"Ty Nye Odin" - You Are Not Alone

And Once Again - Bitten By The Coincidence Hydra
How many times are you likely to come across the word "Odin" where you're not reading about Norse mythology?
     I ask because yesterday I was watching an episode of "Archer" where the ISIS* organisation was desperately trying to obtain a UN contract from Torvald Uttne, against their competitors.  Who were called - ah you guessed already - ODIN.
     Then, although I should expect this sort of thing when reading Thomas Pynchon, I come across those teenage gangsters Misha and Grisha singing that song in the title on page 466 of "Bleeding Edge".  I know that "One" in Russian is "Adin" so it's quite understandable that "Alone" is "Odin" -
     - but still!

I Googled "Zombie Hamster" and this came up.

     It also brought back a tagline I had for a future-war sci-fi film, where Hom. Sap. is fighting an enemy just as scinetifically advanced yet fantastically more numerous.
     "We are not alone" - which would have been at the top of the poster.
     Then you have a collage of destroyed human interstellar warships in orbit over Earth, and at the bottom -
     "But we'll wish we were."
     I could work this up as a treatment if you think there's any mileage in it?
     But for now, let the motley begin!

"Preacher"
Once again Conrad is surprised by i) Reality and ii) Television programming.
     Wonder Wifey was calmly stating that she'd seen the pilot episode of "Preacher".
     Not the comic book? queried your humble scribe.
     Oh yes.
     With Cassidy the Irish Vampire?
     Indeed.
     WHAT?!
     Colour me surprised.  Not only is the comic pretty gory source material, it concerns a preacher - one who drinks, rather, with self-doubt and a propensity for violence, as well as God abandoning Heaven, the offspring of angels and devils and - well, somewhat CONTROVERSIAL! one would think, certainly not likely to be - and yet here we are.

Ooooh!  He smokes as well!

     Also of note are the Executive Producers, Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, who created the series in the first place.  So, what you see is what they intended you to see.
     One to keep an eye on.

Cassidy, Jesse the Preacher and Tulip
Don't cross any of them!

A Screed Upon The Screen
You all know Conrad, a horrid old scurmudgeon at the best of times, and never more so when looking at the advertising for films he doesn't like the look of.
     If you want to treasure the image of your fellow man as being essentially good, you might want to avoid the rest of this post.
     Okay, let the poison flow!
     "Warcraft":  Imagine, if you will, a photocopy.  Then photocopy that.  And again.  And again.  Do this ten times and by that time it may still be recognisable, if only barely, from the original. Thus "Warcraft", a 10th generation clone of "Lord of the Rings".  Also, I believe the inspiration behind the film is a game, which is not a good pedigree for any film.  I shudder to think what went on in the boardroom that approved this.

A whatsit

Board members en route to the boardroom ...

   
  "Dirty Grandpa": You what?  Remarkably clean, don't you think?  Is this a wrestling film?  Bah.  I just can't be both

Hmmm.  no, actually, Mehhh.

     "Love And Friendship": Conrad tends to dismiss all this genre in 3 words:  Big Skirt Film.  I think you'll find that's an accurate and concise critical description.  What?  You want more?  Alright, doubtless there will be heaving bosoms** and dark leading men.  Chick Flick.  AVOID!

Really?  because that sounds really creepy.

"Redshirts"
If you've seen the original series of that obscure cult favourite "Star Trek" then you'll know the standing joke about Security staff, who all wear redshirts and are pretty much disposable cannon - excuse me - phaser-fodder***.  The only red shirt not to die horribly in every episode is Scotty, because - because - actually I'm not sure.  Perhaps his is a subtly different hue?
     Well, those chaps on "Mission Log" discovered a card game called "Redshirts". Art?

     The idea is to generate missions and scenarios and - first to get rid of all their Redshirts wins; except other players are trying to save your hapless phaser-fodder and indeed give you more redshirts if at all possible.
     One interesting point - it's completely unofficial and unauthorised, so it can't actually mention any of the copyrighted names.  You can't tell above but that hand-held energy weapon is a "Fayzor".

And we're at count!  I don't know if there'll be a second post today.  Probably.  I feel inspired.


*  Er - the series was created years and years ago.
**  Beneath dresses of course.  SFW don't you know
*** No nonsense about "phaser-phodder" here!