The 70s were fantastic, weren't they? The days of real TV, like the 6 Million Dollar Man, the Greatest American Hero, Battlestar Galatica, The Hulk, Space: 1999... how may can you name, as per the picture below?
Click here for a really big version, and a smaller version. Really cool pic! (Thanks to the Bad Astronomer for pointing this out.)
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Friday, 30 January 2009
The 70s were great
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Nathan Fillion does Pron!
Believe it when you see it! Part of the PG Porn series, Nathan Fillion with adult actress Aria Giovanni!
Get it bigger! Behind the scenes with: Nathan, Aria.
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009
DW: Shining Darkness
The last of the DoctorDonna books... is a Quest Adventure! Shining Darkness by Mark Michalowski.
The formula for a Quest Adventure is quite simple: go to point A, have a mini adventure. Then go to point B, have a mini adventure... etc., etc., until finally you all meet up and try to find the palm trees in the shape of a W or whatever. Mark takes this premise... and doesn't deviate at all.
At least the setting is more interesting... potentially. It's set in the Andromeda Galaxy (so we don't get the Doctor going "I know everything about everything!"), and organics and mechanicals get on like crazy... but, eh, to be honest, it could easily have been the Milky Way, or Planet X, or... anywhere with different places to go. The Quest Adventure is flexible in that way, and Mark doesn't make full use aside from the final location.
But, hey, it's fun! Mark is trying to make a point about racism, and doesn't wait to hammer that home at many points and give the Doctor several chances to comment on it. Being a kid book, it doesn't go into dark places that others could, so the lesson isn't that deep either, but it's superficial enough that it can't belabor the point too hard.
The Doctor and Donna are split up, so Mark doesn't have to write Donna too often, but some moments with her are definitely spot on (she doesn't rant too often, though). Of the rest of the characters, Mother is the most memorable, which says a lot about the characters (note: Mother is a robot/mechanical, the others aren't).
Nice easy book to read and enjoy. Basic plot, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Order: ...wherever...
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Tuesday, 27 January 2009
The Chronicles of Risan: Part the Twenty-First
Still in the Underdark, and still not that far into our goal. Not helped when just after we wake up, there's a party of ghouls led by a Drow that decides to enter our range. Rather than bother with any of that parley nonsense, we go straight to the attack. Most of the ghouls, not a problem, but with only three of us up the final takedown of the Drow and Bodyguard proves long and annoying, but ultimately the outcome is certain.
We are joined by a party of four women from She Who Hired Us (and, boy, they ain't exactly impressed with our lack of progress), but they have only come to deliver exposition. We get a map of our destination, and told that there be ex-slaves, there be an area controlled by the undead, there be a temple of Orcus (or maybe Lolth, I wasn't quite paying full attention) and there be an area of overrun shops. At this point, the option of 'kill everyone' becomes increasingly attractive.
But we three progress on, and come to a bridge into town, about which we can see is rather ravaged and on fire. The bridge is an easy walk... until we are jumped by some spiders, three smaller and one huge one. The bridge isn't that big and at one point I am Livin' on the Edge. However, I am fleet of foot and don't go over... at least, not until we are engaged in beating on the big spider. Then I go over, and then I am Under the Bridge. Actually, I'm a long way down, and it takes a while to rejoin the party.
Which seemed like a good moment to take a break and wait for the rest of them to catch up.
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Monday, 26 January 2009
HC Again
Because I was inspired by some recent Quickstart rules for a game, I jumped in and ran the mod last Saturday (and Logan and I came up with something to surprise the players about that). However, Logan is now running an "early session" that day, and some of those events spilled into my time (which is very irritating). Coupled with Logan turning in early for an early start the next day (for something else), I didn't get to finish my mod, so it looks like I'm running again next week.
Face Off: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7.
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Going Mentalist
I finally saw the first season of The Mentalist. Hey, I like it! But that's not too surprising when the main lead is an ex-psychic shyster who's turned to the good side (after a rather shocking experience) and now puts his talents to solving crimes as part of the CBI/CIB (it changes from show to show) the California Bureau of Investigation/Investigation Bureau.
The set-up is a little like Psych in that regard, someone with pretend psychic powers being used to solve crimes, but it is far more serious. It's not full-blown dark, especially with Patrick Jane (the lead) often doing a lot of amuse himself (and us), but comedy is not the first label to apply. In that regard, it reminded me more of Profiler.
This aspect is enhanced by having a reoccuring (as such, he is more mentioned than appears) villain in the form of Red John, a serial killer. In fact, red is a common theme, with all the episode titles having 'Red' in them somewhere, and there being more red-heads in this show than any other I can immediately recall (although selection bias might be in play here). [This is especially amusing as in my Heroic Cthulhu game there is a PC whose character has a distinct red fetish.]
Each episode is fairly 'killer of the week', but the mentalist aspect helps raise it above other shows that are CSI-like (not that I've ever seen any CSI episode). Definitely an enjoyable watch.
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Sunday, 25 January 2009
Still Lost
Lost Season Five has kicked off, and I've caught the first two episodes. It's still getting worse. There was nearly the promise of telling us information... but they neatly avoided it. I'll be really glad when this is over... and I'm still not 100% sure why I'm watching it... but watch I must!
As for what's been happening, there's a neat summary by Hurley in the second episode, quoted below (hidden away on the front page).
We did crash, but it was on this crazy island. We waited for rescue, but there was no rescue. And then there was this smoke monster, then there were these other people on the island, we call them the Others. And they started attacking us. And there were some hatches and a button you had to press every 108 minutes, or... well, I was never really clear on that. But, the Others didn't have anything to do with the hatches, that was the Dharma Initiative. They're all dead, the Others killed them, and now they're trying to kill us. And then we teamed up with the Others because some worse people were coming on a freighter, Desmond's girlfriend's father sent them to kill us. So we stole their helicopter and we flew to their freighter, but it blew up. And we couldn't go back to the island because it disappeared. So then we crash into the ocean, and we floated there for a while, till the boat came and picked us up. And by then there were six of us, that part was true.
But the rest of the people, who were on the plane... They're still on that island.
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