Scaramouche

April 5

<a href="https://watmmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-music-makers-volume-one">We Are The Music Makers | Volume One by Various</a>

@splesh You're a moskitoo fan right?

April 4

Managed to get out of my Cichlisuite to Confield listening phase and jumped to Quaristice period.

April 3

April 1

April 1

17 hours ago, Rubin Farr said:

Dungeons & Dragons

I didn't know Lego got the licence for D&D. That's not a cheap set!

March 31

March 28

16 hours ago, usagi said:

that's a pretty good impression

March 26

^Stilgar: Usul, we have merchandise-sign the likes of which even God has never seen.

March 26

March 26

11 hours ago, Milwaukeeeee said:

Tune. Not listened to this in yonks. Will revisit Empathy Box and Previously Unavailable On Compact Disc today.

March 25

26 minutes ago, Pirtek said:

I quite liked his take on the Emperor. Very subtle and not over the top type. Like a sympathetic villain.

I find him an odd choice, though I am a Walken fan. He's good for the most part, but just some moments make me laugh. Was waiting for him to say something like "The Atreides. Buckwheats." in response to the Reverend Mother.

March 25

13 minutes ago, Pirtek said:

What does this mean?

March 25

Rewatched Part 2 on Friday, different IMAX venue, this time with better seats.

I love Part 2. I was grinning like an idiot for the first section. If time wasn't an issue, I'd happily go and watch this a few more times.

Enjoyed the film even more on a second viewing, probs because I could relax this time, though the faults were more apparent.

Positives:

One of the best films I've seen at the cinema period. Design, visuals, the cast...

Austin Butler as Feyd (doffs cap) would loved to have had more screen time with him.

The sequence on Giedi Prime.

Paul and Chani's relationship/her role - I like the changes and the prominence they've given to Chani's role. + They have great chemistry on screen, tugged on my heart strings when they were at the wind trap.

I could go on

Negatives:

Christopher Walken - Pretty sure I laughed at the same point when Walken goes full Walken. He jars in this.

Final act is at break neck pace, it feels disjointed in places. I wonder what was left on the cutting room floor?

Spoiler

The pace really is insane in the final act. Once Feyd arrives on Arrakis it goes to 11. The attack on Sietch Tabr... one minute Paul is having a chat about the dangers of travelling south, then you see Feyd make S'mores with Shishakli.

Paul's arrival in the south to take the water of life... then Chani arrives by thopter. Sure they probably each had their own bus routes and went to different Sietches, but...

1 hour ago, xox said:

Dunno is this pic more appropriate for this or the alen thread… anyway imo giger was hilarious

Feel a bit sordid giving that image a like

March 23

<a href="https://watmmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-music-makers-volume-one">We Are The Music Makers | Volume One by Various</a>

March 22

5 hours ago, xox said:

Confirmed merging of two franchises; Star Trek and Alien!

Eric Bana is a romulan android!

”Assholes and elbows? Ok… Make it so!”

A rival set of Engineers, different to the space Jesus ones from Prometheus, created Red Matter and the Romulans.

Now the Alien and Borg Queen have joined forces to create Alien-Borg Drone hybrids. In space resistance is futile.

March 21

March 21

March 21

18 hours ago, Silent Member said:

Looks like they're turning it into a by the numbers horror film series from now on.

https://youtu.be/GTNMt84KT0k?si=LNCDQ-LacTSr5JSJ

Fool me Prometheus, shame on you. Fool me Covenant, shame on Me. Fool me Romulus, you see you can't get fooled again.

We must stop the pointless prequels. I call upon all writers to do everything they can to stop these franchises. Thank you. Now watch this Alien TV series.

March 19

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March 15

46 minutes ago, Joyrex said:

Shogun (both the 1980 series and the 2024 series)

What do you think of the new show? I went in expecting to hate it. I do not! Falling for it quite hard.

March 13

Shipping notification on Moon's Milk (In Four Phases). I ordered from Boomkat.

Anyone receive their copy yet?

March 11

48 minutes ago, Pirtek said:

They cut out the Mentat sub-plot, which was a shame, but probably helped the story/pace

Thufir's role was heavily diminished in Part One. I didn't mind that, it certainly didn't bother me during Part Two. Do we even see Thufir in the aftermath of the battle in Part One? (need a rewatch)

Sure, the film could be improved with some heart plug action/ode to Lynch's version "don't be angry, everyone gets one here" along some milking of a cat for an antidote (lol) but Thufir's arc would be a fairly chunky/clunky section from the book to add to Part Two.

Is there a full list of deleted scenes from Part One? (will have a look)

Spoiler

I quite like the update to Chani. Will be interesting to see how I handle a second viewing - next Friday, IMAX again - I'm going to reach watch Part One the night before.

A friend of mine complained about the change in Chani's role. a) her reaction at the end and storming off/the fact that she's not as accepting of her being Paul's concubine. b) 3 act was rushed. I agreed with the latter, will see how I feel next week.

Sure I read that Villeneuve wants to wait 5 years or so before filming Messiah/Part 3. Will the studio let him wait this long? Let's see how the script goes for Messiah...