Ha ha, probably the somewhat lack of a social life and living as a JD Vance single cat mister, let’s be honest here. But somehow my friends always watch so much more than me - it’s like they work and then just play shit all night long until they pass out. I can only watch one show at a time, and never more than one episode per day. But if you carve out that time until a season is done, it adds up quick!
I am pretty much not social either but have a dog! I definitely try to watch more series, we used to watch an episode nightly, but these days we both get too tired! 🤦🏻♀️
Thanks for the shout-out! I still haven't watched the show, but I do think the manga takes some of the pretentiousness out of wine and emphasizes the joy that people get out of it. In a later volume in the series, there's a great moment where the main character loses the latest contest by misidentifying one of the wines that his father had specified, but he totally doesn't care because he's so enraptured by the wine that he discovers during in his search. The series is about the experience that wine provides and how great it is to share it with others rather than being a snob or a jerk about the whole thing. If the show is as good an adaptation as people are saying it is, I'm sure it conveys a similar message. That's what both wine lovers and newbies should be able to get out of watching/reading it.
100%. I'm on volume 18 of the manga now - I tend to read one or two volumes then take a break, then come back, it keeps it feeling fresh and never stale. And like most manga, the more pompoous or unchanging a character is, that's the clue that they're the antogonist and/or are being set up for a character arc where they'll rediscover why they fell in love with something in the first place, rediscovering the joy our protagonists display, etc. It's such a fun series, though I admit I still sometimes have to consciously unclench when they're comparing a wine to a great work of historical art and somehow a half dozen people all know that this work of art is the ONLY comparison that is the correct one and oh man that shit still sometimes makes me squirm, but then one character goes manga cutsey to break the overt sincerity and i'm right back in! :D
I adored watching Drops of God and absolutely loved the slow pace and romantic visuals. I'd listened to the Vine Pair podcast when it was released and thought 'eh, wine people'. 😂! I think that, like the first Somm movie, it does a great job of allowing the viewer to become a voyeur to a niche interest. They both invite the viewer into a different world...and there are plenty of other movies/doccies that do the same thing because the storytelling and visuals are captivating...I've become invested in the outcome of cars, cheerleaders, the bloody octopus 😂! Sure, the beauty of DoG made me want to pour a glass of wine, close my eyes and dream a picture of the wine....and the first Somm movie made me want to draw maps and find a blind tasting group. But I'm already a wine person...it's the non wine people who equally enjoyed these films that prove that it boils down to a good story, writing and filmmaking. As you've said, it may inspire some to learn more about wine. But in same way I'm never gonna climb Everest, it's absolutely okay to just enjoy the story and never think twice about wine again. So the wine people should calm down or film their own story 😂.
Ha ha, yeah, wine people. I just had to plead my case to get a few more of us to actually dive into the show. I think it's actually wonderfully cool that the show is *mostly* appreciated by non-wine people. But the complete absence of wine/food/beverage coverage of the show is also borderline bizarre, and telling. I just couldn't go silently with hearing yet another argument about The Bear followed by a too-quick dismissal of an actual narrative fiction wine show. I figured I needed to try to post some basic facts about the show's reception and then argue why its manga-style isn't what it's being taken as by the anti-snobbery folks. We shall see if anything comes of it, probably nothing, probably just shouting into the void, but ya gotta try!
Ha ha, totally - plainly plenty of viewers aren't aware of its manga origins, but it really does make it seem less "where the **** did this even come from?" to being, as you said, more of an "a ha, that makes sense and now I'm surprised it isn't even more batshit". ;P
Okay- how do you have so many hours in the week to watch, read write etc. as much as you do! I need to play major catch up!!
Ha ha, probably the somewhat lack of a social life and living as a JD Vance single cat mister, let’s be honest here. But somehow my friends always watch so much more than me - it’s like they work and then just play shit all night long until they pass out. I can only watch one show at a time, and never more than one episode per day. But if you carve out that time until a season is done, it adds up quick!
I am pretty much not social either but have a dog! I definitely try to watch more series, we used to watch an episode nightly, but these days we both get too tired! 🤦🏻♀️
Thanks for the shout-out! I still haven't watched the show, but I do think the manga takes some of the pretentiousness out of wine and emphasizes the joy that people get out of it. In a later volume in the series, there's a great moment where the main character loses the latest contest by misidentifying one of the wines that his father had specified, but he totally doesn't care because he's so enraptured by the wine that he discovers during in his search. The series is about the experience that wine provides and how great it is to share it with others rather than being a snob or a jerk about the whole thing. If the show is as good an adaptation as people are saying it is, I'm sure it conveys a similar message. That's what both wine lovers and newbies should be able to get out of watching/reading it.
100%. I'm on volume 18 of the manga now - I tend to read one or two volumes then take a break, then come back, it keeps it feeling fresh and never stale. And like most manga, the more pompoous or unchanging a character is, that's the clue that they're the antogonist and/or are being set up for a character arc where they'll rediscover why they fell in love with something in the first place, rediscovering the joy our protagonists display, etc. It's such a fun series, though I admit I still sometimes have to consciously unclench when they're comparing a wine to a great work of historical art and somehow a half dozen people all know that this work of art is the ONLY comparison that is the correct one and oh man that shit still sometimes makes me squirm, but then one character goes manga cutsey to break the overt sincerity and i'm right back in! :D
I adored watching Drops of God and absolutely loved the slow pace and romantic visuals. I'd listened to the Vine Pair podcast when it was released and thought 'eh, wine people'. 😂! I think that, like the first Somm movie, it does a great job of allowing the viewer to become a voyeur to a niche interest. They both invite the viewer into a different world...and there are plenty of other movies/doccies that do the same thing because the storytelling and visuals are captivating...I've become invested in the outcome of cars, cheerleaders, the bloody octopus 😂! Sure, the beauty of DoG made me want to pour a glass of wine, close my eyes and dream a picture of the wine....and the first Somm movie made me want to draw maps and find a blind tasting group. But I'm already a wine person...it's the non wine people who equally enjoyed these films that prove that it boils down to a good story, writing and filmmaking. As you've said, it may inspire some to learn more about wine. But in same way I'm never gonna climb Everest, it's absolutely okay to just enjoy the story and never think twice about wine again. So the wine people should calm down or film their own story 😂.
Ha ha, yeah, wine people. I just had to plead my case to get a few more of us to actually dive into the show. I think it's actually wonderfully cool that the show is *mostly* appreciated by non-wine people. But the complete absence of wine/food/beverage coverage of the show is also borderline bizarre, and telling. I just couldn't go silently with hearing yet another argument about The Bear followed by a too-quick dismissal of an actual narrative fiction wine show. I figured I needed to try to post some basic facts about the show's reception and then argue why its manga-style isn't what it's being taken as by the anti-snobbery folks. We shall see if anything comes of it, probably nothing, probably just shouting into the void, but ya gotta try!
I really loved this show, and had no idea it was originally a manga comic! Thanks for that detail, it's a bit of a aha!
Ha ha, totally - plainly plenty of viewers aren't aware of its manga origins, but it really does make it seem less "where the **** did this even come from?" to being, as you said, more of an "a ha, that makes sense and now I'm surprised it isn't even more batshit". ;P