Raithe

“I must not hype. Hype is the mind-killer. Hype is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face the hype. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the hype has gone there will be nothing. Only the film will remain.” - The Litany

Apparently he's had it awhile, they still have to do further tests to figure it out. However the specialist referred to it as "complicated", so, eh, who knows what state it's in just yet.

My father has been having that batch of medical check-ups the last couple of weeks, diagnosis finally coming back that it's bowel cancer. Looks like a lot of serious conversations to be had going forward. Coming out of pandemic lockdown, the start of the jobhunt after a month's chill down from contract end, and now this to stir in the pot.

Quelle Surprise.... https://thehackernews.com/2021/07/us-and-global-allies-accuse-china-of.html

New Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Will Bring Back Characters from the '80s Cartoon Series (movieweb.com) Okay, so tangentially related to TV, but still...

To me, it felt like everyone was enjoying themselves in that version of the Three Musketeers, embracing a certain steampunk campness, Orlando in particular seemed to just going full-tilt chew the scenery, twirl the moustache villainy. That combined with some quite entertaining fight choreography was worth the watch. But it sounds like you missed the end sequence which kind of left the film hanging on a potential cliffhanger. On other matters that might be mildly interesting to a few folks: https://filmschoolrejects.com/dances-with-wolves-native-lens/ Or "What do John J. Dunbar and every sad white guy in romantic dramedies have in common?"

I've been on a bit of a bumpf on my classic pulp call back films. So even when there are glitches or I disagree with some comments made, I do like to re-post and share links to folks who are showing the love for them. It's one of my geek things that I'm always surprised by how few people are aware of The Shadow and that early genre. Orson Welles chuckle...

The joys of language..