I'm getting my first exposure to the newer Jurassic Park films with Dominion. Is this now some cross between Mission Impossible and Taken but with dinosaurs?

The Z-Grade Marx Brothers slasher will be a sight to behold.

Me: I'm going to ignore AI discourse for a while and focus on Japanese studies. Phone: *bing*

I was thinking of this post even as I decided to have those crisps. And here we are again...

The Climber is a strange manga. I'm enjoying it, probably helped by the uniqueness of its setting, but we're observing some deeply unlikeable characters.

Finished it last night, and if you got vouchers for Christmas I recommend this book. I knew next to nothing about the subject beforehand and I've come away with a whole new appreciation for it. Fascinating stuff!

I didn't realise there were four sequels before a 2025 remake. Brian Yuzna even directed one. Do I feel like being a completist?

I have limited TV time, and plenty of things on the watch list. Should I put The War Between The Land and Sea before or after the next Classic Who boxed set on the list?

Always nice to get notifications that an artist I added on @musicbrainz.org for @getyourgenki.bsky.social is getting new info added by other people.

Thanks to Consolevania, I'll always hear Blue Stinger's Dogs Bauser yelling "A woman?!" when reading nonsense like this.

I think this is mainly for @giornatanera.bsky.social and @richwhmk2.bsky.social

Thanks to a recommendation by @bourgwick.bsky.social, I've been reading Jelly Roll Blues by @elijahwald.bsky.social. Entertaining and enlightening, and very often needs to be tilted away from other passengers in case they glance at the large font on my ereader.

I need to share this with someone

My parents no longer have a record player, and have kept only a handful of records for nostalgic reasons. You've got to hold onto the classics.

In my mid-thirties I gave up alcohol. In my mid-forties I think it's going to have to be salty foods, especially after 8pm. On the road to water and gruel to keep me going.

I'm pretty sure this is going to put Hard Bouled into the lead for films I've bought on multiple formats. Pretty sure this makes it VHS, VCD, DVD, and now 4k. www.arrowfilms.com/p/4k/hard-bo...

I'd forgotten what an absolute belter Silent Night, Deadly Night. Great film to watch with pals in a pub.

I think Subway should have stopped at "Festive Menu" rather than "Ultimate Festive Menu".

Sunshine.

Disney+ has started having sync issues, I think. A couple of times a minute it seems to skip a few frames as if to catch up. Is this some kind of obsolete TV bullshit? It's streaming over a Google TV which I hoped would mean we'd avoid that.

Heathrow Terminal 5's announcement system wishing me a merry Christmas every five minutes has the same teeth grinding effect as Scotrail continually apologising for any inconvenience this may cause.

No, I don't need more comics. But... www.humblebundle.com/books/monstr...

I know, I'm old, but I really don't need constant, slow motion, hi-def, blindingly bright video ads for food while blearily nursing a coffee before a flight.

Yeeeess! I've wanted a remaster of this for a long time, and now that I have zero time for watching films I can't wait to occasionally look at the spine on the shelf and think "One day, when I retire..."

That is quite a bundle. www.humblebundle.com/books/image-...

@terrymooreart.bsky.social Keep posting the beautiful art, but for those who like comics and kickstarters, there's a way around the algorithm. I made a feed: bsky.app/profile/ross.... Like it, pin it, it'll show you posts that have links to comics on kickstarter.

I'm sure pubs are struggling, but I got charged £5.90 for two pints of soda and lime this evening, so I'm not feeling all that sympathetic.

Getting tempted to try and make the wee one watch Mysterious Cities of Gold. Can't take any more "trio of friends learning lessons" shows.

Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.

"Do a vulgar roast. Use forbidden words."

If you're putting out a digital comic, please open it on your phone and take a look before sending it out. Exporting a PDF at 72DPI and shoving the compression to max doesn't make for a good experience.

An excellent day for post, and to remove ebay from my phone for the foreseeable future.

Watching with the updated special effects on for a change.

@barrytopping.com What are your feelings on how your work is represented in Musicbrainz? At the moment you've your own artist page (musicbrainz.org/artist/eb58d...) but also one for The Needs (musicbrainz.org/artist/e3614...), but some of the Needs releases are on your page.

Generating ideas for series using GenAI. Expanding those ideas into a season arc using GenAI. Summarising those arcs into synopsis using GenAI. Asking GenAI for projected viewing figures based on the synopsis. Passing on it because it doesn't look like it'd be popular.

Is this a thing? Aside from Wagamama, I don't think I've come across it www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

There's a sign up in the dentist's waiting room saying "22 hours lost to missed appointments this month". Forty five minutes after my appointment was due to start, they tell me they're running behind and I'll need to come back later. I round up and adjust the sign to 23.

The BIRDCAGE Original Soundtrack is out now! Featuring 40+ minutes of hyper-electronic, techno, rock and orchestra-infused sounds.🕊️🥚 nostoppingepoch.bandcamp.com/album/birdca...

As the channel morphs into BBC2 at six o'clock, I become more and more its target demographic

One day I will go to Thought Bubble.

ようやくよつばと3巻を読んでいる。長い間戸棚にあるんだ。これのほうが1巻が手軽な読むのです。私の日本語が上手になる。

Finally started reading Mech Cadets, possibly recommended by @colinbell.bsky.social, and it's a great!

@arrowvideo.bsky.social Is there a central point I can find where these screenings are going to be? Are there any planned for Scotland?

They're rebooting Deathstalker? Fine, I'm in.

Time for some Horror at Fang Rock with lunch.

Very nearly a year since we released The Needs and you can grab the extremely nice looking, extremely good sounding vinyl from the @blackscreenrecords.com sale! blackscreenrecords.com/products/the...

Bumped into an old friend I haven't seen for several years...decades? Him: "Still writing code?" Me: "Oh aye, still at it" Him: "Fuck that AI nonsense, right?" Double whammy of pleasant morning feelings.

Is there a WORDPRESS PLUMBER reading this? We have some digital pipes that need fixing. A logo that went down the wrong tube, some type sizes that have caused a blockage . . . that kind of thing. Not an emergency, more a tuning up with two or three Google fonts. Please post or DM. Many thanks.

"Monkey tennis?"

Strongly considering shifting my work day to include 2-4am so that when I'm inevitably awake and staring at the ceiling, I can at least run down the daily count of work hours.