Moe Lane's Blog, page 770
March 23, 2021
Helen Mirren to play villain in next SHAZAM! film.
…Look, they had me at ‘Helen Mirren,’ honestly. She’ll be fine playing ‘Hespera,’ a hitherto unknown villain in the DC universe. If she could do RED, she can do this*.
Moe Lane
*To quote Warren Ellis, when they asked him how he felt about the way they took his comic book and stretched it out to movie length: “I mean, if you don’t want to see a film with Helen Mirren with a sniper rifle, I’m not sure I want to know you.“
03/23/21 Snippet, MARKET DAY AT THE PECZ.
This is very possibly going to be a book. Or a hook. I’m not sure yet.
Patreon!Councilor Newstar was in the cafeteria, all right. It was still an open question whether she’d ever leave it alive.
Janet and Elizabeth found Joe, who had his arm in a sling but was still giving orders until his fellow Councilors came in. “Three of ‘em burst into the council room, screaming that crap they do about ‘blood on the land.’ Then they stabbed Brittanie, each of ‘em.” He shook his head and raised his splinted arm slightly. “I got this when I went after ‘em with my jackknife. Carved up one of ‘em real good, but it was still two to one after that, you know? I got sliced, lost my knife. Then they told me I didn’t need more than one arm for what they wanted me to do, so I had best shut up.”
“What did they want you to do?” Elizabeth asked.
“We didn’t get that far, Liz. Right about then Brittanie dragged herself up. My knife must’ve landed by her hand, because she had it. Jammed it into the back of the neck of one of the guys before she fell down again, too. That just left me and the last guy.” Joe shook his head. “It’s funny. I felt bad about kicking him in the junk. Didn’t get bothered about what I did afterward, but that part? It was kinda nasty.”
Tweet of the Day, I Will, Of Course, Be Seeing BLACK WIDOW In Theaters edition.
I’m tired of the New Normal, and miss the Old Normal. So the answer there is clear.
Black Widow in theaters July 9 and on @DisneyPlus with Premier Access. Additional fees required. pic.twitter.com/MSLHxk6Eez
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 23, 2021
HAHAHAHA The RAYA AND HAHAHAHA THE LAST HAHAHA DRAGON HAHA Honest TrailerAHAHAHAHAH.
I had to stop at 0:43 because my kids are in school right now. My God. Oh, my God, Honest Trailers didn’t even get past the opening before they started bringing the thunder.
I’d say this was really, really helpful when it came to letting me decide whether or not to pay to see RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, except that I already had made that call. It did validate my decision to wait, though. Although I might have still gone to see it in theaters if we still had those where I am.
03/23/21 Snippet, PIGEON.
Casual bigotry!
Patreon!Bub fell in with us as we got up from the table. It wasn’t any kind of rule that he couldn’t join us: orcs are welcome at the bar, or the tables. If they can fit. Some can, some can’t, and Bub leaned to being on the ‘can’t’ side, on account of being so damned wide. It did mean he got to us pretty quick, though. The crowd flowed around him.
Gloria looked at Bub, sidelong. “You speak this language?” she asked me, in Town Elvish.
“Sure,” I replied, in the same tongue. Bub looked on, impassive.
“Good. Is it reliable?”
“What? Oh, him. He’s here, isn’t he?” He also didn’t like being called ‘it,’ but I’d let Gloria figure that out on her own.
March 22, 2021
Is your Android device acting up?
The latest update is making some phones go weird with Amazon and/or Google. That link has details about how to undo the update until there’s a fix. I don’t know how common it is: I only know about it because a buddy of mine had a problem with one of my Facebook links to the Amazon site and let me know I might of had a virus (I do not)…
So, I thought I’d try out Helen’s Page.
Helen’s Page is something that Instapundit’s doing: a digital marketplace for services and whatnot – including books. Worth a test of a month or two, see if it’ll drive digital sales of my books: you gotta have advertising in this business if you wanna get anywhere. The listing’s here.
Hey! There are two folks from the first Kickstarter who haven’t redeemed their pledges!
And one person who got their package returned to me. If you’re one of those three people, get in touch with me. I am going to be closing the Kickstarter down at some point in the future…
03/22/21 Snippet, PIGEON.
Introduction!
Patreon!She said her name was Gloria Abernathy, and with a name like that I didn’t need to hear the rest: she was from one of the local human mountain tribes. Must have been one of the civilized ones, since the wilder types don’t care much for their sons or daughters running off to become Deputies. And she perked right up when I told her I was looking for a werewolf.
Gloria was pretty damn sure of the target, too. “It’s the half-man,” she said confidently but quietly at the table we had retreated to. “I know it sounds crazy, but I’m sure it’s him. He’s been popping up places where there’s been animals taken. Three that I know of, all in the last month.”
“Three?” I said. “Crap, that’s bad. Town barons keep covering it up, I guess?”
“That’s what I figure,” Gloria replied. “Can’t blame ‘em too much, though. A werewolf comes through, grabs some of your chickens, then leaves: well, he’s gone, right? Must have just been passing through, so just thank the gods it wasn’t a kid and don’t stir up nothing further. But this half-man, he’s here to meet somebody. And I think he’ll kill him, after.”
