I share Gabe’s sense of wonder. And I barely get a rounding error’s worth of the backtalk that Penny Arcade must rack up.
Author: Moe_Lane
‘Roadhouse Blues.’
The SEE HOW THEY RUN trailer.
SEE HOW THEY RUN looks fun. It also has Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in it, and I like both of them*. Of course, I still have yet to sit down and watch KNIVES OUT. Maybe this weekend…
*Yes, I have seen LITTLE WOMEN. I go to see LITTLE WOMEN every time a new version of it is in theaters. What’s it to you?
The June Patreon stuff is up!
Huzzah! And my kinda-sort mini-vacation is almost at an end.
- Short story: Market Day at the PECZ. A Fermi Resolution story! It originally showed up as a stretch goal, but that particular collection is wayyyyy down the publishing queue, so Patrons can have it now.
- RPG: Ashes of Empire, Part 5b: Aluria and The Unknown Shores. More gazeteering! Next up: the war, the postwar world, and the usual suggestions for running campaigns.
THE INVITATION trailer.
I am a little disappointed in THE INVITATION trailer. It’s practically blinking DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOME VAMPIRES? in giant, carmine-red letters. I was hoping for a little more subtlety, and a lot less of the plot arc. But such is the nature of trailers. At least there’s all that repressed eroticism going on.
Moe Lane
PS: I am letting the implied class/social commentary slide. All vampire stories have class and/or social commentary in them. You can’t escape it, so it’s like getting upset at July for being 95 degrees out. What were you expecting, a blizzard?
Russell Crowe to star in exorcist biopic.
That’s me, hedging my bets: “Russell Crowe Set To Star in a Supernatural Horror Thriller THE POPE’S EXORCIST.” Or possibly just managing my expectations. A biopic where there’s never anything overtly, unambiguously supernatural going on could still be pretty dang good, especially if Crowe’s playing the part of the exorcist. Indeed, you could even argue that this is the proper way to portray the life of real-life Vatican exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth.
But who am I kidding? I want clouds of brimstone, hot women impossibly crawling on the ceiling while hissing, and balefire erupting from cracks on the ground while Crowe’s yelling in Latin. I’m not ashamed of being a Philistine. Never have been, really. Besides, when you start with the title THE POPE’S EXORCIST, you’re kind of promising something that can live up to such a rocking title.
‘Tequila.’
There is a mysterious rocket body crater on the moon.
Somebody should go and take a closer look at it. …And pretty soon, we should actually be able to. We are so tantalizingly close to actually having rocketships…
Via @RobinDLaws.
Better Dead Reds [The Day After Ragnarok]
I just said I wasn’t doing any real work. Farting around like this is actually good for me.
The Widdershins Apothecary Enamel Pins and Stickers Kickstarter.
My kid likes strange and often macabre pins, so the Widdershins Apothecary Enamel Pins and Stickers Kickstarter stuff will be right up his alley. Besides, Kate Ashwin does one of my favorite webcomics. One of these days I’ll get her to do cover art for me…