Uber, Broadchurch, Jupiter Ascending
Feb. 2nd, 2015 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Does anyone have a lot of familiarity with Uber, and would be willing to share experiences/tips with me?
I was thinking about renting a car while in Miami, but B., who I'm staying with, says that she thinks Uber will be cheaper. I didn't want to seem totally clueless, so I was like, oh Uber, sure. >.>
Except I've never used Uber before and only even vaguely know what it does, despite it being super popular.
What are the scenarios in which using Uber is better than renting a car, so I can make an informed decision?
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Want to talk a bit about Broadchurch, which I enjoyed.
- I really liked most of the principle actors, particularly the actress who played Ellie Miller
- As disturbing as the murder and the lead up to the murder was, it was a little convenient that Danny hadn't actually been molested. Not, of course, that I'm rooting for such a thing, but it just didn't seem very realistic in a show that was otherwise pretty good in that area.
- I just couldn't relate to those moments when the family was out having fun. I know that that was probably realistic too, and that humans need a way to still celebrate life. I could understand the quieter moments of it -- such as when Chloe went to her boyfriend and he had set up a "happy place" for her -- but the time at the arcade was just too much for me.
- I thought Beth forgave Mark a little too easily for his extramarital transgression. Particularly in the context of the murder of their dead son. (It was especially distasteful, I think, because he went to Becca afterward and basically wanted to continue the affair, and she was the one who stopped it. And Beth saw that moment and didn't call him on it!!! It wasn't like it was the once and no more -- he went to see her again!)
- I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllly hated Mark in those early episodes. It was so obvious he'd been out with another woman -- I was kind of hoping it wasn't that predictable -- and the fact that he lied and lied and lied when he didn't know how it could help or harm the investigation around his own son's murder seriously pissed me off. Either because he was protecting Becca, or himself, and neither was a good enough reason to hinder the investigation. Get your head out of your ass, Mark.
- The culprit being Joe Miller was totally out of left field. I mean, I know they want to give us a bunch of red herrings and not make it obvious who the killer was, but... the real killer should be part of the suspect list. Give us a little something. But there was absolutely NOTHING about him at all, not even the tiniest little thing. The only thing you could possibly say would be the casting choice they made -- if they did it on purpose. But I wasn't sure they had, partly because it's British and it could have just been that I don't get British casting choices. Anyway, right from the start Ellie and Joe seemed like a mismatched couple. She was kind of plain and a bit socially awkward, and a cop to boot, while he seemed a bit above her on the attractiveness scale, kept fit, was charming and okay with being a house husband. I would never have cast the two of them as a married couple in a million years. Was that supposed to be a hint that there was more to Joe than he seemed?
- They did give something away when Ellie says to Susan Wright in disgust, "How could you not have known what was going on in your own house?" It was obvious then that there was something going on in Ellie's own house that would make those words ironic -- though I thought it was her son who had something to do with the murder.
- Not sure I understand why Danny would have stopped being friends with Tom. When I make a new friend, I don't immediately turn to an existing friend and go, "Hey, found a new, better friend. Now I don't want to be friends with you anymore." Maybe if we had more backstory there, it would make more sense, but without Tom knowing about his dad and Danny, it just seemed a bit odd.
- Another convenient, kind of eyeroll-worthy moment was when it was revealed that Hardy's poor reputation as an investigator was actually the result of his taking the rap for his ex-wife, who was of course a philanderer and a bad detective as well. Naturally!
- It's a little odd because they wanted the story to also be a redemption story for Hardy, but it wasn't really even his detective skills that solved the case. What solved it was that Joe Miller felt guilty (which, yes, Hardy called -- but then why even investigate then. Just wait for the person to feel guilty enough to come forward) and basically turned himself in. Or if he hadn't done that, then it was the evidence found on the laptop -- which the vicar found and turned in!
Am now thinking of watching Gracepoint, which I hear isn't as good. But I'm curious as to why it's not as good, now!
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Am watching Jupiter Ascending tomorrow with D. It looks like a terrible movie, and Channing Tatum looks utterly ridiculous. But I like him, I like Mila, and because it was made by the Wachowskis, I still have to see it. I must know.
I was thinking about renting a car while in Miami, but B., who I'm staying with, says that she thinks Uber will be cheaper. I didn't want to seem totally clueless, so I was like, oh Uber, sure. >.>
Except I've never used Uber before and only even vaguely know what it does, despite it being super popular.
What are the scenarios in which using Uber is better than renting a car, so I can make an informed decision?
*********
Want to talk a bit about Broadchurch, which I enjoyed.
- I really liked most of the principle actors, particularly the actress who played Ellie Miller
- As disturbing as the murder and the lead up to the murder was, it was a little convenient that Danny hadn't actually been molested. Not, of course, that I'm rooting for such a thing, but it just didn't seem very realistic in a show that was otherwise pretty good in that area.
- I just couldn't relate to those moments when the family was out having fun. I know that that was probably realistic too, and that humans need a way to still celebrate life. I could understand the quieter moments of it -- such as when Chloe went to her boyfriend and he had set up a "happy place" for her -- but the time at the arcade was just too much for me.
- I thought Beth forgave Mark a little too easily for his extramarital transgression. Particularly in the context of the murder of their dead son. (It was especially distasteful, I think, because he went to Becca afterward and basically wanted to continue the affair, and she was the one who stopped it. And Beth saw that moment and didn't call him on it!!! It wasn't like it was the once and no more -- he went to see her again!)
- I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllly hated Mark in those early episodes. It was so obvious he'd been out with another woman -- I was kind of hoping it wasn't that predictable -- and the fact that he lied and lied and lied when he didn't know how it could help or harm the investigation around his own son's murder seriously pissed me off. Either because he was protecting Becca, or himself, and neither was a good enough reason to hinder the investigation. Get your head out of your ass, Mark.
- The culprit being Joe Miller was totally out of left field. I mean, I know they want to give us a bunch of red herrings and not make it obvious who the killer was, but... the real killer should be part of the suspect list. Give us a little something. But there was absolutely NOTHING about him at all, not even the tiniest little thing. The only thing you could possibly say would be the casting choice they made -- if they did it on purpose. But I wasn't sure they had, partly because it's British and it could have just been that I don't get British casting choices. Anyway, right from the start Ellie and Joe seemed like a mismatched couple. She was kind of plain and a bit socially awkward, and a cop to boot, while he seemed a bit above her on the attractiveness scale, kept fit, was charming and okay with being a house husband. I would never have cast the two of them as a married couple in a million years. Was that supposed to be a hint that there was more to Joe than he seemed?
- They did give something away when Ellie says to Susan Wright in disgust, "How could you not have known what was going on in your own house?" It was obvious then that there was something going on in Ellie's own house that would make those words ironic -- though I thought it was her son who had something to do with the murder.
- Not sure I understand why Danny would have stopped being friends with Tom. When I make a new friend, I don't immediately turn to an existing friend and go, "Hey, found a new, better friend. Now I don't want to be friends with you anymore." Maybe if we had more backstory there, it would make more sense, but without Tom knowing about his dad and Danny, it just seemed a bit odd.
- Another convenient, kind of eyeroll-worthy moment was when it was revealed that Hardy's poor reputation as an investigator was actually the result of his taking the rap for his ex-wife, who was of course a philanderer and a bad detective as well. Naturally!
- It's a little odd because they wanted the story to also be a redemption story for Hardy, but it wasn't really even his detective skills that solved the case. What solved it was that Joe Miller felt guilty (which, yes, Hardy called -- but then why even investigate then. Just wait for the person to feel guilty enough to come forward) and basically turned himself in. Or if he hadn't done that, then it was the evidence found on the laptop -- which the vicar found and turned in!
Am now thinking of watching Gracepoint, which I hear isn't as good. But I'm curious as to why it's not as good, now!
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Am watching Jupiter Ascending tomorrow with D. It looks like a terrible movie, and Channing Tatum looks utterly ridiculous. But I like him, I like Mila, and because it was made by the Wachowskis, I still have to see it. I must know.
