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June 9, 2022
The short horror film ‘Weeji.’
My eldest child informed me that it was very important that I watch Weeji. So I did. Needless to say: he was correct.
Tweet of the Day, This Really Does Feel Freaky edition.
It did a better job than I expected. Heck, I didn’t expect it to do the job at all. AI is a fascinating field.
I feel… seen. (https://t.co/97alRxNsXR) pic.twitter.com/7AmuiMMIFL
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) June 10, 2022
The surprisingly promising NOPE trailer.
I have yet to get into Jordan Peele films. I have a complicated relationship with horror flicks in that I don’t like most of them, for reasons which are difficult for me to articulate properly. I just know when I might like one, that’s all.
NOPE, I might like. I’m not sure. Must ponder further.
The print edition of TINSEL RAIN is In Review!
Checked the proof, made the changes, sent it in, had the usual issue with the imprint, fixed that, sent it in again. Now it’s just a matter of waiting to see if there are any lingering issues. Hopefully, you’ll be able to buy the TINSEL RAIN paperback by Monday. Hopefully.
You can still get it now on Kindle, though.
Video of the Day, I AM A CYBERNETIC BASILISK edition.
Yeah, this is what it looks like in CYBERPUNK 2077.
And it only looks boring. When you’re doing it, it’s like being in the beginning of a horror movie where you’re the monster. I’m shocked they don’t burn deckers at the stake in Night City.
#commissionearned
June 8, 2022
I am wondering about this MUNSTERS trailer.
Rob Zombie’s THE MUNSTERS is in color. But it’s in a real funky color, which works in a weird sort of way. I wanna like this movie, but I need more data.
About halfway through Chapter 15 in TINSEL RAIN print proofing.
The TINSEL RAIN proofing would have been done today, I think, except for DANGER ZONE.
I’m going to try to finish it tomorrow, so that I can log the changes and start the publication process. Once it’s live… then it’s time to order some physical books for rewards!
#commissionearned
So, I watched the first episode of MS. MARVEL.
Actually, I liked it. MS. MARVEL is very fannish, which will not appeal to some; and some of the superheroine’s devotees are rather intense about their fandom*. But this show itself was fun. They’re going with ‘magical artifact’ rather than ‘mutating gas’ for the power origin, because… I dunno. Because cramming mutants into the MCU, however hand-waved, is gonna be hard at this point, I guess.
As for any message, so far: …eh. “Being sixteen kind of sucks, but having powers would make up for that,” I guess. Which rings pretty true, honestly. A straightforward teen power fantasy should work out okay.
Moe Lane
*Not that that happens with any other superhero in recorded history, of course. I try to take a detached view about this sort of thing: Marvel gave me a nice little Seventies-style government conspiracy movie with superheroes in it, which was cool of them, especially since they also gave me a couple of heist movies with giant Pez dispensers, too. I figure that other people get to have their itches scratched.
#commissionearned
The BLACK ADAM trailer.
Wow. Watching Black Adam try to get his head around the assumptions inherent in the Marvel Family is going to be fascinating to watch.
Mind you, I also regret that we never saw Captain Marvel meet Zack Snyder’s Lex Luthor; the former would have reduced the latter to spluttering, outraged idiocy within five minutes, flat. Anyway, yeah: I’ll watch this when it finally comes out. Aside from everything else, it’s got Hawkman in it.
