The star seed will bloom
Dec. 26th, 2024 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveSo it’s another post time, oops!
Yesterday I finished building the four droids and ahh! I love them so many they’re so cute and smol and adorable. They’re all the same basic construction, bar Chopper who threw me off a bit cause his was different (he’s slightly smaller and his legs are mismatched). And I love the variety of accessories between them, even though some do look silly. I dunno which my fav is though they all look so cute!
I took some pics as I was building them but I’ll take more tomorrow and post them on insta, maybe tomorrow before Sonic 3.
Last night was the double bill of Do tor Who and Wallace And Gromit so it’s time for thoughts of them.
First it was Who with Joy To The World. My thoughts are a bit… mixed.
The setting of the time hotel is a good one, and it could easily have been an episode just full of hijinks (which the original script apparently was and it’s a shame it wasn’t). However once the star seed is bought in (and ugh it turned into what people theorised) that side felt a bit… last minute added on. Which, again, according to Who magazine it kinda was?
Another odd thing was the episode’s main quest ‘companion’, Joy, isn’t in it as much as you’d think. (And all the characters that were marketed for it only really appear at the start.) Also there was this odd thing where the doctor spends a year in a hotel with Anita, which would’ve been a nice set up for her to be a companion but instead she gets abandoned which felt a shame.
There were good parts though! Ncuti was such a good Doctor and he’s great whenever he’s on screen. I really liked seeing a Silurian in a random ep (please more of that!) and like I said, the whole concept was nice. And damn, the scene where the doctor is cruel to Joy with her being angry about lockdown and the parties… that hit so close.
But yeah it just… didn’t feel quite right to me sadly. There was a trailer though which felt short, but Mrs Flood is back! And what looks like Skaro! And the companion is giving me Tegan vibes! But the best shot is a cartoon thing coming out of a screen. I’m super into that.
Then there was Wallace And Gromit, Vengeance Most Fowl.
My words for you if you’ve not seen it? Watch it. Watch it now. If you have the slightest interest or liking of Wallace And Gromit, watch it. Because it’s so fun.
I’m not gonna go into too much spoilers in case anyone hasn’t (it should be on iplayer and Netflix get it soon) but ahh! It’s so funny! The sight gags! The punny names! The boat chase! The cameo! And, of course, one of the greatest villains is back in the form of Feathers McGraw.
Honestly it’s so fun I might have to watch it again myself. (Though I do wanna give Gromita hug, he is so long suffering and deserves the world.)
Today I watched Skeleton Crew which was a lot of fun (and damn that ending!). If I had a pound for every Disney princess that showed up in Star Wars as a bounty Hunter I’d have £2 which isn’t a lot but it’s strange it’s happened twice. (Please Pokkit show up more in the series!)
Then I spent today making the second Lego set I got, the desert skiff and sarlacc. The sarlacc is quite impressive, taking up 4 of the 6 bags and it’s bigger than I expected. The skiff is nice too, though I wish the clear stand was a bit taller so it could be properly posed with the sarlacc (or there was a connection point on it) and it would’ve been nice if there was a skiff guard. But other than that? They both look great!
Now I’m bundling with Midna and watching stuff,before sonic tomorrow.
Yesterday I finished building the four droids and ahh! I love them so many they’re so cute and smol and adorable. They’re all the same basic construction, bar Chopper who threw me off a bit cause his was different (he’s slightly smaller and his legs are mismatched). And I love the variety of accessories between them, even though some do look silly. I dunno which my fav is though they all look so cute!
I took some pics as I was building them but I’ll take more tomorrow and post them on insta, maybe tomorrow before Sonic 3.
Last night was the double bill of Do tor Who and Wallace And Gromit so it’s time for thoughts of them.
First it was Who with Joy To The World. My thoughts are a bit… mixed.
The setting of the time hotel is a good one, and it could easily have been an episode just full of hijinks (which the original script apparently was and it’s a shame it wasn’t). However once the star seed is bought in (and ugh it turned into what people theorised) that side felt a bit… last minute added on. Which, again, according to Who magazine it kinda was?
Another odd thing was the episode’s main quest ‘companion’, Joy, isn’t in it as much as you’d think. (And all the characters that were marketed for it only really appear at the start.) Also there was this odd thing where the doctor spends a year in a hotel with Anita, which would’ve been a nice set up for her to be a companion but instead she gets abandoned which felt a shame.
There were good parts though! Ncuti was such a good Doctor and he’s great whenever he’s on screen. I really liked seeing a Silurian in a random ep (please more of that!) and like I said, the whole concept was nice. And damn, the scene where the doctor is cruel to Joy with her being angry about lockdown and the parties… that hit so close.
But yeah it just… didn’t feel quite right to me sadly. There was a trailer though which felt short, but Mrs Flood is back! And what looks like Skaro! And the companion is giving me Tegan vibes! But the best shot is a cartoon thing coming out of a screen. I’m super into that.
Then there was Wallace And Gromit, Vengeance Most Fowl.
My words for you if you’ve not seen it? Watch it. Watch it now. If you have the slightest interest or liking of Wallace And Gromit, watch it. Because it’s so fun.
I’m not gonna go into too much spoilers in case anyone hasn’t (it should be on iplayer and Netflix get it soon) but ahh! It’s so funny! The sight gags! The punny names! The boat chase! The cameo! And, of course, one of the greatest villains is back in the form of Feathers McGraw.
Honestly it’s so fun I might have to watch it again myself. (Though I do wanna give Gromita hug, he is so long suffering and deserves the world.)
Today I watched Skeleton Crew which was a lot of fun (and damn that ending!). If I had a pound for every Disney princess that showed up in Star Wars as a bounty Hunter I’d have £2 which isn’t a lot but it’s strange it’s happened twice. (Please Pokkit show up more in the series!)
Then I spent today making the second Lego set I got, the desert skiff and sarlacc. The sarlacc is quite impressive, taking up 4 of the 6 bags and it’s bigger than I expected. The skiff is nice too, though I wish the clear stand was a bit taller so it could be properly posed with the sarlacc (or there was a connection point on it) and it would’ve been nice if there was a skiff guard. But other than that? They both look great!
Now I’m bundling with Midna and watching stuff,before sonic tomorrow.
