Saw Venom. Very much agree with the review here that it’s got a superhero film from the 90'’s feel. Sterotypical villain short hand with absurdly abrupt moral flexibility of scientists going from animal to human experimentation. If you can’t economically set up the “reasonable” basis for your antagonist in a superhero …

Last week I explained what a Walkman was to an adult human. Before that I still thought I was young.

Having finished the Dr Who novel Harvest of Time i’ve started re-watching New Who. Just watched the S3 double bill of “Daleks in Manhattan” & “Evolution of the Daleks” that i missed first time around. A few things have stood out to me on the re-watch:

It’s Sir Terry Pratchett in his cameo roll. I should have said because you’re right it’s not exactly clear what I meant considering this is a piece from the BBC radio web page when it aired that I just happen to have kept. My bad entirely.

The BBC radio adaptation was, okay, in the same way the TV adaptations of Pratchett’s Discworld books that I’ve seen were okay. This trailer does make it look like the show could be a more entertaining version so i’m quite excited about it. However, there are some things that sadly it will not be able to do.

Never go full Lovecraft.

I’ve not lost mine. It’s ragged, a bit taped up, slightly bath warped, but still hanging on and, kindly, signed by both authors despite this being the state it was presented to them in. I treasure it.

At the time I was reading Anima not really caring about her origin, I just liked the art in the first issue then stuck with it. Years later while reading up on Hitman i found out about their shared origins in Bloodlines. It was a weird moment realising how much of the surrounding DC universe I missed at the time.

Wasn’t it Mogul who destroyed Coast City? I remember Hal being quite ticked off with him.

First volume of The Wildstorm.

I saw The Predator last night. It even fails as dumb fun and I was mostly bored by obscured action scenes. That said, I did like “Get to the choppers!” and, uh...

I’ve not seen the Sarah Paulson one yet, shall remedy that.

I love the Cannonball Run movies. For while, spanning the time i was too young to get some of the jokes until i wasnt, they always seemed to be on every bank holiday weekend. It’s the sort of light weight silliness I don’t get from comedies now. I continue to hope for a modern reboot that Rat Race tried and failed to…

I’m reading the Dr Who novel Harvest if Time by Alastair Reynolds, hoping for a story in the style of his Revelation Space books. It’s not. While I’m not overly familiar with the Jo and UNIT era Who this story feels right and I’ve particularly enjoyed Reynolds view on the Dr’s relationship with the Master.

Giant Days Vol. 8. Love it. In spite of sandwiches magically transforming into sushi Giant Days remains as near to perfect a funny book as I could ever hope for.

Sheets by Brenna Thummler. Picked this up on a whim. The colouring really stood out to me on a quick browse and it’s fantastic throughout a sad/sweet story.…

In answer to the headline question:

Saw The Spy Who Dumped Me. It’s okay. The action is good and Kunis and McKinnon seem like they have potential as a duo even if I did find the laters character “a bit much”. Something to while away the time with if nothing else takes your fancy.

I’ve seen 6 of these, half when released and the others years later, but only one has stuck with me in any detail: Happiness. Saw it in a 12-16 seat theatre in Brussels with some friends and none of us knew what it was about. The atmosphere got gradually more uncomfortable until the end with the son at which point ever…

I think you’re lying.