DRADIS says a Loot Sci-Fi Box inbound!
Will Bruno like the contents or will Bruno end up unboxing a Cylon....
SO SAY WE ALL!
The Thirteenth Floor - from the pages of SCREAM! & EAGLE *HALLOWEEN SPECIAL*
Neil takes us on a journey through his comic collection with a timely look at The Thirteenth Floor.
This story originated in the short lived SCREAM! comic before continuing in the pages the EAGLE. Rebellion have subsequently issued the story as three hardback books and produced a continuation of the story over a number of specials.
The "missed opportunity" of the Comic Festival earlier in the year; COMICS SALOPIA
https://youtu.be/V9mhpVry-DA
For the Rebellion (2000AD) online store;
https://shop.2000ad.com/
For Hibernia;
https://hiberniabook.blogspot.com/
https://irishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/David_McDonald
https://www.facebook.com/EnniskillenComicFest/
For more information; SCREAM!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream!_(comics) http://screamcomic.co.uk/ MISTY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_(comics) http://www.mistycomic.co.uk/Welcome.html TIGER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_(Fleetway)
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor_(comic_strip) https://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-book-from-hibernia-books.html https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor
THE VIGILENT
https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/The_Vigilant
HOUSE OF DAEMON
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Daemon https://hiberniabook.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-house-of-daemon.html
JOHN WAGNER
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wagner ALAN GRANT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grant_(writer) DAVID HUNT
https://ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/David_Hunt
IAN RIMMER
https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Ian_Rimmer
GUY ADAMS
https://www.guyadamsauthor.com/
Marvel Legends - Doctor Strange - Electronic Eye of Agamotto replica Unboxing! | Bruno's Boxes
Join Bruno as he opens up (and lights up!) the Doctor Strange Eye of Agamotto replica from Hasbro's Marvel Legends series.
Doctor Who The Collection Season 8 + Dæmons BONUS!
With Neil off to an event to meet Katy Manning he thought it time that he got around to opening Season 8 where her character Jo Grant makes their first appearance.
AND As a special bonus another DVD collection gets the unboxing treatment...
Doctor Who The Collection Season 24 Blu-ray UNBOXING & SLIDESHOW
Neil is off to an event so that sealed copy of Season 24 has to be opened. As usual the full experience of opening the collection is here for your entertainment along with a slideshow of images.
New MEGO - Monsters, Planet of the Apes, Hammer, Batman and Star Trek Unboxing! | Bruno's Boxes
Join Bruno as he opens up another 2 boxes of MEGO goodness!
Marvel Gear + Goods - 'The Incredible Hulk' Unboxing! | Bruno's Boxes
This one's just a little late, join Bruno as he opens up another Marvel Gear + Goods box from Loot Crate. This time it's all about 'The Incredible Hulk' and contains all anyone would need for a hulking good holiday!
NO TIME TO DIE - FILM REVIEW (spolier free)
A FILM REVIEW BY NEIL KENNY
Today in a very empty cinema I saw Daniel Craig's last outing as Bond in "No Time to Die".
So, what did I think...?
[spoiler free]
Well, I'll preface this by saying Craig has been very lucky in his tenure with the problems around Casino Royale, Spectre, Blofeld etc. being resolved and with this film Craig has added to or increased his Bond Top Trump scores heavily*.
As a film it is entertaining enough and very well crafted. The performances are extremely accomplished on the whole and without them the plot would not have any resonance. This film has real consequences and wouldn’t work as well otherwise.
The plot could confound casual watchers as this is a direct sequel to Spectre and reconfirms that these films are a separate continuity. Saying that the film does reference previous (pre DC) films a lot in the opening titles and in the music call-backs one particular Bond outing gets more than a passing nod.
The film is long and doesn’t really drag but it can go a bit slow in places. The middle section could actually be removed as it has no bearing on the plot at all and just seems to be there in order to accommodate characters who reappear and a smidgen of character development. If anything, the film would work well in a home environment when watched in sections as it is very episodic although you would lose the grandeur of the cinematography (fancy word for pretty pictures).
The dialogue was very witty throughout but did feel to be the result of different hands. The big bad guy does get some nice lines but in the end is pretty forgettable apart from the mask. The same goes for the lead henchman who apart from the gimmick was pretty forgettable.
The action sequences are very well done and there is a brutality in the quickness of them and all very well shot. In fact, the whole film does look very polished and the only thing that struck me was the limited colour palette as it went all in for the moody muted look.
Was it any good?
Well, I was entertained enough and would watch it again although like I mentioned earlier, I would probably watch it in sections due to its length. As I mentioned earlier Craig has been very fortunate with the availability of the Bond assets his tenure could access and it has led to a very particular series of films. Previous entries have all been very mixed for me with both good and bad and this instalment is very much the same. Some will hate it and others will love it and I fall somewhere in the middle.
Not the answer a review should give but this film is more than a film - it is a last entry in this particular run and tries to be the best of Daniel Craig Bonds.
[still spoiler free but I’m not taking chances as Bond nuts might deduce stuff]
There is one principal plot point which will be the talk of the town but even this has history (You Only Live Twice [novel]) and one thing to mention; remember how some Bond films ended – the last end credit card – well it's there.
* There is one category where he still gets a zero and I’ll leave you all to guess what it is but I’ll say that Ralph Fiennes doesn’t really count.
- Neil
Playmobil - 70548 Star Trek - U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Unboxing! | Bruno's Boxes
Join Bruno for his biggest ever unboxing! This time Bruno unboxes the Star Trek toy of his dreams, the absolutely massive Star Trek - U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 playset from Playmobil!
More details here (including the hefty price-tag)
MARVEL - PARAGON COLLECTION: CHRIS CLAREMONT PREMIER BUNDLE - Unboxing! | Brunos Boxes
Join Bruno as he unboxes the stunning Paragon Collection, an X-Men Collector’s bundle featuring seminal comics and material by Chris Claremont.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Beautiful Archival-quality Slipcase 11.02” x 13.58” Slipcase Faux-Leather-bound 448-page Hand-Numbered Hardcover at 7.28” x 10.83” Signed by Chris Claremont with 1 of 4 handwritten classic X-Men quotes Foreword by Louise Simonson Collects the following Stories X-Men #94 X-Men #129-137 X-Men #141-142 Wolverine #1-4 Uncanny X-Men #268 X-Men #1 Exclusive new 20-page story by Chris Claremont & Salvador Larroca Original Days of Future Past notes and script by Chris Claremont Wolverine #6 Variant by Olivier Coipel Set of 4 lithographs UNLOCKED REWARDS Exclusive new Wolverine comic book by Chris Claremont with a Steve McNiven cover X-Men #13 Action Figure Variant by John Tyler Christopher Art Adams Litho Marcos Martin Litho
DC World's Finest 'The Collection' - Justice League (again) - Unboxing! | Brunos Boxes
Join Bruno as he opens up another Justice League themed box from DC World's Finest 'The Collection'. What will be inside?
Vintage Palitoy SPACE 1999 Full Figure Collection Retro Unboxing! | Bruno's Boxes
Join Bruno as he shares his full SPACE 1999 vintage Palitoy figure collection.
Comics Salopia 2021 Launch and Comics Trail #ComicsTrail2021
Comics Salopia 2021 took place earlier in the year but fear not as Blastprocess was there.
In this belated coverage introduced by Festival Director Shane Chebsey you see the comics guests in attendance and take a tour of the Comics Trail.
Apart from meeting the artists there were comics masterclasses for children and a comics trail featuring the local area (Shrewsbury). Composed of 9 pieces of art at selected locations each piece had been created by a noted comics artist and the accompanying text was written by British Comics Legend John Wagner.
#ComicsTrail2021 For more on Comics Salopia head over to their website;
https://comicssalopia.com/
or over on Facebook;
https://www.facebook.com/COMICSSALOPIA
For more on Shrewsbury
https://www.shrewsburysopen.com/ and on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/originalshrewsbury/
WAIT ON THERE'S MORE!!
Shane Chebsey recently launched his latest Kickstarter project and there is still time to join in;
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scarcomics/dead-by-dawn-returns/description
Battle Beyond the Stars - Saint Exmin - NECA figure - Unboxing! | Bruno's Boxes
Join Bruno as he unboxes a lovingly crafted figure of Saint Exmin from Battle Beyond the Stars!
Tom's SEGA Master System Collection
Join Tom as he shares his collection of SEGA Master System games. The SEGA Master System was Tom's very first games console and some of these titles are positively dripping in nostalgia for him.
He once vowed to not add to his humble childhood collection, however in recent years his curiosity to see what else the Master System had to offer got the better of him and he eventually amassed a reasonable collection of 'mostly' Master System classics.
SDCC 2021 exclusive - TRON figure set - Diamond Select - Gentle Giant - Unboxing! | Bruno's Boxes
Join Bruno as he unboxes a set of SDCC 2021 Preview exclusive TRON figures from Diamond Select/Gentle Giant.
TMA 259 – Flimflam-a-doozle
The boys (and the laptop fan) are back! On this week’s TMA, the boys explain where they’ve been, get into the weeds on the PS5 by discussing Astro’s Playroom, Returnal, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, as well as the data transfer process and the Dual Sense controller.
Besides that, Mat continues to rant about the price of games and bad gaming stories, while Tom’s been enjoying some games on Game Pass like The Evil Within and being bored by others like Control…
Listen here.
Big Chief Studios Visit Pt 3 of 3 | Doctor Who BOBBLE BUDDIES - Dalek Assault and Dalek Invasion
In part three of this visit to Big Chief Studios Neil was treated to an EXCLUSIVE reveal of the new classic DALEK Bobble Buddies - Dalek Assault and Dalek Invasion! Plus a look at the various Doctors in the line both small and big!
Many thanks again to Big Chief Studios https://www.bigchiefstudios.co.uk/col...
Why not visit Big Chief Studios; https://www.bigchiefstudios.co.uk/ and taka a look at the Bobble Buddies while you're there!
Super7 Godzilla ReAction Shogun Figure Unboxing! | Bruno's Boxes
Join Bruno as he opens up a miniature re-release of a classic Godzilla figure that was originally released as part of the Shogun Figures line way back when.
The figure features a spring-loaded retractable flame tongue and is packaged in special throwback packaging, it’s just like the Shogun Godzilla you remember, only much smaller!
Find more Super7 products here.
Big Chief Studios Visit Pt 2 of 3 | Doctor Who 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th Definitive Doctors & Excl K9
Part 2 with the FIRST REVEAL of the new 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Doctors [DEFINITIVE EDITION]. Plus a classic series Supreme Dalek and an EXCLUSIVE weather worn K9.
Neil was delighted by this surprise reveal of these prototypes of the Definitive Editions of the 9th (Christopher Eccleston), 10th (David Tennant), 11th (Matt Smith) and 12th (Peter Capaldi) Doctors. Of course any adventure will have its perils and thanks to battery issues the video had to be supplemented with material from digital cameras and mobile phones.
A big thanks to Mark of Big Chief Studios for his time and trouble.
These are remarkable collectables and Neil will be ordering them so look out for future coverage.
For more on Big Chief Studios; https://www.bigchiefstudios.co.uk/