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icon_ukIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like. Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
I looked for good political news, honest I did, home or abroad, but.. well... nope. So, it a gloomy, overcast day, and I have no desire to revel in misery. However, if you want to raise any topics on that front, please feel free.
It's 30 years since Tim Burton's "Batman" hit the big screen. Where DOES the time go? And I'm not sure we've discussed the casting of Robert Pattinson as our next big screen Batman (Which according to some reports might include a Robin!)
Rhino's born in European zoos are being released back into the wild in Rwanda.
One of Mexico's most famous rescue dogs, Frida, is retiring from active duty.
Author Judith Krantz, who more or less invented the "Fabulously wealthy woman indulges every material and carnal passion whilst looking for Mr Right because she just wants a husband" sub-genre of boinkbuster romances has died. Fellow writer (Though in very different areas) Angela Carter once memorably described Krantz's books as "[like] being sealed inside a luxury shopping mall whilst being softly pelted with scented sex technique manuals".
The ongoing situation regarding those protesting against Good Omens is the sort of plot Terry Pratchett would have adored! For those unaware, a petition has gained over 20,000 signatures from a Christian evangelical group protesting that the series, amongst other things, "normalises Satanism" and "mocks God's wisdom", and are demanding Netflix stop making it.
Fans of the series might have spotted two little flaws here.
1) The series is already complete and as it covers the entirety of the book it's based on, there are no plans for more, and
2) Rather more significantly, Netflix didn't actually MAKE Good Omens, it's an Amazon/BBC co-production! and it's not like the branding has been subtle. :)
The two streaming giants are enjoying themselves mightily over this on social media, with Netflix agreeing not to make any more episodes of "Good Omens", and Amazon promising they won't make any more "Stranger Things".
"Stranger Things" Season 3 arrives on 4th July, and it's set to be the last, with the rapidly growing up cast being the primary reason.
"Piano No Mori" (Forest of Piano) Season 2 arrived on Netflix, so if you're looking for a more of the competing concert pianists (gifted kid from privileged background who is good and has a lot of expectations, but has to deal with the fact a kid from "the wrong side of the tracks" is a genuine once-in-a-generation musical prodigy, and also happens to be his best friend, etc etc), with a LOT of rather lovely Chopin music on the soundtrack, this might be for you. (also the rotoscoping on the hands for the piano playing is a little at odds with the animation style for the rest of it, but it just about gets away with it).
I tried a second episode of Saranzanmai... I may need a lie down and a rest before I try a third, because it doesn't get nay more straightforward or conventional, does it?
Been rewatching a few of the regeneration stories in Doctor Who in advance of working up to The War Games. David Tennant's exit "The End of Time" really is an overblown mess, and "The Time of the Doctor", Matt Smith's last story. tries a little too hard to wrap up too many of the very, very complicated elements Moffat had thrown into it and either never addressed, or changed his mind about, or had to work around. Because I forgot to his pause, I also watched "Deep Breath", Peter Capaldi's debut, and though it lurches uncomfortably into the macabre a little too much, it's a good deal better than I remembered.
I looked for good political news, honest I did, home or abroad, but.. well... nope. So, it a gloomy, overcast day, and I have no desire to revel in misery. However, if you want to raise any topics on that front, please feel free.
It's 30 years since Tim Burton's "Batman" hit the big screen. Where DOES the time go? And I'm not sure we've discussed the casting of Robert Pattinson as our next big screen Batman (Which according to some reports might include a Robin!)
Rhino's born in European zoos are being released back into the wild in Rwanda.
One of Mexico's most famous rescue dogs, Frida, is retiring from active duty.
Author Judith Krantz, who more or less invented the "Fabulously wealthy woman indulges every material and carnal passion whilst looking for Mr Right because she just wants a husband" sub-genre of boinkbuster romances has died. Fellow writer (Though in very different areas) Angela Carter once memorably described Krantz's books as "[like] being sealed inside a luxury shopping mall whilst being softly pelted with scented sex technique manuals".
The ongoing situation regarding those protesting against Good Omens is the sort of plot Terry Pratchett would have adored! For those unaware, a petition has gained over 20,000 signatures from a Christian evangelical group protesting that the series, amongst other things, "normalises Satanism" and "mocks God's wisdom", and are demanding Netflix stop making it.
Fans of the series might have spotted two little flaws here.
1) The series is already complete and as it covers the entirety of the book it's based on, there are no plans for more, and
2) Rather more significantly, Netflix didn't actually MAKE Good Omens, it's an Amazon/BBC co-production! and it's not like the branding has been subtle. :)
The two streaming giants are enjoying themselves mightily over this on social media, with Netflix agreeing not to make any more episodes of "Good Omens", and Amazon promising they won't make any more "Stranger Things".
"Stranger Things" Season 3 arrives on 4th July, and it's set to be the last, with the rapidly growing up cast being the primary reason.
"Piano No Mori" (Forest of Piano) Season 2 arrived on Netflix, so if you're looking for a more of the competing concert pianists (gifted kid from privileged background who is good and has a lot of expectations, but has to deal with the fact a kid from "the wrong side of the tracks" is a genuine once-in-a-generation musical prodigy, and also happens to be his best friend, etc etc), with a LOT of rather lovely Chopin music on the soundtrack, this might be for you. (also the rotoscoping on the hands for the piano playing is a little at odds with the animation style for the rest of it, but it just about gets away with it).
I tried a second episode of Saranzanmai... I may need a lie down and a rest before I try a third, because it doesn't get nay more straightforward or conventional, does it?
Been rewatching a few of the regeneration stories in Doctor Who in advance of working up to The War Games. David Tennant's exit "The End of Time" really is an overblown mess, and "The Time of the Doctor", Matt Smith's last story. tries a little too hard to wrap up too many of the very, very complicated elements Moffat had thrown into it and either never addressed, or changed his mind about, or had to work around. Because I forgot to his pause, I also watched "Deep Breath", Peter Capaldi's debut, and though it lurches uncomfortably into the macabre a little too much, it's a good deal better than I remembered.
