++ We finally got the teaser trailer for Dune Messiah (yes, it's titled Dune: Part Three, but it's adapting Dune Messiah instead of part of the first book like the first two movies and therefore I will call it as such). First, this music in this trailer is phenomenal, just like with the previous trailers for these films it really demonstrates the grand scale of how epic this story is. Secondly, even just seeing little bits has me very, very stoked, especially the mentioning of Ghanima and Leto II's names. I may have some nitpicks with Denis Villeneuve's creative choices here and there throughout these movies, but it doesn't lessen my excitement to see this one. If he manages to get this right, the reactions to it are going to be very interesting, indeed.

++ Felicia Day will crowdfund for a movie spin-off of her webseries, The Guild.

Again, a pleasantly unexpected surprise announcement that totally caught me off guard! The Guild remains one of my favorite first ever webseries that I watched, and I even have the DVDs that were later made available to purchase because I adored it so much. I know that there was a musical stage reading that was done of The Guild with Felicia recently, so naturally this would be the next step. I hope the crowdfunding will be successful so she can make this happen.

++ Girl From Nowhere is a Thai mystery thriller drama that I've recently gotten into. It's an anthology centering around a mysterious girl named Nanno who transfers to different private schools each episode to expose the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty. It's utterly fascinating. Nanno, who is quickly revealed to the audience as a mysterious immortal entity, is delightfully unhinged, even more so in the second season, and I like that the acts of revenge are done as a way for characters to experience karma of their wrongdoings. Although the drama premiered in 2018 and has two seasons, Girl From Nowhere: The Reset just recently premiered as a re-imagined reboot of the franchise, theorized to be set in an alternate universe with another girl as Nanno, this time played by Becky Armstrong (known mostly from being paired with Freen Sarocha in various Thai GL dramas). I have only just discovered this drama franchise, so I like both actresses who play Nanno. In general, this drama is dark and twisted, but in a fascinating way that I do so enjoy.

Nathan Fillion just announced that there's a Firefly animated show in the works, set to be taken place between the first season and the movie.

This is quite a whiplash in terms of Whedonverse news lately. First, the BTVS sequel series got cancelled, and now we might possibly be getting more Firefly in animated form. What's next? A Dollhouse revival with Dichen Lachman and Enver Gjokaj being a central part of the story? (Actually, that would be pretty dope, ngl.)

With that being said, this came as quite a surprise. There was some vague buzz about Nathan going to tease us with something in relation to Firefly, however we've been hearing these kinds of things for years and it's usually just either an event or some kind of merchandise, and it's become kind of an inside joke among fans about "maybe this time it'll be a season two!" when we know that's not the case. So I wasn't prepared. Since it's still in the development stages I'm not getting my hopes up just yet knowing how fickle the entertainment industry is especially these days, however I can't help but feel tentatively optimistic for the possibility of this actually happening. It seems they're actively determined to make it so, and Nathan is probably the biggest advocate for more Firefly anything. I know some fans are disappointed about this being animated and not live-action, which I completely understand since I also wanted that too, but when taking into account how long it's been unless they were going for something many years after the events of Serenity with the crew, doing animation is probably the safest choice. I also have additional thoughts including my personal concerns about things, but that'll be for another post.

So. A second season of Firefly in animated form. Whodathunkit, huh?

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, Buffy: New Sunnydale, has been cancelled. Hulu will not be going forward with the series.

I can't say I'm surprised, but at the same time it is rather shocking considering the amount of buzz this created when the new series was announced. Sarah Michelle Gellar in particular was incredibly excited and even said she wouldn't be onboard with a reboot concept unless she really liked the direction of the story being sold to her, which after talking with Chloe Zhao it clearly did, and she's been hyping everything up about it ever since. Her announcing the series being axed is really heartbreaking, because you can tell she was passionate about at least seeing this project, the first season anyway, get finished and released. I might not have been entirely enthusiastic about this new series, but personal opinions and concerns aside I was curious to see what would've been done with it.

People are making speculations and pointing fingers for why the series fell through, from the script and the final product of the pilot being bad to differences of direction and fight for creative control, but ultimately the truth of the matter is we just don't know. For whatever reason, it just didn't work out.

I recently watched The Edge Of Sleep, a television series from Mark Fischbach (a.k.a. Markiplier on YouTube) which was adapted from a fictional podcast series he did of the same name. It's only one season since that's all what the podcast has, although I read that a second season of the podcast is written and ready to go, but it hasn't been recorded yet. For the show, it premiered on Amazon Prime in 2024 and then was later made available to watch on Tubi, you can also watch it for free on YouTube which is where I ended up viewing it.

( You'd better stay awake. Because if you fall asleep...you're fucked. )

I haven't listened to the podcast, though I read a bit of what the show leaves out so I'm interested to see what the differences are and how the narrative works between the two mediums the story is told in. There's also a novel based on the podcast too, so that'll be on the list as well. In addition to all of this, Mark recently had a movie come out in theaters, Iron Lung, based off of a video game of the same name, which is something I'm also curious in checking out. Needless to say, his career trajectory is going incredibly well and I'm really proud of him.

++ As always, even though I know it'll soon pass, daylight savings has me all fucked up.

++ Seven Seas Entertainment has been acquired by Media Do, which not only it seems the employees of Seven Seas weren't aware of this acquisition until it was announced but it seems that Media Do is going to be using their own AI translations, specifically for manga, as a means of pushing out more product at a faster rate. Although both Media Do and Seven Seas have made notices regarding the concerns, people are, rightfully, upset by this news. Seven Seas wasn't perfect by any means in regards to translations at times, but at least there were human translators. I don't know what will happen, honestly. Even if there are reassurances by Seven Seas claiming that they will still be hiring human translators there is no guarantee this will remain true further down the line. The best one can do at this point is to keep an eye on the situation. I know I will especially in regards to the upcoming volumes of danmei series that I'm assuming will not be altered since they've had translators already in place. Nevertheless, it just really fucking sucks that AI has taken over a lot of places, particularly in publishing and translations.