Writer, walker, atheist, cinema lover, hobby musician, science junkie, perpetual maths student, cricket fan, chess patzer. I post about new music a LOT! #Music#NewMusic
Too many reviewers have been at the Spice before creating their reviews. And they don’t know the source material.
Changing things when adapting a book is expected. Different mediums need different approaches. But the changes need to make sense. The things I think are core to Dune are missing from Part Two. New things added are awful.
Skipping the second viewing I’d booked for today. My post yesterday about Twin Peaks The Return was prompted by my disappointment in Dune Part Two.
Upgraded is good. It's like The Devil Wears Prada and Absolutely Fabulous had a fling, and the result of their boozy night in London got a job in the Art auction business. The film is funny with well above the required number of laughs for a comedy, and the romance stuff isn't too sentimental. The cast looks like they are having a lot of fun, including Anthony Head, of Buffy fame, who is camping it up in his role. I liked it a lot. 8/10.
Soul is wonderful on the big screen. I’ve seen it before via Disney+ when it got a pandemic streaming release.
But the sound in the cinema coming from all directions is superb. I loved it. I rated it 8 after home viewing in 2022. I’m upping that to 9/10 after seeing it in the cinema. You should go while you have the chance. It’s on Disney+ if you can’t.
I’d forgotten Graham Norton voices one of the main characters (third billing). He’s fantastic for the character in question.
My Recent Playlists in Apple music havent updated in a while.
The Intern who seems to be in charge of Apple Music development and management (you have to keep work experience bods busy!) is systematically breaking things.
Not content with fucking up the artwork generation system for Playlists, now they have stopped the most recently updated playlists populating the Recent list. You'd think that the name Recent was a bit of a giveaway as to what should be shown there. Seems not.
Post 2 of 2: I added 24 new releases to my music library this week. Music & Spotify playlist links below with a selected track from each of the releases by these artists (sorted alphabetically): Lotta Gallagher, Madelline & Bruses, Miranda Joy, Mogli & ZIRI, Noah Kahan & Kacey Musgraves, Peacemode, Sia & Kylie Minogue, The Dead South, The Franklin Electric, Tors, Transviolet, plus the 13 listed in post 1.
The disappointment fugue that started to envelop me about an hour into Dune Part Two yesterday is starting to dissipate. Brains are weird.
I invested way too much in that film. Hopes dashed, again.
I’ll always have the book. Nobody can change that. Attached picture is the Bruce Pennington cover that first enticed me to pick up Dune paperback in a bookshop in Belfast in the 1970s.
Post 1 of 2: I added 24 new releases to my music library this week. Music & Spotify playlist links below with a selected track from each of the releases by these artists (sorted alphabetically - play on shuffle): Alex Paisley Stedman, Bottomless Brunch, Dea Matrona, Dylan, Emily James, Greta Jaime, Grizfolk, Jolé, Kacey Musgraves, Kate Nash, Katelyn Tarver, Leathers, Lola Balter, plus the 11 listed on post 2.
