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Bits and Pieces…

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Today is a day in the office and there’s a fair bit to get through (and by a ‘fair bit’, I mean… loads) so while I try and get my head round that, have some quick thoughts on some bits and pieces that I’ve been reading and watching. ‘Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1’ – Ward, Jones, Martin’ (ID Dark) In 2040, the Starship Event Horizon disappeared on its maiden voyage to Proxima Centauri. Seven years later, it reappeared, its crew all dead. This is the story of what happened… I love ‘Event Horizon’ (you knew that already though) and had more or less got used to the idea that not only will we never see the full directors cut, there’s pretty much no more story left to tell. The ending is pretty final ;o) Well, luckily, Christian Ward had other ideas and has taken the tale back to way before Dr. Weir boarded the ‘Lewis & Clark’ to go on a rescue mission. I had no idea this comic was a thing so when I saw it in Forbidden Planet, I was all over it. And… Famous last words, and all that, but...
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Books for the TBR Pile... 'Big Birthday' Edition

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It doesn't take a lot for me to buy a book (if the day has a 'y' in it for example...) but when I'm enjoying a milestone birthday (it feels like one, after the way most of my forties went), it's only right that I take a step up from buying a book... to full on book shopping. So that's exactly what I did :o)  I didn't have a lot of time, in town, yesterday so book shops were chosen on the likelihood of yielding results rather than 'ooh, I've never been there before...' There was nothing to be had in Hatchards but it's such a lovely looking book shop that I didn't mind too much :o) The Piccadilly Waterstones and Forbidden Planet were a different story though. Let me show you what I came back with... This feels more like a Halloween TBR but there's time in September yet... 'The Babysitter Lives' feels like it's giving the game away far too early (at least let me open the book first...) but on the other hand, Stephen Graham J...
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It's that time of year again, and this time...

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  It's a 'big birthday', one of those birthdays with a zero at the end; only one zero though and it follows a five so not a bad age to be :o) Between you and me, I'm glad to see the back of my forties, here's hoping that things calm down a bit between now and sixty. I'm going to go sit and look at all the books I bought (because of course I did) See you all tomorrow :o)
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‘Ladies’ Night’ – Jack Ketchum (Macabre Ink)

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  Page Count: 138 Pages It has been so long since I read anything by Jack Ketchum that the other day I thought to myself, ‘I really should check him out’ and grabbed myself copies of ‘Offspring’ and ‘Ladies’ Night’. Turns out that way back in 2008, I read ‘Old Flames’ and didn’t think an awful lot of it. Oh well, If I’m having trouble remembering what I did yesterday, I’m not going to beat myself up for forgetting one book that I read seventeen years ago ;o) Either way, it’s been long enough that it was worth paying Ketchum’s work another visit, just to see if things were better this time round. ‘Ladies’ Night’ was the book I kicked off with. Tom Braun and his wife Susan aren't exactly a picturesque couple and it’s no surprise that Tom continually spends late evenings in bars and cheats on his wife. Unfortunately, their son Andy is caught in the middle of his parent's constant argument. One life-altering evening turns this family's, along with most of New York's, perc...
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Movie Night! 'Did I Really Just Watch That...?' Edition

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It hasn't been a bad week for reading, fingers crossed for more of the same next week. Lets see how it goes. Work is still intense but I've got a days leave on Tuesday, for my birthday, and a chunk of that will definitely be spent reading in the comfy chair :o)  For now, lets catch up with a couple of movies that I've watched over the last week. Two movies, with one thing in common; a moment where I did a little double-take and said to myself, "did I really just watch that?" And the answer was 'yes, I really did', although for one movie, I really wished that I hadn't... 'Humanoids from the Deep' (1980)  When mutated salmon starts walking on two legs, the residents of a fishing town find out that neither sea nor land is safe... Especially if you're a lady in a bikini. The residents must fight back to stand any chance of survival. 'Humanoids' also goes by the name of 'Monster' (for its original European and Japanese release) b...
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‘Skeeters’ – Williams, Frantz, Cuffe, Pangburn (Mad Cave Studios)

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  Wednesday evening was a bit of a blur (school parents evening and then moving furniture), and so was yesterday actually (work…), and that’s why there was no post. Sorry about that. Anyway... When giant mosquito-like alien creatures invade a rural seaside community, a frustrated sheriff and two oddball exterminators end up being the town's only hope for survival. A comedic and gruesome story for fans of Slither, Arachnophobia, and other classic creature-features! To be honest, I’m more of an ‘Eight Legged Freaks’ fan than ‘Arachnophobia’ (‘Arachnophobia’ is not a bad movie, it’s just that giant spiders will always trump any other kind of spider, simple facts) but I love ‘Slither’ and well, just ‘Creature Features’ in general really so the blurb still managed to sell itself rather well and… Here we are :o) And… There’s not a lot to say about ‘Skeeters’ really and despite what you’re thinking right now, that’s not a bad thing at all. ‘Skeeters’ doesn’t mess around, it knows what yo...
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‘Conan the Barbarian Volume 5: Twisting Loyalties’ – Zub, Brine, Braithwaite, Canola, Rodriguez (Titan Comics, Heroic Signatures)

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  I’ll be honest, I have no idea how ‘Cimmerian September’ works… Is it REH stories only or does any tale, featuring Conan, count regardless of author? And am I putting far too much thought into something that is only meant to be a bit of fun? The answer to the second question is, more than likely, yes ;o) As ever on this blog, I will tackle things in my own way. I’ll find time for some original REH ‘Conan’ tales, later this month, but for now, lets kick things off with the latest ‘Conan the Barbarian’ trade from Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures. Jim Zub has done a superb job of adapting REH’s work while filling in the gaps with original pieces; lets see how he fares in ‘Twisting Loyalties’. Conan the Cimmerian and Bêlit, Pirate Queen of the Black Coast, are in their prime, enjoying a life of decadence and debauchery, but a flagrant flash of wealth brings unwelcome attention from thieves with a taste for danger and agents from Stygia on a dark mission for their serpent god! In ...
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