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The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

"Chag Pesach Sameach" to those who celebrate Passover

Likewise "Happy Easter" to those who celebrate that.

For the rest... there should be plenty of cheap chocolate eggs on Monday, if that helps?

Doctor Who's new season started, with the visually impressive "The Robot Revolution", introducing new companion Belinda Chandra. The plot felt a little on the slight side to me, but I am liking Belinda more confrontational, less starstruck, approach to the Doctor.

Season 2 of "The Last of Us" debuted, which I am sure cheered many looking forward to the further whacky, upbeat adventures of Joel and Ellie.

Universal Studios have announced plans for a new theme part in Bedfordshire, England which seems unexpected.

Will have to leave this a short one due to events arising, but have fun.

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The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Good news! Apparently Coyote vs. Acme has been sold to a distributor and WILL see the light of theatres in 2026!

A first glimpse of Beyond the Spider-Verse was seen with the release of some stills at CinemaCon though the release date not being until 2027 was a bit disappointing.

It's April Fool's Day, one of the few folk holidays which seems to be A) still very much needed and B) have been so overtaken by reality as to have been rendered null and void. Though there is also C) media sources being a lot more wary about duping their consumers in the age of "fake news" claims.

However, if you have a favourite memory of an April Fool's prank please do share it, I think we need the smile.

For a fun bit of nonsense, someone has started making morphing sequences for their custom LEGO Power Ranger minifigures

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It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Last minute change of plans means I need to run like heck to catch a train, so I'll leave this bare bones for today!

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The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

And rarely has that been better advice after the past few days. I will only note, in passing, that in the UK, even the Daily Mail, our most Right Wing of Right Wing newspapers, came out against Trump and Vance's public mugging of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. If you're a Right Wing politician and you've lost the support of the Daily Mail, you should REALLY reassess your life choices.

At the other end of the scale, and clinging to fantasy like grim death, we got the Oscars this past weekend, where most of the winners were movies I've still to see so can't really comment on. (I might feel a little miffed about "Wallace and Gromit" losing out, if every clip from "Flow" I'd seen hadn't been breathtakingly gorgeous)

Doctor Who Season 2 got a new trailer amid confirmation that it did spectacularly well on Disney+ being in the top 5 programs globally during it's first run.

The new sentai series Gozyuger gets stranger and stranger:

• Only one robot between them (they take it in turns to use it, customising it after their own theme, so only one of the team is in the cockpit at a time.
• The Monster of the Week doesn't grow, but a giant robot baddie shows up separately
• The actual team-members don't seem to like each other very much and are together more to keep an eye on each other rather than banding together together.
• Oh, and the new Prime Minister of Japan has weaponised popularity, and can turn into Don Momotaro when he wants to.

Toy Fair took place in New York, with the usual lines represented, and plenty of other things to boot

And in that vein, the question of the week is: Your favourite toy as a child... heck, your favourite toy today even!

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The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake. And remember, there is always hope.

David Tennant opened the BAFTA's (British Academy of Film and Television Awards) in energetic style. Pleased to see that Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, won two major awards!

Saturday Night Live, celebrated 50 years of broadcasting. Which probably means a lot more to Americans than it does to me, who hasn't seen a single episode.

Spoiler photos of Nicholas Galitzine from the new Master of the Universe have leaked. He's certainly for the look/hair/dress sense of a Prince Adam, and might confirm rumours that, in this iteration, Adam grows up on Earth, unaware of Eternia until he gets the Sword. Which, whilst pretty harmless, seems like a bit of chickening out, because it's not like "Eternia as high-fantasy setting with added super-tech", is a particularly complicated setup to explain, given they sold the concept to seven year olds without any actual origin in the original cartoon.

I remain that weird balance of impressed and baffled by the live Action How to Train Your Dragon, now we have a full trailer. It looks perfectly cromulent, with the actors doing a fine job of their roles from what I can see, but if it's just a scene for scene remake of the barely 15 year old CGI movie (Which is already barely even based on the original books) what is the actual point?

Finally got around to watching the end of Umbrella Academy Season 4 and I can see why the ending was viewed as divisive.

The confusingly named "Number 1 Sentai Gozyuger" launched in Japan, (especially confusing because it's the 50th anniversary series, given they started in 1975, but it's the 49th season (since they didn't all last exactly one year), and the 50th Super Sentai Team (since LupinRanger vs PatRanger had two different teams in one series). But don't worry, it's apparently confusing to them too.

Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper are reuniting as the Ninth Doctor and Rose for Big Finish

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It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

No capybara's this week, but a rare tapir has been born at Point Defiance Zoo.

The Superbowl happened, but I leave discussions and conversations about it to those who follow such things, though I will say that the half time show was quite something!

We note the passing of former DC Editor KC Carlson, who helped steer the Zero Hour event, and the subsequent relaunch of the Legion or Super-Heroes titles, which remain favourites of mine, among many, many others

Megacon confirmed the released of four Transformers toys from the "Hearts of Steel" comic miniseries of MANY years ago. Basically, 19th century steampunk alt modes for Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron and Starscream.

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It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.

Another week I am tempted to put up a video clip of sun dappled fields with a babbling brook and maybe a scenic woodland creature or two because the rest is... well... yeah.... THAT.

However, let us acknowledge Bishop Mariann Budde's heartfelt and articulate plea to POTUS 47 et al to remember the importance of mercy. A plea which was either ignored, or not understood, by the target audience. The dubious theological loops some evangelical groups went into to try and discredit such a simple statement of a basic, important, virtue has been fascinating, if depressing.

Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and the memorial service was powerful indeed.

On a desperately needed lighter note, it's the fortieth anniversary of Tetris being released. So let's hear your favourite old school/retro video game! :)

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The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.

Fashion photographer Oliviero Toscani, best know for repeatedly controversial advert campaigns for Benneton, has died age 82.

Further investigations into accusations against Neil Gaiman have been published by the Vulture, and reported elsewhere. I am choosing not to link to them as they discuss deeply disturbing occurrences and, if you wish to seek out those details, be aware of that.

To celebrate 130 years of Britain's heritage and conservation organisation "National Trust", they have announced a plan to (hopefully) restore over half a million acres of natural spaces.

So, following on from last years post (Well, yesterdays, but it's the same thing today), here's to the future!

Let's start by wishing everyone here a happy, successful and peaceful 2025! Well, more peaceful than the Teen Wonder's New Years Eve at any rate! :)



The questions today are: What are you looking forward comics-wise in 2025?

• A new series?
• A new character?
• A new title?
• A new creative team taking over an old titles?
• An existing character getting more focus?

Also,

• Is there a series or character you'd like to see represented on SD that hasn't been? (or at least not to your satisfaction)

Please also feel free to volunteer your services to do so too, the wider ranger of posters we get, the more varied and interesting the POV's we can see expressed, and that's the stuff that keeps me coming back here.

Something which I admit has been absent for far too long are "Theme Weeks", we haven't run one of those in too a long time, partly because the last couple of times it's been tired, there hasn't been much engagement and that can be kind of disheartening for a Mod Team trying to offer enrichment.

You can see a list of the theme's we've had in the past in the Tag list, so please put forward your ideas for a new one, or a rerun of an old one.

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It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.

We should mention the passing of Jimmy Carter at age 100, a former US President who was (even his critics agree) a fundamentally good man at his core, showing humility, kindness and determination to use his power to aid others.

Any comparison I might make to the upcoming shitshow would, I suspect, seem redundant, so I shall refrain.

For those who can make it to London, the Sailor Moon Super Musical stage show is playing a limited run in February 2025.

The Doctor Who Christmas Special was... a VERY Steven Moffatt story, for good or ill. Some great moments, but I found myself sharing the view of more than a few reviewers that Nicola Coughlan, whilst perfectly good as Joy, was pretty much wasted given how little she featured in the story (and especially with the Doctor) and that if the story had a one-off companion, it was rather Stephanie de Whalley as Anita, whose friendly chemistry with Ncuti Gatwa was superb and very moving.

Plus, I've mentioned it before, I'll mention it again, "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl" was a magnificent piece of entertainment which anyone who can should watch, then rewatch to catch the sight gags they missed first time around... and then again to catch the sight gags they missed second time around. Trust me, you'll find some.

Catching up on Skeleton Crew. Okay, liking this more and, so help me, if anything bad happens to Neel the blue elephant-headed kid, I shall not be held accountable for my actions.

Has anyone watched the video game derived series shorts "Secret Level"? Worth the effort to check out?

Sir Anthony Hopkins celebrates his 87th birthday today, and has also announced on his social media that he's now been sober for 49 years. All respect to someone who has faced their issues, controlled them, and is not ashamed to speak about them publicly.

Comic related "Review of the year" post coming later.