Spawn: Creation by Todd McFarlane
#4 Questions Part 4
Thursday, 28 March 2024
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Podcasts
They Like to Watch
Little Wigs Abound! And Russell T Davies (DOCTOR WHO)
Saw a news story about one of the things Russell T Davies said when a guest on this podcast (which I hadn't heard of otherwise), so of course I came to listen to the full thing. It's not just the RTD interview, so I confess I did skip to that. He's as interesting and insightful as ever, naturally. The interview has clearly been cut to shreds, though. There's a longer version of it available via the podcast's Patreon — I'd like to listen to that, but not "subscribe" much.
Little Wigs Abound! And Russell T Davies (DOCTOR WHO)
Saw a news story about one of the things Russell T Davies said when a guest on this podcast (which I hadn't heard of otherwise), so of course I came to listen to the full thing. It's not just the RTD interview, so I confess I did skip to that. He's as interesting and insightful as ever, naturally. The interview has clearly been cut to shreds, though. There's a longer version of it available via the podcast's Patreon — I'd like to listen to that, but not "subscribe" much.
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Monday, 25 March 2024
Videos
Shuffle Up & Play
26 Is Cosmonaut Marcus' Commander...Michael Bay? [season finale]
"Season finale" feels a bit arbitrary when all episodes are numbered sequentially across seasons, but, nonetheless, this is the season one finale.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Talks Machina
#51 'The Midnight Chase'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
26 Is Cosmonaut Marcus' Commander...Michael Bay? [season finale]
"Season finale" feels a bit arbitrary when all episodes are numbered sequentially across seasons, but, nonetheless, this is the season one finale.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Talks Machina
#51 'The Midnight Chase'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Sunday, 24 March 2024
Comics
Spawn: Creation by Todd McFarlane
#1 Questions Part 1
I've always been curious about Spawn but never actually read any. With Humble Bundle currently offering a massive load of the character's back catalogue for a bargain price (as is their way), I decided it made sense to read this collection that's been sat on my bookshelf since I-don't-know-when — it's the debut volume, collecting issues #1 to #5 of the comic. (I own the "collector's edition", which I think is just hardback. Whether or not the introduction is exclusive to this volume too, I don't know, but Goodreads say the pagecount is the same, so perhaps not (though they're not actually very reliable for factual information like that).)
#1 Questions Part 1
I've always been curious about Spawn but never actually read any. With Humble Bundle currently offering a massive load of the character's back catalogue for a bargain price (as is their way), I decided it made sense to read this collection that's been sat on my bookshelf since I-don't-know-when — it's the debut volume, collecting issues #1 to #5 of the comic. (I own the "collector's edition", which I think is just hardback. Whether or not the introduction is exclusive to this volume too, I don't know, but Goodreads say the pagecount is the same, so perhaps not (though they're not actually very reliable for factual information like that).)
Games
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Another hour or so.
The Leaf Riders of Wrenwood
12–18 March 2024
Having failed to catch up last Sunday as planned, the amount of days I'm behind has mounted up to an even higher level. So, once again, I've played a chunk today and intend to play the rest... tomorrow? A work day? Oh God. Well, we'll see. I need to put the time/effort in somewhere to finally get caught up, and then aim to stay on top of it more.
Another hour or so.
The Leaf Riders of Wrenwood
12–18 March 2024
Having failed to catch up last Sunday as planned, the amount of days I'm behind has mounted up to an even higher level. So, once again, I've played a chunk today and intend to play the rest... tomorrow? A work day? Oh God. Well, we'll see. I need to put the time/effort in somewhere to finally get caught up, and then aim to stay on top of it more.
Videos
Talks Machina
#49 'Curious Beginnings'
#50 'A Show of Scrutiny'
Catching up on the earlier episodes of Talks Machina about Campaign Two before going ahead with the main show too. (One thing I've observed already: it's funny/weird how much they joke about hating the host, considering what happened later.)
[Watch episodes #49 and #50 (again) on Internet Archive.]
#49 'Curious Beginnings'
#50 'A Show of Scrutiny'
Catching up on the earlier episodes of Talks Machina about Campaign Two before going ahead with the main show too. (One thing I've observed already: it's funny/weird how much they joke about hating the host, considering what happened later.)
[Watch episodes #49 and #50 (again) on Internet Archive.]
Saturday, 23 March 2024
Videos
Talks Machina
#52 'Disparate Pieces'
So, this is the talk show that used to follow every episode of Critical Role. After it came out that the host had done some Bad Shit, most content featuring him was removed from official Critical Role channels; but, the internet being the internet, it is still out there, so I thought I'd give it a go.
Of course, as enjoyable as Crit Role is, catching up already involves literally hundreds of four-hour-long episodes — which is, y'know, a lot — without adding an extra hour-and-change to each with Talks Machina too. Indeed, to be precise, it adds an extra 136½ hours to the already-565-hour commitment. (Can you imagine a 'normal' TV show that ran for over 700 hours? That's the equivalent of 42 seasons of a 22-eps-a-year US network TV drama!)
That said, I love behind-the-scenes stuff of things I love; and these guys do have interesting stuff to say about why they made the decisions they made, where the story is going, and so on. It's a lot of extra time to add to an already long thing, but it might be worth it. (Step one: go back to the four hours of Talks Machina that cover Campaign Two Episodes 1–3...)
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
#52 'Disparate Pieces'
So, this is the talk show that used to follow every episode of Critical Role. After it came out that the host had done some Bad Shit, most content featuring him was removed from official Critical Role channels; but, the internet being the internet, it is still out there, so I thought I'd give it a go.
Of course, as enjoyable as Crit Role is, catching up already involves literally hundreds of four-hour-long episodes — which is, y'know, a lot — without adding an extra hour-and-change to each with Talks Machina too. Indeed, to be precise, it adds an extra 136½ hours to the already-565-hour commitment. (Can you imagine a 'normal' TV show that ran for over 700 hours? That's the equivalent of 42 seasons of a 22-eps-a-year US network TV drama!)
That said, I love behind-the-scenes stuff of things I love; and these guys do have interesting stuff to say about why they made the decisions they made, where the story is going, and so on. It's a lot of extra time to add to an already long thing, but it might be worth it. (Step one: go back to the four hours of Talks Machina that cover Campaign Two Episodes 1–3...)
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
As promised, the 'flood' of releases is beginning to come through — though, thanks to the postal system and other delays, it's going to wind up spread over a couple of weeks after all. Nonetheless, this is one of those rare weeks where every single stat changes. Here's what's turned up in time for March's running time update...
The first thing you'll notice: it looks like my collection has shrunk. Not so! It's time for another classic Doctor Who Blu-ray set, which this time kicks five DVDs out of my collection — including one story that isn't even in this set. The DVD had a special feature that wasn't included on the Blu-ray release, because they've moved it here. It balances out, though, because there's a different story in this set that's lost a special feature to a future box set, so I'm hanging on to that for now. One day, though, these season Blu-ray sets will finally replace all my individual story DVDs... hopefully.
Number of titles in collection: 3,247 [down 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,010 [down 6]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,237 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 333 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,896 [down 4]
Number of films: 3,996 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 359 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,673 [down 5]
Number of short films: 1,129 [up 1]
You may also notice I said "kicks out five DVDs" earlier, but my DVD count has dropped by six. That's because my copy of The Abyss on 4K UHD also turned up this week, meaning the ancient DVD edition can finally leave my collection... although it's kind of a nice edition, so I'm tempted to keep it (it's not like DVDs are worth anything anymore, especially not when there's a Blu-ray in print). Well, I've factored it out now, so I guess that's that.
Oh, and I didn't reach 4,000 films, which I'd thought I might. Sadly, I won't land exaclty on it — I've got a package definitely arriving on Monday (per Royal Mail tracking) that contains enough films to see me right past that figure. Ah well.
Total running time of collection (approx.):
555 days, 14 hours, and 7 minutes.
(Up 12 hours and 4 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
As promised, the 'flood' of releases is beginning to come through — though, thanks to the postal system and other delays, it's going to wind up spread over a couple of weeks after all. Nonetheless, this is one of those rare weeks where every single stat changes. Here's what's turned up in time for March's running time update...
The first thing you'll notice: it looks like my collection has shrunk. Not so! It's time for another classic Doctor Who Blu-ray set, which this time kicks five DVDs out of my collection — including one story that isn't even in this set. The DVD had a special feature that wasn't included on the Blu-ray release, because they've moved it here. It balances out, though, because there's a different story in this set that's lost a special feature to a future box set, so I'm hanging on to that for now. One day, though, these season Blu-ray sets will finally replace all my individual story DVDs... hopefully.
Number of titles in collection: 3,247 [down 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,010 [down 6]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,237 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 333 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,896 [down 4]
Number of films: 3,996 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 359 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,673 [down 5]
Number of short films: 1,129 [up 1]
You may also notice I said "kicks out five DVDs" earlier, but my DVD count has dropped by six. That's because my copy of The Abyss on 4K UHD also turned up this week, meaning the ancient DVD edition can finally leave my collection... although it's kind of a nice edition, so I'm tempted to keep it (it's not like DVDs are worth anything anymore, especially not when there's a Blu-ray in print). Well, I've factored it out now, so I guess that's that.
Oh, and I didn't reach 4,000 films, which I'd thought I might. Sadly, I won't land exaclty on it — I've got a package definitely arriving on Monday (per Royal Mail tracking) that contains enough films to see me right past that figure. Ah well.
Total running time of collection (approx.):
555 days, 14 hours, and 7 minutes.
(Up 12 hours and 4 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 22 March 2024
Films
Black Tight Killers (1966)
[#20 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
+ the video extras on Radiance's Blu-ray, which consist of a short archive interview with the director and an original theatrical trailer
[#20 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
+ the video extras on Radiance's Blu-ray, which consist of a short archive interview with the director and an original theatrical trailer
Thursday, 21 March 2024
TV
X-Men
1x08 The Unstoppable Juggernaut [2nd watch]
1x09 The Cure [2nd watch]
1x10 Come the Apocalypse [2nd watch]
1x08 The Unstoppable Juggernaut [2nd watch]
1x09 The Cure [2nd watch]
1x10 Come the Apocalypse [2nd watch]
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Monday, 18 March 2024
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