Lemme just say that Mondasian Cybermen ARE the scariest kind of Cybermen.
And I half expected Roger Delgado or Anthony Ainley under that Zathrus disguise.
Ideas
The other Star Wars films I’d like to see:
- Jawas: The Movie – like Minions, but with Jawas
- Boba Fett: heist film, possibly a buddy film with Han Solo or Lando Calrissian
- Ezra/Kanan: show us their fate after Rebels goes off the air
- Cheers-like movie at either Anchorhead or Mos Eisley cantina
- Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes: A Hard Day’s Night or Help!, Star Wars style
- The Battle of Taanab: Google it
- Ord Mantel: what bounty hunter was that, Han?
The Star Wars films I don’t want to see:
- Kenobi
- Yoda
- Lando
- Chewbacca/Wookies
- Sand People
Solo Film
Blogging in Bed: Randomness
I’m about to nod off, because I’m too tired to watch Kong: Skull Island right now.
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I still watch baseball, but it becomes painful to watch when your team is bad.
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People are making such a big deal about Godzilla fighting Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidrah in his next movie, LIKE THAT’S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
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Too many games to play.
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I seem to be adjusting to the progressives well enough.
comiXology Storage Mitigation
South City Comic Con 2017
I like going to this convention because it reminds me of the one we used to go to when I was in high school. It feels more intimate than a San Diego Comic-Con or even WonderCon.
I stopped by the recently opened Dunkin’ Donuts beforehand and grabbed a donut and coffee. They have really good coffee.
About 10 minutes before 10 I walked over to the line, of which there were two, so I walked to the front of the line to ask if this line was for presale ticket holders or for ticket purchase. It was the presale line.
Amusingly enough, the purchase line went quicker than the presale line, because they had 4 people at registers for ticket purchases, while the presale line had ONE person checking tickets and crossing names off a list. Not a big problem, except for the mouth breathers behind me griping about the other line moving quicker.
All told, I was in line for about 5 minutes.
As I waited in line, I peered over the registers and saw Dirk Benedict at his autograph table.
In 1978, he was THE MAN, at least to me. Battlestar Galactica was on TV, I would watch every episode, in the days prior to VCRs, and I liked Lt. Starbuck more than Captain Apollo.
So did my sister, Jen.
Flash forward to 1999, when I first met Richard Hatch at some convention in San Francisco. I later saw Hatch at a couple-few WonderCons, and San Diego Comic Cons, either on a panel or at a table signing stuff.
Flash forward again to today, and I finally got to meet THE MAN.
I stood in line and listened as Dirk Benedict was talking very casually with the guy in the picture. Dirk’s a very chatty guy. The next guy, in front of me, also got to talk to Dirk for a minute or two, and the guy asked me if I could take a picture of the two of them with his iPhone, which I did.
Then came my turn. I said hello and shook his hand, and then Dirk said that he liked my glasses, because they were like his, and he quickly whipped them out and posed for me with them on.
I then mentioned my meeting Richard Hatch back in 1999, and he remarked that Richard did many more shows than he ever did. He only does maybe 3 or so a year. He then said that he missed Hatch, saying that he was a great guy, and he was sad that they wouldn’t be doing panels together anymore.
He signed the picture shown above, and then I asked his assistant if she would take our picture, and she did.
This is actually the second photo taken, because Dirk wasn’t happy with the first one, which actually looked much like this one.
I said thanks, as did he, and I moved on to the dealers room.
I really didn’t see much in terms of cosplayers.
Seriously, this was it, though I did see a guy dressed as the Green Power Ranger as I got ready to leave. I didn’t get his picture.
I wasn’t really looking to pick up anything, but I couldn’t pass this up:
I made it around the dealers room in less than 20 minutes. I saw a few cool things, like this:
I was out of there by 11:00 am, about the same amount of time I spent last year. I had another event to attend, Games Day with friends.
It was a very good Sunday.
Batman ’66
We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.
With the passing of each of my childhood idols, so too does a bit of that childhood dies.
The main reason that I decided to attend Silicon Valley Comic Con 2017 was beause they announced Adam West and Burt Ward as guests. I couldn’t pass up the chance to meet these two in person. the 1966 Batman movie is, to me, the best of the Batman films, even the newer ones by Nolan and Snyder, and the ones from the 1980s-90s.
Because they were more in line with what comic book movie heroes should be, IMHO.
The actual meeting was very impersonal. I said that I was honored to meet them, but they hardly looked at me, just posing for the camera as they took direction from the con staff, as they did with all the fans before and after me. It was a tad disappointing. But at least I got a photo taken with them.
Years ago, however, Glenn and I attended a Creation Con (I think) in San Francisco (I think) and attended a panel with Adam West. It was just him, telling tales of his life and times as the Caped Crusader. The one story I remember was of him and Van Williams (The Green Hornet) going hunting, which they did a lot) and the look on peoples faces when they saw Batman and the Green Hornet (or Bruce Wayne and Britt Reid) emerge from the woods with rifles.
Rest in Peace, Mr. West. Thank you for all you did for your fans.
35th
I just finished watching Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for the umpteenth time.
This time it was for the 35th anniversary of it’s theatrical release.
I wish I had know that it was going to be part of one of Cinemark’s Movie Classics program last Fall. I haven’t seen this in the theatre in… 35 years.
Looking back on that day in 1982, when my classmates and I took MUNI down to the Regency I theatre on Van Ness Boulevard, I can’t recall everyone who was there.
Stupid aging.
And to this day, like every time before, I still cry when Spock dies.
It’s gotten worse since Leonard Nimoy passed away.
This remains my favorite Star Trek film. Period.
And, Scene…
This was recently posted on Facebook, as three of the best scenes in the DC Extended/Cinematic Universe. I agree wholeheartedly.
First flight: I’m one of the folks who believe that Man of Steel is basically “Superman: Day One” where he’s still learning about his abilities, and watching him take flight for the first time is inspiring. The tag line of the 1978 film was “You will believe a man can fly,” and here’s Clark, eventually believing in himself in order to fly.
Warehouse fight: Though it was an amazingly choreographed fight sequence, I was actually playing the Batman ’66 fight music in my head while I watched it, and it WORKED. I even imagined large onomatopoeia every time a punch or kick landed.
No Man’s Land: no spoilers, it was simply stunning in it’s execution, from the visuals to the music. It’s the definitive introduction every super hero should be lucky to have when their story is told on the big screen.
From earlier DC movies, I can list a few similar moments:
- Superman The Movie: the rooftop helicopter scene
- Batman: Introducing the Batmobile
- The Dark Knight: Batman rescuing hostages while subduing the Joker’s men
- Superman Returns: shuttle/plane rescue
Here’s hoping we continue to get scenes like this in future films.
All the World’s Waiting for You
Great movie. Best of the Nolan/Snyder-verse DCCU films.
That said, I liked Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 better.
This movie has everything Man of Steel and Batman v Superman lacked. I liked both of those films. I like WW more than those two. It had a touch of the grittiness of the previous DC films, but much more heroism and heart.
There were a couple of surprises, and her origin was properly explained. Or was it? Seemed like they merged the her classic and New 52 origins in this story, and that’s fine.
Overall, it was entertaining and more fun to watch than other recent DCCU films.
Which I still enjoyed.
Except for Suicide Squad.