Moe Lane's Blog, page 597
March 14, 2022
Everything SHOULD be measured in giraffes, sure.
Sorry. It’s just so rare that social media brings up giraffes, for some reason. And I’ve always wanted an excuse to use that picture.
https://t.co/v8MfvHlhxk pic.twitter.com/EZt3FVFt0s
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) March 14, 2022
Tweet of the Day, Michael Caine Offers Up A Valuable Professional Life Lesson edition.
It’s good to remember to focus on the essentials.
Jaws The Revenge: "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.” – Michael Caine.
— Last Exit To Nowhere (@LASTEXITshirts) March 14, 2022
Join us in wishing the wonderful @TheMichaelCaine many happy returns. pic.twitter.com/XkjvRcqXEm
March 13, 2022
03/13/2022 Snippet, THE DECALOGUE KILLER.
Back to the story!
Patreon!After a solid eight hours of wandering the city – and an hour in-between to drink lunch – I went back to the Messenger with a light step. I had enough material for two man-on-the-street articles about the Killer, and leads on a half-dozen other stories. Serial killers may take over the front page when they show up, but you can’t run the same story forever. There’s no resting on my weary laurels in this world.
Unfortunately, when I got to my desk my boss was already there; from the way she was leaning back in my seat, she’d been there for a while. Gloria didn’t even look mad for having to wait, which worried me. When a head editor has that cheerful a grin on, it means one of two things: either a horse had come in at twenty to one, or she was about to put the boot in. And the racetrack was closed today.
“Joe!” Great, even her voice was chipper. “Glad I caught you before you went home for the night.”
Patreon Microfiction: ‘Timmy and the Jolly Old Elf.’
“Timmy and the Jolly Old Elf.” Ah, Timmy. And the Jolly Old Elf, for that matter. I need to write another Timmy story. Hell, if I write two more I could do a Christmas chapbook! That’d be fun.
Patreon!Dust Short Film: ‘Six.’
I know I’m supposed to feel bad for Charlie…
…and I do, in a detached way, because of her dietary choices. But, honestly? The government’s got the right basic attitude, here. There’s room for precisely one species at the top of the food chain, and that’s mine.
Also: I get the vibe that maybe somebody’s trying to pitch this as a longer show. …I’d watch it. As always, DUST does good work.
Happy Daylight Savings Time Day!
Daylight Savings Time: loudly reviled, cordially loathed – and never, ever changed. I’m sure that there’s some obvious reason why as to the last, but danged if I can figure it out this morning. Clearly I need more coffee…
Open thread, I guess. Not that I really enforce that, anyway.
March 12, 2022
Movie of the week: Firefox.
That’s the ‘Just fly the damn plane’ Firefox, of course. I’m not sure if I actually want to watch it again, though. You know how it is: the movies that were important when you were young don’t always hold up.
Plus, it turned out that Soviet materials science was horrible. Big shocker, there…
My Mini-Review of THE BATMAN.
Short version: the director liked ARKHAM CITY as much as I did! Oh, and THE BATMAN Did Not Suck.
Slightly longer version: very Gothic. Very, very Gothic. They cut way back on some of the super-gadgetry, and put that energy into mood instead. Everything is dark, dirty, cramped (or overstuffed); I wasn’t entirely sure about Robert Patterson, but he wore the suit well. I didn’t really notice the long watch time, and I think it built well for a sequel.
That being said: this is never getting into the DCEU. Never. The very idea is absurd.
#commissionearned
