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#46
Film & TV / Re: On telly this week
09 January, 2024, 04:35:04 PM
Quote from: GoGilesGo on 20 December, 2023, 06:34:58 AM
Quote from: Link Prime on 19 December, 2023, 11:41:26 PMFear not, the Beeb & Abbott Gatiss have another new Ghost Story for Christmas airing this weekend on Christmas Eve;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gz411g

I read this earlier in the year, unearthing some non-Holmes Conan Doyle. It's very good.

Never read it, but it has to be better than this adaptation.
Worst AGSFC of all time? A universal thumbs down from everyone at our Christmas table.
#47
Film & TV / Re: Current TV Boxset Addiction
09 January, 2024, 04:29:56 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 22 November, 2023, 06:21:19 PMI've just spent an hour immersed in the wonderful world of Fargo as Season Five kicks off with a jolly good episode. Just popped in to say that before passing on to the second episode and then a week of champing at the bit.

I want it Now, dammit!



Another success for Hawley + team. Rare to get a 100% hit rate after 5 seasons.

Random thought every time he's on screen: Jon Hamm for Dredd?

#48
General / Re: Best Dredd Strips of 2023 (Prog Edition)
09 January, 2024, 04:24:52 PM
Has this been the fist year with zero Wagner Dredd in the Prog?

I'll vote:

1) Dredd Vs Robo-Hunter. A really enjoyable, humorous one-off with spot on characterization for both Joe and Sam.
2) A Fallen Man. A very solid end to this trilogy. Excellent tale all told.
3) Succession. Manco's mind blowing art elevated this one a few notches.

NB - No longer a Meg reader, so this is the perfect format for me.
#49
Film & TV / Re: Rebel Moon (2023)
03 January, 2024, 05:21:43 PM
Anecdotally, I know a lot of non-genre fans who watched this over the holiday period and really liked it.
I though it was watchable, but nothing special.
Better than Episodes VII / VIII, but that's no stretch.

Worst sin was the not very memorable ship designs.
#50
General / Re: Best prog cover of 2023
03 January, 2024, 05:16:21 PM
I'll vote for:

1) Prog 2330 (S tier effort from Manco)
2) Prog 2326 (Love the logo incorporated into the Biochip)
3) Prog 2317 (Beautiful art + design)
#51
General / Re: Best 2000 AD strips of 2023 (non-Dredd)
03 January, 2024, 05:09:04 PM
Really surprised myself with this, but my votes go:

1) Helium
2) Rogue Trooper
3) Hope

HM:
Proteus Vex
The Out
Azimuth
#52
Announcements / Re: The Letters Beast - Online!
03 January, 2024, 04:54:47 PM
You know how it goes Rick, once he got to the top he stopped caring.
#53
News / Re: Sad News about John M Burns
03 January, 2024, 04:46:22 PM
Awful news to start the year.

RIP.
#54
Irish Squaxx will be amused by the fact my missus picked this Prog up this morning from the kitchen table assuming it was the Christmas edition of the RTE Guide...a more apt comparison for content I could not make.

I regret to report that this was the poorest End Of Year Programme in almost a quarter century for this benignly demanding reader.

First, the good:

Azimuth, and the most exciting Anderson appearance since she was thrown off a building by Jay De'ath. Wonderful stuff.

Fiends is a regularly strong Thrill, and this was a perfect 10 pager of Christmas horror.

Helium really was worth the wait it seems, as part 11 of this ongoing second series will attest.

The promo pages for Thistlebone and The Out look great, giving me some hope for '24.

The bad, ugly and indifferent make up the remaining 70% of the Prog.

A head scratcher of a Dredd that makes the Jonni Kiss story read like Watchmen, forget em whilst actually reading em outings for Rogue and Anderson, a bizarre / cringe Strontium Dog that reinforces the belief that the strip should be retired and the unreadable-from-the-get-go one-two punch of Enemy Earth and Devils Railroad.

I would usually bite my lip if one or two Thrills from any given Prog don't win me over, as there is regularly more to enjoy than not.

"The art is good", I love you all etc, but it's a Bah Humbug and Boo Urns for this turkey.
#55
Film & TV / Re: On telly this week
19 December, 2023, 11:41:26 PM
Fear not, the Beeb & Abbott Gatiss have another new Ghost Story for Christmas airing this weekend on Christmas Eve;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gz411g
#56
General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024
19 December, 2023, 11:33:28 PM
The craft of Simon Davis is reason enough to buy this comic in 2024.
#57
Quote from: Richard on 19 December, 2023, 11:19:40 PM
QuoteMaybe Cult of the Thugee from 1991's Judge Dredd Mega-Special?
Thanks for finding that, but I'm thinking specifically of one where two hammers falling in opposite directions collide with someone's head between them.


Donnie Wahlberg in Saw IV comes to mind.

#58
News / Re: Send your love to Ian Gibson
11 December, 2023, 11:32:53 AM
Not a Facebooker either, just got the sad news here.

An immense and unique talent - thank you, Ian.
#59
Film & TV / Re: Fallout TV show.
07 December, 2023, 03:20:22 PM
That looks surprisingly great.

Walton Goggins as a Ghoul - what a world.
#60
Prog / Re: Prog 2361 - Drokk Solid! Jo Stands His Ground
07 December, 2023, 03:16:50 PM
Quote from: scrotnig on 06 December, 2023, 07:51:46 AMThe Christmas Prog was always a jumping on point with an all new line up. I've noticed in recent years there's been the odd story that runs into it, now it's all of them except Dredd. Is it just me or does this....diminish it a bit?

Nuthin says "Christmas" like a random episode of Enemy Earth.