‘Sega Wants To Bring Star Wars Arcade To Nintendo Switch’…
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/11/sega_wants_to_bring_star_wars_arcade_to_nintendo_switch
^ as the article says it may just be a pipe dream - though always a little bit of hope that some of these great ‘old’ games see new life - and a new audience - on modern systems…
Loving some of the background / behind the scenes content on the Doctor Who youtube channel, short and sweet snippet videos giving insights into the design and vibe of the show…
Making the Music | Doctor Who: Series 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paZDXlUprMo
The New TARDIS | Doctor Who: Series 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoLc-Yauepo
Becoming The Thirteenth Doctor | Doctor Who: Series 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCT_d5bWnE8
The Thirteenth Doctor’s Costume | Doctor Who: Series 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHJd9C8VmQw
The Thirteenth Doctor’s Ear Cuff | Doctor Who: Series 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msSdDdhA1qk
Meet The Friends of the Doctor | Doctor Who: Series 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h7LYfR51rs
and some of the fun too in the ‘Access All Areas’ for each of the news episodes, and some content from the older episodes as well…
Episode IX Fan Poster by Christopher Michael…
(people sure do seem to like the title ‘A New Order’… seems a bit authoritarian / Imperialistic to me, though what do I know? Am off to listen to Blue Monday and True Faith 😉
‘Famine in Yemen could become one of worst in living memory, UN says’…
Country is in ‘clear and present danger’ of mass deaths from starvation, top aid official says.
^ A mother holds her six-year-old son at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida.
For more info on the events in Yemen:-
https://www.theguardian.com/world/yemen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14704852
https://www.npr.org/tags/129588995/yemen
‘‘Irresponsible and incoherent’: British-backed bombing raids destroy UK aid in Yemen’…
‘On the one hand British aid is a vital lifeline, on the other British bombs are helping to fuel an ongoing war,’ says Oxfam, urging UK to withdraw support for war.
^ That’s a sweet collection you got there, really good detail on the model stormtrooper.
Know what you mean re the pumpkin - I struggle with putting in two eyes and a mouth 😃
A great (and patient!) dad built his lad a Star Destroyer for his bike:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfaCPcYHAAQ
and for adults (big kids)…
‘STAR WARS SPEEDERS IN NYC making of!!’:-
Flash Gordon (1980) - not a Halloween or even a horror film (in that sense 😉) though a good enjoyable romp all the same.
The missus’ ‘Halloween’ film is The Lost Boys - which is always worth a nostalgic 80’s style watch.
The Horror Channel are having a Hammer Classics ‘season’ starting this week:-
‘Google walkout: global protests after sexual misconduct allegations’…
Thousands of employees stage demonstrations about workplace culture.
^ IIRC he was like that about a great many films (and the sci-fi & fantasy genre in general did have issues with it being looked down upon by quite an upper-class / snobbish BBC at times back then).
‘Has Star Wars “lost its magic”?’ - by HelloGreedo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhsitrNzaM
‘LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars’ info (a new short animated tv series):-
https://www.starwars.com/news/lego-star-wars-all-stars & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vNXYyxUFhQ
‘Chile to become first South American country to ban plastic bags’…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chile-plastic-bag-ban-illegal-south-america-a8377816.html
‘Ocean cleanup system sets sail for “Great Pacific garbage patch”’… (with video)
www.theengineer.co.uk/ocean-cleanup-system-pacific
&
‘Scientists get ready to begin Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup’…
More info can be found at www.theoceancleanup.com
‘Drainage Nets Cleaning up Henley Reserve’…
www.kwinana.wa.gov.au/city-life/protecting-our-environment/drainage-nets
‘NASA Releases Stunning Snapshot Of The World On Fire’…
www.nasa.gov/image-feature/just-another-day-on-aerosol-earth
‘Border Collies In Special Backpacks Are Restoring Forests That Were Devastated By Fire’…
‘Fighting marine debris: the dustcarts of the sea’…
www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/06/fighting-marine-debris-the-dustcarts-of-the-sea.html
‘Climate change: How 1.5C of global warming could affect the world’:-
Research by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that the world is now completely off track, heading instead towards 3C - twice the recommended rate of warming.
‘Five countries hold 70% of world’s last wildernesses, map reveals’:-
First map of Earth’s intact ecosystems shows just five nations are responsible for most of them – but it will require global action to protect them.
‘This is the ‘last generation’ that can save nature, WWF says’:-
Global wildlife populations have fallen by 60% in just over four decades, as accelerating pollution, deforestation, climate change and other manmade factors have created a “mindblowing” crisis, the World Wildlife Fund has warned in a damning new report.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/29/health/wwf-wildlife-population-report-intl/
• Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level? (2004)
• Global Warming (2007)
• Colony Collapse - Why are the bees dying and what is the impact? (2007)
• Celebrate Global Warming (2007)
IPCC website links page - full of informative links to many Govts & Depts within.
World Health Organisation
UN Environment website
BBC Science & Environment section
Guardian’s Environment section
NPR Environment section
PBS / Frontline’s Environment section
National Geographic’s Environment website
NASA’s Climate Change portal
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Causes of Climate Change (EU)
Greenpeace
Friends Of The Earth
The Encyclopedia of Earth
Treehugger
Common Dreams - thanks flametitan
Freecycle
US National Parks Service
The National Trust (UK)
Please let me know if I’ve overlooked any other threads for inclusion here, or if anyone had any useful links to add as well - thank you.
‘On yer way, Pinochet! The factory workers who fought fascism from Glasgow’…
When Scots refused to service Chile’s jet fighters after the 1973 military coup, their protest all but grounded the air force – and may have saved prisoners’ lives. ‘Nae Pasaran’, a powerful documentary, tells their story
‘Disney bought Lucasfilm six years ago today and has already recouped its $4 billion investment’…
‘Naomi Watts To Star In ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel For HBO’…
&
‘Josh Whitehouse Set As ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel Lead’…
A few mild spoilers in this article re the forthcoming final season of Game Of Thrones - so some may wish to avoid reading it…
‘The end of Game of Thrones: An exclusive report on the epic final season’:-
https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/01/game-of-thrones-final-season-ew-cover-story/ (and scroll down)
Confirmed: the final season of Game Of Thrones will be shown in April:-
https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/1062359268203077633 (with 30 second video - no new scenes)
Thought this was just superb…
video of it all - https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/9szbx4/what_about_this_one/
😃
Some kind soul has uploaded BBC’s Arena Cinema program on Star Wars - from 1979 - up on youtube:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALjEf-tQNWc
'This episode of ‘Arena Cinema’ was broadcast on BBC2 on 29th January 1979 to co-incide with the British release of ‘Star Wars’. What we have here is an interviews and analysis. Behind-the-scenes clips are included, some of which I haven’t seem elsewhere.
The format of this series was that each episode had a lengthy feature item with unrelated film news and reviews at the end.
Short clips of this programme have been seen elsewhere over the years. To my knowledge it has not been repeated since.
I’ve had to make edits to comply with YouTube’s filter. The missing footage is clips from the film.’
Nice van Gogh-ing, DeviantWillUK 😃
I’m not a fan of RED Cameras
Hal 9000 alerted! (he was already likely watching, but still…)
That’s a long list paja mate - good luck with it 😃
For me getting all the Gold Medals on Battle For Naboo for the N64 (just got all Golds on Rogue Squadron again) - a lot more frustrating this time around, though it has been a few years…
Will give Super Metroid another go too (SNES) - completed it years ago, be good intriguing to see how much I’ve forgotten and how bad I’ve become…
Also thinking of upgrading my pc setup to one of these bad boys…
May be worth trying to contact this guy from here - http://stayornay.com/tech/?p=286 - to see if ever did upload his scans, or still has them somewhere?
Forums such as https://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=69 (towards the end of the page) may be of interest too?
Good luck with it mate 😃
^ very well done mate. Love the rearrangement of images for the back covers and the long vertical image on each of the left sides too - they look great.
Really liked that - nicely done 😃
^ eeek! I feel for you man.
Obviously not my collection, thought it may be of interest in here:-
‘Rancho Obi-Wan: This man spent years building the largest ‘Star Wars’ collection in the world’…
^ with video of collection & interview too
Kathleen Kennedy just confirmed to me Boba Fett movie is 100% dead, 100% focusing on THE MANDALORIAN #StarWars
— (@ErickWeber) October 26, 2018
So, no Boba Fett movie, but a Boba Fett TV show instead?
Well, more of a Mandalorian tv show than it actually being Boba 😉
I’m still hopeful a few years down the line they’ll start doing ‘straight to blu ray’ type Star Wars releases - or one off 90 mins SW specials (especially if Disney are pushing forward their own streaming service).
Something with a vibe like this below - a 90 min spaghetti western type Boba-centred film would do for me…
Though comics and books will likely have to suffice for now…
