Is anyone doing anything special in the lead-up to Election Day? I am watching Harry Potter...

[Hekate]

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When I started I figured one per night would help me get through this, and tonight it was Goblet of Fire. The only unfortunate part of my plan is that the farther along I get the more stressful the movies are.

But it is not Trump.

[Easterncedar]

1. Lord of the Rings for me

It has gotten me through hard times before.

[Hekate]

3. It was a tossup between the two series for me. The only reason I didn't go full LOTR is it's only 3 movies!

Harry P runs 8 movies plus the 3 Fantastic Beasts. Which reminds me — why the flip aren’t they getting on with the final two? I don’t care if they have to swap out Grindlewald again.

Anyway, LOTR. I love it, with very few exceptions. I’m one of those fans that waited 50 years for there to be a movie, so I watched it with a critical eye. The movies were, so to speak, love at first sight for me.

But imo they ruined The Hobbit. I recently re-read The Hobbit and was disturbed all over again by what was changed and added to the movie. It’s a wonderful children’s book and can be enjoyed by the adults who read it to the kidlets, but the movie is way, way too violent for 9 year olds, much less 5 to 7 year olds.

Not Trump.

[Easterncedar]

8. I meant the books

The movies kinda annoyed me, tbh.

For watching I have been spending lots of time with David Suchet as Poirot. Comfort food!

[sakabatou]

2. I'm gonna watch "Gundam: Witch From Mercury"

[Hekate]

4. Great title! What is it about?

[sakabatou]

5. From what I've heard, it's a mix of Utena and Gundam Wing AFAIK

If you don't know these series (Utena and Wing), it's going to be harder to explain.

[Hekate]

6. Sounds engaging

[Silver Gaia]

7. If you'd like something witchy to watch,

I suggest "A Discovery of Witches" based on the Deborah Harkness books. I will admit the books are better than the series, but isn't that often the case? Harkness is a history professor (UCLA maybe? somewhere here in CA), and she puts that knowledge to good use. There are vampires, too, and what she calls daemons. Her world-building is great, and she has a unique take on the occult world. I sound more like I'm praising the books over the shows, but both are great in their own ways. It's more adult than Harry Potter or LOTR, but that's actually one of its strengths. Anyhow... I liked it a lot (both forms). Maybe you will, too.

[berniesandersmittens]

11. Good book series

I enjoyed reading those. Haven't gotten to watch the TV series yet.

[Silver Gaia]

12. It's on Netflix now.

[Nixie]

9. Outlander. The last season is available to stream soon after

a very long wait, so we're rewatching from the start before starting the new stream. It took us awhile to binge the prior seasons when we first discovered the show, so I'm not sure how long we'll last on the old ones. It's a great show and a nice distraction for now. Although we still get plenty of election news --podcasts in the car and Morning Joe plus lots of nightly MSNBC. But we do intentionally tune out because of the Trump stupidity.

Harry Potter is a good choice! So is LOTR as another poster mentioned.

[Silver Gaia]

13. We love Outlander!

[Solly Mack]

10. Horror movies. Lots and lots of horror movies.

I could say it was all about Halloween, but it isn't. Some of it, yes - but the enjoyment isn't the same, so I know it's the election and the movies are more about killing time.

[Lasher]

14. Locking.

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