Dancing is just walking with style
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shadowhiveSo yesterday was the trip to Birmingham to see Death On The Nile.
Going round the town beforehand was kinda eh, mostly due of time/money. Not helped by mum seeing a trail thing for pet food at the station and getting us signed up for it before realising how much it was (trial price was just under £20, which is half off which is crazy). I’d have probably gone to the big hmv (I was looking for something in the sale, the bullring hmv didn’t have it and it’s out of stock online) but being with mum made me reluctant cause of how far away it was and how achy she’s been lately.
I did check in the odeon for the Mario luma things but alas, they had none. (Same with McDonald’s they didn’t have Mario toys, despite me asking specifically before paying for them). We only went in McDonald’s cause mum had a voucher but ugh. The usual veggie thing I used to have isn’t there anymore and I had a mcplant and hated it. Ugh.
For the forbidden planet by the theatre I got the new Maul comic, plus a Fantastic Four First Steps one. (Alas no Strange Buildings, or Exquisite Corpses 11 but I still need to catch up on it)
Before the show we picked up a theatre guide and there’s an Open Day next month. It’s on free comic book day so I booked us in so we’ll have that to do. (It’s a little vague on the details but should be interesting.) also in there were getting Annie with La Voix (I dunno if I’m interested enough to see it but it’s pretty cool) and Paranormal Activity (I’m kinda curious, like how do you make a found footage film a stage performance?) it’s gonna be there late October, with a ghost tour thing after some performances so I might try for it.
The show itself was really good! It was done by the same people that did Murder On The Orient Express, with the same guy playing Poirot (and there’s a new adaption by them of The Hollow which is good to have a lesser adapted work). The staging was really well done as they’d got it set up as two levels, so it was set up like two decks of a ship. At first it looked like the upper floor was just a walkway with railings, but it could be opened up into a full room too! That was really cool.
The story mostly plays out how previous adaptions were done (I say it that way cause I’ve not read the book yet) but there were some notable differences. The first was the boat trip also included the return of a sarcophagus (a prop which looked rather nice). This meant that there was a scene of Linnet getting trap inside it after posing for a photo inside. (I’m guessing that this was done as it’s difficult to have a side trip to to ruins with masonry to fall on stage.) It did work out pretty well.
The second was Salome Otterbourne, who was a former novelist now attempting to be an actor. She also had a lil of the kleptomaniac traits of Marie from other adaptions (her and Miss Bowers were some of the characters omitted). Most notable was that she didn’t die. In fact only Linnet was the only victim. That did mean the second half did feel a bit more streamlined, but it still worked well.
(Oddly though there were lots of seats, we were the only ones on our section of the row and no one was in front which felt odd)
On the train journey I finished off Hawkins Horrors. As a whole it was pretty good! Anthologies of spooky stories (which this was) tend to be a mixed bag but they were all pretty strong. Even the weakest one (Lucas’ Two Lunches) was still pretty good. I wish Steve and Robin each had their own stories instead of sharing one (even though it was one of the good ones!).
When I got back, after watching Taskmaster, I got hit by a wave of tiredness which ended up adding sadness which… eh wasn’t great, I put on an audio to distract but couldn’t focus, then zoned out and went to bed.
Alas this morning we went to see if the ducklings were there but no sign of them. I’m assuming they were in the reeds hiding, since we didn’t see any female ducks either. It’s a shame cause I took my pad for pics but I had a feeling I’d not see them cause of that.
(I also didn’t watch The Copenhagen Test Wednesday, getting sidetracked by qsmp so that’s something I’ve gotta watch)
Next few days/week I wanna get back to watching stuff. I’ve got a few things I wanna finish (Heated Rivalry, The Beauty, The Amazing Digital Circus) before starting other things. I also wanna finish Welcome To Derry and get back to American Horror Story, both of which I’ve put off. Maybe when my mindset is better, I know I’ll need it for Welcome To Derry.
I also wanna try and set a day for blu ray watching but we’ll see if I can settle on a day.
Now though I’m gonna bundle, maybe ponder and game.
Going round the town beforehand was kinda eh, mostly due of time/money. Not helped by mum seeing a trail thing for pet food at the station and getting us signed up for it before realising how much it was (trial price was just under £20, which is half off which is crazy). I’d have probably gone to the big hmv (I was looking for something in the sale, the bullring hmv didn’t have it and it’s out of stock online) but being with mum made me reluctant cause of how far away it was and how achy she’s been lately.
I did check in the odeon for the Mario luma things but alas, they had none. (Same with McDonald’s they didn’t have Mario toys, despite me asking specifically before paying for them). We only went in McDonald’s cause mum had a voucher but ugh. The usual veggie thing I used to have isn’t there anymore and I had a mcplant and hated it. Ugh.
For the forbidden planet by the theatre I got the new Maul comic, plus a Fantastic Four First Steps one. (Alas no Strange Buildings, or Exquisite Corpses 11 but I still need to catch up on it)
Before the show we picked up a theatre guide and there’s an Open Day next month. It’s on free comic book day so I booked us in so we’ll have that to do. (It’s a little vague on the details but should be interesting.) also in there were getting Annie with La Voix (I dunno if I’m interested enough to see it but it’s pretty cool) and Paranormal Activity (I’m kinda curious, like how do you make a found footage film a stage performance?) it’s gonna be there late October, with a ghost tour thing after some performances so I might try for it.
The show itself was really good! It was done by the same people that did Murder On The Orient Express, with the same guy playing Poirot (and there’s a new adaption by them of The Hollow which is good to have a lesser adapted work). The staging was really well done as they’d got it set up as two levels, so it was set up like two decks of a ship. At first it looked like the upper floor was just a walkway with railings, but it could be opened up into a full room too! That was really cool.
The story mostly plays out how previous adaptions were done (I say it that way cause I’ve not read the book yet) but there were some notable differences. The first was the boat trip also included the return of a sarcophagus (a prop which looked rather nice). This meant that there was a scene of Linnet getting trap inside it after posing for a photo inside. (I’m guessing that this was done as it’s difficult to have a side trip to to ruins with masonry to fall on stage.) It did work out pretty well.
The second was Salome Otterbourne, who was a former novelist now attempting to be an actor. She also had a lil of the kleptomaniac traits of Marie from other adaptions (her and Miss Bowers were some of the characters omitted). Most notable was that she didn’t die. In fact only Linnet was the only victim. That did mean the second half did feel a bit more streamlined, but it still worked well.
(Oddly though there were lots of seats, we were the only ones on our section of the row and no one was in front which felt odd)
On the train journey I finished off Hawkins Horrors. As a whole it was pretty good! Anthologies of spooky stories (which this was) tend to be a mixed bag but they were all pretty strong. Even the weakest one (Lucas’ Two Lunches) was still pretty good. I wish Steve and Robin each had their own stories instead of sharing one (even though it was one of the good ones!).
When I got back, after watching Taskmaster, I got hit by a wave of tiredness which ended up adding sadness which… eh wasn’t great, I put on an audio to distract but couldn’t focus, then zoned out and went to bed.
Alas this morning we went to see if the ducklings were there but no sign of them. I’m assuming they were in the reeds hiding, since we didn’t see any female ducks either. It’s a shame cause I took my pad for pics but I had a feeling I’d not see them cause of that.
(I also didn’t watch The Copenhagen Test Wednesday, getting sidetracked by qsmp so that’s something I’ve gotta watch)
Next few days/week I wanna get back to watching stuff. I’ve got a few things I wanna finish (Heated Rivalry, The Beauty, The Amazing Digital Circus) before starting other things. I also wanna finish Welcome To Derry and get back to American Horror Story, both of which I’ve put off. Maybe when my mindset is better, I know I’ll need it for Welcome To Derry.
I also wanna try and set a day for blu ray watching but we’ll see if I can settle on a day.
Now though I’m gonna bundle, maybe ponder and game.
