Dread

Barry season finale sure felt like a series finale.

Caught up on The Boys. Gleefully chaotic. Started Hacks season 2. Still one of the best shows on TV. Watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and loving it.

Cool. I'll check Hopefully it's on Canadian Netflix. Unless it's a Netflix production. Then it will definitely be there. Over three hours as per the Bollywood usual. I'll wait until my surgery next week when all I'll be doing is watching shit.

Is this the INdian action film? Where do you find it?

Started Inventing Anna last night. Julia Garner is great and so is Anna Chlumsky. I'm in for the long haul. I think there's only one more episode of Barry this season, which seems insane after the latest episode.

Two episodes into Obi-wan Kenobi and it's already way better than Mandalorian (which I never bothered to watch the second season of). It's got heart. That shot of little Luke pretending to drive a podracer gave me episode one douchechills, but overall, I really dig it. Enjoy the villains. Great to see EG playing the character in a show with a director who gives a shit about actors. Good stuff.

Dirty Work: rewatched this with my sons and they loved it. The Sadness/Mega Time Squad: reviews forthcoming. The Mephisto Waltz: review forthcoming Features: 61 Shorts: 7 Documentaries: 7 Rewatches: 1

NOS4A2 season one is done. Season 2 started off really well too. Three episodes in to the new Kids In the Hall and it's some of their best work. Having all of their shit in my head since childhood and coming off binging five seasons of Key & Peele, I was virtually guaranteed to find the new KITH underwhelming. But no. It's fucking great. Episode 3 has "best single episode of a comedy show of all time" appeal. Edit: NOS4A2 season 2 is almost punishingly slow. They only had half a story going into it. Pretty easy to see that.

Riddler Year of the Villain #1: Is King Tut in the canon DCU? I wasn't aware. This was kind of fun. Savage Avengers #5: this series is so fucking good. Something is Killing the Children #1: hell of a first issue The Punisher #15: fuck. so good. Rosenberg, man. Triage #1: not my thing Vampirella-Red Sonja #1: this is a fun setup. Web of Black Widow #1: now this is more like it. This is great! Black Hammer Age of Doom #12: this series was about 6 issues too long. Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda #1: this is pretty dicey, but I dig "random character" mashup series, so I'll read a little more. Dead Man Logan #11: oh man. This is going to end extremely well methinks. Great ride so far. Flash Forward #1: no thanks. G. I. Joe #1: So I think this is a near-future thing, but definitely an Elseworlds thing. It's a fun first issue. Guardians of the Galaxy #9: this is some wild shit. I love it. Hellboy and the BPRD Saturn Returns #s 1,2: This is really cool. More the Hellboy storyline. Not so into the Liz one. House of X #5: this is fully weird. Not great. Just weird. It's interesting. Inferior Five #1: This is fucking wild. Keith Giffen and Jeff Lemire.In no way is this what you suspect. Killers #3: yeah, this is really solid. Lex Luthor Year of the Villain #1: this is a little exhausting.This type of story. It's overused in comics. Monster World-The Golden Age #3: still really weird and good. Second Coming #3: I'm done with this. Spider-Man #1: the series that JJ Abrams and his son wrote, and all I have to say is WTF? No thanks. Strayed #2: and I'm out. The Black Ghost #1: Don't like this art. Valkyrie- Jane Foster #3: still good. Vampirella #3: lots of Vampirella comics out there. This run isn't very good. I'm out. You Are Obsolete #1: not enough interest for me to continue. Do not dig the art. Batman/Superman #2: this is pretty cool thus far. Captain America #14: This one was a dud. Fearless #3:as always, the main story is really great and the backups are not. Justice League Dark #15: still excellent. Mall #2: This doesn't feel like it's going anywhere. Don't end a first issue on a cliffhanger showing the premise of the whole book and then follow it up with some boring-ass office shit. Ugh. Wasted potential. Marvel Comics Presents #9: Hey, Wolverine has been the lead story in this whole series but we need more pages to finish the story so there's only room for one more story, so who should it be for? Wolverine again? Great idea. New Mutants: War Children #1:Claremont and Sienkiewicz reread for this one shot. Not great. Art is fantastic.Obviously. Powers of X #5: this is my favourite issue of this series. Maybe even the whole event. The future stuff is boring and lame to me. This is the shit I want. Punisher Kill Crew #3: Holy fuck. You've got to be kidding me. Last issue, This is the best road-trip comic book ever. Especially since it's Thor's goat that's pulling Punisher's van through space and shit. This is Frankencastle levels of fun and craziness. Queen of Bad Dreams #4: nope SFSX #1: Great first issue. I'm intrigued. Strikeforce #1: This one was a little clunky, but this group of characters will have me coming back for more. Superior Spider-Man #11: still so good. I'm even gonna go back and read the Slott stuff after I finish the next issue. Thanos #6: Decent ending. The whole series was kind of a big nothing though. The Plot #1: Holy shit, this is good. Even though it's pretty close to a novel WIP I've got, I still enjoy it. The White Trees #2: Great little two issue story. Tommy Gun Wizards #2: still kind of cool. Wolverine Annual 1: this is another Acts of Evil thing which is a pale comparison to Acts of Vengeance. This has Logan vs Morgana Le Fay in 1938 Hollywood. Not as good as that premise sounds. Berserker Unbound #3: shit is happening now. Bizarre Adventures #1: This was fun. Black Terror #1: This was awful. Daredevil #12: Fucking amazing Kingpin issue. Issues: 240 Trades: 2 Omnibus: 7 Graphic Novel: 2

Atroz: review forthcoming, but JESUS CHRIST! Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolfman: review forthcoming, but I needed to know Mexico was going to be ok after Atroz, so this was a palate cleanser. Dirty Work: first part of a Norm Macdonald double feature with a buddy last night. I'd never seen this before (directed by Bob Saget and also starring Artie Lange [how the fuck did he outlive both those dudes?]). It is now in my favourite comedies list. So fucking funny throughout. Norm MacDonald Nothing Special: so, Norm filmed 40 minutes of material on his laptop camera the day before he died. It isn't A material and some of it is a little cringy as the kids say, but it gets pretty emotional at a few points. Then, a panel Letterman, Chapelle, Conan O'Brien, Sandler, Spade and Molly Shannon sit around talking about him. Dave Letterman seems old because he can't let go of the "what would this have been like in front of a crowd?" question when clearly that's not what this was meant to be. It wasn't really a special of all the material he wanted out before he died. It was a goodbye. And why Molly Shannon is there when she clearly didn't even know Norm and barely says anything is beyond me. Weird presentation, but glad I watched. Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks: this is a fun, if a bit pedestrian two part documentary on the group. Some great insight and amazing footage of their earliest performances, but it's shackling to the "year-by-year" format is a little stale. 350 Days: this is ANOTHER documentary about the toll wrestling takes on its practitioners. This is interesting because there's lots of Bret Hart and Superstar Billy Graham. George the Animal Steele too. Is Ox Baker ever not in character? Features: 58 Shorts: 7 Documentaries: 7 Rewatches: 0

Well said. The Lair of the White Worm: review forthcoming, but when there's boobies in the trailer, you know you've got a wild one. Features: 55 Shorts: 7 Documentaries: 4 Rewatches: 0

Vampire Circus/Mexico Barbaro/Urban Legends/Urban Legends: Final Cut/Urban Legends Bloody Mary: reviews forthcoming. Features: 54 Shorts: 7 Documentaries: 4 Rewatches: 0

Regarding the Illuminati:

The new season of Barry is pretty full tilt.

Thanks!

History of the Marvel Universe: this is an attempt to do a modern History of the Dc Universe. Mark Waid is a good guy ton capture the kind of feel they're going for here. The realignment of the timeline by creating the fake War of Siancong to make a sliding index timeline going forward is something I've written about on Twitter, but it really is brilliant. That said, once it hits issue three, it gets a little boring with the age of the heroes. Then later on it just jumps from event to event. But the story between Franklin Richards and GHlaactus is interesting as it has a lot of compelling similarities to my overarching universe. I just happened to read this while beginning a bible of sorts for my own mythos which is sort of a Jack Kirby meets Clive barker kind of thing. Perfect time to read this. X-Men Fatal Attractions Book One: I remember this storyline more as something with the X-Men versus the Acolytes but that's a tiny part of it. There's the Legacy Virus and Illyana and the Upstarts and Colossus's slow descent into joining Magneto. There's just a lot included here. I don't know why we needed five issues of X-Factor to establish that they're not actually part of this storyline. Anyway, I'll give it a little while before tackling book two. Lois Lane #3: this is ok Loki #3:again, this is ok. Midnight Vista #1: this was excellent. I am down. Moon knight Annual 1: so this is an instalment in Acts of Evil which is an Acts of Vengeance rehash. Moon Knights across time versus Kang. Kind of fun. Old Man Quill #9: still great Pandemica #1: not for me. Powers of X #4: this was good. Punisher Kill Krew #2: fuck this was fantastic. Ferreyra's art is brilliant. Reaver #3: I'm done with this one. Issues: 192 Trades: 2 Omnibus: 7 Graphic Novel: 2

Yeah, we should all be so lucky.

Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness: of two minds on this one. I've never understood the character America Chavez, and it's clear that none of the writers knew what to do with her because she exists as a plot device. Not fond of that. Rachel McAdams had half a role this time. Not bad. More Wong please. I was really concerned for a minute there that they killed Rintrah. Probably the best part of the thing was the Illuminati sequence, and I'm a little bothered that Wanda beat them all so easily (yes yes yes multiverse, etc.). Cumberbund was tolerable here. It was nice to see a Sam Raimi movie again. I also have zero recollection of the doctor he meets at Christine's wedding. Apparently he was in the first one? I drank to forget that movie. Features: 49 Shorts: 7 Documentaries: 4 Rewatches: 0

Almost finished with season 2 of Key & Peele. I've never watched the show before, but I've seen dozens of clips. What I didn't know before watching the show is that there are interstitial segments where they talk to a live studio audience to introduce bits of whatever and it's sometimes funnier than the sketches.

Watched a couple episode of NO COVER, the new music reality show free on youtube. Not bad. Decent group of judges, and unsigned bands/artists playing original songs. I'm enjoying it.

Finished Moon Knight (super-underwhelming) and Ozark last night. That second half of season 4 of Ozark started with a cannon blast but the cannonball immediately got lost. Man, what were they thinking? As far as MK is concerned, if they're never doing a second season then why tease and introduce us to That all said, I HATED the final seconds before the credits of MK as well as episode 3 entirely, but Isaac was absolutely incredible in this show from word 1. Best performance by a wide margin in an MCU product. Edit: Now there's a new season of Barry and that new music show on Youtube (No Cover) to watch next.

Jordan Peele's GET OUT

Thanks! And no problem!

Hey @Missy, I'm trying to edit the title of this thread to make it The Spine of Night rather than the previous week's feature, but I'm not able to (or I'm dumb and forgot how).

Sad. What a legend.