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November 16, 2021
The “I DO Want to Watch This” SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME trailer.
It must have been nice, being able to use all the past Spider-Man villains like that. Especially the Alfred Molina Doc Ock. I’d watch this movie if he was the only one they had gotten. #commissionearned
The “I Don’t WANT To Watch This…” DON’T LOOK UP trailer.
…but I might end up watching DON’T LOOK UP, in spite of myself.
.@DontLookUpFilm is in select theaters December 10 and on @Netflix December 24. @netflixfilm #dontlookup pic.twitter.com/tHgP8hupmM
— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) November 16, 2021
It unfortunately rings… true to life. Although I fully expect that they will tone it down, just a bit. In the official response, that is. Scientific literacy is… thin on the ground in the Imperial District, and this is an English major saying that.
Tweet of the Day, Anonymous MEGASPIDER donation edition.
It takes a special breed of hero to run an Australian wildlife donation program. I am not a particularly fearful man, and I would not agree to take on that kind of responsibility. I have kids.
Massive "megaspider" has scientists super excited, due to inch-long fangs and lots of venom.
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) November 16, 2021
Three guesses which continent, and two don't count.https://t.co/sNJnvIEMQ1
November 15, 2021
NaNoWriMo, Day 15: 1,550 / 35,210.
59% done! Huzzah!
Patreon!Close up, the shuttle didn’t look nearly as ‘mostly intact;’ in fact, I didn’t expect it would ever fly again. We’ve come a long way in the last century, but most of our equipment still looks like a child’s imitation when compared to Amalgamation tech. I can’t crash a hauler, except under extremely specific circumstances involving the sudden loss of the contragrav units. The best I could do would be to kind of damage the bottom of the hull, and tear up the landing zone. Here, we were just lucky that Burcu had been flying solo. I made a note to check later just why she had been flying solo, although I guess it was probably because of the dark Terran god Security.
On the marginally bright side, Amalgamation fire suppressant goo is amazingly good at crawling over burning-hot metal and plastic, and taking all that heat away: the last of it was oozing back into its vats as I popped the explosive bolts on the emergency access hatch. Inside it smelled vile, naturally, but I had nose filters for that. At least there weren’t any sparks. Sparks meant live wires, and live wires were bad.
I’d like to say that Burcu died quick and clean, but neither would be true; her body was crunched together in the front of the cockpit, her flesh mottled with bruises where it hadn’t been gashed horribly. Her face was mercifully obscured by her hair and helmet, but I could see teeth and fragments of bone scattered on the floor. And blood, of course. Or, rather, the shadows of blood on the walls, where the gore had boiled away under the fierce heat of the crash.
Mel Gibson to direct LETHAL WEAPON 5?
Lethal Weapon franchise star Mel Gibson is currently in talks to direct Lethal Weapon 5! The filmmaker let the news slip that he wanted to helm the movie and now sources close to him are saying he’s in talks to direct and star. No deal has been officially closed yet, but if it happens, he will step in for Richard Donner, who passed away this past July.
I guess none of those folks are actually too old for this sh*t?
Moe Lane
PS: There are actually any number of things that can be said about reviving the LETHAL WEAPON series, Mel Gibson’s career (although HACKSAW RIDGE seems to have done wonders for that already), and/or how many photons are going to be burnt over discussing the first two. But I have to admit: I’m curious how this movie would look. It’s unlikely to be anything like the first four in the series.
#commissionearned
The last hours of the TENTACLES 6 Bundle of Holding.
This is actually a pretty good deal. I have Hideous Creatures already, but the Apocthulhu supplements look pretty good and you only need to buy one of these to justify picking up the whole collection. Besides, I have limited room left for physical books.
But only hours remain!
There are mere hours remaining to pick up our own Hideous Creatures for #TrailOfCthulhu, as well as excellent #Cthulhu #mythos goodies from @GallantKGames and @cthulhu_reborn in the Bundle of Tentacles: https://t.co/lR9GOoJrq4 pic.twitter.com/noitg5TOR7
— Pelgrane Press (@PelgranePress) November 15, 2021
It’s Eldritch Elf Gift Exchange time again at the @HPLHS!
Eldritch Elf is the HPL Historical Society‘s annual Christmas gift exchange: you sign up, you get randomly assigned somebody to send a gift to, and you get one in exchange. I lucked out last year and got better than I gave, so I guess somebody’s getting the Mayan Replica this year. If only for my own pride’s sake.
Moe Lane
PS: Members only, but that’s easily fixed.
The FRAGGLE ROCK Reboot Apple TV trailer.
My eyes are narrowed right now. They are narrow, they are squinting, and I am in state of anticipatory skepticism:
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) November 15, 2021
Let the music play…
Get ready for a brand new adventure with your favorite Fraggles. Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock premieres January 21 on Apple TV+ https://t.co/2Rm1xEUcS4 pic.twitter.com/puBRKlLWWL
Although that’s just my own personal taste talking. I’m not thirteen anymore, and if this new FRAGGLE ROCK is geared to thirteen year old children then I will find it dull. That’s not actually the show’s fault.
Also: points for doing it with puppets. As for the likely message… yeah, it’s not like the original show offered a full-throated defense of Milton Friedman, or anything like that. Some things, you know what you’re getting into ahead of time, is all I’m saying.
#commissionearned
November 14, 2021
‘Crazy for You.’
Annapolis is a place… where they play a lot of 80s music. You know, for the older people.
