season! It’s an fascinating, atypical sci-fi TV premise with great leads and interesting worldbuilding and shooting locations in Ireland. And then AMC decided that they were not going to renew it. It’s similar what happened to Avenue 5 on HBO (Ave 5 was more of a Schroedinger’s Cancellation. It’s cancelled except maybe not? But it really is cancelled.)

A League of Their Own? Cancelled. Willow? Cancelled. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance? Sense8???? The list goes on and on. :(

I think for me it was in 2017 or 2018 that I really started internalizing this idea that none of my favorite, amazing shows were going to last. Santa Clarita Diet was axed by Netflix far too soon. Same with Altered Carbon. Those cancellations changed me, yeah…

I follow a lot of WGA writers on twitter and there’s been a lot of discussion happening about the Suits renaissance. Suits aired on the USA Network for 9 years with 16+ episodes/season. It’s been streaming on NBC’s Peacock platform for awhile and now has 8 seasons on Netflix. It’s currently the most-streamed show in Nielson’s history, something like over 2 billion minutes now. people are discovering it for the first time or coming back to it for a very happy rewatch.

This writer sums up the situation perfectly.

I also can’t track down the tweet where a writer was talking to a development executive at Peacock who admitted that they wouldn’t be able to get Suits made today.

Ugly Betty is another show that’s having a similar bump (thanks in part to Barbie, people catching up to how amazing America Ferrara is. Also watch Superstore!!) because people are looking for these longer shows that have character development and the longevity.

The only streaming platform I currently ‘trust’ with my vested TV interests is AppleTV. And I only trust them because I can see what kind of free reign they’re allowing their creatives to do with their shows. They’re specific and bold premises and commitment to characters and themes. Similar to Netflix in the early years. I doubt this will last much longer.

On Apple TV you’ve got incredible psychological thrillers like Severence and Silo happening. The musical comedy Schmiagdoon! too.

Ted Lasso got to have longer episodes and handed over showrunning duties to the lead actor with some questionable creative choices made in those seasons. It still got to complete the show on its own terms. Amazing.

Apple TV also has Mythic Quest which is a unique comedy in the streaming age.

It’s a workplace comedy about a fictionalized video game development company. Picture Ubisoft who also provides video game assets/interstitials for the show among other things. It’s Community meets Always Sunny in Philadelphia (features writers and actors from both). A comedy that examines toxic masculinity in a workplace, completely roasts the girlbloss tropes and the patriarchy. The main characters are really autistic and ADHD coded. The show is completely self-aware (at times painfully so).

But what sets Mythic Quest apart and what tells me Apple TV is letting creatives do their jobs: This show has Bottle Episodes! And flashback episodes that don’t feature any of the primary actors! But the episodes are still relevant to the the themes and character dynamics the show is exploring.

In a hyper-serialized streaming world where executives and product strategists are measuring engagement by minutes watched and how soon they watch, Apple TV is letting these folks make episodes you can watch out of order or skip. But they’re also episodes with high rewatchability. It’s a show with a ton of heart. Apple TV renews Mythic Quest ahead of a season premiere. It renews it for multiple seasons. I’ve found this commitment to the longevity of the show very heartening.

In the past I’ve fallen in love with shows that were irreverent, campy, self-aware comedies. All of these were ABC shows so I can’t even rail against the streaming model. But like Netflix shows they weren’t given enough time to reach a wider audience even though I think some of these definitely have Cult Acclaim by now. I showed up bright an early for most of these and my god. The cancellations stung so much. That pain just accumulated over the years. A precursor of what was to come. :(

Better Off Ted - 2009 show. Another workplace satire that was just ahead of it’s time in the way it showed us the gallows humor of being a cog in the capitalist system. Addressed sexism, racism and classism. Funny as hell. Portia di Rossi knew the fucking assignment and fucked its brains out with her performance. Maz Jobrani was only in like 5 or 6 episodes and he was SO GOOD. I made sure to see every local comedy show I could to see more of him once I saw him in Better off Ted. - currently streaming on Hulu

Galavant - 2014-2016 - a fantasy musical. Monty Python meets Princess Bride. Featuring creators and lyricists who worked on 90s Disney films. So fucking funny and cheeky and heartwarming and silly. The music is so GREAT. All my Witcher and Our Flag Meets Death friends need to check this one out if they need something new-to-them that is witty and light and heartfelt. - also streaming on Hulu

Don’t Trust the B— in Apt 23 - a 2012 show with Krysten Ritter!! Before she was Jessica Jones! This show has eccentric women characters and James van der Beek playing a fictionalized version of himself. This is a show that had so much potential and they aired everything out of order and and and and and and I loved it so much. - Hulu since this is again an ABC show. Vid Rec: Applause by elipie.

Selfie - JOHN CHO AND KAREN GILLAN! John Cho and Karen Gillan in a ROM COM. The screeching wails from fandom when this got cancelled. It was an amazing set-up, amazing chemistry. Funny, quirky. You could see the growth in both of the characters!! And! We Never! Got enough!! - seriously watch this on hulu if you can. John and Karen are AMAZING.

Every first season of Star Trek has been wobbly or had wobbily episodes that didn't work or actors were still getting to know their characters. Every first season. Including new Trek! The X-Files? Even rebooted again? I don’t think it would work. Heck, even if they made second reboot of Battlestar Galactica I’m not sure it’d last. FARSCAPE! Got cancelled! By SyFy! They (like Sense8 and Firefly and a few others) got to have a movie conclusion. But at what narrative cost?? The Expanse got cancelled and uncancelled. The Orville got cancelled and uncancelled. I can't get my hopes up about anything unless I know it's a "limited series" at the onset.

I'm exhausted and sad by the state of the industry. I hope the writers and actors get everything from the studios and we can see a shift back to the previous working models again. Better working conditions and pay and residuals.

So I'll eventually watch A League of Their Own and 1899 and I know I'm going to fucking love every moment that we got to have. And then mourn. And go dig up all the fanfic and vids and art that I can to get my fix.

I think for now I'm gonna join in the Suits rewatch cause I love the humor and the character growth and relationships are fantastic. I don't think I rewatched Suits or Ugly Betty since they aired.

[ceolona]

My not quite year of TV in review

Moonhaven, Night Sky - RIP. Not enough sex, violence, and CGI for today’s audience. Worth watching.

She-Hulk, Willow - A fun ride once you realize they’re in on the joke.

Outer Range - Well done but slow. Thank the gods that it actually isn’t a musical!

The Batman - Something different! Thank you!

The Sandman, Interview with the Vampire - Yes, please! MORE!!!

Rings of Power - What the actual fuck was that? Eight hours I won’t get back.

FWIW, I was a bit rough in a comment on Halle Bailey. I am not a ten year old black girl, and not part of her target demographic. She was never on my radar. I Googled. I Wikipediaed. I learned. I’m sure she will do quite well in that live action cash grab The Little Mermaid remake

[dragonmythfandom]

Moonhaven Season 2 hope??! <3

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/amc-demascus-canceled-1235480973/

‘’Dolan previously warned AMC staffers about significant cutbacks at the company in a memo following Spade’s exit. “We are primarily a content company and the mechanisms for the monetization of content are in disarray,” he wrote at the time. Dolan also spoke of “a large-scale layoff as well as cuts to every operating area of AMC Networks” that would be implemented. To that end, AMC’s unscripted chief Marco Bresaz exited, while AMC also reversed its decision to renew the drama series “Moonhaven” for a second season.

However, it is possible the scrapped shows could find life on other platforms, as AMC stated in the SEC filing “The Company may realize some future licensing and other revenue associated with some of the owned titles.” ‘’ 

Also this news: https://deadline.com/2023/01/61st-street-shopped-around-following-amc-cancelation-1235213359/

The series also starred Vance, Jerod Haynes, Holt McCallany, Aunjanue Ellis, Killian Scott, Mark O’Brien, and Andrene Ward-Hammond.

Deadline previously confirmed Moonhaven was being pulled following an early second-season renewal. The series, which was set to star Tatiana Maslany, Ngozi Anyanwu, and Pilou Asbæk, had shot some of its first season.

[awomansworld666]

Fiction media

TV shows I enjoyed - potential spoilers ahead

- The expanse

- Sanctuary

- Castlevania

- Arcane (didn't like the character of Jinx though, too manic pixie girl coded for me)

- Xena

- Relic hunter (very male gazey but formed my whole sexuality 😂)

- This is going to hurt ( the character of Shruti Acharya was amazing for me)

- Black sails (the character of Eleanor and losing yourself for status, normality, conformity really speaks to me)

- Gentleman Jack

- Vigil

- killjoys (space opera)

- Moonhaven

- Hypathia (greek mathematician)

- Rings of Power

- Willow

- Stargate and Stargate Atlantis

Films :

- Anhiliation

- I care a lot (a bit male gazey but enjoyed the two protagonists)

- Aniora

- Harriet Tubman (intense)

- Queen sono

Would have liked to enjoy it but not really it for me / Happy to be argued/persuaded

- Yellow jackets (the cannibalism/horror scenario is too real/realistic for me, couldn't watch hannibal for it (just gifsets)

- A league of their own - the cast seems so interesting but I can't get into baseball it seems

- little women

- I'm not an easy man ( too triggering for me)

- Belle (too sweet)

Not feminist per se but not heavily misogynistic (imo)

- German 'Dark' ¥

- Devs ¢

- Charlie's angels (with Kristen Stewart) £

- Atomic Blonde £

- The mummy (originals and remakes with sofia boutella) £$

- German Deadlines tv show (similar to sex in the city but less libfem imo)

- Diablero §$

- My life is murder (with Lucy lawless)

- The haunting of bly manor

- The haunting of hill house

- cloud atlas

- foundation ( skip the 'harem' scenes, the gossamer court, interesting strong female characters)

- The peripheral (casual misogyny and male gaze but well written female characters as leads)

- mutant x

- fringe

- killing eve ( I actually didn't like villanelle at all, but wish there had been more with eve polanstri and Carolyn martens)

- American Gods ( I liked Laura Moon & Sam Black crow)

Guilty enjoyment

- The witcher/ Jennyfer has my heart £

- Mr. Robot (liked Darlene, Dominique Dipierro £)

- Motherland (heart breaking about parenting/motherhood )

- Love sex and anarchy (very soft power plays with older woman/younger man)

- Discovery of witches (classical romance in fantasy settings with an overprotective possessive lead)

- Stoker (toxic gothic coquette romance/abuser victime grooming )

- westworld (could get in previous category, one of my favourite shows, could and would write books on it, casual misogyny but also interesting women's characters)

- altered carbon - quite misogynistic and a lot of torture porn but also interesting women's characters in different archetypes

- hustle

- true blood (gothic romance with comedic aspects)

- blade runner 2049 (wish it was a women's protagonist with male robots)

Anime

Books

- interested in :

- a master of djinn

- Arcane Ascension by Andrew Row (maybe not convinced)

- The ruthless lady's guide to wizardry - Read, sadly not my style, too saccharine

- and I darken

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To consume :

- The wire

Notes:

- £ - male gazey/strong nudity/sexiness

- ¢ - gnc / butch or more masculine of center heroes

- ¥ - stereotypical gender rolls

- $ poc cast

- § latin representation

[mundo-misterio]

Refugio lunar: cancelado; AMC+ cancela la renovación de la temporada 2 de la serie de ciencia ficción - Programas de TV cancelados + renovados

Refugio lunar: cancelado; AMC+ cancela la renovación de la temporada 2 de la serie de ciencia ficción – Programas de TV cancelados + renovados

por Regina Ávalos, 5 de diciembre de 2022 Después de todo, Moonhaven ya no regresará a AMC+ para una segunda temporada. El servicio de transmisión revocó una decisión tomada en julio de renovar la serie de suspenso futurista. En ese momento, AMC Networks dijo que era la serie exclusiva de AMC+ más vista. Se dice que la cancelación del programa se debe a las drásticas medidas de reducción de…

[ironandglass]

If you're watching Moonhaven please be my friend and discuss this weirdass, amazing, refreshingly original, scifi, cult show with me because I am obsessed. I have a lot of feelings. If there is a Discord someone pls invite me. If there's not let's make one.

I need this in my life.

Where y'all at? 💖

[trinijanjan]

Coming out in July...

[tomorrowedblog]

Moonhaven premieres today

Moonhaven, the new TV series from Peter Ocko, is out today.

Moonhaven focuses on Bella Sway (Emma McDonald), a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in Paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for Moonhaven’s miracles and teams with a local detective to stop the forces that want to destroy Earth’s last hope before they are destroyed themselves.

[goddammitjoseph]

[worldmusicandcinema]

Moonhaven

[streamondemand]

What to stream: 'Blackbird' on Apple TV+, 'Everything Everywhere' on VOD, 'The Sea Beast' on Netflix, 'House of Gucci' on Prime

What to stream: ‘Blackbird’ on Apple TV+, ‘Everything Everywhere’ on VOD, ‘The Sea Beast’ on Netflix, ‘House of Gucci’ on Prime

Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, Amazon Prime, video-on-demand, and other streaming services …   A convicted drug dealer (Taron Egerton) is pressured into going into a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and getting a confession from a suspected serial killer (Paul Walter Hauser) in crime drama “Black Bird” (TV-MA). Dennis Lehane…

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Moonhaven Season 1 Teaser | 'Darkness Finds a Way' | Rotten Tomatoes TV

Star: Hoji Fortuna / Elaine Tan / Joe Manganiello

[dragonmythfandom]

MOONHAVEN  from AMC +