shadowhive

It’s time again for some more yapping about things.

In the weekend I continued going through my arrow sale blu ray run with Kolobos.

The premise is a solid one, a group of people are invited to take part in a show, where they’re bought into a house and filmed… only they start dying. Yeah it’s basically big brother with the addition of a killer. The scenes at the house are pretty good and there’s some good kills but it does have a problem, mentioned in the special features.

They filmed all the scenes in the house and were pretty happy…. Only to find the cut was about an hour long. So they had to add extra footage and it’s very clear that’s what got added as a result. It’s a shame, but considering it was their first ever film it’s understandable.

But that was the first of two of the arrow sale films I watched this week but I’ll get to that later.

I also watched more Strange New Worlds, finishing season 2 and starting season 3. And damn, they really leaned into making the gorn essentially xenomorphs. It works, making them really scary and threatening and the ending makes me think they’ll show up again.

The second ep of season 3 was much lighter (thankfully) which was needed. Also I loved how it introduced three hot guys in quick succession (Ensign Gamble, Doctor Korby and Beto Ortegas) as well as having Spock shirtless.

Then I watched the two Star Wars Visions Ninth Jedi ep.it was a rewatch of the first but I’d not seen the second (Visions is something I really need to finish) and the second gave me feels over the cute lil droid. Watching them was in prep of The Ninth Jedi show and I’ve only watched on ep but it was pretty good! I’m curious to see how it goes.

And also speaking of shows, Futurama is back! I watched the first two eps of the new season and they were pretty good (though poor cows).

Then there was an announcement I’d been hoping for. They’re making a Clown In A Cornfield sequel movie! I’m not surprised at all (it did make almost 14 times its budget) but I’m still hyped that we get to see my boys again. I hope everyone comes back to reprise their roles (I’m sure they will)

Also film news, Sam Neil’s last film role is gonna be The Legend Of Zelda film. No word on who he’ll play yet but it’lil be so sad to see him in it.

(I did see Jurassic Park 3 with him too last Sunday and I always forget that it’s actually pretty good.)

The second arrow watch was Wednesday, Dark Water.

Unlike Kolobos I had seen Dark Water before (I'm pretty sure I’ve got the dvd somewhere) but I’d not watched it for a long time. I vaguely remember not vibing with it too much and after a rewatch that still stands. Like there are a few creepy and unsettling moments, and the location is really atmospheric but I dunno. There’s also a subplot through it where the main character is going through a divorce and her ex husband is just a repulsive jerk. Like bringing up her past mental health issues just to get his daughter who he clearly isn’t bothered with? He’s more of a villain than the ghost (who is after all a lonely girl).

More interesting are the special features which include interviews with the director and the writer of the short story it’s based on. They also did Ring, and it’s funny cause the interviews were much more slanted towards talking about that than Dark Water. Still they were pretty interesting so I consider them worth getting it for.

Apart from watching stuff I’ve not done too much. I’d hoped to fic but my brain got sidetracked (same with reading) and then last night the net went down for hours which was annoying too.

There’s a comic con tomorrow in Birmingham too and I might have tried to go if I’d known the Magnus people would be there. Alas they got announced quite late and so I wasn’t able to prepare. (If it was next week I’d probably have been able to go.) Though I have felt a tad woozy so it’s probably for the best (plus it’ll probably be hot and annoying)

As a reward for reading my yapping, here’s pics of Midna being cute and showing off her tummy stripe