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Nov. 17th, 2023 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveSo I’ve had a busy few days after the last post
The rest of Tuesday ended up being a lil busy, as I did a bunch of stuff. I finished a fic (which has become a multipart thing instead of a one shot oop), did some Zelda (I managed to get to unlock the lightning Temple so that’s the next plan) and there were two other things.
The first is the new MTG a set came to magic arena and I really love the vibes of it. Ixalan is a mix of Aztec style things and also, for some reason, dinosaurs. It’s a mix that seems a bit strange (I’m curious what inspired it) but it actually works pretty well and I’m enjoying the new stuff.
Also I finished the main part of Doctor Who season 20 with The Kings Demons. Alas the story is pretty much forgettable, which is a shame because it did have some good elements. It has the master. They were able to do filming at an actual castle (and should’ve made more of it). But the masters plot feels kinda small. So he wants to stop Magna Carta from being done which seems small for him. Even the doctor comments on it! It feels odd.
However you can’t really mention the ep without mentioning Kamelion. A robot who can shapeshift into anyone is a really cool and clever concept and for the most part it works well. But even without watching any of the special features it’s clear from the booklet that the prop was a bit of a disaster. Which is a shame, because if they’d made it in house, or even had a person in a costume, it probably would have been better.
Next week I’m gonna watch The Five Doctors, which is really special to me because it’s the first old Who episode I ever watched! But before then I’m gonna watch The Underwater Menace because that arrived Wednesday.
On Wednesday I did end up going to Birmingham to see Five Nights At Freddy’s, which ended up being pretty much a speedrun through the city. So I:
*Went in the forbidden planet by the station, got some cheap comics (which were 2 for £1 though I think I miscounted), a random dice set (which are pretty cool and ice blue) and a mystery bag of anime stuff (I have no idea what they’re from anyone recognise them?)
*I got magazines from Smiths: Lego Star Wars magazines, a Doctor Who figure special, best of British and metal hammer (for sleep token, because Vessel is hot)
*Got a micro galaxy squadron AAT from the other forbidden planet
*Went in HMV and got Parx’s recent album, a 5 Seconds Of Summer album, SFX and a Kylie thing from the counter (though I think it’s just a new greatest hits?)
Then there was Five Nights At Freddy’s. There were a bunch of trailers, but I only clearly remember three. I’m curious by Night Swim cause James Wan is involved and it’s water based so I’m instantly intrigued, Argyle (probably spelled wrong) looks fun and Thanksgiving looks so wild. Thoughts on the film under the cut.
My knowledge of FNAF lore is pretty limited. I’ve seen play throughs of Security breech (the various reactions to glam rock Freddy are still so wild) and I’ve recently been watching Markipliers play through of the first game (thanks Nate) so I’m not super knowledgable on it. I don’t think that hampered my enjoyment of it though and I could tell what was going in, though I’m sure there’s lil things I missed that a fan would spot.
Oh the whole I enjoyed it! The animatronics were super well realised, which shouldn’t be surprising cause I saw in the credits that Jim Henson’s workshop was behind them. Foxy is my fav of them all, but that could be because I have fox brain.
The dream sequences felt a little odd and I kinda felt that they were well done but felt like they belonged in a different film? And there was certainly one too many of them. It also kinda felt the sun plot with the aunt (who was obviously a bitch) was only there so people could break in and get killed by the animatronics. And the ghost kids kinda felt… odd?
Also I couldn’t help but thinking that hiding bodies in the animatronics is a bad idea. Like sure, people wouldn’t have checked them at first but wouldn’t they have noticed the smell as they rotted (especially with stage lights) or seen blood? Or something.
But overall I liked it! I’m sure they’ll do a sequel with Springtrap being the main focus, because Matthew Lillard’s Afton deserves more screen time and I think everyone thought so.
I’m curious to watch the stream Ranboo did with his film thoughts because I know he mentioned this
Wednesday night after I came home Owengejuicetv tweeted he was doing a podcast with someone and I’m glad I watched it because it was one of the things I’m super into. It was about cryptids, which has always been a special interest of mine and it was so funny to watch and listen to. He even mentioned some cryptids I wasn’t familiar with which made me twirl my hair a bit. And Nessie and mothman got mentioned, the latter or which has somehow led to a thing.
Though after that I did end up crashing a bit.
Yesterday ended up being tiring because we went to town to use a voucher mum got, so we ended up going to the Asda and a few other places. The good part? I got more Pokémon funkos from game and sent the other package (yipee!) and got some new and different foods to try and we stocked up on soup (a ludicrous amount). But the downside was it was really tiring and my arms are all achy.
But the rest of the night was fun, both watching a vod, some tv and pestering a friend and there was also a Quackity and Foolish ‘hot tub’ stream which felt so insane.
Now all the Black Friday sales are rolling in so I’m keeping my eye out, but I’ve not seen anything. All I’ve got so far is the Doctor Who annual (which is oddly hard to find) and I might get an indie game about axolotls from the Xbox one. There’s a game I want from Game, but it’s not in stock here so I hope somewhere else has it for the same price.
And speaking of Xbox Baldurs Gate 3 is finally coming for it in December woo! I might order the fancy edition soon
And Naryu is happy cause she got to see the donkeys this morning again and was so cute.
Tonight and this weekend I’m gonna:
*do the lightning Temple
*Watch Children In Need
*Watch The Underwater Menace
*Watch the events Seapeekay is in
*Fic
*Start the last Poirot series
*Hopefully icon
*Hopefully get James’ album (since the physical ones are coming! Also listen to his album!)
*Dungeons And Dodongos
*Sort the Ortomi I got from kickstarter
*do the twitchcon picspam post
*Start House Of Ashes (but no doubt get distracted)
The rest of Tuesday ended up being a lil busy, as I did a bunch of stuff. I finished a fic (which has become a multipart thing instead of a one shot oop), did some Zelda (I managed to get to unlock the lightning Temple so that’s the next plan) and there were two other things.
The first is the new MTG a set came to magic arena and I really love the vibes of it. Ixalan is a mix of Aztec style things and also, for some reason, dinosaurs. It’s a mix that seems a bit strange (I’m curious what inspired it) but it actually works pretty well and I’m enjoying the new stuff.
Also I finished the main part of Doctor Who season 20 with The Kings Demons. Alas the story is pretty much forgettable, which is a shame because it did have some good elements. It has the master. They were able to do filming at an actual castle (and should’ve made more of it). But the masters plot feels kinda small. So he wants to stop Magna Carta from being done which seems small for him. Even the doctor comments on it! It feels odd.
However you can’t really mention the ep without mentioning Kamelion. A robot who can shapeshift into anyone is a really cool and clever concept and for the most part it works well. But even without watching any of the special features it’s clear from the booklet that the prop was a bit of a disaster. Which is a shame, because if they’d made it in house, or even had a person in a costume, it probably would have been better.
Next week I’m gonna watch The Five Doctors, which is really special to me because it’s the first old Who episode I ever watched! But before then I’m gonna watch The Underwater Menace because that arrived Wednesday.
On Wednesday I did end up going to Birmingham to see Five Nights At Freddy’s, which ended up being pretty much a speedrun through the city. So I:
*Went in the forbidden planet by the station, got some cheap comics (which were 2 for £1 though I think I miscounted), a random dice set (which are pretty cool and ice blue) and a mystery bag of anime stuff (I have no idea what they’re from anyone recognise them?)
*I got magazines from Smiths: Lego Star Wars magazines, a Doctor Who figure special, best of British and metal hammer (for sleep token, because Vessel is hot)
*Got a micro galaxy squadron AAT from the other forbidden planet
*Went in HMV and got Parx’s recent album, a 5 Seconds Of Summer album, SFX and a Kylie thing from the counter (though I think it’s just a new greatest hits?)
Then there was Five Nights At Freddy’s. There were a bunch of trailers, but I only clearly remember three. I’m curious by Night Swim cause James Wan is involved and it’s water based so I’m instantly intrigued, Argyle (probably spelled wrong) looks fun and Thanksgiving looks so wild. Thoughts on the film under the cut.
My knowledge of FNAF lore is pretty limited. I’ve seen play throughs of Security breech (the various reactions to glam rock Freddy are still so wild) and I’ve recently been watching Markipliers play through of the first game (thanks Nate) so I’m not super knowledgable on it. I don’t think that hampered my enjoyment of it though and I could tell what was going in, though I’m sure there’s lil things I missed that a fan would spot.
Oh the whole I enjoyed it! The animatronics were super well realised, which shouldn’t be surprising cause I saw in the credits that Jim Henson’s workshop was behind them. Foxy is my fav of them all, but that could be because I have fox brain.
The dream sequences felt a little odd and I kinda felt that they were well done but felt like they belonged in a different film? And there was certainly one too many of them. It also kinda felt the sun plot with the aunt (who was obviously a bitch) was only there so people could break in and get killed by the animatronics. And the ghost kids kinda felt… odd?
Also I couldn’t help but thinking that hiding bodies in the animatronics is a bad idea. Like sure, people wouldn’t have checked them at first but wouldn’t they have noticed the smell as they rotted (especially with stage lights) or seen blood? Or something.
But overall I liked it! I’m sure they’ll do a sequel with Springtrap being the main focus, because Matthew Lillard’s Afton deserves more screen time and I think everyone thought so.
I’m curious to watch the stream Ranboo did with his film thoughts because I know he mentioned this
Wednesday night after I came home Owengejuicetv tweeted he was doing a podcast with someone and I’m glad I watched it because it was one of the things I’m super into. It was about cryptids, which has always been a special interest of mine and it was so funny to watch and listen to. He even mentioned some cryptids I wasn’t familiar with which made me twirl my hair a bit. And Nessie and mothman got mentioned, the latter or which has somehow led to a thing.
Though after that I did end up crashing a bit.
Yesterday ended up being tiring because we went to town to use a voucher mum got, so we ended up going to the Asda and a few other places. The good part? I got more Pokémon funkos from game and sent the other package (yipee!) and got some new and different foods to try and we stocked up on soup (a ludicrous amount). But the downside was it was really tiring and my arms are all achy.
But the rest of the night was fun, both watching a vod, some tv and pestering a friend and there was also a Quackity and Foolish ‘hot tub’ stream which felt so insane.
Now all the Black Friday sales are rolling in so I’m keeping my eye out, but I’ve not seen anything. All I’ve got so far is the Doctor Who annual (which is oddly hard to find) and I might get an indie game about axolotls from the Xbox one. There’s a game I want from Game, but it’s not in stock here so I hope somewhere else has it for the same price.
And speaking of Xbox Baldurs Gate 3 is finally coming for it in December woo! I might order the fancy edition soon
And Naryu is happy cause she got to see the donkeys this morning again and was so cute.
Tonight and this weekend I’m gonna:
*do the lightning Temple
*Watch Children In Need
*Watch The Underwater Menace
*Watch the events Seapeekay is in
*Fic
*Start the last Poirot series
*Hopefully icon
*Hopefully get James’ album (since the physical ones are coming! Also listen to his album!)
*Dungeons And Dodongos
*Sort the Ortomi I got from kickstarter
*do the twitchcon picspam post
*Start House Of Ashes (but no doubt get distracted)
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Date: 2023-11-19 02:58 pm (UTC)It also sounds like you're feeling a little better now, which is lovely to see. I hope it continues.
I watched some of Children in Need, but as always, some parts dragged between the sections.
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Date: 2023-11-22 01:40 pm (UTC)I did a little at the time but now I feel kinda bleh
True, these things do tend to drag sometimes but at least some was fun
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Date: 2023-11-20 09:09 pm (UTC)Your talk about Aztecs with dinosaurs made me wonder what Classic Who's The Aztecs would have been like if it had included dinosaurs. And imagining Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Now With Aztecs :-)
Yes, King's Demons is sadly a very forgettable adventure. The plot is just so strange! And really not worthy of the Master. He ought to have been ashamed of himself! I've always wondered why they didn't use Kamelion more than they did. I know the constructor died so the actual prop couldn't be used as planned but since the whole point of him was that he could turn into anyone they could just have used different actors and pretended they were Kamelion.
Yay for Naryu getting to see the donkeys again!
Good luck with your plans!
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Date: 2023-11-22 01:38 pm (UTC)Oh! I like the way you think, those are wild ideas! Ahhh I hope the next 3rd doctor boxset is the one with invasion, I’d really wanna see it again
It really is which is a shame! It just feels so… odd. Like the doctor says it feels really small for the master and it doesn’t feel like something he’d do. Yeah I watched the special features which confirmed one of the original makers died and the prop didn’t really work. But like you say, they could’ve easily used different people since that was the whole point.
Yeah! I got some pics too
Thanks, I did more than I expected but….
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