Moe Lane's Blog, page 665
September 20, 2021
Yeah, I got nothing (Open Thread).
What’s new with you folks?
Moe Lane
PS: It was a slow week! All the interesting stuff was stuff that wasn’t happening, like new shows or whatnot. I’m trying not to clickbait, okay?
Tweet of the Previous Weekend, This Is Getting Excitingly Dull, Fast edition.
Oh, look. It was just another successful private space mission. This one happened to be manned, fully automated, and involved multiple orbits. Oh, yes, and there were the usual reusable booster and all the rest of the things SpaceX does, sure, sure.
How… prosaic.
Splashdown! Welcome back to planet Earth, @Inspiration4x! pic.twitter.com/94yLjMBqWt
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 18, 2021
The “Because we could” Marvel’s HIT-MONKEY series trailer.
It’s not that Marvel is drunk on its power, exactly. Why, that would imply that there is an alternative state of consciousness for the company. Seriously, when it comes to new programming Marvel’s pitch team has been continuously ripped to the gills for the last decade and a half, and here’s the latest bit of evidence for that:
HIT-MONKEY is merely the latest in a series of counter-intuitive show choices that will… likely work out. I mean, what do I know? I would have rejected the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY pitch as being too risky! Good thing Marvel didn’t hire me to do that, huh?
09/20/21 Snippet, ETERNAL NIGHT OF THE MOON-BEASTS.
Edge of madness!
Patreon!I can transmit your instructions, Commander; but I will need you to repeat them, more formally. After he had done so, Asenath went on, Two questions, Commander. First: neither the human nor the automated facilities on the moon operate under radio silence. Anything with the ability to detect electromagnetic radiation already knows where we are.
“I know,” replied Tobias. “And I can’t do anything about that. But — you’ve analyzed the footage from the camera, right?”
Yes. It seems very anomalous.
“Yeah.” Tobias suppressed the alarming giggle that word provoked before going on. “Anomalous. But it’s a monster. It’s got to be! Maybe it doesn’t know what technology is. Why should it? It’s surviving the moon just fine, isn’t it?”
Your heart rate is increasing… excuse me. That sounds like a good working hypothesis, Commander. Which leads back to my next question: what is your plan of action?
Asenath’s ready acceptance calmed him, more than he expected.
September 19, 2021
09/19/21 Snippet, ETERNAL NIGHT OF THE MOON-BEASTS.
Sass from the AI!
Patreon!“Sorry,” Tobias replied. “No, wait, that’s a polite fib. It’s too risky. I’m not sure if the ship’s contaminated.”
You said that before, too. Asenath was also getting better at using her speech software; the exasperation came through clearly. Now that you are no longer interposing this with crazed warnings about ravenous tentacles from the Stygian depths, could you explain what that ‘contamination’ might be?
Tobias started checking the cameras. “Have you gotten the telemetry from the hopper yet? And how are we talking, anyway?”
To answer your questions in order: no. There may have been damage to the data transmitter. I should be able to access it if you route the information through your own suit’s datalink. As to the other… you neglected to forbid me from launching a emergency comsat. Asenath now sounded, if anything, slightly smug. And I did not presume to remind you of any orders that you may or may not have wanted to give.
The MORGAN BAROD author copies are in!
No pictures, because I don’t know where my phone is. But I have enough to send out a few author copies and have a guaranteed supply for Fright Reads next month, so that’s cool. Still haven’t decided whether or not to do the Frederick Comic-Con in November, though. It’s fairly close to Thanksgiving.
In other news: work has started on the additional art for the Fermi Resolution RPG supplement! Once I get those assets and the limited editing job back, off the whole thing goes to a layout person. And then it will be off of my plate forever and ever, praise God. And huzzah.
My mini-review of JUNGLE CRUISE.
Short version: not half bad — but don’t think about it too hard, or at all.
Slightly longer version: JUNGLE CRUISE was entertaining, in a middling decent fashion. But… it had no tie-ins, no setup for the sequel, and no end credits scene. Are we sure it’s a Disney movie?
None of this is a criticism. I laughed at the funny parts, thrilled at the stunts, and liked how Johnson and Blunt had fun doing the entire ‘homage to pulp serials’ thing. But do yourself a favor and turn off the part of your brain that says “Hold on…” at the same time you’re turning off your phone. You’ll thank yourself later.
Moe Lane
PS: Entertaining spectacles have their place in the theater, too. They can’t all be ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD or ARRIVAL — or, freakishly, FREE GUY.
Patreon Microfiction: Mothership.
There is no excuse for ‘Mothership,’ besides the last sentence. I have the scene in my head right now, in fact. And it is glorious.
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