Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

Nice To Meet You, Rose. Run For Your Life!

Hard to imagine that it’s been twenty years since Doctor Who made a return to television. A far different take on what had come before, but still very much part of that long-lasting lore. I adored Christopher Eccleston’s take on the Doctor, I thought Billie Piper’s Rose Tyler was a perfect companion for this new, brooding Doctor fellow. I liked that stories were resolved in one or two episodes rather than four or five like in the old show. I liked that the video quality was actually consistent as opposed to the old show where the outside scenes looked grainer than the inside scenes.

This was my entry point into this now six-decade plus old franchise that had, up to that point, largely eluded me. I knew of Doctor Who, I heard of it, but my exposure to the franchise had been fairly minimal. Even now, I’m still playing catch up with the older stuff while ignoring the newer stuff due to its current choice of streaming home. Whatever happens, here’s to another six decades of zany Doctors and stuff.

New Power Rangers Series On Disney+

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/live-action-power-rangers-hasbro-disney/

Described as a re-invention of the franchise and headed by two guys whose names I can’t be bothered to recall… hence the link to the original source article so that you can read it for yourself.

No solid details at this point, but I’m pretty sure anyone clamoring for a continuation of the old show are going to be disappointed. This looks like it’s headed in a new direction and I’m… eh. How about we let it play out and see where it goes?

I’m Reading “Some” Comics… But Mostly “Old” Stuff

For whatever it’s worth… and honestly, I don’t want to make a big stink out of this; I’m merely posting this for the sake of posting anything on this blog on a daily basis… but yes, I’ve been reading some recent comics as of late… although realistically, I’m re-reading a lot of the older stuff that I’ve still got laying around. My only real follows nowadays is the current Power Rangers and TMNT comics… I’ve recently concluded the first arcs of DC’s initial wave of Absolute comics and will probably stop there for the moment… I’ll probably get back on those somewhere down the line and maybe I’ll touch on these in future musings or reviews, but for now, I’m mostly sticking with Prime and IDW’s second TMNT output.

But most of all, I’ve just been re-reading some of the old stuff that I’ve got laying around. Some of the stuff I still held on to, some of the ol’ digital stuff I got from Comixology before the changeover to Amazon (which I resent, because Comixology had a pretty functional and easy-to-use comic reader whereas Amazon… doesn’t), and also a few other things that I’ve got laying around and am not quite sure how I have these… there’s been a lot of that lately, let’s be honest.

Anyhoo… I don’t know if this is going to lead to more comic talk or possibly even more reviews beyond the restoring of the old shit from decades ago… but it’s one more thing to keep me busy.

I guess.

An Epiphany Of Sorts…

For those who don’t know, I have a question gimmick on the sidebar of the blog where you can write a question and I would attempt to use it as fodder for this blog. It used to be a thing that would fuel the old DTM-Cast audio program when I was still doing those, but now it just sits there… unloved and untouched.

Or so I thought.

Some time ago, I got a message from someone asking if I actually got around to sitting down to watch that Section 31 movie… and the answer would, of course, be no. In fact, I had not thought about that movie until this post came along. And so, I gave the question a little more thought and you want to know what popped up in my mind?

Leonard Part 6.

For those who don’t know, Leonard Part 6 is an old movie starring Bill Cosby as a retired CIA agent who has to save the world from an evil plot or something. It is generally considered to be one of the worst movies ever and, up until his recent indiscretions came to light, an otherwise huge blight on the career of Bill Cosby. Why I was thinking about Leonard Part 6 over a question about Section 31… I couldn’t even begin to tell you.

But then something else came to mind… a thought occurred that I didn’t think was possible, but when it did, I was both pleasantly surprised and horrified at the idea. The fact that I gave this thought consideration and didn’t immediately push it aside made this even more disturbing.

See, it just occurred to me that while I am in no hurry to watch Section 31 – which would require a subscription to Paramount+, which I do not have – I do have a mild curiosity regarding Leonard Part 6… dare I say, I’m actually curious to see how bad that movie really is. Never mind the fact that even during his beloved period – yeah, I know, such a thought is impossible to process these days – I was never the biggest Bill Cosby fan. I didn’t dislike the fellow; he just wasn’t my cup of Jello.

Jello, I’m so sorry.

So yes, what I’m trying to say here is…

I would rather watch Leonard Part 6 than Star Trek: Section 31.

Now if only I can find a cheap copy somewhere so that I don’t feel entirely dirty…

Screen Rant Is Worthless…

Why is it that whenever I look up news for a specific franchise – let’s say Power Rangers, for example – most of the search results are glorified opinion pieces from Screen Rant. If there’s an article that has the brilliant clickbait headline of “30 Year Mystery Solved” or whatever the case may be, they’re usually referencing something from the comics… which generally exist in their own little world independent of the TV continuity.

Screen Rant has a lot of these pointless articles that feel like I’m actually getting dumber with each passing word I read from that site. I get that it’s a site called Screen Rant, but none of these articles come across as “ranting.” They’re just rambling nonsense. I know quite a bit about that. I’ve done that myself. It’s not something that you should be paying for as either a consumer or an employer.

Please, do me a favor. If you want to reference something my way, please don’t let it be from Screen Rant. I will just ignore you. Thanks.

I’m (Genuinely) Miserable

Hey, folks. I’m using the Goldberg Is Miserable meme to illustrate how miserable I’m presently feeling at the moment. Aside from some family issues on the outside, I’m also presently dealing with some health issues. I was hoping to get something up and running on the video side of things, but sadly, that’s going to have to take a back seat for a little bit.

So we’re putting a pause on the video output for the next couple weeks. I’ll find a way to readjust how things work going forward, but right now, I have to focus on regaining my bearings and feeling a little better than I do now. On the flip side, there’s still some written stuff to look forward because there’s some stuff that’s been done in advance and also writing stuff is far less taxing and time consuming (click on Add New Post, Type Shit, Push Publish, repeat as needed, etc.).

Honestly, it hasn’t been a bad streak. Banging out 25 reviews and a couple streams along the way in the past couple months is more than I would have expected to get out given the usual output ’round these parts. Would it have been nice if it had continued? Sure, but you get to a point where you realize that you really, really, REALLY need to take a step back and give yourself a break. So that’s what I’m doing. Only difference is that I’m giving you ample warning.

The only real good that could come out of this is that once I’m at a point where I can manage this stuff a little better, I can prep some stuff for the future, start building a bit of backlog, and have SOMETHING to fill the void in the event that I ever fall ill again… maybe I can scale back and focus on reviews of older arcade titles as featured in the various compilation sets that I’ve got laying around. I know someone’s been bugging me to give Sinistar a look.

Anyway, sorry for the bad news, everyone. I was hoping that I could power through this setback, but it just wasn’t gonna happen. All I can do is get better and hope that once we get back on track, things will stay on track for more than a couple months… it would be nice.

Take care, everyone. And see you soon.

Later,
Dave

P.S. If a certain someone makes an appearance on tomorrow’s episode of that Monday sports entertainment program on Netflix, I may break the month’s wrestling moratorium to discuss said episode as a sort of make up for the lack of video. But otherwise, we’re not going to bother.

About Prime…

I haven’t made mention of it as of late because I really didn’t want to say anything until I had anything substantial to say, but for those wondering, I have been reading the Power Rangers Prime reboot comic book thing. As a matter of fact, I’m still reading the book, which should tell you volumes about where I’m at with this book. Is it as good as people say? Not sure I want to go that far, but it is good enough to keep my attention and readership for the foreseeable future… which, again, speaks volumes.

Right now, I’m holding off actually saying anything until I’m fairly confident that we’re done with what’s essentially the “first chapter” of this new series. I’ve written some notes here and there, but I don’t want to jump too deep into this until I’ve read more story and who knows how long that’s going to be. Once that’s done, I’ll probably sum my feelings in the form of a PR Reflections post somewhere down the line.

Anyway, this is a post to let you know that I’m reading Prime. I’m been reading Prime since it started. While I have some thoughts on Prime, I’m not quite ready to articulate those thoughts to printed word… not yet anyway…