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It's worth keeping an eye out during these major events for those beautiful glows in the sky. Scotland and the Islands are better in the UK for aurorae, but I've had one event where it got to 1500 nanoTeslas (unit of atmospheric disturbance, not very small cars) and I saw it with the naked eye. Although do make sure that IS what you're seeing... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04348v8r9eo

An occasional thread for those interested in space news. If you're looking to see the Bifrost, and/or get those mutant powers you've been dreaming about, one of the strongest Coronal Mass Ejections of recent times is heading towards Earth, landing between 1800 UTC 15th and 1800 UTC 16th April. This might play merry hob with some satellites and electrical systems, but mostly - thanks to the wondrous magnetosphere shield - will just give you pretty lights. This big one should give aurorae much farther south than usual. And they're getting stronger every day... You can get Space Weather from the Met Office at: https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/specialist-forecasts/space-weather ...and the rather nerdier NOAA at: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ ...and it's worth getting the AuroraWatch UK or SpaceWeatherLive app for alerts. Also, get yourself a long-exposure camera app like NightCap: they come up a lot clearer on phone screens than with the naked eye. And no, CMEs are not causing global warming. Or, and I say this advisedly, mutating the neutrinos.

Apple TV has always been a magnificent loss leader for the devices and gift cards and whatnot. But even the mystic gnomes of Cupertino can’t keep losing over $1bn per year off a $5bn budget. Rumours are that they’re going to trim back to a mere $4.5bn and look for more commercial partnerships, so the crazy-inventive stuff that no-one but Apple or the BBC would have backed might not fly from now on.

Nope. None of the ZAZ crew involved beyond production credits, Neeson doesn’t pull off the deadpan as convincingly as Nielsen. Oh, and this is a Seth McFarlane joint.

Still gotta get round to seeing this, but not sure I wanna trial yet another platform…

IMHO, I would assume so. If not, Flynns Sr. and Jr. would not have been able to be reconstructed in the physical world after being digitised. If you’re prepared to swallow that, it’s not that much of a stretch that Quorra - and then ARES - could be extrapolated from their data as humans. Whether Quorra adjusted well to the process is another matter - for example, would she have immunity from common diseases? Would she adapt well psychologically to living around humans? As to whether or not they’d also have superpowers of some kind is “digital wizards did it” territory. But again, if you’re okay with Recognisers flying around in a way that bricks usually don’t…

With surprisingly little warning, LucasFilm announces the third Tales series. This time, our not-exactly-heroes are disillusioned Sith Asajj Ventress, and Lee Van Cleef-meets-Grumpy Smurf Cad Bane. Should be another six-parter and looks more action-heavy than the Jedi or Empire instalments. Still slightly odd about giving Bane a sympathetic backstory: can’t we have just one or two genuinely callous gits in the Galaxy?

In what may be - unfortunately - one of the last of Apple TV’s mad little commissions, Martha Wells’ scifi/mystery/comedy MurderBot series gets the glossiest, starriest, goriest adap you could imagine… Starring Alexander Skarsgard (Succession, The Stand) and David Dastmalchian (Suicide Squad, Late Night With The Devil), plus a host of random guest stars, our erstwhile AI hero tries to work out its place in the universe while handling daily danger on an unsurveyed world, the fear of discovery, an overarching fiendish plot, and trying to catch its favourite soaps. I’ve not got round to reading the books though I’ve wanted to for a while. Looks an awful lot of fun to me. What say you?

Convexity X Kero - DreamWeaver 😎

Bruce Springsteen ft Tom Morello & Eddie Vedder - Highway To Hell (Live)

Attention, programs… So I don’t know how many folks will be queuing up at the ‘plex for this. But that album is going to KILL, and will be on heavy rotation in every goth/industrial club worldwide. (And yes, might even stomp along if my ankles can still take it. That’s the great thing: goths don’t get old, we become Dark Elders.)

Side note: is that Alan “Sarcasm Inc.” Tudyk I hear again?

From the get-go, Val was one hell of an actor. And his very first movie out there, playing with his classic 50s heartthrob looks, was a baptism of… …well, definitely some kind of baptism. …seriously, the physicality it takes to pull this scene off is one thing, but making it FUNNY as well… EDIT: also, I wouldn’t know if this kinda thing would work for you all the time. But if you’re casting for crazy… crazy works.

Iceman. Chris Knight. Doc Holliday. Nick Rivers. Jim Morrison. Ray LeVol. Mad Martigan, Greatest Swordsman Of All Time. And Chris Shiherlis, Greatest Ponytail Of All Time. So, so many iconic roles, it's hard to choose just one. I object slightly to the portrayal of him as "difficult" - just a bit opinionated, and sometimes went a bit Method. But apparently an absolute gentleman to most folks in the cast and crew. Just not directors. (Which you can't say about a number of actors, such as Tom Sizemore - who was a source of much of those comments: Kilmer disliking him seems just to show good taste. Pairing him with Brando was just asking for trouble, FFS: and filming Dr Moreau was a terrible idea to start with.) Wishing him a blessed journey to the land of beautiful souls.