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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

Dawn Landes - Little Miss Holiday

JayMay - This Is A Christmas Song, My Love

Fair enough, because we Brits do too. They don't really exist outside the show any more, since cops had radios from the late 60s and a whole mess of better tech now. There are only a handful of real blue Police Boxes still in existence on location, mostly for historical or tourism reasons - even at the time the show started they were becoming an anachronism. Tip: if you go to London, particularly if you're going to London Film & Comic Con, there's one - and the only working one fulfilling its original functions - right outside Earl's Court tube station. (Needless to say, many nerds taking turns to get the shot). The red ones you see in Praetoria are the Scottish version, and there's dozens of those in Glasgow - but about half are in disrepair, and the other half are hipster coffee bars. Not sure which is worse. Also, many Brits refer to your typical work site/festival PortaPotty as a TURDIS. Just to keep the thread classy, y'know.

It's finally (just!) Christmas Eve. Unlikely to be on again till after the food coma's worn off so here's the one I've been saving. Happy Christmas and blessed Yule. May your homes and hearts be filled with light. And if you keep it in your hearts all year...you don't let the bells end. Or something. DW x The Darkness - Don't Let The Bells End

Magnetic Fields - Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree

Galaxie 500 - Snowstorm