Farscape pics

It certainly pays to check the BBC Farscape website every now and then ... apparently filming on the new miniseries is all wrapped up - and was before they made the announcement that it was being made. Further, promo shots are available SQUEEE! Note that they contain some spoilers, particularly regarding certain characters who may or may not have been dead at the end of the series proper but whose appearance will really be no great shock to anyone. Also Luxans, Scarrans and somebody with a bi-partisan head.

HOO HAH.

Also: Britney Spears has gone in for another knee operation! I wonder how big they'll be when she comes out.

All links Safe For Work afaik. That is to say they make no noise and contain no cock.

NTL

Just rang ntl: to cancel services at the end of the month (which actually requires 30 days' notice, good job my Mum reminded me yesterday).

First time, I selected "change of address" in the multi-choice menu. I got through right away, but I was a little thrown when I was told I needed to give them the exact address I was moving to. This is partly so they can send bills and whatnot - fair enough, really - but also, apparently, because you're dealth with by a different department depending on whether it is a service or non-service area. Presumably, if it's a service area they pass you over to sales, who try to win you back with discounts and witchcraft, whereas if you're going to a non-service area you're not worth bothering with.

So anyway, I hung up before I remembered that, yes, I do know Alex's house number and street name, so I can look it up on Mapquest. Having secured the address I rang back, but this time selected "change package details" and "thinking of leaving ntl:".

In the "leaving" queue, the automated lady told me there was a wait of approx. 11 minutes.

Leaving in droves.

Oh, ps, on a related note, I guess my ntlworld.com address will stop working at the end of the month. Start using andysdrawings.co.uk or compsoc.man.ac.uk (andy and fisher respectively).

JLA#99: don't bother

Bah. Just read the last installment of this "Tenth Circle" travesty, and it really is an apallingly transparent launching vehicle for the Doom Patrol. The story ends, and then we follow the DP for two more pages, with no purpose other than to set up a cliffhanger to lead into DP#1. (Which in itself may be ill-concieved. I can see that they're looking to draw readership over from the JLA, but really, how many non-JLA readers are they going to alienate by beginning the new series on a cliffhanger?) I was right, it looks like the Doom Patrol have co-opted Faith - upon emerging from the room marked "Current Writer Not Interested" with Manitou Raven, she elected to go with them to train the new recruits in their abilities. It's sort of nice, as it means she'll at least be written by somebody who's actually interested in developing her rather than saddled with her by the previous creative team, but it made little sense for the DP (rushing off to see the cliffhanger) to tell her to wait in the copter with the other rookies. She's military trained, and above that she's Justice League. Maybe they wanted her to protect the noobs. Oh well.

In fact, throughout, dialogue was again shaky and incomplete and (as near as I can tell) several people exposited things they had no way of knowing. One black guy said "Homes", which I'm pretty sure is poorly-researched street-slang. In Priest books it was always "Holmes", referencing Sherlock, rather than homeboy or whatever. One of them's obviously wrong, and until I see evidence otherwise I'm going to side with the brother (Priest).

Next issue - the big #100 - sees Mahnke and Nguyen return for a special landmark milestone celebratory issue ... in order to launch their own spin-off title, Justice League Elite. Bah. Am becoming extremely jaded with comics industry. If Claremont and Byrne return after #100, I will most certainly cancel my subscription. That'll leave me with Teen Titans, JSA and the Legion. Oh, and Green Lantern ... though, you know, with Kyle on the way out I'm not so sure about that any more.

I think I need more Peter David in my life. Oh look! It's a New Frontier novel, courtesy batelf. Off to read. Laters.