Raithe

Condolences Tek.

There's a small arty cinema down here that's doing a season of cult films / 80's classics. So I got to see The Lost Boys on the big screen... Dang, that soundtrack always sticks to the mind. And dammit, now I have an urge to break out my old World of Darkness books and doodle up some characters... Oh, and Azdeus, you're perfectly welcome.

Sith Army Knife.. SithArmyKnife.mp4

On the non military matters... The thought for the day:

Laid things out to see how it looked so far : A few small things to print out and it should be good to get started on the smoothing and finishing. Although I've got to decide whether to find some design for a backplate and whether to re-do the helmet / mask properly....

Well, it could slide into politics... The Terrifying Legacy of David Koch

Caught John Wick 3 finally. Strangely unsatisfying by the end of it. It has some good moments, and it's interesting how they flesh out more of the underworld as such. But it didn't really have the emotional payoff or story depth, and by the end of it, the action sequences were feeling a bit tiring. That, and once again a semi-cliff hanger ending to it all.

Queering Psychology - What is socialization?

Now, I know they're running a lengthy "double xp" thing before the big September expansion.. But jeez, my new Jedi Knight just hit level 50 before finishing Act 1....

The Milky Ways Black Hole just flared, growing 75 times as bright for a few hours

Well as I recall, the producers had talked about how they plan to actually try to cast specific ethnicities for the different regions in the world. Since the books highlighted the different aspects so much, they want to try to do the same thing in the series. Not just have that generic mix.

I actually sat down and watched that Blood and Treasures. Entertaining, in that slightly escapist, pulpy adventure way. A bit of tension, a bit of action, a few smiles, a dash of cliche romance. A lot of good supporting actors working it along. And apparently its now been given a second season, which I'll be curious as to see just what they do with it then.

As in that mini pilot episode that was shot purely to keep the licence? In part, it was terrible, but actually, I really liked Billy Zane's role in it. It was basically that opening prologue of Eye of the World with Ishamael's almost monologue to the newly insane Lews Therin. But Zane manages to inhabit that role with that..slightly over the top zest that you expect from Ishamael.