Hibernation-Mode Entertainment

 In my less than triumphant return to blogging last Saturday (after three weeks off), I mentioned that I'd been in hibernation mode, i.e. eating lots of chocolate while slumped in front of the telly.  However, I also slouched before YouTube and lolled about in bed reading. 

 And here are some of the things I watched, read and listened to:

 

Played

"Immortal Love" - MIKA

 Over and over and over again. Thank you, Jon!

"The Moon's A Window To Heaven" (Album Version) - Hiroshima

Because I rewatched Star Trek V: The Final Frontier after several years - It wasn't as bad as I thought (or as some on the internet would have you believe).  It's not a patch on III and IV, but easily bests VI.

 

 

Watched

Taskmaster (seasons 15-17) - never less than extremely funny and very entertaining!

 

Solar Opposites

 I started watching this as it was co-created by Mike McMahan who created my very favouritest Star Trek series: Lower Decks.  I've only watched a few episodes of season one as I'm not sure what to make of it - I don't even know if I like it or not.  It's bizarre, but I'll keep at it for a bit longer.

 

The Great Flood

 I just fancied watching a disaster movie and I found this Korean film on Netflix so settled down to watch it.  It didn't turn out as I expected (I hadn't seen the trailer - which doesn't give too much away, fortunately).

 

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - This was terrible!  Not even Paul Rudd could save it.  I did like the stop-motion style of the freeze everything ghost, though. 

 

Rewatched

Star Trek: Enterprise (various episodes) - I was cramming them in as they disappeared from Netflix on 8th January and I don't have Enterprise on disc.  I only watched my favourites such as "Broken Bow", "Acquisition", "Carbon Creek", Dead Stop", "A Night In Sickbay", "Vox Sola" and "Precious Cargo" (which is almost universally maligned by Trek fandom but I love it!  "Precious Cargo" is probably my most watched episode of any Star Trek series.)

 

Fleabag (both series)

 

Ghosts (first series)

 

Bumblebee - As Transformers films go, this one is very good.

 

Thor: The Dark World

 This Thor film seems to get slated quite often, but I really like it. 

 

The Umbrella Academy (first season) - I might have welled up again during Diego's scenes with his robo-Mum.

 

 

Read

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock: The Making of the Classic Film, by John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto

 

IDW's Star Trek: Lower Decks 2023 comic omnibus, by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio and the 2025 comic omnibus, Second Contact by Ryan North, Derek Charm, and Jack Lawrence 

 And that's it!  Now, I'm off to see whats for tea.