Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever starts by playing T’Challa’s death offscreen, of an illness like Chadwick Boseman’s death, which hangs over this consequently largely serious film. This made me tear up early on, and had me engaging with the core emotional story much more than the other elements. (The big threat being Namor didn’t help. They did him well, but.)

The Rewatcher, a new Buffy podcast

The Rewatcher, a new Buffy podcast by two true crime people, one a big fan and one a first timer. Well times to launch after Buffering concludes. And with a theme by Nerf Herder!

Thanks to Jamie (TWH-er Andy) for the heads up!

A moment of silence.

John Wick Chapter 4 trailer

John Wick Chapter 4 Trailer Has Keanu Reeves Fighting Donnie Yen as Empire does not bury the lede in its headline.

But which Vampire clan will he also be fighting?

Trinity at 25

Ian A. A. Watson notes:

Æon, and the overall setting we now call the Trinity Continuum, was released in hardcover format 25 years ago today.

It's been an honour to do my part to shepherd its latest edition.

Here's to 25 more.

Star Wars: Andor 1.10: One Way Out

Star Wars: Andor

1.10: One Way Out

Ahh.

Twitter

I will miss bits of Twitter. Morgue explains why better than I could.

Halloween Horror Nights recap

Halloweenies at Bloody Disgusting look at Universal Halloween Horror Nights and talk to some of the creators.

I know I got a bit deep into some haunted house walkthroughs I didn’t get to go to because they were in another country, but hey, when an entertainment company hands you a dozen horror one-shot plots you take them.

The English, a Western

The English premieres 9 p.m. Thursday on BBC Two, and Friday on Amazon Prime elsewhere. A six-part Western starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer. Clip and talk at The A.V. Club.

Indiana Jones And The Streaming Series

When Disney bought Lucadfilm, they got Indiana Jones as well as Star Wars. Indy 5 is on the way, but now they’re looking for pitches for a Disney+ series. But what about? Recasting Indy live-action is a non-starter, unless of course they make him really young, and while there are other characters who could carry a show, personally if I wanted Indy himself front and centre - and for the first show I would - I would try a cartoon...

Dracula Daily done

The Dracula Daily email newsletter concludes with the epilogue, barring an FAQ next week. It’s gotten lots of people who know the story through adaptations to read the book, and its heroes have definitely had their profiles raised - I suspect more people cared about Jonathan than have for a long time.

Dawn's in trouble. Must be 21 years.

Time for the more-than-annual play of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer legend Once More With Feeling.

Boom boom boom boom

Bonfire Night is always loud. Put it on Saturday and it gets so much worse.

The Watch House premiere at 19

Today marks the 19th anniversary of my first Actual Play report for our Buffy game The Watch House. I wish I could have arranged to record and podcast it so I could hear friends again, but the polished script format was probably for the best so you don’t have to listen to 19-year-old “um”s and “er”s.

Reminder for next year to do something on October 19th, the actual game anniversary.

Ash put Evil Eye up properly on YouTube.

To celebrate, I might ask somebody who’s good at painting miniatures to tackle my Buffy Unmatched figures as I finally managed to import a copy.

The Sandman season two

Good news that should be totally unsurprising but one never knows with the streamer, or any of them nowadays.

TROLL

An unexpected early Christmas present from Netflix: a movie about a giant troll riffing on the 1998 Godzilla among others.

Channel 4 at 40

Happy 10 times itself anniversary to Channel 4, home of Film4, S P A C E D, Max Headroom, The Crystal Maze...

Star Wars: Andor 1.09: Nobody’s Listening!

Star Wars: Andor

1.09: Nobody’s Listening!

Well, that was... not fun.

7TV Dracula

This Dracula miniature has the moustache!

With a nod from Dacre Stoker, who is also involved in an RPG on the way.

Emerson

Emerson is something I just heard about via Bloody Disgusting and didn’t get to for October. A found footage style horror story... playing out in real time on Instagram and TikTok.