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Nita Strass ft. David Draiman - Dead Inside

Rob Zombie - We're An American Band (Grand Funk Railroad cover)

Officially cancelled Netflix, just picking up a couple of things before I go (my hometown girl Liv Colman's creepy new Oscar-baiting joint Lost Daughter, and James Nesbitt being a grumpy, shouty 'tec in Stay Close - the kind of stuff that normally goes on Monday on BBC before the news, but pretty good writing). On a meeja darlink note, IMDB tells me it's by Red Productions - one of the big UK indie outfits that supplies the BBC and Channel 4 with their quality dramas (Years & Years, It's A Sin, Casanova, Happy Valley). So Netflix must have gone straight to source, negotiating and spending harder to get first-run/"Original" rights. Seen a few where they or Amazon had it straight after the main broadcast run and shared the creds, but clearly times they are a-changin'.

Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come

Taylor Swift - 22 G'night everybody. Happy New Year. Keep being heroic.

I regret to say it ladies and germs, but the beast that is 2021 had one last, cruel trick to play on us all. The wonderful, epically talented, multi-decade-spanning artist, rights activist, standup genius, animal lover and all around general badass Betty White has left us. Incidentally, she was also a Trek fan. So she says.

Tag yourself: Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Lady Gaga - Bad Romance RHCP - Californication Foo Fighters - The Pretender

I like the D+ stuff: because while they do deliver on a lot of the expected stuff, being on a streaming platform with a guaranteed audience, the writers can do unexpected, un-movie-like things without having them focus-grouped to death. Like... well, pretty much all of WandaVision, but particularly the Ship Of Theseus and the deliberate messing with the fandom's minds (ctrl-alt-Quicksilver). Or introducing multiversal variants with Sylvie, and then Richard E Grant's Kermit Golden Age Loki. Or the wildly downbeat endings of the Killmonger and Ultimate Strange What Ifs. Or the quiet, character building moments in Hawkeye, especially the ones revolving around pizza, mac cheese and hot sauce. Guess the writers were hungry. Sounds about right.

Brass Construction - Movin'

All Twi'lek scenes were guest directed by Michael Bay. (probably)

So, Ep1 just dropped, and here's your Boba tea:

Bruce Springsteen - Ain't Good Enough For You

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Waiting

Jimi Hendrix - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles - Taxman

Slightly inspired by the following, mildly terrifying image from Steam (on Twitter)... ...which consoles and/or accessories need resurrection - and what would you like to see from the next generation? Me? Power glove. Obviously.

Delegation - Oh Honey

Yasushi Ide - Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone

Thanks. Recently caught up on the FT Magazine about the incoming new Mouse boss Bob Chapek, which adds another interesting little tweak to this story. Disney have not only sidelined ABC - referring to them in public filings and briefings as "legacy distribution" (ouch!) - but have taken distro rights to all new content created by ABC, Disney and Fox Studios to an oversight distro committee, which decides where and when any content gets released. They literally can't put their own stuff on their own network if D+ wants it first.

Main writer was first-timer Jade Halley Bartlett, followed by extensive rewrite by Michael Waldron (head writer and EP on Loki). People will have views on whether that's good or bad, but Gryffindor Grumblecrotch and others have said it's been a much more collaborative process with the actors and director than the other Marvel movies. That was evident on Loki and is kind of a Raimi hallmark as well. They are also going for an actual horror vibe: Raimi kinda has the chops for that. Also not known for happy endings, so this might not resolve itself in one flick. Mordo did feel a little underused in the tail end of the Strange movie, fabulously smarmy-evil post-credits aside. I hope he's got more to do this time around, but it's a very busy movie already with Wanda and America Chavez thrown in the mix. Just for once, not going to speculate on who the Big Bad is - they're teasing Ultimate Strange, Wanda, Mordo, and even Strange himself. They could also be hiding Kang. but given there's the possibility of mirror universe/alternate universe/illusory versions of anyone showing up (including Wong - maybe even Bruce,Tasha, Cap or Tony), all bets are off. And not knowing what the heck actually could happen feels good. Been a long damn time.

Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road

Paul Williams - The Phantom's Theme

Meredith Braun & Michael Caine - When Love Is Gone

Melvin Van Peebles - Sweet Sweetback's Theme