ThaOGDreamWeaver

Similar idea to Judgement Night - the Spawn movie was objectively not great, even with John Leguizamo gurning frantically as The Clown. However - if you can find it - the OST is a late-90s time capsule of metal and techno. The mix doesn't always work out - the Prodigy x Tom Morello and Metallica x DJ Spooky offerings are surprisingly tame for both partners. But when it does, like the Filter x Crystal Method opener...

Iron Maiden - Stranger In A Strange Land (2015 Remaster)

Calva Louise - Feast Is Over (Bonus points for having one of the most convoluted plotlines for a video of all time)

Therion - Son Of The Staves Of Time

I’m aware you’re not joking. The equivalent from my era would be Night Trap, which apart from being filled with technical failures was on quite dodgy ground. …boy that escalated quickly…

Fatboy Slim - Sunset (aka Bird Of Prey)

Jean Michel-Jarre - Zero Gravity (Live @ Notre-Dame)

Peggy Lee - Ain't We Got Fun?

Inspired by the comments re LOTR:Gollum on another thread, being a nostalgic bunch we talk a lot about the games we remember as kids, ones we came back to after years away, ones we'd like back. But there are some that misty-eyed recollections still can't save. In your humble opinions... what is the single worst, most toxic, unsalvageably horrific title you've ever played, let alone forked over perfectly good moolah for? For me: I never could afford a console, and have never bothered to get one as a grown-up. However: many college-era friends had them , and Michi brought one game along specifically for a laugh and to torture his friends with: SNES T2:Judgement Day. (Contrary to popular opinion, Germans DO have a sense of humour, but it's quite odd. Maybe that was just him. Dunno.) I'm not a hugely talented console controller player to start with, but was reassured that it wasn't me when Ahnold went haywire (including through a wall clip) under everyone else's command too. It was at least hilarious (with some light herbal assistance). How about everyone else? Ladies and Gentlemen... start your flamethrowers.

nah, last time I just got eaten by a Grue. Sounds more fun, to be honest.

You were killed by [WhoSayinPsPsPsPsNowYouMF]

Wondering if I should order the new LOTR game? People seem to like it… https://amp.theguardian.com/games/2023/may/25/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-daedalic-entertainment-nacon-video-game-review

They’re not giving much away, although I suspect we’ve got a Alien Lust Spores / Sex Virus / Accidental Love Potion #9 Replicator Incident episode on our hands. And 3D Boimler and Mariner.

Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero

BTW - not sure whether you know if you're a Disney+ subscriber - and somewhat unsportingly, the D+ interface doesn't tell you. But the new Mouse management are killing off quite a lot of third-party content from D+ in the next few days to save money. Max will also be continuing to clean house. I'm a mite annoyed, since the breadth of demand for content has caused all these odd little niche movies that wouldn't normally get distro to be picked up. (And it seems like there were a lot around the time of my short and laughably unprofitable adventure in Whollyodd. Though some never made the grade for very good reasons... like this one.) Reason being: licence fees and residuals turn every piece of content into an ongoing revenue stream. And in the rush to acquire content, many of these platforms didn't quite do the maths. This also causes stuff like the current WGA strike, where writers and even showrunners getting shafted on distro and streaming revenue is a major issue. Anyhow. One of them is Fox's The Princess - think Brave meets a medieval Die Hard, and you're not going to be all that far off. You lose this on Friday 26th, so get to it while you can.

One of my brothers still complains about being dragged away from Doctor Who to come pick me up. I mean, being born Saturday teatime, so damn inconsiderate to the fandom...

AudioMachine - Worlds of Wonder (do click through and check out the rest of the album too...)

Siouxie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence

Thou Shalt Not - If I Only Were A Goth

Sounds like fun, but ours were closed closed. (If one of my local flick palaces had put on a midnight showing of Alien, I might have been tempted. If you ever REALLY need seven shades of sriracha scared out of you, watching Alien, late night, in a near-empty theatre, with just the hiss of the air conditioning and things lurking in the shadows... that'll work.)

Truth. D&D:HAT was the first flick I'd seen in a cinema since before The Dark Times, and the only reason I went is that opening weekend, UK word of mouth hadn't kicked in yet - so a Saturday showing was near empty. Not getting the 'vid again was a big deterrent for me. That and the diet. Mmmm, raisinettes or Ben & Jerry's? With delay times now much shorter than before, I didn't have the sense of urgency about seeing something first. I am still going to be seeing Dune Part II on the biggest screen I can, though, even if I have to build my own damn stillsuit to do it.

"Y'know, people can be really nasty. They say... he's just a robot. Covered in makeup. Talks a lot of nonsense. That's no way to talk about the President..." Why am I [redacted] years old and can't remember my keys, my phone or what I'm supposed to be doing half the time, yet recall being fairly small and laughing my backside off at the Sting interview and Max's somewhat unhealthy shoe obsession? Oh, and whatever the hellmahay THIS was...

CALL OFF THE SPOILER GOONS. Because at the point in time where the timey-wimey events will happen grr hackneyed writing device grr, Sinclair will be still very much his urbane, charming silver-foxy daddy self. Probably. Anyway. Here's the Hollywood Reporter anno story and a pic of the shiny shiny tooned 'up B5: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/babylon-5-the-road-home-voice-cast-unveiled-1235483312/ Never seen the Max Headroom series, but the original movie is... quite something. And if you liked Warehouse 13, but thought it needed more saucy Canadian models and werewolf sex in it, might I offer you Lost Girl? (Very similar vibe, if somewhat different plotting...) Or possibly Grimm, which is, let's face it, pretty silly but draws you in with a charming, effortlessly 'shippable core cast and the assorted Wesen lore.

We haven't had a book thread in a while (as in, y'know, the ones with lines of text an' all with no pictures, and you have to imagine your own speech bubbles. Bit weird, but some people like 'em.) Reason being: John Scalzi, of Old Man's War fame and burritos-of-mass-destruction infamy, is releasing a book that couldn't be more up my street if he parked there. Our hapless hero Charlie, a failing substitute teacher, is whisked across country to take over his late uncle's business, resulting in love, confusion, and general hijinks. So far, so Hallmark Christmas flick. Except that this business comes with a volcano lair, terrifying henchmen, an army of hyperintelligent talking spy cats... oh, and some very nasty enemies, including a polished-but-soulless bunch of vulture capitalists who give corporate raiding a whole new meaning. Ladies and gentlemen: Starter Villain. I've also previously recommended Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman, which is narrated from the points of view of chronic Malign Hypercognition Disorder patient Doctor Impossible (redside, but genial and extremely nerdy) and Fatale, (blueside...ish cyborg). What other capery might you bring to my attention?

…so Neighbours is sci-fi? Explains a lot about Australians…