ThaOGDreamWeaver

Thought on your thought:

Alan Cumming - Trouble

Regarding the guy in the helmet:

And Thrawn would have got away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling Rebels kids...

Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett 🦜😿

So, in the absence of m'learned coll (and having finally chewed through sixty pages of due diligence research in the real world), time to catch up with our new favourite Jedi... One other thing: has any Deep Nerd tried to translate any of the notes and directions of the credit maps?

*starts checking costume options for platypus-related facial features*

It depends on the build. I do have one 50 that still uses temp jetpacks to get around, but I've lately fallen in love a lot with Spring Attack for melee toons. (My latest Brute Barbierienne had that, plus Shield Charge, plus all the Axe attacks, so a lot of crowd-control options. And looked great.) For non-melee toons, it's worth remembering most enemies don't think or fight 3 dimensionally... so going up is one way out of embarrassing one-shot melee kills.

We can segue that back to generational humour, mind... I’m a disappointed idealist. I think of myself as a skeptic, a realist. I think the cynics are the people who left the gas tank on the Ford Pinto, companies that kill people and just cross them out because they can’t afford to retool. That’s a cynical position. But the saying goes, if you scratch a cynic, you find a disappointed idealist, and that’s what’s going on with me. Down deep and underneath, the flame still flickers. I wish for an idealist, utopian world but the realist in me says it’s never gonna happen because of the way they’ve structured power and money and control and the hierarchies they’ve established. -- George Carlin ...okay, no laughs for that? Tough crowd. Try this instead. There's a lot of good stuff in it (and if you enjoyed this post, please donate to St. Anthony's Home For The Visually Unpleasant if you can spare a buck or two). But definitely clock in from 10:30 for George on the (ab)use of language.

Okay, being a Brit (if well-travelled enough to know Canadian humour, eh), here's a bit from The Goodies... Then, of course, if you're a Brit of a certain age, there was your big moral choice. Were you a Swap Shop kid... or a Tiswas kid?

And there's a teaser too. Clearly S1 attracted a lot of good buzz. Because, quite rightly, they have two whole title cards showing off the cape and cartoon royalty joining JK and co this season: Hamill himself, Grey, Zazie, Clancy, Kari, LaMarrrrrr, KMR, Zach Quinto, Chloe Bennet, Tatiana, Diggs... and Flockhart? I'll allow it, but no dancing babies plz. That'd be just too weird and meta even for this show.

DragonForce - The Last Dragonborn

Rush - Leave That Thing Alone

Thoughts...

I think I may be from the previous generation, eh.

"Oh, yes. We’re the only ones who know how to make things work. You see, the only thing the good people are good at is overthrowing the bad people. And you’re good at that, I’ll grant you. But the trouble is that it’s the only thing you’re good at. One day it’s the ringing of the bells and the casting down of the evil tyrant, and the next it’s everyone sitting around complaining that ever since the tyrant was overthrown no one’s been taking out the trash. Because the bad people know how to plan. It’s part of the specification, you might say. Every evil tyrant has a plan to rule the world. Good people don’t seem to have the knack." --Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

Heh. Unfortunately it is true, to an extent: even Spielberg considered retiring after two box office duds in a row (West Side Story and The Fabelmans), because suddenly doors started closing to the Great Bearded One. There are notable exceptions. Producers still have faith that M. Night Shyalaman will, someday, make another great movie. (And, let's be fair, Knock At The Cabin had touches of greatness, particularly Big Dave, but just couldn't stick the landing.)

And we're back for Episode 2

So, the great day dawns. Grab your blue milk shake and Bantha Poddu Popcorn Bucket, and here we go with episode one...

In Whollyodd, you're only as good as your last movie, kid.

Mostly rumours at this point, but there is not a new BoBF on the production slate for 2023. Disney is moving $ away from new D+ content for a while as Bob Iger reconstructs the business - and rather than trying for a pure-volume, all-things-to-all fans play, shrink down the number of productions and shows on offer to a dedicated fanbase. That kind of approach hasn't hurt Paramount too badly. Kathleen announced three new proper movies at Celebration. Two I'm not sure about - one from oh-look-its-a-celebrated-indie-director-being-thrown-at-a-franchise Sharmeen Oba id-Chinoy that should close out Rey's story, Dial Of Destiny's James Mangold going back to the Old Republic - or possibly beyond, at the very dawn of the Jedi era... ...and the Dave Filoni movie, which should tie up all the threads and characters from his New Republic adventure - including Boba, Mando, possibly Ahsoka and the Rebels crew, and a few more. Side note: still gutted that Rogue Squadron isn't happening. Top Gun In Spaaaaace... c'mon, Bob, doesn't that sound like something you wanna make?

Purple Disco Machine - Bad Company

Birdy - Paradise Calling (...and this one deserves to be the sound of the rest of your summer...)

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? (Live @ Lollapalooza)

Slightly late to the party... I'm not sure if the Nissan Juke is as big in the USA as the UK as a model, but I like it, and so do the nieces and niecelets. https://www.edmunds.com/used-nissan-juke/ It's a quite dinky and discreet SUV/Crossover, at least by American standards. It's curvy not blocky, fairly economical (for an SUV), and a lot more responsive: handles slightly like a motorbike in the midranges (be a little careful if you're a leadfoot), and loves being thrown at corners. Unlike most SUVs... BTW, strongly recommend getting the upgrade to the Tekna - for satnav, rear view camera... and da gogo button. You can switch driving modes on it from Eco to Normal to Sport. And pushing Sport... ...kinda kicks the turbos up a tiny bit, gives the engine a little more juice, and makes the thing behave a little bit looser and growlier. Very good noise. And turns your entire dash panel Enterprise-Red-Alert-glowy. Because SPORTY AND RADICAL AND STUFF. It's not much of a Turbo-Crazy-Mode, if we're honest. But it's enough that the niecelet always wants to ride shotgun so she can push da gogo button. And I get to say "Punch it, Chewie". She has absolutely no idea what that means yet, and it makes her laugh every time. But it made the wheels worth every damn penny. PS: if your local second-hand dealer happens to have the NISMO version kicking around and it's at a reasonable price... get it.