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Feb. 9th, 2026 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveSo this is gonna be a ‘bunch of random stuff post’.
First off, last week I watched the 4K of The House With Laughing Windows which I’d won. I’d have posted at the time but… I was doing the stuff I love post and didn’t wanna lose what I had or include it as an unrelated add on so it’s going here. (Also I need to chase up the Anaconda stuff I won cause that’s awol but… that’s a tomorrow problem)
So I went into House pretty blind. In fact all I knew was it was an Italian film and it had the titular house (which doesn’t appear for more than ten minutes which surprised me) as well as it involved death.
The basic plot is an art restorer is bought to this Italian town. A fresco of a famous local painter has been found in a church and the mayor wants him to restore it as a tourist attraction. Naturally things aren’t that simple. He gets calls warning him to stop, then he gets a call from his friend saying he wants to meet to tell him something (it should come as no surprise that the next scene is said friend dying).
So from that alone you can probably get a sense of the type of film this is. It managed to keep my interest for the run time and there were parts that were effective (and the location for the town is the right kind of setting for this sort of thing). I was a bit thrown by it opening with narration from the painter (who is a bit… well, crazy but I think that’s probably obvious) and one of the things he said was ‘smooth like syphilis’ which isn’t a thing I’d ever heard or expected to hear.
The ending had a nice reveal too, which I didn’t see coming at all. (I won’t say more than that)
Overall I liked it well enough. It’s not something I’d have likely seemed out for myself (and I’m not sure I’ll watch it again anytime soon) but it did its stuff well. I find it funny that my second 4K release is this though
It did have trailers which did intruiged me though, one was Suspiria (which I’ve heard of) which looks so striking and then I missed the second’s title but it looked interesting.
I also finished horror’s greatest season 2, which has been interesting. I did note down some stuff from the last ep (I wish I’d noted recs as I was going along with others) cause the last was space horror. There were some obvious ones (Alien and Aliens), as well as Event Horizon and a brief mention of Sunshine too. And it made me wanna rewatch Life (I need to stop finishing things to rewatch).
I also managed to take pics of the Finished Creel house which are here
I had hoped to get back to Heated Rivalry, or start The Beauty, this weekend but my eyes went annoyingly achy and I didn’t have the focus. Maybe it’s the storm that happened, maybe it’s the eye stuff I’m waiting on, but it’s still annoying. Bleh.
(I did at least manage to fic so maybe that’s a good sign)
Also annoying mum’s friend is coming this week and it’s the worst day. She’s coming Thursday which… bleh. It’s an annoying day, mostly cause I was thinking of going out on Friday (more on that later) cause my money goes in then. That would’ve also been better cause I’m sure she’ll do her usual annoying wanting and I’ll have to head out. Bleh.
Also annoying, mum being bitchy this morning and disturbing me mid uni reading to do it. Ugh.
A good thing though, I finished Pokémon Legends ZA today. Well I’ve not fully finished it, I still haven’t got every Pokémon or finished the side missions (or dlc) but I got to the credits rolling. (I’m sure there’s more to do of course, and I finished a few little main things after that)
Overall I really liked it. The change to battling took some getting used to but by the end I really liked it once I did. I also loved the new characters, Corbeau was my fav (maybe cause he’s hot) but I loved how everyone had their own personality and managed to be so different from each other (and similar in some ways)
I think the main flaw is that you’re just in Lumiose. While it has managed to be varied and with the wild zones too, it does feel a tad… limiting. And also it feels bizarre that certain characters aren’t there. Where’s the professor? There’s Clemont and his gym? But at the same time I liked that it let with the fallout of x and y (although honestly, it’s been so long my thoughts are hazy). And the ending was surprisingly emotional.
I had said to myself (even saying it Sunday), that I had meant to get Hyrule Warriors on release but didn’t want to get it till after finishing ZA. Alas that took longer than I expected oops. But now the timing is so bad. Part of me does wanna get Hyrule Warriors but then Resident Evil Requiem is coming soon and then Pokopia is. And also there’s a Star Trek Voyager game that looks really interesting too (and has some of the actors returning for it). So ahhh I’m so indecisive. I’ll have to give it all some thought. But knowing me I’ll get paralysed by it and do nothing.
(And oh there’s a demo of the Voyager game, I’ll download that and report back)
As mentioned above there was a stuff I love thing last week for standalone stuff and this week is series. I’m planning on doing two posts for it, one for shows, one for films, so stay tuned for that (who knows when that’ll be).
I also wanna go to the cinema Friday (or Saturday) but I’m caught in a dilemma of what to see. This time it’s not due to a lack of films but rather I wanna see a few things. They are:
*Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up - releasing Friday I saw the trailer and it looked like it’d be pretty funny
*Send Help - I’ve seen trailers and heard good things, but I’m indecisive on it
*Whistle - Looked really good from the trailer but Friday has the only daytime showing despite it being new
*Kangaroo - Looks cute and fun and has baby kangaroos. I thought I’d missed it cause it wasn’t listed after Sunday but it’s back from Saturday for another week at least
I can do my usual thing and see two but the question is which 2. Plus there’s the issue, Whistle only has a morning showing Friday (all the rest are night) and Kangaroo isn’t showing Friday at all. I know I could watch something next Friday because I’m definitely going to see Cold Storage but it feels like some won’t be around then (and I won’t know for sure till Monday argh)
I’ll have a ponder and see what works best. On the plus side the cinema is also confirmed to be getting Exit 8 in April, yay!
(And unrelated there’s a record store in town doing Record store day then too so I’ll have to find that cause there’s a Sleep Token thing in it)
First off, last week I watched the 4K of The House With Laughing Windows which I’d won. I’d have posted at the time but… I was doing the stuff I love post and didn’t wanna lose what I had or include it as an unrelated add on so it’s going here. (Also I need to chase up the Anaconda stuff I won cause that’s awol but… that’s a tomorrow problem)
So I went into House pretty blind. In fact all I knew was it was an Italian film and it had the titular house (which doesn’t appear for more than ten minutes which surprised me) as well as it involved death.
The basic plot is an art restorer is bought to this Italian town. A fresco of a famous local painter has been found in a church and the mayor wants him to restore it as a tourist attraction. Naturally things aren’t that simple. He gets calls warning him to stop, then he gets a call from his friend saying he wants to meet to tell him something (it should come as no surprise that the next scene is said friend dying).
So from that alone you can probably get a sense of the type of film this is. It managed to keep my interest for the run time and there were parts that were effective (and the location for the town is the right kind of setting for this sort of thing). I was a bit thrown by it opening with narration from the painter (who is a bit… well, crazy but I think that’s probably obvious) and one of the things he said was ‘smooth like syphilis’ which isn’t a thing I’d ever heard or expected to hear.
The ending had a nice reveal too, which I didn’t see coming at all. (I won’t say more than that)
Overall I liked it well enough. It’s not something I’d have likely seemed out for myself (and I’m not sure I’ll watch it again anytime soon) but it did its stuff well. I find it funny that my second 4K release is this though
It did have trailers which did intruiged me though, one was Suspiria (which I’ve heard of) which looks so striking and then I missed the second’s title but it looked interesting.
I also finished horror’s greatest season 2, which has been interesting. I did note down some stuff from the last ep (I wish I’d noted recs as I was going along with others) cause the last was space horror. There were some obvious ones (Alien and Aliens), as well as Event Horizon and a brief mention of Sunshine too. And it made me wanna rewatch Life (I need to stop finishing things to rewatch).
I also managed to take pics of the Finished Creel house which are here
I had hoped to get back to Heated Rivalry, or start The Beauty, this weekend but my eyes went annoyingly achy and I didn’t have the focus. Maybe it’s the storm that happened, maybe it’s the eye stuff I’m waiting on, but it’s still annoying. Bleh.
(I did at least manage to fic so maybe that’s a good sign)
Also annoying mum’s friend is coming this week and it’s the worst day. She’s coming Thursday which… bleh. It’s an annoying day, mostly cause I was thinking of going out on Friday (more on that later) cause my money goes in then. That would’ve also been better cause I’m sure she’ll do her usual annoying wanting and I’ll have to head out. Bleh.
Also annoying, mum being bitchy this morning and disturbing me mid uni reading to do it. Ugh.
A good thing though, I finished Pokémon Legends ZA today. Well I’ve not fully finished it, I still haven’t got every Pokémon or finished the side missions (or dlc) but I got to the credits rolling. (I’m sure there’s more to do of course, and I finished a few little main things after that)
Overall I really liked it. The change to battling took some getting used to but by the end I really liked it once I did. I also loved the new characters, Corbeau was my fav (maybe cause he’s hot) but I loved how everyone had their own personality and managed to be so different from each other (and similar in some ways)
I think the main flaw is that you’re just in Lumiose. While it has managed to be varied and with the wild zones too, it does feel a tad… limiting. And also it feels bizarre that certain characters aren’t there. Where’s the professor? There’s Clemont and his gym? But at the same time I liked that it let with the fallout of x and y (although honestly, it’s been so long my thoughts are hazy). And the ending was surprisingly emotional.
I had said to myself (even saying it Sunday), that I had meant to get Hyrule Warriors on release but didn’t want to get it till after finishing ZA. Alas that took longer than I expected oops. But now the timing is so bad. Part of me does wanna get Hyrule Warriors but then Resident Evil Requiem is coming soon and then Pokopia is. And also there’s a Star Trek Voyager game that looks really interesting too (and has some of the actors returning for it). So ahhh I’m so indecisive. I’ll have to give it all some thought. But knowing me I’ll get paralysed by it and do nothing.
(And oh there’s a demo of the Voyager game, I’ll download that and report back)
As mentioned above there was a stuff I love thing last week for standalone stuff and this week is series. I’m planning on doing two posts for it, one for shows, one for films, so stay tuned for that (who knows when that’ll be).
I also wanna go to the cinema Friday (or Saturday) but I’m caught in a dilemma of what to see. This time it’s not due to a lack of films but rather I wanna see a few things. They are:
*Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up - releasing Friday I saw the trailer and it looked like it’d be pretty funny
*Send Help - I’ve seen trailers and heard good things, but I’m indecisive on it
*Whistle - Looked really good from the trailer but Friday has the only daytime showing despite it being new
*Kangaroo - Looks cute and fun and has baby kangaroos. I thought I’d missed it cause it wasn’t listed after Sunday but it’s back from Saturday for another week at least
I can do my usual thing and see two but the question is which 2. Plus there’s the issue, Whistle only has a morning showing Friday (all the rest are night) and Kangaroo isn’t showing Friday at all. I know I could watch something next Friday because I’m definitely going to see Cold Storage but it feels like some won’t be around then (and I won’t know for sure till Monday argh)
I’ll have a ponder and see what works best. On the plus side the cinema is also confirmed to be getting Exit 8 in April, yay!
(And unrelated there’s a record store in town doing Record store day then too so I’ll have to find that cause there’s a Sleep Token thing in it)
