The living are just the dead on holiday
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shadowhiveI managed to do my wrapping in the afternoon. I’d have done it earlier but Naryu was comfy, I was fuzzy from booze and didn’t know where the tape was. I did get to go on one of the winterfest demos, which was What Lies In Multiverse, which was pretty fun (and I laughed a few times too) it’s definitely one I will be keeping an eye out for. I dunno when I’ll go on another
Today has been tiring, because it was a morning start to veg from the garden center. We actually didn’t get much, but they did have pomegranates which I’ve not seen for awhile. The garden center was pretty quiet though, and they had cute fluffy angora rabbits. I had one as a kid and she was cute… but had to be combed all the time which was hard.
Cause of the earlier start I had a doze, but only a short one cause my cousin decided to come which was… eh. But at least he didn’t bring booze and get mum drunk again.
I dread the early morning Friday cause it’ll be even earlier and I hate it.
Last night trek timelines started an honor sale and the first character I got? Elnor! Yess! I’d been hoping to get that cute lil romulan for ages and so I was pleased with that. Todays was harder but I got Pike.
I wish youtooz preorders took the money later cause I’d get one of the punz bees that came out last night cause they’re cute! (Why are so many people putting stuff out now?)
I’m hoping to finish fic today, but then I have said that for a few days and then failed. Oops.
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I did start the Doctor Who season 17 last night, with Destiny Of The Daleks.
I’d not seen any of season 17 in ages and the only one I remember clearly is City Of Death (which is the next one and is awesome).
So onto Destiny of the Daleks. The ep opens with Romana regenerating… only not really and for seemingly no reason. It’s a really strange thing and includes a whole bit of her trying different forms which is just… odd.
Before the daleks are introduced we get to meet the Movellans, who turn out to be a race of androids at war with the daleks. I like their whole look and it’s a shame this is the only ep they’ve appeared in (bar a brief cameo in The Pilot). I like their ship too, it’s an interesting idea to have a drill at the bottom to camouflage it. (As impractical as that would be)
The daleks don’t appear until the end of the first ep, where they capture Romana. Their appearance is ok, it’s not the best ep but I’m not sure it’s the worst either. Of course the problem with Genesis eps onward is that they all have Davao’s in which pulls focus from them. The whole point of the daleks back on Skaro is for them to drill down into the bunker where he was thought dead to use his knowledge, why exactly they think he’d be able to help them I’ve no idea but both hope and the Doctor figure out what they need to do pretty quick.
There’s some funny parts, which is sometimes odd compared with the daleks mistreating/exterminating prisoners. I do wonder why they didn’t just use the prisoner ship they had in orbit to take Davros away. And why did they say penetrate/penetrating so many times.
I’ll watch special features tonight or tomorrow maybe.
Today has been tiring, because it was a morning start to veg from the garden center. We actually didn’t get much, but they did have pomegranates which I’ve not seen for awhile. The garden center was pretty quiet though, and they had cute fluffy angora rabbits. I had one as a kid and she was cute… but had to be combed all the time which was hard.
Cause of the earlier start I had a doze, but only a short one cause my cousin decided to come which was… eh. But at least he didn’t bring booze and get mum drunk again.
I dread the early morning Friday cause it’ll be even earlier and I hate it.
Last night trek timelines started an honor sale and the first character I got? Elnor! Yess! I’d been hoping to get that cute lil romulan for ages and so I was pleased with that. Todays was harder but I got Pike.
I wish youtooz preorders took the money later cause I’d get one of the punz bees that came out last night cause they’re cute! (Why are so many people putting stuff out now?)
I’m hoping to finish fic today, but then I have said that for a few days and then failed. Oops.
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I did start the Doctor Who season 17 last night, with Destiny Of The Daleks.
I’d not seen any of season 17 in ages and the only one I remember clearly is City Of Death (which is the next one and is awesome).
So onto Destiny of the Daleks. The ep opens with Romana regenerating… only not really and for seemingly no reason. It’s a really strange thing and includes a whole bit of her trying different forms which is just… odd.
Before the daleks are introduced we get to meet the Movellans, who turn out to be a race of androids at war with the daleks. I like their whole look and it’s a shame this is the only ep they’ve appeared in (bar a brief cameo in The Pilot). I like their ship too, it’s an interesting idea to have a drill at the bottom to camouflage it. (As impractical as that would be)
The daleks don’t appear until the end of the first ep, where they capture Romana. Their appearance is ok, it’s not the best ep but I’m not sure it’s the worst either. Of course the problem with Genesis eps onward is that they all have Davao’s in which pulls focus from them. The whole point of the daleks back on Skaro is for them to drill down into the bunker where he was thought dead to use his knowledge, why exactly they think he’d be able to help them I’ve no idea but both hope and the Doctor figure out what they need to do pretty quick.
There’s some funny parts, which is sometimes odd compared with the daleks mistreating/exterminating prisoners. I do wonder why they didn’t just use the prisoner ship they had in orbit to take Davros away. And why did they say penetrate/penetrating so many times.
I’ll watch special features tonight or tomorrow maybe.
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Date: 2021-12-23 12:55 pm (UTC)I hope you have a stress free day today and get some writing done.
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Date: 2021-12-23 01:22 pm (UTC)It was kinda restful. I ended up watching a stream and then Crazy Rich Asians, but didn’t do too much writing
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Date: 2021-12-25 05:48 pm (UTC)Romana's regeneration is so strange! But rather fun too. I agree it would have been nice if they'd used the Movellans in more than one adventure. If they'd done something about how easy it was to incapacitate them they could have been a fun adversary. The whole plot is rather silly though. Daleks aren't robots and they're anything but cold and logical!
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Date: 2021-12-25 07:19 pm (UTC)It really is! Yeah it’s so odd they have such an obvious weakness. But yeah it’s a shame they didn’t get more stuff. Yeah exactly! Why would they take orders from a machine? It’s just…. Odd
And I realised after making this post that, after Adric and Mel, Romana II is the third companion to have all their eps on blu ray!
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Date: 2021-12-26 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-27 04:08 am (UTC)Not yet! The release order is so incredibly random which is odd. I mean we’ve still not had another fifth doctor boxset after the first one (I’ve heard it’s cause the actor that plays Turlough has been stuck in New Zealand or somewhere but I dunno if that’s accurate)
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Date: 2021-12-27 08:58 pm (UTC)we’ve still not had another fifth doctor boxset after the first one
That is indeed VERY odd! I seem to remember Mark Strickson moving to Australia many years ago which would fit with what you've heard. So I guess we'll just have to hope for things to get better worldwide in the coming year.
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Date: 2021-12-27 09:21 pm (UTC)Ah I knew it was somewhere! It really is strange. I know he did some special features on one of the boxsets so I dunno why they didn’t film stuff while he was there for that. They do this thing called behind the sofa, where they have various people watching the episodes and reacting to them, and I know he was one of the people on one of the boxsets.