Spawn: Origins Collection, Vol.1 by Todd McFarlane
#6 Payback Part 1 [the end]
As mentioned when I read #5, my very next issue of Spawn is also an ending, because I've switch to a different series of graphic novel collections (a digital one). Yes, they chose to end the volume on a "Part One". I guess nothing says "all of the books in this series will contain the same number of issues and we're assuming you're just gonna buy them all" more than that.
Spawn: Origins Collection, Vol.2 by Todd McFarlane
#7 Payback Part 2
Feels kinda silly splitting a two-parter that I read in one sitting like this, but this is technically how I read 'em, so that's how I list 'em.
Thursday 18 April 2024
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Fiction
Doctor Who: The New Adventures
Timewyrm: Exodus by Terrance Dicks
Part 3, Chapters 11–15
Part 4, Chapters 1–2
Epilogue + Coda [the end]
Far be it from me to criticise the wonderful Terrance Dicks, but that epilogue... it's not an epilogue, it's a chapter; a proper, concluding part of the story. It bugs me a bit whenever books do that. Especially as then there's a "coda" too, for a bit which is an epilogue.
Ah well. It's an enjoyable read overall, and a small bit of misnaming at the end can't undermine that too much.
Timewyrm: Exodus by Terrance Dicks
Part 3, Chapters 11–15
Part 4, Chapters 1–2
Epilogue + Coda [the end]
Far be it from me to criticise the wonderful Terrance Dicks, but that epilogue... it's not an epilogue, it's a chapter; a proper, concluding part of the story. It bugs me a bit whenever books do that. Especially as then there's a "coda" too, for a bit which is an epilogue.
Ah well. It's an enjoyable read overall, and a small bit of misnaming at the end can't undermine that too much.
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Monday 15 April 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x10 Waste and Webs [1st half]
At some point maybe I'll tire of watching this relentlessly and get back to a greater mix of viewing; but right now, I just want to spend most of my time watching Critical Role, so...
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Talks Machina
#57 'Steam and Conversation'
Watched this first, obv, but still listing things alphbetically.
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x10 Waste and Webs [1st half]
At some point maybe I'll tire of watching this relentlessly and get back to a greater mix of viewing; but right now, I just want to spend most of my time watching Critical Role, so...
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Talks Machina
#57 'Steam and Conversation'
Watched this first, obv, but still listing things alphbetically.
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Sunday 14 April 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x09 Steam and Conversation
Yay, a Doctor Who reference! (Yes, that fleeting moment is my primary takeaway from this near-four-hour episode. Would you expect anything else?)
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
2x09 Steam and Conversation
Yay, a Doctor Who reference! (Yes, that fleeting moment is my primary takeaway from this near-four-hour episode. Would you expect anything else?)
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Saturday 13 April 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x08 The Gates of Zadash [2nd half]
This was a bit of an "eh, fine" transitional/travel episode (with one killer joke; although a joke where the cultural reference doesn't travel to the UK, but the cast's reaction is hilarious) — that is, until Pumat Sol turns up, at which point it becomes sublime.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Talks Machina
#56 'The Gates of Zadash'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x08 The Gates of Zadash [2nd half]
This was a bit of an "eh, fine" transitional/travel episode (with one killer joke; although a joke where the cultural reference doesn't travel to the UK, but the cast's reaction is hilarious) — that is, until Pumat Sol turns up, at which point it becomes sublime.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Talks Machina
#56 'The Gates of Zadash'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
At the end of last month I mentioned there might be a record-breaking week on the way due to a couple of large orders from the US I'd just placed. Well, they arrived this week, alongside a few UK orders, and... it didn't quite make it!
I say that — it depends how you count these things. Because I acquired 21 new titles this week, which is a tie for the previous record; but, because so many were upgrades (mostly DVD straight to 4K, plus a swap of one Blu-ray edition for another), the net increase is only +15, whereas the previous record was +17. So, in one respect it's a tie, and in another it's a couple short. (In case you were wondering (I certainly did), the 8 increase for UHD is a lot, but the record is 10 from last September.)
Number of titles in collection: 3,271 [up 15]
Of which DVDs: 1,005 [down 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,266 [up 18]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 344 [up 8]
Number of discs in collection: 7,944 [up 33]
Number of films: 4,031 [up 20]
Number of additional cuts: 375 [up 9]
Number of TV episodes: 9,691 [up 18]
Number of short films: 1,129 [no change]
Aside from getting carried away with US orders (I placed one postage-spreading large order, then discovered a title I'd wanted that I'd missed, and ended up finding enough more for another postage-spreading large order; and my willpower was too weak to resist just ordering them all), the other main news this week comes from my UK purchases: I now own a truly ridiculous number of copies of Enter the Dragon — especially as it's the only Bruce Lee film I've actually seen (watched on TV many moons ago) and I didn't care for it that much (I've always assumed I'll 'get it' when I go back to it, I just haven't yet). So, I own it on a DVD I've never watched, which I've kept because it has an exclusive feature-length documentary; then it was part of Criterion's Bruce Lee Blu-ray set; then I also bought Arrow's Bruce Lee 4K UHD set, which again includes it on Blu-ray; and now I've bought the standalone 4K copy. And, for special features / "it's part of a box set" reasons, I'll be keeping all of those, even though I'll only ever watch the new 4K disc now. Collecting physical media gets silly sometimes...
See you next week, faithful reader.
At the end of last month I mentioned there might be a record-breaking week on the way due to a couple of large orders from the US I'd just placed. Well, they arrived this week, alongside a few UK orders, and... it didn't quite make it!
I say that — it depends how you count these things. Because I acquired 21 new titles this week, which is a tie for the previous record; but, because so many were upgrades (mostly DVD straight to 4K, plus a swap of one Blu-ray edition for another), the net increase is only +15, whereas the previous record was +17. So, in one respect it's a tie, and in another it's a couple short. (In case you were wondering (I certainly did), the 8 increase for UHD is a lot, but the record is 10 from last September.)
Number of titles in collection: 3,271 [up 15]
Of which DVDs: 1,005 [down 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,266 [up 18]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 344 [up 8]
Number of discs in collection: 7,944 [up 33]
Number of films: 4,031 [up 20]
Number of additional cuts: 375 [up 9]
Number of TV episodes: 9,691 [up 18]
Number of short films: 1,129 [no change]
Aside from getting carried away with US orders (I placed one postage-spreading large order, then discovered a title I'd wanted that I'd missed, and ended up finding enough more for another postage-spreading large order; and my willpower was too weak to resist just ordering them all), the other main news this week comes from my UK purchases: I now own a truly ridiculous number of copies of Enter the Dragon — especially as it's the only Bruce Lee film I've actually seen (watched on TV many moons ago) and I didn't care for it that much (I've always assumed I'll 'get it' when I go back to it, I just haven't yet). So, I own it on a DVD I've never watched, which I've kept because it has an exclusive feature-length documentary; then it was part of Criterion's Bruce Lee Blu-ray set; then I also bought Arrow's Bruce Lee 4K UHD set, which again includes it on Blu-ray; and now I've bought the standalone 4K copy. And, for special features / "it's part of a box set" reasons, I'll be keeping all of those, even though I'll only ever watch the new 4K disc now. Collecting physical media gets silly sometimes...
See you next week, faithful reader.
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