Even for me, this was a dorky weekend.
Here's the rundown:
1. Watched The Tomb of the Cybermen. Classic Troughton era Doctor Who. Poor Tobermen. And the Doctor is a murderous bastard, so he is.
2. Read the latest issue of Nova. The return of Warlock from The New Mutants! If that doesn't send a thrill down your spine, you've obviously had sex with women in the last ten years.
3. Played Crackdown. They got the 'crack' part right.
4. Dusted off Neverwinter Nights again. Needed a D and D fix, and this is my provider. Half Elf fighter with an attitude this time.
5. Watched Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow. God, I love that film. Damn this planet for not sharing the love. I think if you could transport this film back to the Thirties, there would be riots of geekery in the streets. Today? We like fart jokes and no big words.
6. Read more of About Time Volume 2, a deep analysis of the Troughton era of Doctor Who. Yep. I sure did.
7. Watched Planet of the Ood. Yeah, I know I'm a week behind, but I have to wait to see it with Vulcan Ninja. She has a life, so it's difficult to find time when she's not out kicking ass and/or networking with corporate types.
8. Am currently listening to Micecast, a podcast David introduced me to, since he knows I'm already ready to capsize with non-productive geekery as it is.
Let this be a warning to you. If you don't watch it, you can be just this sadly dorkish.
3 comments:
Good lord, man! You've gone to a place where many of us only aspire to glimpse once in a while.
I agree - Sky Captain rocks. Although I will say that it works *much* better on the big-ass Cineplex screen. Still...
What did you think of Planet of the Ood? I really enjoyed it, but it was sort of uncomfortable to watch at times. That was the genius, I suppose - making me feel sympathetic for those wretchedly unattractive creatures.
Oh, and David... If you're watching (and I know your are), thanks for Micecast!
Another convert to Micecast! Damn you, David! Damn yoooooooouuuu!
I agree that 'Ood' was uncomfortable to watch. Just so sad, with the unbutchered Ood huddling together in their cages, hiding their brains...horrible. I was very surprised by that episode. I expected a rather crap one, and it may be my favourite of the season.
Nice to see another Sky Captain fan. That makes two of us.
I like Sky Captain too, but the outright theft of scenes from Max and Dave Fleischers's Superman and The Mechanical Monsters. Much like the way Lucas ripped off Grand Prix for the Pod racing scenes.
Anyway...
You guys should drop by the Micecast website, or the Disneypodcastnetwork site, and tell them you liked the review. They, by and large, did not get it. Thanks for the thanks anyway. I am thinking of doing more podcast reviews as they are all I listen too right now, there seems to be hole in the market, and what else am I going to do with my spare time?
Oh right, GTA.
Planet of the Ood was good. Riveting and icky too.
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