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patentdragonDevelopment News... And that is The Secret Adventures of Mane-of-Night - Flight 102 Is Overdue pretty much done. The story has grown an epilogue, which takes us nicely into the final stages of Darkhawk Season Six, and just in time for a return to normal working. Couldn't come a moment too soon, that.
At work... Word has it the dreaded norovirus, the "winter vomiting bug" is loose amongst the student population, and there was evidence of it at the exams this afternoon, with a steady stream of toilet visitors, two of whom actually never made it to the end of the exam. Exams are bad enough to be doing without The Terribles Squirties on the rampage - just hope I didn't catch anything. Especially when I was "recruited" for the afternoon session just as I stepped in the door this morning, and only expected to do the first stint...
Tomorrow, back to the desk and computer I should have been at this afternoon. "Familiarity breeds contempt" I've heard said - but I say bollocks to that. Now let's start the year off properly, and shake off the post-New Year "grumpies"!
Elsewhat... There are a lot of UK TV shows getting remade for the States lately, such as Being Human, but there's only one that actually could use a US reimagining, and that's Primeval.
Given the limitations of UK TV, it's not at all bad, but the main story "spine" just doesn't seem to go anywhere with any great urgency. It started as a "prehistoric monster of the week" thing, but took a strong "don't screw with time" edge at the end of its first season, as (spoilers)the first creatures from the future started showing up, and the lead character stumbled into a time-line where his kind-of-girlfriend was never born. After another two seasons, and several cast changes as characters died or vanished, the show seemed to have fallen foul of The Cancellation Fairy, but now it's back, in the first of two shortened "final seasons". Four episodes into the first seven (Season 4), and whilst some interesting ideas have been aired, I can only assume the pay-off is for "Season 5". It better be, or this show'll choke to death on its own CGI, and that would be a pity.
It's just a shame that the dinosaurs always seem to come through the anomalies into 1) disused buildings, 2) early Sunday morning when absolutely no-one is around to see them, or 3) both - and they seem to have a tendancy to be scared off by advert breaks. Before the ads "it's attacking and the heroes/innocent victims are trapped!" - after they "pay the bills"; "Phew, that was a close thing..."
Okay, I'm done being critical for today. Now for a bit of relaxation...
At work... Word has it the dreaded norovirus, the "winter vomiting bug" is loose amongst the student population, and there was evidence of it at the exams this afternoon, with a steady stream of toilet visitors, two of whom actually never made it to the end of the exam. Exams are bad enough to be doing without The Terribles Squirties on the rampage - just hope I didn't catch anything. Especially when I was "recruited" for the afternoon session just as I stepped in the door this morning, and only expected to do the first stint...
Tomorrow, back to the desk and computer I should have been at this afternoon. "Familiarity breeds contempt" I've heard said - but I say bollocks to that. Now let's start the year off properly, and shake off the post-New Year "grumpies"!
Elsewhat... There are a lot of UK TV shows getting remade for the States lately, such as Being Human, but there's only one that actually could use a US reimagining, and that's Primeval.
Given the limitations of UK TV, it's not at all bad, but the main story "spine" just doesn't seem to go anywhere with any great urgency. It started as a "prehistoric monster of the week" thing, but took a strong "don't screw with time" edge at the end of its first season, as (spoilers)the first creatures from the future started showing up, and the lead character stumbled into a time-line where his kind-of-girlfriend was never born. After another two seasons, and several cast changes as characters died or vanished, the show seemed to have fallen foul of The Cancellation Fairy, but now it's back, in the first of two shortened "final seasons". Four episodes into the first seven (Season 4), and whilst some interesting ideas have been aired, I can only assume the pay-off is for "Season 5". It better be, or this show'll choke to death on its own CGI, and that would be a pity.
It's just a shame that the dinosaurs always seem to come through the anomalies into 1) disused buildings, 2) early Sunday morning when absolutely no-one is around to see them, or 3) both - and they seem to have a tendancy to be scared off by advert breaks. Before the ads "it's attacking and the heroes/innocent victims are trapped!" - after they "pay the bills"; "Phew, that was a close thing..."
Okay, I'm done being critical for today. Now for a bit of relaxation...
