The Umbrella Academy

Update post time.

Tuesday night was the last good ship murder which ended up being… depressing.

Wednesday we went down to Home Bargains to get some stuff that didn’t come with the food shop. I went in Game beforehand and got a Xenk figure, which was finally discounted! (And some Pokémon cards) it’s funny I find him after I switched in the Dungeons Of Dragons blu ray (but haven’t watched yet). In Home Bargains, ironically, was something I’d hoped to get from Game, some lil buildable ghost Pokémon which are very cute.

Thursday was an odd day. The replacement xbox memory card came and it works! I was worried that it was the slot that was the issue so I’m glad it wasn’t. (So now it’s just a matter of reinstalling things.) I built a Lego set I got I’d got with the creel house (a flying moon car which is pretty cool!) and watched two more traitors Ireland eps (it’s so chaotic).

Then I just went… blank. I couldn’t settle on doing anything. For about three hours I just switched between things and sat there, not wanting to do or watch anything, I went… blank. It’s been a long time since I’ve been like that and it was really annoying.

Eventually I did settle on watching a thing, an episode of Found Footage the series (pretty good for a short thing) but then just went to bed.

This morning I was still feeling a bit bleh so didn’t even wanna try focussing on uni stuff. It did fade after a few hours lying in bed.

After noms I went out to town, glad that it wasn’t raining.

I did some wandering around before the cinema. I managed to get a Pokémon boxset and Weapons blu ray from Asda, plus they had the Lego Christmas thing I’d seen in game and missed out on. Then I went in primark and got Dustin’s hellfire tee, along with a reduced Squawk sweater. And smiths had the Game Changers book so I grabbed that too. (I also got a drink from there and it was awful)

(And speaking of Pokémon, Fire Red and Leaf Green are coming to switch next week though I’m baffled that they announced it now and not during the Pokémon presents thing then)

Then I went to the cinema to see Cold Storage and Send Help.

Trailers first as always.

Obsession: Same Trailer as before
They Will Kill You: First time seeing this trailer and I’m very sold on it! It’s about a woman starting a job in a building, only it turns out it’s a pretence and the building is a trap to sacrifice her (only she can kick ass)
Ready Or Not 2: First time seeing this too. I’ve not seen the first one, though it was mentioned on horror’s greatest but this made me wanna watch it. This looks fun and Elijah Wood and Sarah Michelle Gellar!
How To Make A Killing: This one looks fun too, I’d seen something about it when I was having waffle fries and after seeing the trailer I do wanna see it
The Bride: a new trailer (I think, it feels different than the last one) and it does look pretty good.
Scream: more a spot than a proper trailer. I’m of two minds about it.
Passenger: not heard of this and I am intrigued, it gave me a similar energy to a fake documentary q ep.

So ye a lot of films I’m now more curious about/wanna try and see.

Thoughts on films ahoy.

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Since today was the pass renewal date (and I didn’t do this for the last one) he’s the last two months of the cinema pass.

Month 6: December 20th - January 20th
13: Anaconda
17: The Boy And The Heron, Labyrinth

This was a quiet month, the quietest so far. Mostly that’s cause of the holidays but also cause of the weather and ice. But that does make the order of favs feel easy: Labyrinth, Anaconda, The Boy And The Heron.

Month 7: January 20th - February 20th
23: Return To Silent Hill
30: Another World (+ q and a), Iron Lung
14: Looney Tunes The Day The Earth Blew Up, Kangaroo

This month was more like normal. I can’t really separate my favs, which are Iron Lung and Kangaroo which couldn’t be more different. Then I’d say it’s Another Workd, Return To Silent Hill and then Looney Tunes.

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This weekend is gonna be mostly resting, maybe watching Dungeons And Dragons (or The Beauty, or Heated Rivalry) and the Winter Olympics closing ceremony. (And maybe finally do the next Feb stuff I love post cause I’ve been so tuned out lately but we’ll see.)

Hopefully too I’ll start the Voyager game and fic but…

Time for a lil post before the (hopeful) trip tomorrow.

So in a recent post I mentioned I was gonna try the demo of the new Star Trek Voyager game. The demo covered the first ‘mission’ of the game. It covers the basic events of Caretaker and gameplay is split into 4 parts.

1: Flying Voyager around star systems, scan planets/asteroids/ships, travelling to them and doing little missions to get materials (so far there’s things for power, building and science)
2: Ship management, which is all about building and managing various rooms in the ship. So you’re building crew quarters, workshops stuff like that (or unlocking them)
3: Missions on planets, where you sent away teams down and use their skills in events. (Ie Tuvok security skills, Torres’ resourcefulness)
4: Combat, which only was done briefly.

So far it’s pretty good! The graphics of the ship (and Deep Space Nine at the start) look great and some koh the art looks nice. The character models aren’t the best, but I didn’t expect them to be. The demo has definitely made me consider picking it up more, cause I did like what I played. It makes me curious if it’ll be following along the series or if it’ll have its own things too. Cause obviously it had to start with Caretaker but who knows if it’ll go off in other tangents, I might have to read up some more on it. It has 10% off as a launch discount so I am tempted.

Anyway!

I also finally built the Lego set I picked up when I saw Anaconda. It was Boba Fett’s Throne Room, which is meant to be from The Book Of Boba Fett (but is more from the post credits of a Mandalorian ep). Honestly I picked it up cause it was discounted (and is now discontinued so I never expected to see it) plus it had Feenec Shand and I didn’t have a figure of her. (Plus I love the Jabba’s Palace location and haven’t had a set since the original which wasn’t great.

The set is three parts, a lil alcove with seating, an entranceway (with the doorkeeper eyestalk) and the central area with the throne. It all looks pretty nice and the figure selection is really good, since it has a selection of aliens which is nice. The features ar mostly good, though it’s baffling the tower above the entrance doesn’t have a floor (it has a hole instead) and the door doesn’t have a mechanism to hold it up. I am glad I picked it up. It’s next to the Creel house now.

I also finally finished Halloween Party yay! It’s funny to me that before the story starts there’s a foreword by someone who worked on A Haunting In Venice, mentioning that the ‘adaption’ isn’t actually one. It’s an odd thing to include but yeah. Bar character names they don’t feel the same story at all. (I still love A Haunting In Venice it’s well done and creepy but it’s very much its own thing).

Overall I thought it was pretty good. It’s not my fav of the ones I’ve read (but does look the best) and I do love that it has Ariadne Oliver, she’s always fun when she appears. I’m not sure I have much in the way of actual thoughts on it. (Though I did note the use of the word lesbian, comments on technology making mistakes and Poirot thinking on a man being beautiful.)

I had intended on switching to Hawkins Horrors, which I picked up when ordering something for mum but didn’t start at the time but….

Today mums friend came so predictably I had to go to town. I could have paid the money in tomorrow but I decided it’s best to sort it today. I’m glad I did cause I had some finds. I found a bat plush that had Dustin’s cap so I had to get it (plus it was discounted when I paid for it too!), a Lego Minecraft magazine, the Minecraft Movie (it was discounted and I rememeber it being fun and silly) and Heated Rivalry! I was so surprised to see the book in Asda and I picked it up instantly, even though it had no price. I read the prologue on the bus back and ohh boy.👀

Alas though, still no sign of Stranger things stickers (well the hell are they?) but I did get an envelope I needed to send something back (the Xbox memory card which messed up around christmas) so hopefully I can send that tomorrow.

Tomorrow should be the cinema trip (weather allowing, but it’s been ok so far). The plan is to go and see Whistle, then Send Help, then post package (and find the store that’s doing record store day). That’s the hope anyway.

So this is gonna be a ‘bunch of random stuff post’.

First off, last week I watched the 4K of The House With Laughing Windows which I’d won. I’d have posted at the time but… I was doing the stuff I love post and didn’t wanna lose what I had or include it as an unrelated add on so it’s going here. (Also I need to chase up the Anaconda stuff I won cause that’s awol but… that’s a tomorrow problem)

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I also finished horror’s greatest season 2, which has been interesting. I did note down some stuff from the last ep (I wish I’d noted recs as I was going along with others) cause the last was space horror. There were some obvious ones (Alien and Aliens), as well as Event Horizon and a brief mention of Sunshine too. And it made me wanna rewatch Life (I need to stop finishing things to rewatch).

I also managed to take pics of the Finished Creel house which are here

I had hoped to get back to Heated Rivalry, or start The Beauty, this weekend but my eyes went annoyingly achy and I didn’t have the focus. Maybe it’s the storm that happened, maybe it’s the eye stuff I’m waiting on, but it’s still annoying. Bleh.

(I did at least manage to fic so maybe that’s a good sign)

Also annoying mum’s friend is coming this week and it’s the worst day. She’s coming Thursday which… bleh. It’s an annoying day, mostly cause I was thinking of going out on Friday (more on that later) cause my money goes in then. That would’ve also been better cause I’m sure she’ll do her usual annoying wanting and I’ll have to head out. Bleh.

Also annoying, mum being bitchy this morning and disturbing me mid uni reading to do it. Ugh.

A good thing though, I finished Pokémon Legends ZA today. Well I’ve not fully finished it, I still haven’t got every Pokémon or finished the side missions (or dlc) but I got to the credits rolling. (I’m sure there’s more to do of course, and I finished a few little main things after that)

Overall I really liked it. The change to battling took some getting used to but by the end I really liked it once I did. I also loved the new characters, Corbeau was my fav (maybe cause he’s hot) but I loved how everyone had their own personality and managed to be so different from each other (and similar in some ways)

I think the main flaw is that you’re just in Lumiose. While it has managed to be varied and with the wild zones too, it does feel a tad… limiting. And also it feels bizarre that certain characters aren’t there. Where’s the professor? There’s Clemont and his gym? But at the same time I liked that it let with the fallout of x and y (although honestly, it’s been so long my thoughts are hazy). And the ending was surprisingly emotional.

I had said to myself (even saying it Sunday), that I had meant to get Hyrule Warriors on release but didn’t want to get it till after finishing ZA. Alas that took longer than I expected oops. But now the timing is so bad. Part of me does wanna get Hyrule Warriors but then Resident Evil Requiem is coming soon and then Pokopia is. And also there’s a Star Trek Voyager game that looks really interesting too (and has some of the actors returning for it). So ahhh I’m so indecisive. I’ll have to give it all some thought. But knowing me I’ll get paralysed by it and do nothing.

(And oh there’s a demo of the Voyager game, I’ll download that and report back)

As mentioned above there was a stuff I love thing last week for standalone stuff and this week is series. I’m planning on doing two posts for it, one for shows, one for films, so stay tuned for that (who knows when that’ll be).

I also wanna go to the cinema Friday (or Saturday) but I’m caught in a dilemma of what to see. This time it’s not due to a lack of films but rather I wanna see a few things. They are:

*Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up - releasing Friday I saw the trailer and it looked like it’d be pretty funny
*Send Help - I’ve seen trailers and heard good things, but I’m indecisive on it
*Whistle - Looked really good from the trailer but Friday has the only daytime showing despite it being new
*Kangaroo - Looks cute and fun and has baby kangaroos. I thought I’d missed it cause it wasn’t listed after Sunday but it’s back from Saturday for another week at least

I can do my usual thing and see two but the question is which 2. Plus there’s the issue, Whistle only has a morning showing Friday (all the rest are night) and Kangaroo isn’t showing Friday at all. I know I could watch something next Friday because I’m definitely going to see Cold Storage but it feels like some won’t be around then (and I won’t know for sure till Monday argh)

I’ll have a ponder and see what works best. On the plus side the cinema is also confirmed to be getting Exit 8 in April, yay!

(And unrelated there’s a record store in town doing Record store day then too so I’ll have to find that cause there’s a Sleep Token thing in it)