shadowhive

Tuesday was another library stint which ended up being tiring. Not cause of the library itself but mum. Last minute, after saying we’d not bring her, mum decided to bring Naryu as the ‘library dog’ which is fine, usually but Naryu got messy right before we got there so I had to take her back home (and she fought me every step cause it was me alone). So instead of walking there and resting I had to make the trip three times (and a fourth coming back) which just… ugh.

I did read the Stranger Things SFX article (just the main part, not the sections with the boys yet) which ahhh. I hadn’t intended to hold back reading it till after the season but any time I read the magazine (when travelling or at the hospital) I just read the short sections on other things. I’m so excite for the rest of the series. I also read another chapter of Halloween Party and it threw me off with the talk of computers and how they can cause bigger issues than people can. That was so surprising but so true.

Yesterday was the planned town trip, which was mostly to the cinema to see Wake Up Dead Man and Zootropolis 2. In between them (cause there was a gap) I went round town. I got the Hellfire Christmas sweater from Primark (it was on sale and I wasn’t sure if it was for Black Friday, but it’s not so yay! (here is what it looks like.) I also got the WQSK sweater, a hellfire bag (actually 2 by mistake, damnit), some nail polish and the stranger things body butter they have. I also went in bm and got two stranger things blind boxes (I am a bit annoyed pricing wasn’t on the shelves so they were more than I thought they would be) but I got Will and Vecna, and the Vecna seems to be special cause he’s clear red plastic instead of the image on the checklist.

But main thing was cinema.

I’m not gonna go over all the trailers, but there was something called the magic faraway tree which looks pretty good (though it has Andrew Garfield as a dad of children which feels wrong even though he’s probably old enough). There was also Moana and… I don’t get why making life action versions of animated stuff is so necessary but having said that it does, look really nice and I’ll probably see it.

First up Wake Up Dead Man. I’m prefacing here I will not be spoilering the plot so there’s are just general thoughts. The reason for that is it’s a locked room type mystery and I don’t think those should really be spoiled. They should be seen if that makes sense.

I liked it as a whole, the central mystery was great cause I love locked room stuff (and I did squee when Agatha Christie got a name check). And it didn’t shy away from showing the bad side of belief. (But also the good side in the reverend.) The focus on that did feel a tad waring at times, but that comes with the setting so there’s no escaping that. (And I love how the reverend spoke of belief and stories, he was too good to be put under the jerk that died)

My main question I was left with after seeing it though was why was it being released now? Because the murder happens on Good Friday so why not release it around then?

I had a pizza at the cinema, which I took in for Zootropolis 2, though it was finished before the film started (I’d had half before going up). The cinema also had cups for the film with toppers, but alas they’d already sold out of Nick and Judy (in less than a week??) so just had the two new characters so I didn’t get one when I got my tickets, but I did get the one of the beaver after seeing her in action.

But anyway! The film is essentially a detective film, just with animals as the characters instead of people. And honestly, it worked really well. Disney sequels can be so hit and miss but this one was definitely a hit. It was fun, it was funny and exciting. There were chase sequences, new environments, fun cameos. I really enjoyed it as a whole.

However, there was on thing I it that really really annoyed me. It happened about two thirds of the way through (or maybe 3/4’s?) and it just… ugh. Again I won’t say what it is but if you have seen it you can probably guess.

Of the two I’d say I enjoyed Zootropolis 2 a little more but they were both strong films and I’d say go see them if you can (Wake Up Dead Man is limited so probably not around for long)

Next week is the dual watch of Five Night’s At Freddy’s 2 (once I finally rewatch the first) and Pillion and that’ll probably be my last trip before the new year. I might see The Shining next Friday but only if they add an earlier showing and I wanna see Anaconda but I know I’ll likely hold off a week or two. If it has the Stranger Things finale I might see that, but so far it’s just US for now so… who knows.

(I know there’s a Kill Bill double bill showing but I know I won’t have the energy to see it, plus I rememebr not liking the second half as much as the first but it has been forever.)

When I got home mum had, as she tends to do, messed around with stuff. I swear she does this because she’s left unattended so no one can stop her. It wouldn’t be so bad but the things she does are often things that are acknowledged to require two people and yet she does them alone (even when we agree to do things together she’ll start them when I’m doing uni stuff). And it’s just so… ugh. But I was too tired to be anything but annoyed.

(And we also had a repeat of the record player fixation, as The Mousetrap is coming to Birmingham so mum insisted on getting the tickets to it right away which just felt like a rush, especially since we’ve not got the Death On The Nile ones yet)

The new Doctor Who magazine had arrived while I was gone and I’ve not read it yet but it does have free art cards from the new show which look nice as well as an audio freebie (a download of Seas Of Titan, a ninth Doctor sea devil story I’ve wanted for awhile). A quick flick through shows it’s got a lot of Sea Devil/Silurian stuff which I’m excite to dive into. The War Between The Land And The Sea starts Sunday and my optimism about it has been pretty low (mostly cause of how the last season of Who ended up) so I feel it’ll either be awesome, will be good but then end badly or just irritate me. Which sucks, cause I love sea devils so you’d think I’d be excite to see them back in such a big way but… (I’m also not hyped by how the main one’s face is so… human. One of the whole point of the Silurians/sea devils was that they didn’t look human)

I also saw a game I’d been really interested in, called Viewfinder, had came to switch and with a huge launch discounted do I had to get it. I love perspective games like this so I’m glad I can play at some point.

Unfortunately I completely crashed. It was a mix tiredness due to the long day, depression which has been coming in waves lately and my weaker eye just aching like crazy to the point of annoyance. Ugh. The latter is still aching a bit this morning so hopefully it’s not an all day issue.

(November round up post is coming though… at some point.)

Edit: Ahh! The next Doctor Who boxset has been revelled! Season 21! So that’s the last of the fifth Doctor eps with loads of fun/cool looking special features.