Category: Media

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So far, so good…

I’ve kept myself to checking social media once every hour or two, and when I do get on Facebook or Twitter, I log off if I see more than 2-3 political posts in my timeline.

This is for me, not for you.  Don’t feel slighted if I or anyone else is checking in less often.  We do what we need to do for our own well being.

Meanwhile, I have to get back into the novel Life Debt, as the next book in the Aftermath series comes out in about 2 and a half weeks!  Yikes!

And, after watching just the first 10 minutes of the second episode of Riverdale, I’ve decided to stop.  It’s just TOO teen angsty and 90’s WB/CW in it’s tone.  I’ll stick to the recent Archie Comic by Mark Waid, thanks.

And I liked Powerless.  It has potential.

Also, I hope they sell that ‘Sleeping Draymond’ blanket to the general public.

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Feb 1st

Something I heard this morning regarding social media is that nowadays it’s harder to post about the mundane  because many feel it’s inappropriate to do so.

Fuck that noise.

Here’s Felicity Jones ‘playing’ with herself.

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13th?

I honestly didn’t think it would happen this soon.

Peter Capaldi has announced that he will be leaving Doctor Who after the 2017 Christmas Special.

Damn.

I was hoping that he’d play the Doctor for at least as long as Tom Baker.  But he’ll have done the requisite 3 series/seasons that David Tennant and Matt Smith had both done, though Tennant technically did a ‘4th’ season of specials.

Odds have been posted on who the next actor to take the role will be, with my personal pick (Rory Kinnear) currently at 7:1.

I’m saddened, truth be told, that Capaldi is leaving.  Depending on how his final series goes, I think he’ll be my second favorite Doctor, after Baker and slightly ahead of, if not just tied with, Christopher Eccleston.

For now, I’ll just say thank you, Doctor.

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Weekend Goals?

Did:

Played some table top baseball.

Painted Blood Bowl lizardman miniatures.

Built LEGO van/caravan set.

Replaced Keurig machine with larger capacity Keurig machine.

Didn’t:

Work on Lunchtime D&D campaign.

Do a dry run of a podcast, unless you count the 1-hour phone conversation that I had with my mystery co-host.

Start watching The Man in the High Castle, Season 2.

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Justice League Dark

Another great job by the DC Animated Universe group.

It was especially cool to hear Matt Ryan as John Constantine, prior to the upcoming CW Seed animated series.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

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The Last Jedi

Oh, right, my reaction to this.

*ahem*

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

That is all.

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The 50s

January 19th, 1967: premiere date of Star Trek episode ‘Arena’

This is arguably my favorite Star Trek episode, ever.  The opening shot right before and after the title sequence in one of the best moments of the series.

“Cestus III has been destroyed.”

A red shirt gets killed, Spock’s tricorder is destroyed, and the Gorn is introduced.

I love everything about this episode, from the Metrons to the bamboo cannon Kirk uses to defeat the Gorn captain, who I met a few years back.

This episode is so popular that it’s been referenced throughout Star Trek’s history, and on other shows like The Big Bang Theory.

More information here: The Gorn Identity @ startrek.com

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Jaxxon

Around age 10-11, two things that my world revolved around were Star Wars and rabbits.

Star Wars is pretty much a given as how much it’s been a part of my life.

But rabbits?

I had a plush bunny rabbit as one of my first toys as a baby, and I held onto that bunny well into my pre-teen years.  He lead my cadre of other toys, including Action Jackson, the Six Million Dollar Man, and various other plushies.

I have always been a big fan of Warner Bros. cartoons, especially Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

After the initial 6-issue run of Marvel’s original Star Wars comic, they started to tell new stories.  The first arc was about Han Solo and Chewbacca getting involved in a ‘Magnificent Seven’-esque confrontation on some planet.

One of the members of his gang, the Star-Hoppers of Aduba-3?

Jaxxon.

Described as a 7-foot tall Lepi smuggler, Jaxxon became my first favorite character from Star Wars who was *not* in the original film.

This means he beat out Boba Fett as my first favorite by about a year (comic released in November, 1977).

As the link mentions, Jaxxon pretty much disappeared from the comics after issue #16, with reference to him in other media, but no appearances.

Which is too bad, because the character has left a lasting impression on me and many other Star Wars fans.  Whether the impression is good or bad, is up to the individual fan.

Han Solo: “I saw that, rabbit…”
Jaxxon: “Well, hooray for your side! You must’a been eatin’ your space-carrots…never could stand ’em myself! I’m—”
Han Solo: “I heard: A meat-eater…one that needs a job right?”
Jaxxon: “Well I ain’t standin’ out here for the decor.”
―Jaxxon meets Han Solo

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Day Off

For MLKJr day, I went to go see Rogue One, for my 5th time.

I think I cried a bit more than I had before, because of the ending.  It’s the first time I’ve seen the film after Carrie Fisher passed away.

After the movie I treated myself to some ice cream, and then picked up some Doctor Who blu-rays from Best Buy, and some groceries from Lucky’s.

In between those two shopping excursions, I met up with my sister Jen, who gave me a couple of gifts from Hawaii for myself and Dad.

Once I got home I settled in to watch the Warriors kick the Cav’s asses in a 126-91 game.

Right now I’m blogging while I endure a slight headache.

How was your day?