ThaOGDreamWeaver

Wastin’ away again in Armenelos Searchin’ for my… lost island resort Some people claim that there’s an elf queen to blame But I know It’s all Sauron’s fault (XKCD 2994)

Co-workers. Can’t live with ‘em… …can’t have them extradited.

What. …some days I wonder how a movie got made, and what drugs may have been involved in the creative process. I’m not sure I want to know, definitely don’t want to try them. But I’m kinda glad there’s still room for out-and-out weird in Whollyodd.

Been having a lot of fun with my new villainess Angela Heartless, especially doing all the costumes. (Just missing a theme song - although with the Supernatural events on a lot at the moment, I seem to have intro music anyway.) Some quick questions: As I'm levelling up, what powers and combos should I prioritise? Any slotting tips? Good ways to build a little bit of +DEF in? /Soul seems the best Patron to take thematically... am I going to have a rough time with Ghost Widow?

Episode 6, and time for a rewind. If it's every theatre kids' dream to work with Patti LuPone, every movie nerd wants to pull a Rashomon. But here, it works.

Jools Holland & Dr. John: Return Of The Boogie Woogie Twins

Okay… so that was... *blink* D+ shows have this habit of throwing the Big Damn Twist in Episode 4 or 5. It did not disappoint. In fact, the whole structure of the show so far might have been to lull you into a false sense of security. (If you like Evil Dead movies and the Evil Overlord List too, that helps.) Here we go...

Also... Eminem would kill it as a Viking. Thing I found out this week: Vikings, Scots and many other Northern Europeans engaged in flyting - duels of insults, often as poetry, sometimes with heavy drum backing, judged by the crowd. Sometimes as a pre-battle warmup, sometimes as a form of combat on its own. Viking Rap Battles. It was a thing.

Herb Alpert - Puttin' On The Ritz ...see also... Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle - Puttin' On The Ritz

XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)

It's a neat little tool... though being someone who works in this space, it's worryingly good. Previously, when we've been looking for scammy auto-generated audio, it's been garbage, music clips, static, or recycled clips from other shows, all of which are relatively easy to detect. Having tried it on a couple of colleagues, this is... not easy, unless you know about the topic at hand. Even then, if the machine learning bit had more material to work with than a single source, it might be able to create a better summarisation to work from.

So say you were in the market for something to get you from A to B to Crime scene (or away from one). What real-world vehicles would measure up? I ask because I may have to start saving for something. And yes, it comes in black. (Though I might ask them to throw in a little purple metalflake, just for good measure.) This is the forthcoming HiperCar. No, this was not posted April 1st. Ariel are a British marque known for subcompact toys like the Atom (which I've had a lot of fun with on a track day) and its chunky off-road cousin the Nomad, plus a long history with race-performance motorbikes. So I can fully believe this is the kind of thing they'd come up with while drunk, and and then a whole bunch of people just go "ahahahahathatsfunnyohandYESPLEASE". It's their first experimental EV, but that jet outlet on the back isn't an Adam West tribute. It really is a Cosworth turbine - used to recharge the batteries, so you never have to worry about range. (Or anyone parking behind you.) Assuming my PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS predict tonight's lottery accurately, I'm reserving one. Like, the second the cheque hits my bank account. So - money no issue - what would be your ride of choice?

"I hiss in your general direction! Your mother was a hairball, and your father smelled of litter tray!"

It's called fashion. Look it up.

Okay witches, here's Episode 4: So, not a filler episode (with the challenges for each witch, none of them will be), but spending time fleshing out character a little. Honestly, only thing I'm a bit disappointed about... felt a bit short. Then again, one of the advantages of streaming is you can cut an episode where the story suits, not the ad breaks.

Heh. I don't think any lawyer in their right mind would support anyone's specific claim about that. (See meme on previous page - and also the current viral junk story claiming he's been in it since Avengers.)

Small note for anyone interested: Read a quick interview clip with Jac Shaeffer (writer/showrunner). Spoiler below re the M-word...

...in the middle of a pandemic. But still clocked nearly $400m. A record for that nasty summer, and drove a bunch of people to Disney+. (And bought Scarlett a couple of new houses when she sued them for it.) So for once, flop is relative. I will cheerfully agree it was not a good movie and audibly clunked at a lot of points: even Ray Winstone looked bored by his bit as Central Casting Evil Ruskie, and Taskmaster was a non-entity. Yelena and Alexei, though, felt like they'd got cut in from a somewhat better script, and the Pugh fully redeemed her with a cheerfully psychotic performance in Hawkeye. (I'm never making Kraft Dinner the same way again.) I think giving a good character/performance from a bad movie another shot can be A Good Thing. Margot needed three goes at Harley - in all three she was a standout, but the last one just worked.

I have it slotted 😃

Today's Tarot card: Judgement.

Okay, witches, here we go...

I agree there's a big Void in my thinking... As Harrison is neither in the trailer nor announced on IMDB, but is shown Hulking out in CA:NWO... I have a feeling the Thunderbolts* title isn't related to ol' Tad. I mean, we've changed everything else...