There should have been another way
Mar. 17th, 2026 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveIt’s post time! Mainly cause I have a gig later (Waterparks) and wanna get thoughts for some things out before I forget them.
Sunday ended up being a tiring day. I didn’t get a good sleep so was a bit grouchy the whole day.
I did manage to distract myself with Pokopia which is going pretty well. I’ve still not opened any more areas but I have got the third Pokémon Center built (at Rocky Ridges) and I have stumbled on a museum though getting there currently is a pain (I hope a shortcut gets unlocked at some point). But it is cool cause you can get some of the fossil Pokémon there when you display their fossils
In the night I did finally rewatch Clown In A Cornfield, which was a bit more stop/start than I’d hoped the watch to be but it is what it is. I still love it, though it is a little different after reading the book. The opening is still a good horror movie opening but at the same time an odd choice but I couldn’t see them doing the book’s opening. I still love Cole and Rust, and Quinn of course. I hope we get to see them again and I’m surprised an adaption of the second book hasn’t been announced (I still need it) and ahh Cole/Rust💜
(But damn the uk release has not a single special feature which sucksss)
Yesterday also proved tiring cause mums friend came so I had to go to town, which was a bust, (still no Stranger Things stickers, I missed out on using the book tokens I had cause I forgot them Saturday, there wasn’t anything interesting around in general) but I did get some food stuff to try.
I did also start ficcing something new on the bus ride. I have had so many ideas lately but resisted starting them cause a: I don’t need more WIPs and 2: I wanted to actually finish the dom Eddie week thing I’d started (and got sidetracked on with assessment and sickness). But the pull of Maxx in his wild wrestling fit is so strong (I say though he’s not appeared in it yet it’s just set up)
When I came back the mystery package was here and… I have no idea what it was. We opened it up and there was this metal thing and inside was a bracelet thing (I didn’t see it mum did). And we’re so baffled cause it’s not something any of us ordered and it feels like a cursed item. It feels like it’s been sent by mistake but I’m not sure what to do cause I’m not sure who sent it.
In other news I watched Seapeekay’s stream when I got back and ahhh he saw the parx boys last night! I hope he posts pics later and I hope he goes to the tours, I just know it’ll spark something. (I say the last pic didn’t but my focus has been off for months)
In the night another delivery came. First was Honey Don’t which I’d seen was in a spring sale so decided to pick it up. It’s the next in my fav films I saw last year that I’ve picked up (I wanna get physical releases of them all, the Black Phone 2 is my next goal and Frankenstein when it comes out, Fantastic Four is lower priority cause of it being on Disney+ and I’m not sure about getting The Long Walk anytime soon).
The main thing was the new Doctor Who boxset, season 21. I had hoped to fit the first ep in yesterday and since it came just before 7 I did, so.
So first was Warriors Of The Deep. The boxset has a new ‘special edition’ which mostly is to change the Myrka so now it looks great and actually threatening and not just what it was (which was essentially a pantomime horse and an obvious one too). I know there’s meant to be other changes too, but the Myrka is the most prominent and it’s done well.
As to the story itself…
The concept of an undersea base being attacked by sea devils/silurians is a really great one and it’s nice to have an ep where they’re not just awakened by humans. But so much of it is a bit of a mess, like the sets are pretty good, but the lighting is far too bright and uniform. And I do think the uniforms are really good. But the place being an undersea military base is just… an odd choice (would missiles even be able to launch from under the sea?). It also doesn’t help that the human groups are so vague (referred to as Eastern and Western blocs but with zero other contexts) which makes the whole thing feel vague. And that made the spy subplot fall a bit flat.
The Silurians look pretty good (if static) and armoured sea devils are a good concept (even though the execution is lacking). The Myrka too is a good concept and I’m glad the special edition makes that work better. The tardis crew are all pretty good in this, though it’s baffling the Doctor lands in a military base and is all ‘let’s go talk to the people’ instead of just laying low because that’s obviously a bad idea.
Of course there were behind the scenes issues which translated into the show. A rushed production caused some of the more egregious issues (not allowing alternate lighting to be set up, the Myrka being like that). It’s a shame cause with a few tweaks and more time it could have been a better story, but alas.
So yeah it’s not the best episode. I don’t think it’s quite as bad as people think but maybe that’s cause of the new edition. Next is The Awakening which might be before Monday, we’ll see.
The morning the foodshop came super earlier. I thought it was between 8-10, but actually it was between 6:17-7:17 (why 17 I dunno) so that really sucked. But better to come early than the usual time which I just know would’ve been late and close to when I’m going. Then there was more sawing/drilling ruining my focus.
But gah MCR fix came back this morning too which tends to come every now and then. Not enough to engage with ep anything, but enough to look through tumblrs and bemoan the lack of Toro love. Let Ray be kinky and freaky damnit.
Anyway! Gonna rest, do pokopia, maybe fic and go to Waterparks!
Sunday ended up being a tiring day. I didn’t get a good sleep so was a bit grouchy the whole day.
I did manage to distract myself with Pokopia which is going pretty well. I’ve still not opened any more areas but I have got the third Pokémon Center built (at Rocky Ridges) and I have stumbled on a museum though getting there currently is a pain (I hope a shortcut gets unlocked at some point). But it is cool cause you can get some of the fossil Pokémon there when you display their fossils
In the night I did finally rewatch Clown In A Cornfield, which was a bit more stop/start than I’d hoped the watch to be but it is what it is. I still love it, though it is a little different after reading the book. The opening is still a good horror movie opening but at the same time an odd choice but I couldn’t see them doing the book’s opening. I still love Cole and Rust, and Quinn of course. I hope we get to see them again and I’m surprised an adaption of the second book hasn’t been announced (I still need it) and ahh Cole/Rust💜
(But damn the uk release has not a single special feature which sucksss)
Yesterday also proved tiring cause mums friend came so I had to go to town, which was a bust, (still no Stranger Things stickers, I missed out on using the book tokens I had cause I forgot them Saturday, there wasn’t anything interesting around in general) but I did get some food stuff to try.
I did also start ficcing something new on the bus ride. I have had so many ideas lately but resisted starting them cause a: I don’t need more WIPs and 2: I wanted to actually finish the dom Eddie week thing I’d started (and got sidetracked on with assessment and sickness). But the pull of Maxx in his wild wrestling fit is so strong (I say though he’s not appeared in it yet it’s just set up)
When I came back the mystery package was here and… I have no idea what it was. We opened it up and there was this metal thing and inside was a bracelet thing (I didn’t see it mum did). And we’re so baffled cause it’s not something any of us ordered and it feels like a cursed item. It feels like it’s been sent by mistake but I’m not sure what to do cause I’m not sure who sent it.
In other news I watched Seapeekay’s stream when I got back and ahhh he saw the parx boys last night! I hope he posts pics later and I hope he goes to the tours, I just know it’ll spark something. (I say the last pic didn’t but my focus has been off for months)
In the night another delivery came. First was Honey Don’t which I’d seen was in a spring sale so decided to pick it up. It’s the next in my fav films I saw last year that I’ve picked up (I wanna get physical releases of them all, the Black Phone 2 is my next goal and Frankenstein when it comes out, Fantastic Four is lower priority cause of it being on Disney+ and I’m not sure about getting The Long Walk anytime soon).
The main thing was the new Doctor Who boxset, season 21. I had hoped to fit the first ep in yesterday and since it came just before 7 I did, so.
So first was Warriors Of The Deep. The boxset has a new ‘special edition’ which mostly is to change the Myrka so now it looks great and actually threatening and not just what it was (which was essentially a pantomime horse and an obvious one too). I know there’s meant to be other changes too, but the Myrka is the most prominent and it’s done well.
As to the story itself…
The concept of an undersea base being attacked by sea devils/silurians is a really great one and it’s nice to have an ep where they’re not just awakened by humans. But so much of it is a bit of a mess, like the sets are pretty good, but the lighting is far too bright and uniform. And I do think the uniforms are really good. But the place being an undersea military base is just… an odd choice (would missiles even be able to launch from under the sea?). It also doesn’t help that the human groups are so vague (referred to as Eastern and Western blocs but with zero other contexts) which makes the whole thing feel vague. And that made the spy subplot fall a bit flat.
The Silurians look pretty good (if static) and armoured sea devils are a good concept (even though the execution is lacking). The Myrka too is a good concept and I’m glad the special edition makes that work better. The tardis crew are all pretty good in this, though it’s baffling the Doctor lands in a military base and is all ‘let’s go talk to the people’ instead of just laying low because that’s obviously a bad idea.
Of course there were behind the scenes issues which translated into the show. A rushed production caused some of the more egregious issues (not allowing alternate lighting to be set up, the Myrka being like that). It’s a shame cause with a few tweaks and more time it could have been a better story, but alas.
So yeah it’s not the best episode. I don’t think it’s quite as bad as people think but maybe that’s cause of the new edition. Next is The Awakening which might be before Monday, we’ll see.
The morning the foodshop came super earlier. I thought it was between 8-10, but actually it was between 6:17-7:17 (why 17 I dunno) so that really sucked. But better to come early than the usual time which I just know would’ve been late and close to when I’m going. Then there was more sawing/drilling ruining my focus.
But gah MCR fix came back this morning too which tends to come every now and then. Not enough to engage with ep anything, but enough to look through tumblrs and bemoan the lack of Toro love. Let Ray be kinky and freaky damnit.
Anyway! Gonna rest, do pokopia, maybe fic and go to Waterparks!
