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Thanks for the info!

Looking forward to so much of this! Especially the chance to finally get to read Firekind, and get caught up on Indigo Prime, which I remember loving when I was first reading 2000AD.

The inclusion of Brink is also great news, as I've been looking to get caught up with that series as well.

Anyone any idea how they will pad out The Small House? Might they include Titan?

Titan was included in the Judge Dredd collection but Enceladus wasn't so that ought to make up the page count with the Small House.

Thanks!

Loved the Small House, and looking forward to seeing the majority of the storyline collected together, in a lovely HC edition.

FIREKIND GET THE FUCK IN

So, its a bit good then? 

So I asked again about the extension and here's what they said!

Hey Dan,
Here is a list of the issues which will feature in the extension, please take into account that the issue order is subject to change, however:
81 - Flesh
82 - Firekind
83 - The Red Seas
84 - Lobster Random
85 - Savage:  The Guv'nor
86 - Ten-Seconders
87 - The Red Seas Vol 2
88 - Brink
89 - Fiends of the Eastern Front
90 - Greysuit
91 - VCs
92 - Indigo Prime
93 - The Red Seas Vol 3
94 - Dominion
95 - Savage:  Rise Like Lions
96 - Jaegir
97 - Grey Area
98 - Defoe
99 - Inigo Prime Vol 2
100 - VC's Vol 2
101 - The Red Seas Vol 4
102 - Mercy Heights
103 - Absalom
104 - Brink Vol 2
105 - The Order
106 - Grey Area Vol 2
107 - Defoe Vol 2
108 - Tales of Telguuth
109 - Tyranny Rex
110 - Judge Dredd:  the Small House
111 - Strontium Dog:  Repo Men
Hope this helps!

Thanks for the info!

Looking forward to so much of this! Especially the chance to finally get to read Firekind, and get caught up on Indigo Prime, which I remember loving when I was first reading 2000AD.

The inclusion of Brink is also great news, as I've been looking to get caught up with that series as well.

Anyone any idea how they will pad out The Small House? Might they include Titan?

Thanks for the recommendation, folks. Another title added to my pile!

Mostly digital now, other than the Ultimate collection, and using Ebay sporadically to catch up on the Mega Collection. I've bought lots of physical editions of 2000AD collections, the likes of Luke Kirby, Zenith etc. but am entirely content now to realise that its most likely all digital in future owing to space, cost, having got married. Mind you, the digital purchases are mostly collections, and even then, I definitely don't purchase as much as I used to.

We had our loft converted into a small cinema room, with a bookcase, and two Billy cases laid on their sides on either side of the room to provide temporary space to store books, comics, DVDs and Blu-rays, but I can easily see myself selling all but a few items over the next few years.

Cummings now apparently been caught out amending his blog, on the day after he returned from his "Test Drive", to make mention of Coronavirus / SARs "fears."

But, that'll be the fault of the Press as well.

Open Letter to UK Government: "Do you want our PPE or not?"

https://medium.com/@change.orgUK/open-letter-to-uk-government-do-you-want-our-ppe-or-not-fce832e6e37a

Dr X, wishing you and yours all the best.

Alfred Molina is probably the best villain in the history of comic book movies, certainly the best performance.

Such a performance. From amiable, caring and considerate husband, to vicious, cruel villain who, thankfully, redeems himself. Just a fantastic performance from an amazing actor.

Colin, you are spot on, Spider-Man 3 just did not have the heart of the first two, and the character development.

JamesC, Totally agree. A second trilogy with Venom as the Big Bad would have been the way to go.

Darkman.

I hadn't seen this since renting it on VHS in the early 90s.
A really enjoyable, fun, comic book style film. It's much better than I remembered. It's a pretty simple tale of revenge with some horror elements and humour. Liam Neason in full on crazy mode is great fun - he should do more stuff like this.

Recently re-watched it, and couldn't;'t agree more.

Sam Raimi gets so much out of everyone in the movie, the crew and what could have been an utter car wreck of a movie is made into something with a lot of heart, and some lovely set-pieces and moments of almost surreal humour.

Will be intriguing to see what he does with a Marvel property, especially in a movie system that doesn't seem to gel very well with maverick film makers with unique voices and styles.

He did pretty much start the big superhero boom I guess with Spiderman 1-3, but as happy as I was to see one of my favourite directors get massive like that I was a little sad that there wasn't more of the Raimi style that made me love the Evil Dead movies. There were glimpses of Evil Dead Raimi here and there in Spiderman 2 but by 3 it seemed like the system had knocked a lot of the character out of him.

Was really glad when Drag Me To Hell came out and showed the old Raimi was still in there and still had it! Hopefully he'll bring some of that gusto to this, if the word about it being a more horror-tinged Marvel film then it could be absolutely perfect for him.

A shame we will probably never get to see Raimi finish up the Evil Dead series on the big screen. I've watched the majority of the TV show, and while it certainly has its moments, it just doesn't have that Raimi magic.

Spider-Man 3 really was a mess, and a massive disappointment, from what he has said, it was Studio interference and a rush to get it made, which he partly takes blame for, that left us with such an underwhelming movie. He thought he would have got to put things right with a fourth movie, which was supposedly going to have The Vulture as villain, but that didn't pan out.

Dr Strange, with his sense of humour, and schlocky effects, could be a real treat.

Recently re-watched Drag Me To Hell, and it is just a superb movie. It just never pays to be the hero in a Raimi movie, and here is hoping that at some stage we get to see a new, original Raimi horror movie.

Darkman.

I hadn't seen this since renting it on VHS in the early 90s.
A really enjoyable, fun, comic book style film. It's much better than I remembered. It's a pretty simple tale of revenge with some horror elements and humour. Liam Neason in full on crazy mode is great fun - he should do more stuff like this.

Recently re-watched it, and couldn't;'t agree more.

Sam Raimi gets so much out of everyone in the movie, the crew and what could have been an utter car wreck of a movie is made into something with a lot of heart, and some lovely set-pieces and moments of almost surreal humour.

Will be intriguing to see what he does with a Marvel property, especially in a movie system that doesn't seem to gel very well with maverick film makers with unique voices and styles.

Asked some Qs:

TOM
Hello all, I wanted to ask whether we will still see the extension to this collection? The news was there would be 110 issues - 30 past the original 80. Is that still the case? And if so, could you say whether we will see any more Judge Dredd books in that 30? Or the series called Firekind? A favourite! Thank you.

2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection
Hi Tom. Thank you for your message. Yes the extension for this collection is still going ahead to a total of 110 books. Unfortunately I have not been informed what series will be in this extension. Apologies for the inconvenience. - Ross

Nice to know that the extension is still on!

Mind you, the suspense of what will be included in it is killing me!

Turandot, by Pavarotti.

Always reminds me of the Summer when my brother was born, the first World Cup I can remember and being young, with not a worry in the world.

Every time I hear it, as well as being an absolutely beautiful, emotional and powerful piece of music, I am drawn back to that summer and have so many memories and associations that well up in me when the music starts.

Music is 'effin awesome!

That intro to The Fog is definitely up there with the all-time great movie openings. So much atmosphere in that campfire ghost story, and sets you up perfectly for what the film is. I've always loved In The Mouth of Madness too, it has some of my favourite Carpenter moments. The scene where [spoiler]Sam Neill is looking through the torn page into the void while the book is being read is incredible, a fantastic example of letting the viewer's imagination do the the bulk of the work and one of the most atmospheric horror movie scenes out there[/spoiler].

I watched it with my wife a few months ago, she'd never seen it and it's always a bit hit and miss how well these things hold up, but it went down brilliantly and is one of her favourite Carpenter movies (and her very favourite Carpenter theme - I love the story behind that where he had temp scored it with Enter Sandman by Metallica and then couldn't use that so he basically wrote his own version of it. Once you know that it's pretty obvious that was the inspiration, definitely one of his most rocking themes!)

Ha! I didn't know that, Keef! I'll have to dig out my copy for a Friday night rewatch!

Always loved this movie, which, seems to be considered a lesser Carpenter offering by a lot of people.

Mans a genius. Just a shame he now seems to be completely retired.

The Fog is a wonderful, atmospheric movie.

Worth it for the opening scene with the Ghost story being told on the beach. Lovely scene.