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[thebitterguy]

Fairly quiet weekend. We'd planned on going to the Taste! thingy in Picton, but since we weren't going to Mater & Pater's for Thanksgiving, it would have just been a huge drive out for a chocolate fountain and some little snacks.

Hell, we've even been lapse in attending the local farmer's market, so going a couple hundred klicks to see one in another county seems somewhat hypocritical.

Saturday was taken up with... God, I cannot recall for the life of me. Probably tidying up one house part or another. And shopping for TG foodstuffs and getting a wedding present. We wanted to watch Aliens, but on our way to the video store we endedup also getting Hot Fuzz and Superman: Doomsday. We did watch Superman: Doomsday on Saturday.

Sunday was selfsame wedding, zenten's. Ceremony was held at the same place as the reception, Fantasy Farms in TO. The attending padre was taking his time off from his full time carreer as a Charles Nelson Reilly impersonator.

Dinner was sweet, with grilled foodstuffs (I got a hella-tasty steak) and Anthony, the same guy who'd been bartender at mr_weasel's reception, was large & in charge. God bless him. One ounce is just a suggestion, when it comes right down to it.

The reception was fun, and I got in my token amount of dancing. It was good to see Ed & Kathy again, as we haven't seen them in forever. I can't even remember the last time we went out for karaoke. zenten, in a fannish moment, used Sarek's wedding speech.

Yesterday was TG, and the majority of it was spent cleaning up stuff in the office downstairs. Personally, I think we need to go through the spare bedroom next to it first, but golden rule, etc, etc. Uday & his GF came over for dinner, and it went nice. The turkey was tasty, there was an awesome pumpkin pie that was very light, and we watched some Hot Fuzz (it's not totally appropriate TG viewing, but we had to get it back last night).

Bleh. And now I'm back in the trenches.

Comments

[rbowspryte.livejournal.com]

What did you think of Superman: Doomsday? I haven't seen it yet but I know someone who is keen on buying it.

Is it decent?

[athelind.livejournal.com]

It's entirely watchable. It's about on a par with the middlin' decent episodes of JL/JLU -- not as good as their high points, but better than their less-inspired installments. There are some very good, emotionally striking scenes -- and there are at least as many Missed Opportunities.

The fight scenes aren't the only thing worth watching, but they do make the whole movie a must-see. That assumes that you don't mind a story that centers around People Brutally Pounding Each Other -- which is what the Doomsday story always came down to.

The animation is quite good -- aside from Clark's Really Distracting Cheekbones. They tweaked the models slightly so that the characters resemble their voice actors -- Supes looks a bit like Adam Baldwin, and Lex looks quite a BIT like James Marsters.

For me, the real highlight was the preview trailer for NEW FRONTIER. I think that one's really going to be a lot more impressive, since it's drawing from much, MUCH stronger source material.

[thebitterguy]

It's worth a rental, or giving as a gift, but not a new purchase.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Hell, we've even been lapse in attending the local farmer's market...

Lax.

[thebitterguy]

Meh.