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Jan. 5th, 2021
Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday
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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.
Well, those hoping for a gentle start to 2021 were probably disappointed.
That being said the CGI, and thus only visible if you stayed at home, New Year display on the Seattle Space Needle was lovely
As of last night, to the surprise of pretty much no one except perhaps the Prime Minister and his cabinet, the UK has essentially gone into Lockdown III for the forseeable future, leading to... well, let's be kind and call it "confusion", over schools and exams in particular.
Britain's exit from the EU was completed, and now we see what happens next. I will say, anyone trying to post anything akin to a parcel to Europe, good luck to you, you might well need it thanks to the new horribly complicated rules about posting items.
In the US, Trump clearly heard about the Nixon tapes and said "Hold my non-alcoholic beer" as the recording of him attempting to coerce/cajole Georgia election officials into flipping the State for him by admitting they had "recalculated" the votes in his favour is one of the most breathtakingly corrupt things committed to easily leaked audio.
The US Georgia Senate elections are today, and will decide whether the Senate stays Red or flips to (just barely) Blue, so we'll see how it goes.
Stay safe all over there, things are looking... complicatedly messy.
The Doctor Who New Year Special was, IMHO, rather good. Captain Jack was entertaining enough, we saw a more angry and morose side of the Doctor (which makes sense given recent events), the new Daleks made sense in context, and Chris Noth's corrupt billionaire with political ambitions was, if perhaps a little too on the nose, much more interesting than he was in his first appearance in "Arachnids in the UK". Given how moody and sulky he'd been for most of the episode, Ryan's leaving felt right, if not approaching the overdue. Graham's departure felt sadder, but very much in keeping with his character. The announcement of the likely new companion left me fairly "Meh" (especially if it means we don't have a Doctor and Yaz as only companion season), but I wasn't a huge fan of Catherine Tate's comedy work yet loved her acting performance, so I might be convinced still. Rumours are circulating about Jodie leaving the show, but given the paper they appeared in, hardly conclusive and seemingly at odds with what Jodie Whittaker has said in the past.
Transformers: War for Cybertron - Earthrise hit on Netflix and I quickly found myself just... not particularly caring. We've seen this story a LOT, so could they not TRY something new and different? The uninspired voice acting doesn't help either.
Australia is changing the lyrics to it's National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair", since it's felt that referring to the country as "Young" is overlooking the fact that the country was quite happily populated for many millenia before white guys showed up to colonise it and name it Australia. The words "Young and free" will be replaced with "one and free".
Short (if not sweet) today, so add things as they occur to you
Random question - What thing did you ardently believe was true as a kid, that you were surprised/shocked to discover WASN'T true? (Santa and the Tooth Fairy excluded, we KNOW they're real)
Well, those hoping for a gentle start to 2021 were probably disappointed.
That being said the CGI, and thus only visible if you stayed at home, New Year display on the Seattle Space Needle was lovely
As of last night, to the surprise of pretty much no one except perhaps the Prime Minister and his cabinet, the UK has essentially gone into Lockdown III for the forseeable future, leading to... well, let's be kind and call it "confusion", over schools and exams in particular.
Britain's exit from the EU was completed, and now we see what happens next. I will say, anyone trying to post anything akin to a parcel to Europe, good luck to you, you might well need it thanks to the new horribly complicated rules about posting items.
In the US, Trump clearly heard about the Nixon tapes and said "Hold my non-alcoholic beer" as the recording of him attempting to coerce/cajole Georgia election officials into flipping the State for him by admitting they had "recalculated" the votes in his favour is one of the most breathtakingly corrupt things committed to easily leaked audio.
The US Georgia Senate elections are today, and will decide whether the Senate stays Red or flips to (just barely) Blue, so we'll see how it goes.
Stay safe all over there, things are looking... complicatedly messy.
The Doctor Who New Year Special was, IMHO, rather good. Captain Jack was entertaining enough, we saw a more angry and morose side of the Doctor (which makes sense given recent events), the new Daleks made sense in context, and Chris Noth's corrupt billionaire with political ambitions was, if perhaps a little too on the nose, much more interesting than he was in his first appearance in "Arachnids in the UK". Given how moody and sulky he'd been for most of the episode, Ryan's leaving felt right, if not approaching the overdue. Graham's departure felt sadder, but very much in keeping with his character. The announcement of the likely new companion left me fairly "Meh" (especially if it means we don't have a Doctor and Yaz as only companion season), but I wasn't a huge fan of Catherine Tate's comedy work yet loved her acting performance, so I might be convinced still. Rumours are circulating about Jodie leaving the show, but given the paper they appeared in, hardly conclusive and seemingly at odds with what Jodie Whittaker has said in the past.
Transformers: War for Cybertron - Earthrise hit on Netflix and I quickly found myself just... not particularly caring. We've seen this story a LOT, so could they not TRY something new and different? The uninspired voice acting doesn't help either.
Australia is changing the lyrics to it's National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair", since it's felt that referring to the country as "Young" is overlooking the fact that the country was quite happily populated for many millenia before white guys showed up to colonise it and name it Australia. The words "Young and free" will be replaced with "one and free".
Short (if not sweet) today, so add things as they occur to you
Random question - What thing did you ardently believe was true as a kid, that you were surprised/shocked to discover WASN'T true? (Santa and the Tooth Fairy excluded, we KNOW they're real)
Future State Wonder Woman #1
Jan. 5th, 2021 08:22 pmstubbleupdateToday is the first day of DC's Future State, and Future State Wonder Woman is one of the launch titles.
Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest lies a hero of mythic legend...Wonder Woman! But in the absence of Diana, Yara Flor has risen out of obscurity to protect Man’s World from the magic that lies within it. Along with her trusty steed, she journeys to the Underworld to rescue one of her Themysciran sisters from the grasp of Hades. Will she unleash the wrath of this god in the process? You won’t want to miss this first appearance of a character who will change the history of Wonder Woman forever!
( Wonder Woman goes to hell )
Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest lies a hero of mythic legend...Wonder Woman! But in the absence of Diana, Yara Flor has risen out of obscurity to protect Man’s World from the magic that lies within it. Along with her trusty steed, she journeys to the Underworld to rescue one of her Themysciran sisters from the grasp of Hades. Will she unleash the wrath of this god in the process? You won’t want to miss this first appearance of a character who will change the history of Wonder Woman forever!
( Wonder Woman goes to hell )
alicemacher
shanejayell sent me a very nice PM requesting the one and only appearance of "the Writer" (a good-natured parody of Grant Morrison's avatar in their final Animal Man issue) in Suicide Squad.( 'Someone else is controlling me -- as I used to control my characters! It's horrible!' )