Aka Sunday 24th March 2019
Had my long walk today and walked 12.01km (7.46miles) in 2
hour 24 minutes and 01 seconds, which burnt 1,361 calories and took 15,734
steps:
The reason it was a longer long walk today is that I had to go into town
to get some nails…and why did I need to get some nails?, because my bed broke
at about 3am this morning. A nail holding a 30ish cm long piece of wood in
place broke and therefore stopped supporting some of the bed slats…so I needed
the nails to hold that piece of wood in place…and once I had done that, I got
back to my exercise routine and did some weight work…
…aside from exercising and working out I:
…watched ‘Lake Placid’, a ‘90’s horror comedy about a lake
called Placid, which becomes home to a giant crocodile, who has started chomping
down on people. So, a rag tag team of the local sheriff, a Fish and Game
officer, a paleontologist and a mythology professor/crocodile enthusiast join
up to remove the crocodile to a safer, secure place (safer for him and secure
so he’s not chomping on people!). David E Kelly, the writer, does a good job of
balancing the horror and the comedy (and the film canbe viewed as a straight horror
comedy or a as a parody of these types of film) and it’s well directed (by Steve
Miner) and has a great cast, including Bill Pullman, Bridget Jane Fonda, Oliver
Platt, Brendan Gleeson (who does a great job as the put upon sarcastic sheriff),
and Betty White. 7/10.
…and read some comics:
‘By Night’ #9 (by John Allison, script, Christine Larsen,
pencils and inks, Sarah Stern, letters, and Grace Park, design) is a fun issue
that takes a darker turn as we flashback to when the portal was created and how
Chet Charles ended up living in the Other-Side/Portal World. Meanwhile in the
present-day forces are moving in on the portal generator and the gang will have
to move smartly to ensure that the Other-Side/Portal World stays safe. As it’s
a flashback episode, set in 1990, the whole issue has a nice ‘90’s comics (with
a touch of 'The X-Files') feel to it, even down to a Marvel style ‘Boom!Box
Bulletins’ page of an artist pro-file, hype box and check list. 8/10.
In ‘Assassin Nation’ #1 (by Kyle Starks, writer, Erica
Henderson, artist, and Deron Bennett, letterer) mob boss Rankin is being
targeted by an unknown hitman/woman and he has barely escaped several attempts
on his life, sorry he hires twenty of the world’s best assassins to protect
him. And it goes downhill from there! If you’ve read Mr Starks previous work,
you’ll know that there is plenty of humour and OTT violence, which co-creator
Ms Henderson adds to and depicts in beautiful detail. There are plenty of
humour and character moments, and the story barrels along, barley pausing for
breath. 8/10.
‘Accell’ #19 (by Joe Casey, writer, Ramon Bachs, DC Hopkins,
letterer, and Sigmund Torre, colours) wraps up the multi-villain fight as Danny
manages to pull himself together (literally), with a little help from his
friends, and defeats them one by one. It also appears to end the first chapter
of Danny’s new life as a superhero. It’s not clear if this is just the end of
Joe Casey’s run or if the book has ended for now, but the last few pages do
give the impression of settling things and tying up some of the loose ends but
leaving enough of other people to play with. Which is a slight shame as you can
tell that Mr Casey enjoys writing a speedster and the art team (of Mr Bachs,
Hopkins and Torre) have done a great job of creating a real world while
extraordinary things happen (and still feel part of that world). 7/10.
‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ #3 (Jordie Bellaire, writer, Dan
Mora, illustrator, Raul Anguloa, colours, and Ed Dukeshire, letterer) is great, the
story has a perfect balance of action, character moments/development and
emotion. We get to see Buffy on patrol, Giles playing at the café, the Scooby
gang in action, a big battle with a giant bat and Spike and Dru aren’t a couple?!?!
(although maybe it’s just that Dru is the boss and not Spike? Is Spike being sarky when he calls her Mistress or is Dru the new 'Master'?). I did have a
little trouble following a couple of the panels of the big fight, but that is a
very minor quibble and the team do a great job in capturing the spirit of Buffy
and putting it in a modern setting. 9/10.
…also, my nephew made this real-life TD Battles green bloon:
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