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Ironically Highlander 3 is a closer comparison to STV … not a good film but with moments I liked (albeit the moments in H3 were driven by ”nostalgic echoes“ from the first film!).

Completely agree - I’m still not sure how I’d rank/compare TMP and V as they were both flawed films but for such very different reasons - but at least the original cast got to go out on a high with VI. In the same train of thought, just wish the first Next Generation film had either not had...

I know what you mean about Highlander 2 - I had such high hopes for how they were going to take the story forward now that Connor had the prize and there were no other immortals. And then they decided to take a decidedly ”unexpected” turn 😲

Star Trek V isn’t as awful as it’s made out to be … OK there are some terrible parts of it but also some very touching, if a bit cheesy, moments between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy.

The old 1E adventures had rumour tables, I can‘t remember which adventure it was but one rumour suggested vampires were around (it was a relatively low level adventure and the rumour was completely false) but the players were terrified the whole time! Makes me wonder if that was an inspiration...

I almost agree with everything you’ve said :) and certainly my opinion is influenced by reading Legend when it was first published. Moorcock is another favourite author for me but I’ve always struggled with Tolkien - I appreciate the impact of his work and broadly speaking like the stories in...

Just because Mannahnin mentioned a different book as a favourite, and that no one else seems to have put it forward as their favourite, mine is Legend by David Gemmell.

As a completely off topic comment, and yet still kind of related, there is part of me that wishes there had been the equivalent of the nostalgia-filled three seasons of Picard for … Kirk!

In a Starfleet museum, it makes sense that they’d have Kirk’s starship. While it would make more sense for it to be 1701 rather than 1701-A I think there’s an in-setting reason why that wouldn’t be possible 😉

Neil has gone on record to say that Neverwhere is the only novel he’d write a sequel for … and I vaguely remember something about him starting to write Seven Sisters but no sign of it being finished …

Just back from a week on holiday and on a whim bought Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. Really didn’t think I was going to like it but he won me round by the end of the story.

Either that or introduce your group to 3E via Call of Cthulhu as a “stealth tactic” to lure them towards 3E D&D 😂

I have Monte Cook’s d20 Call of Cthulhu and it is an excellent take on the game with 3E rules. Surprising still available: Call of Cthulhu RPG

It’s not uncommon in mythology for the moon to be represented typically as three goddesses - here we could have the three personalities matching the maiden (Steven), mother (Marc), and crone (Jake).

Late to the party I know but watched this at the weekend and loved it. The vast majority of the film is with the new cast - albeit the underlying story is about what Egon was doing and the resolution of that. It was a bit less weird than it might've been going in and knowing it was a respectful...

I have a fairly standard powerlifting routine - since turning 50 (I’m now 53), I’ve dropped to training only 3 days a week (currently on a heavy, light, medium program). My joints are happier for it 😉 If I could organise it, I think my preference would be to train every other day, but my job is...

Ahem 😉 Tier 4 - Masters of the World Fingolfin (Tolkien) Ecthelion (Tolkien) Gil-Galad (Tolkien) Glorfindel (Tolkien) Erekose (Moorcock) <———— Added but I don’t want to drown out the list with all of the Eternal Champion incarnations John Carter, Warlord of Barsoom (Burroughs) Icarium (Erikson)...

Elric? Corum? I have to say the names do sound familiar 😉

Just back from seeing it - really enjoyed it, particularly the three Peters talking to each other and the interaction between the relevant Spider-Man and his villain (and Andrew’s redemption of sorts saving MJ). For a second I did think GG had killed the Tobey Spider-Man rather than just...

I’ve read a few of the OARs - my current favourite would be Castle Amber but I was given the ToEE for Christmas which may change my mind if the conversion expands the elemental nodes well! My request was just to save time really as I tend to rewrite big chunks of the narrative to fit it into my...