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Finally watched it yesterday with a mate. Difficult to tell whether it was the lower expectations, but I enjoyed it much more than TLJ. The humour landed and there were no Mary Poppins in Space moments that just made me angry. It did very much feel like there’s a film in between that is missing. The reveal of a certain character returning would’ve been better as the final twist last scene in TLJ. But it just shows how poorly planned out (or, supposedly, not at all) this trilogy has been. I hope that they have now finally put the Skywalker saga to bed, but, y’know - Disney and Lucasfilm and all that. The Pitch Meeting for this is good, spoilers obviously:

Not a lot I can do for the time being. The wooden cabinets behind are where the electric meter is so I need to be able to move the whole stand out so they can get in. Everything’s temporary at the moment until after I get the walls replastered and decorated.

Got this as it was on sale. Ambilight is impressive and you can set to be quite extreme or subtle. Also, whether it’s affected by the video, the audio or a fixed colour in the background. It’s very reflective though, and the sun was shining right through my living room. The front door is there as well with two windows in the door and closing the blinds wasn’t enough, so I had to go out and buy some poles and blackout curtains. This is taken before I got the curtains up:

That’s the whole reason they spent the previous hours going through every game one by one. In theory, they talk all they have to about each game and then relatively quickly decide on which ten and in which order.

It’s Sunday so I’ve bust out the old Columbo box set. It’s shaped like a cigar box and it’s hours of heaven.

Up to episode 5 of The Witcher and I’m enjoying it a fair bit. Superman is doing an alright job, certainly got the voice down. Or it could be effects, I dunno. Someone in work was asking about it and asking if it compared to Game of Thrones. I can see why they thought of that, being a fantasy series from a series of modern books. Doesn’t feel as expensive as that series got.

I’m going to see it tomorrow. I’m going in with super low expectations but most intrigued to see how they justify the plot points I know about. Mainly just the one, really, but man, that’s gonna take some heavy lifting.

Gone back to this due to having no home net. Somewhere close to the end, just did the sand level. I really like how each floor is themed and there’s been some nice surprises so far and not just sand, water, etc. Although they do obviously pop up.

I haven’t looked at the list or listened yet, but I’m gonna guess that Outer Wilds has the best chance of being number 1 as so many of them like it. Death Stranding has no chance whatsoever, though it did get a good chance in another category. And not hottest mess either, which has sadly not come back.

What a ridiculous conclusion. Of course I’ll pay to see it.

I read the leaked plot synopsis last week and me and a guy in work pissed ourselves laughing at it. I hope that the film itself works out better than how it sounds on paper. I’m gonna go in with low expectations so hopefully it will balance out and I’ll be impressed with the finished thing.

I can simplify some of the things I can remember, but I would recommend setting aside the time and watching it all.

I watched the whole thing. It's worth it, but the shortened version I mention in the spoiler is really what the whole thing is, he just breaks down all the evidence. It takes a while, but it's pretty justified. When the box set turns up in the new year, I'll certainly be watching again with a different mind set.

I stumbled across a 4 hour plus YouTube video that attempts to explain the whole thing. Only an hour in but it seems to chime with elements of that second theory I posted earlier.

I rather like the theory that....

Finished. Well that was certainly something! I’ve read some theories that, in all honesty, without having read I would be none the wiser what had happened.

Actually I was referring to someone else but I got them confused with a different person. Finally there’s been a decent crack with one of the plot points that I’ve been waiting for!

Episode I’m on now has some interesting shit in it, lots of call backs to the film. Also a nice nod to Lynch’s earlier work with a familiar face. And it should not need saying but Agent Tammy is a goddess.

Already there. I think I stumbled across a vague spoiler regarding her, but I’m not reading any more about it. I started listening to the Twin Peaks Rewatch podcast again. I listened to them all, bar the ones for the new series, so I jumped straight back in. It’s a good way for me to digest what I watched with them talking about it. Interested to see how they interpret episode 8.

Just had the arm wrestling scene. Total bad ass.

I decided to move on from episode 8 and watch it again after I’ve finished. I ordered that box set so it’s my plan of what to watch if I don’t get an internet connection sorted. Episode 9 seems back on track covering the more interesting bits in the town of Twin Peaks and the murder mystery. My guess on that girl from the last episode, if it’s someone we already know....

Who’s the boy and girl meant to be? Anyone important?

What's the important plot? Is it something that comes into play later or have I just missed something that goes back to the past?