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Dec. 29th, 2024 12:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveSo yesterday I managed to go see Sonic 3! Yipee! I did wanna do my nails for it but I couldn’t find black polish even though I know there is some which was annoying. There was a further annoyance in the morning of the bus website claiming there was no service for our stop (thankfully I spotted one go past).
Anyway, I headed to town and ended up being there an hour and a half early so I ended up wandering round more than I hoped. I didn’t get anything exciting though money did drain which was annoying. My best purchase was probably a funko mini puft from b and m and Mandalorian lip balm from there. (Alas nowhere had Frozen Empire). Also WH Smith’s didn’t have dnd stickers boo (if anyone spots them somewhere lemme know)
It was pretty eerie though, cause there’s been this mist/fog around on and off these past days so it felt pretty spooky.
Anyway! Once I was seated in the cinema there were a bunch of trailers, though I think the only interesting one is Elio (I’m a sucker for space). I’m still sceptical about the Minecraft movie though.
I loved that the rating card for Sonic was an art piece by someone, that was really cute. But anyway, film thoughts!
I had been worried about spoilers but I’d not seen any which felt like a miracle honestly.
Short review, I loved it and I think it might be the best of the trilogy so far. (I say so far cause the mid credits is clearly a set up for 4 and it feels inevitable.) Also, Shadow hot.
More in depth though. I love that the opening scene (and one part way through) has Shadow being scary. Like he kicks the asses of all the guards in his first scene, then sneaks up on team sonic in a spooky way. He felt the perfect mix of kick ass (he has a bike in one scene! And a gun!) and you also got the angst through flashbacks. And I loved how he called team sonic a ‘colourful bunch’.
I loved team Sonic too, and it’s clear that they all work well together.
And ahh Agent Stone! He gets to kick ass! Which was awesome and I’m glad he got a bit more involved this time. (Please let him be in Sonic 4 more)
The other human characters (bar the obvious one) are in it much less this time. It felt odd that Rachel and her husband got posters when their appearance is pretty much a cameo (which would have worked better without the posters signposting it). And I didn’t like the new director but I don’t think you’re meant to like her.
But of course it’s Jim Carey’s thing, since he plays both Robotnik’s and damn, he really places it well showing off how both are clearly bad guys but with different notifications. A lot of his scenes are basically bouncing off himself as a result so your mileage on that may vary (I liked it though!)
It did feel that there was more to the flashback as to what happened with Shadow. We got two flashbacks to the ‘accident’ that happened and I honestly felt that there would be a third showcasing more was happening. (Which makes me wonder if one was cut or am I reading to much into it) and I don’t really get why gun wanted the eclipse canon in the first place, not to mention hiding it… under the Thames? That felt odd.
But on the whole I really loved it, it’s probably my film of the year and I instantly preordered it when I got home.
Unfortunately I missed the bus by a minute and at that point everything was shutting so I started walking and got the bus halfway back so that wasn’t too bad. Plus I liked the spookyness of walking in the fog.
Once home I found out mums friend, who was meant to come today, was too sick to come. I hope she feels better but it felt ironic. She was meant to come last week but mum got her to stay away so she wouldn’t catch what I had, only to get something anyway.
That meant today was a more restful day. I watched the rerun of the Agatha Christie documentary from a year or so back. I really need to read those books mum got me, I’ve not read a single one which is a shame. While the two poirot films were on (Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun) I built the next Lego set I got, the Up house.
It looks nice, though one piece has gone awol. The interior is a bit lacking though. There’s nice references to the film but it’s just a bit cramped which tends to be an issue with some Lego buildings. Still it was super on sale (and a gift) so I can’t complain really. The figures are good though and I love Russell’s overloaded backpack though it does feel odd that the bird’s not included.
Since this is a film post, mum wants to go see the Robbie film Better Man.i can’t say I’m too surprised cause she does like Robbie, but her interest has really peaked these last days. She wants to go to the Bentley Bridge cinema when her money is in cause the local cinema isn’t showing it, but that’s both an awkward place and tickets are twice as much which feels a lot to me. Of course the bigger issue is that I’ve got the biopsy in a few days, which means I’ll have stitches so 8m not sure how I’d be going. If I’m up to it we could go next Friday and eh, even if it’s not good I’ll be able to go to the Wolverhampton Forbidden Planet and Entertainer so should be able to get a sale thing or two.
But ugh I can’t lie I am starting to get anxious about it. I still half expect it to get cancelled last minute but then I’m also like… what state will I be in with stitches? Will I be able to sit or lay down without hurting? And, with it being new year, will I be safe to drink? And then, of course, there’ll be the waiting for the results. What will happen first, the results, Seapeekay finally sending the poster or the Set It Off gig?
Ah well.
Tonight I finished the last ep of Stranger Things season 2 and mum was down here for it. I put it on cause I thought she was heading up but she didn’t and I could see her watching occasionally, probably confused as all hell as to what was going on. It was really good though, we got Billy being sexy then a homoerotic fight with Steve and then everything going down. Clearly closing the gate isn’t the end of it (there’s two more seasons out already after all!) so I’m curious how it’s gonna go. Unlike with season 1 and 2 (where there was a massive gap between them and I forgot stuff as a result). I’m gonna start 3 next year. By which I mean in a week or two. (I’ll probably watch The Rig season 2 first)
It did make me wanna go back on Dead By Daylight though, so I did that and played a few matches as Steve un the winter event. I’m glad I got his slutty lil outfit but it’s a shame it seems to not have a bloody version to unlock.
Anyway, now I’m gonna bundle up, maybe fic and then there’s the rest of the weird days between Xmas and new year. (At least tomorrow has the Taskmaster new year thing and Quackity lore stream, then Monday has Incredibles 2)
Anyway, I headed to town and ended up being there an hour and a half early so I ended up wandering round more than I hoped. I didn’t get anything exciting though money did drain which was annoying. My best purchase was probably a funko mini puft from b and m and Mandalorian lip balm from there. (Alas nowhere had Frozen Empire). Also WH Smith’s didn’t have dnd stickers boo (if anyone spots them somewhere lemme know)
It was pretty eerie though, cause there’s been this mist/fog around on and off these past days so it felt pretty spooky.
Anyway! Once I was seated in the cinema there were a bunch of trailers, though I think the only interesting one is Elio (I’m a sucker for space). I’m still sceptical about the Minecraft movie though.
I loved that the rating card for Sonic was an art piece by someone, that was really cute. But anyway, film thoughts!
I had been worried about spoilers but I’d not seen any which felt like a miracle honestly.
Short review, I loved it and I think it might be the best of the trilogy so far. (I say so far cause the mid credits is clearly a set up for 4 and it feels inevitable.) Also, Shadow hot.
More in depth though. I love that the opening scene (and one part way through) has Shadow being scary. Like he kicks the asses of all the guards in his first scene, then sneaks up on team sonic in a spooky way. He felt the perfect mix of kick ass (he has a bike in one scene! And a gun!) and you also got the angst through flashbacks. And I loved how he called team sonic a ‘colourful bunch’.
I loved team Sonic too, and it’s clear that they all work well together.
And ahh Agent Stone! He gets to kick ass! Which was awesome and I’m glad he got a bit more involved this time. (Please let him be in Sonic 4 more)
The other human characters (bar the obvious one) are in it much less this time. It felt odd that Rachel and her husband got posters when their appearance is pretty much a cameo (which would have worked better without the posters signposting it). And I didn’t like the new director but I don’t think you’re meant to like her.
But of course it’s Jim Carey’s thing, since he plays both Robotnik’s and damn, he really places it well showing off how both are clearly bad guys but with different notifications. A lot of his scenes are basically bouncing off himself as a result so your mileage on that may vary (I liked it though!)
It did feel that there was more to the flashback as to what happened with Shadow. We got two flashbacks to the ‘accident’ that happened and I honestly felt that there would be a third showcasing more was happening. (Which makes me wonder if one was cut or am I reading to much into it) and I don’t really get why gun wanted the eclipse canon in the first place, not to mention hiding it… under the Thames? That felt odd.
But on the whole I really loved it, it’s probably my film of the year and I instantly preordered it when I got home.
Unfortunately I missed the bus by a minute and at that point everything was shutting so I started walking and got the bus halfway back so that wasn’t too bad. Plus I liked the spookyness of walking in the fog.
Once home I found out mums friend, who was meant to come today, was too sick to come. I hope she feels better but it felt ironic. She was meant to come last week but mum got her to stay away so she wouldn’t catch what I had, only to get something anyway.
That meant today was a more restful day. I watched the rerun of the Agatha Christie documentary from a year or so back. I really need to read those books mum got me, I’ve not read a single one which is a shame. While the two poirot films were on (Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun) I built the next Lego set I got, the Up house.
It looks nice, though one piece has gone awol. The interior is a bit lacking though. There’s nice references to the film but it’s just a bit cramped which tends to be an issue with some Lego buildings. Still it was super on sale (and a gift) so I can’t complain really. The figures are good though and I love Russell’s overloaded backpack though it does feel odd that the bird’s not included.
Since this is a film post, mum wants to go see the Robbie film Better Man.i can’t say I’m too surprised cause she does like Robbie, but her interest has really peaked these last days. She wants to go to the Bentley Bridge cinema when her money is in cause the local cinema isn’t showing it, but that’s both an awkward place and tickets are twice as much which feels a lot to me. Of course the bigger issue is that I’ve got the biopsy in a few days, which means I’ll have stitches so 8m not sure how I’d be going. If I’m up to it we could go next Friday and eh, even if it’s not good I’ll be able to go to the Wolverhampton Forbidden Planet and Entertainer so should be able to get a sale thing or two.
But ugh I can’t lie I am starting to get anxious about it. I still half expect it to get cancelled last minute but then I’m also like… what state will I be in with stitches? Will I be able to sit or lay down without hurting? And, with it being new year, will I be safe to drink? And then, of course, there’ll be the waiting for the results. What will happen first, the results, Seapeekay finally sending the poster or the Set It Off gig?
Ah well.
Tonight I finished the last ep of Stranger Things season 2 and mum was down here for it. I put it on cause I thought she was heading up but she didn’t and I could see her watching occasionally, probably confused as all hell as to what was going on. It was really good though, we got Billy being sexy then a homoerotic fight with Steve and then everything going down. Clearly closing the gate isn’t the end of it (there’s two more seasons out already after all!) so I’m curious how it’s gonna go. Unlike with season 1 and 2 (where there was a massive gap between them and I forgot stuff as a result). I’m gonna start 3 next year. By which I mean in a week or two. (I’ll probably watch The Rig season 2 first)
It did make me wanna go back on Dead By Daylight though, so I did that and played a few matches as Steve un the winter event. I’m glad I got his slutty lil outfit but it’s a shame it seems to not have a bloody version to unlock.
Anyway, now I’m gonna bundle up, maybe fic and then there’s the rest of the weird days between Xmas and new year. (At least tomorrow has the Taskmaster new year thing and Quackity lore stream, then Monday has Incredibles 2)
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Date: 2024-12-29 08:45 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-12-29 01:09 pm (UTC)good luck with the biopsy 🩷 im sure they will give you something for the pain! they gave me oxy after my surgery and i remember getting Vicodin even after getting my wisdom teeth out. idk what prescription painkillers are used over there but im sure it will be something stronger than over the counter stuff.
you prob wont be able to drink if youre on painkillers tho, thats the downside :(
ik you’ll love stranger things s3! i cant wait for you to start it lmao
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Date: 2024-12-29 01:14 pm (UTC)Thank, I just hope it’s not chanced last minute again😔😒 oh that’s good! I guess we’ll see what they do. Last time didn’t need stitches but since this one does… I dunno.
Booo yeah that does suck😔
I’m excite to start it!is this the one where he gets his lil outfit?
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Date: 2024-12-29 04:39 pm (UTC)The fog over the last few days was something else - apparently it was so bad in Amsterdam it messed with flights for half the day (of course on the day Alex was travelling). It thankfully cleared up here in the end.
Thinking good thoughts for you for the biopsy. I hope all goes well and that you recover swiftly and easily.
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Date: 2024-12-31 08:33 pm (UTC)Oh you guys had it too? I’m glad he was able to get there ok! I remember when I was coming back from Amsterdam years back there was weather issues then too.
Awww thank you, I hope so too💜
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Date: 2024-12-31 04:21 pm (UTC)I hope the biopsy went well <3
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Date: 2024-12-31 08:34 pm (UTC)Thanks! It went smoothly which is good