Raithe

For a lengthy (but arty) and kind of amusing tumblr post: https://at.tumblr.com/elliottkay/dduane-fostertheory-olderthannetfic/c2epp38bmmrd That starts with the premise older lotr illustrations sometimes depict éowyn wearing ridiculously small armour. apart from the problem general sexualisation of the only female character (who really does anything), there’s another hilarious thought: éowyn pretended to be dernhelm, a man. to fit in, she must have worn men’s armor. so the armor in the illustrations is normal for rohirrim.

Willow wasn't.. outrageously disappointing. At least, the first two episodes are just focused on world building and setting things up and for what they are do that job competently. The style, clothes, and look all work well. You have a bunch of decent actors doing a professional job, but I have to admit nothing has managed to grab me in a rip-roaring swashbucklery fantasy adventure feel yet. It's interesting to see how much they've veered away from the ideas of the sequel trilogy Chris Claremont wrote with George Lucas' input back in the early 90's for this show. But I do feel they've missed an element by not working in the "Willow Ufgood? Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time..." line. I'll probably watch at least another couple of episodes to see where they go with it and see how the mood catches.

Which also means it's time for...

Tis the season...

Amazon Already Has The Next Great Fantasy Series, And It Isn't The Rings Of Power (looper.com)

https://impakter.com/eu-hosted-gala-party-in-metaverse-how-it-went/ The EU threw a gala in the metaverse... and 6 people showed up.

Well... Khan did come out of the 90's....

Still some way off but... https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/exclusive-dredd-2-happening-karl-urban.html

https://www.slashfilm.com/1114017/goncharov-explained-how-the-internet-discovered-a-lost-martin-scorsese-film/