My Buff friend’s back and you’re gonna be in trouble
Saturday, 8 October 2022
Friday, 7 October 2022
Huntober 2022 7: Goddamn Bloodsuckers!
Huntober 2022 7: Goddamn Bloodsuckers!
“Can you describe the person that attacked you?”
“No. It’s... it’s all just a blur. I just remember they were so cold...”
Vamptober 2022 7: You Are What You Eat
Vamptober 2022 7: You Are What You Eat
He was sure there was someone behind him.
Thursday, 6 October 2022
Filmhouse and the Edinburgh Film Festival
Centre for the Moving Image has ceased trading, shutting down Filmhouse and current administration for the Film Festival. This is terrible news. I’ve been something of a regular for decades, with Filmhouse being home to the Dead By Dawn film festival since it began as well as a home from home, and the festival being one of the highlights of the year.
Thanks to Chris for the news.
I hope the administrators can do something.
Petition at change.org
Huntober 2022 6: Hunter's Inventory
Huntober 2022 6: Hunter’s Inventory
Pack light. Use what you know works. Stakes. Silencers. And they might not breathe but smoke grenades still mess up their vision. Don’t fight fair. They won’t.
Vamptober 2022 6: The Monster In Me
Vamptober 2022 6: The Monster In Me
“They say vampires can’t be seen in mirrors. I wish that was true.”
World Of Darkness News spotlight
Having done sketches for Vamptober and Huntober so far, for the second year in a row I got one (Huntober 3) on the World Of Darkness News community spotlight!
Which is nice.
V5 character creation summary
Make A Vampire, four pages summarising Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition character creation.
She-Hulk 1.08
Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
1.08: Ribbit And Rip It
Freeze, villains, before the might of LeapFrog! Yes, that’s good advice, do that.
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Huntober 2022 5: Dressed For The Hunt
Huntober 2022 5: Dressed For The Hunt
Keep warm, keep concealed, try to blend in.
Vamptober 2022 5: What Hides In The Dark?
Vamptober 2022 5: What Hides In The Dark?
“You should not have come here,” says the voice from the darkness. And only now do you see the eyes.
007 60: James Bond anniversary
Dr. No came out in British cinemas on this day in 1962, introducing James Bond to the big screen.
The magic Bond formula was mostly there from the start, though it and From Russia With Love have some Early Instalment Weirdness like the use of the Bond theme whenever he does anything kind of interesting without much dialogue, and the pulp mystery or Scooby-Doo style fake dragon boat, and Russia being more of a straight spy story than the series followed for a good long while.
From Rewatch With Love podcast with visual information added, which confirms that the editor threw the theme in a lot and that that’s Sean Connery’s stuntman shooting the POV up there.
And the series has gone on to change a lot, shifting in tone with eras and Bonds, up to a full reboot with Daniel Craig and another one needed next time. (As discussed with those in charge at Empire. Spoilers for No Time To Die, obviously.) What will it be like?
It also has the rights-sharing-induced oddities Casino Royale 1967 and Never Say Never Again. (But of course Sean Connery’s best encore as Bond is The Rock.)
A couple decades later the official James Bond RPG took on the likes of TSR’s Top Secret, with Hero Points and a character creation system designed to create teams of rookies, a smaller group of veterans, or just one OO agent to take on the same adventures.
Need a suitable hook? None of the post Ian Fleming licensed books have been filmed. No sign of the comics being adapted either. And no revival for the cartoon James Bond Jr.
Star Wars: Andor 1.05: The Axe Forgets
Star Wars: Andor
1.05: The Axe Forgets
- but the tree remembers. (A Zimbabwean and Zambian Shona proverb, according to the internet.)
Liking Andor section two more than the opening three-parter. The snippy Imperials and Mon Mothma trying not to facepalm.
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Anne Rice's New Orleans
Anne Rice’s New Orleans - The Vampire Queen’s Life and Legacy, with Free Tours By Foot.
Vamptober 2022 4: The Powerful One
Vamptober 2022 4: The Powerful One
“Oh, I’m sorry, could you repeat that?”
Monday, 3 October 2022
Hocus Pocus 2
31 Days, 31 Horror Movies 2: Hocus Pocus 2
Teaser trailer which makes it look more serious than it is until the sisters appear
“Thou art... different from the other children I have eaten.
... met.”
A sequel after 29 years, which has some interesting effects in the view on witches, with (a) a not very convincing sympathetic backstory for the Sanderson sisters and (b) who can use magic and to what end.
As a wallow in nostalgia it’s fine, as a thing in itself it’s pretty thin. But I did appreciate the jokes about the original’s fandom, Doug Jones getting more to do, and the effects upgrade allowing an emotional performance from the eye in the spellbook.
Format: Disney+ exclusive. Various media promo bits online but not in the D+ page itself.
Huntober 2022 3: The First Sighting
Huntober 2022 3: The First Sighting
He had to follow. There was something about her. The way she held his friend close, like she needed his warmth. The way her eyes gleamed in the dark. The way she smiled, like she knew a secret...
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