"Brushing back strands of their auburn hair..."

So...

Who else remembers a time back in the late 90s and very early 2000s where fan fiction authors described a bunch of Resident Evil characters as having "auburn" hair?

Not that you could blame them because...

Well...

...all that.

What? You're saying that some of these people have brown hair?

Pfft... can't you see that strand of red hair?

That makes it auburn. So there.

Nobody in old fan fics had plain old brown hair... duh.

And I'm pretty sure we all called it "auburn" because nobody wanted to call these people gingers...

Redhead got tossed around sometimes, but mostly for the women.

Also... I can't make a Resident Evil nostalgia post without shoehorning in RE: Gaiden.

Hell yeah.

Look at all that red.

YOU GUYS. There's a Tintin spoof in Teen Titans Spotlight #11!

It's Spotlight on Brotherhood of Evil. Warp teleports himself, Brain, Mallah, Phobia out of a shoot-out in France and accidentally get transported to an alternate universe. Getting hit by one of the assassin's lasers had scrambled Warp's brain and he now he can't remember how to get back. Before they can work the problem, they immediately get caught in a kerfuffle between some weird mutant people and a redhead riding a wolf. They manage to dispatch the mutant people in short order.

It's Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus!

Apparently, in this world, things went pear-shaped after Explorers On The Moon.

The moon landing year given is the same one as when the story first started being published in serialised form, a full 14 years before the real moon landing happened. I find it interesting that Herge very deliberately left out any fantastical or impossibly sci-fi elements, making what was a futuristic story for its time feel incredibly grounded in reality, but this comic takes an international intrigue plot and goes entirely bananas.

SNOWY WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU

GENERAL RASTAPOPuOULOS!

Tintin & The Mad Max Fury Road!

The Brotherhood decide to help out just to survive and steal the tech they need to unscramble Warp's powers from the Ark to get home. With Brain and Mallah leading the show, Tin and the freedom fighters take the citadel and bitchslap Rastapopoulos. Predictably, he tries to pull a Lex Luthor on Tin.

Apparently villains hate listening to other villains monologuing.

They're reunited with Professor Calculus. Aww.

Mallah's reaction to self-sacrificing heroic bullshit is so funny. And relatable tbh. 😂

When everything's done and dusted it turns out the whole thing was orchestrated by Dr. Mist with the help of French intelligence as a social experiment or something. Neat twist, but meh.

Incidentally I pity everyone who didn't grow up reading the Tintin comics. It's truly a timeless, all-ages series with no pandering or infantilization. Explorers is my favourite book after Red Rackham's Treasure. It's art and writing calibre is a stark contrast with this pulpy '80s DC comic. Though ngl, I missed seeing Thompson and Thomson.

KWIKN:  NCIS: LOS ANGELES - "Old Tricks"

KWIKN:  Knowing What I Know Now.

Watching the opening credits, I'd like to remind the show that (a) keeping the "San Voir" explosion should be a signature look year in and year out and (b) if there is a scene where Miguel Ferrer is easily identifiable and not just one of the team working around the table (like at the current credit’s end), please include that in the opening credits going forward.  Everything you read about the actor when he passed away was how much he loved working on the show.  Honor that.

The tone change in this scene from Kensi's last chat with Nate was a tip off that despite the unhappy start to the episode for poor Lt. Miller and his grandfather, this was going to be a light-hearted effort and a good palate cleanser from all the heavy storylines in the three-part "mole" wrap-up.

On a hugely vapid note, Kensi's top is great.  This version of Nate as bumbling fool, however, is not.  

I know from friends living in LA that they had a very wet few months but it is still odd to see water beading on a vehicle in Los Angeles after some rain and puddles on the ground.

Kensi's desk seems to have gotten, er, "busier" than before she was hurt.

"I don't want to talk about that bitch," – Linda Hunt is a treasure.

Captain Westbrook is legendary stuntman/stunt director/stunt coordinator Terry Leonard.  He was the stunt performer dragged behind the truck in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and the man driving it in the scene where he was fighting with Harrison Ford.  He likely did his own stunts in that wheelchair scene.  If we’re digging up former characters - he’d be a keeper.

So Callen's dad kidnapped the guy killed in the "Angel of Death" season four finale of NCIS and the late Colin Hart of Everwood.  Things never turned out well for his characters and it really doesn’t look good here.  In the "I'm so old" feeling for tonight’s episode – "Angel of Death" aired in May of 2007.  That's more than ten years ago.  I remember watching it live.

Agent Thompson got some regular work this season.  Maybe he and Nassir could get some regular work in season nine too. Recurring characters are good.

Do we think Agent  Dechamps knows what ever happened to Agent Giordano?

Look at Deeks charming Kitty Forman.

The program did such an amazing job during Kensi's recovery of making Eric her great champion and then ruins it all by turning him into a fool whenever she was mentioned once she was back.  His babbling here had a purpose but they are wildy uneven with Eric.

The part is not a fun one and not even an alive one but Martin Mull could easily play ECO's dad in something else.

"You can't chose who you love" is the feeling both women were having while Eddie dueled Deeks.

By the way - nicely done by the show.  Martin Mull is 73, Debra Jo Rupp is 66.  The ages are appropriate for the characters they’re playing.  They’re not selling them as too young for their con or have the big age difference between the male and female characters.

So does LAPD know that bad luck Pacey spent several hours, maybe a day, in Frank Furrilo's trunk?

60 Minutes gets a mention – nice corporate synergy.  I could watch Kensi and Deeks talk to Ginger and Eddie for an entire episode.

Gee, it is a shame Callen doesn't know anyone with the LAPD who could help in this personal matter.

When you scream "Federal Agent", people start shooting at you.  When will Sam and the crew realize this?

The hospital set got a lot of use this year – Kensi, the Mossad agent and his daughter, Granger, Lt. Miller.  

Did like the ending to Agent Dechamps's story.  There is something to be said about a million dollar coin being buried with Master Sgt. Miller's son - uniting the two most valuable things in the senior Miller’s life forever.

This Nell-Eric scene was great.  Fabulous callback to deploying the drone to kill the men after Callen, Sam, Deeks and a badly wounded Kensi.  And Nell admitting she's not good – all very well done.

If I'm Alexandra, I may be a little creeped out with the new fam (even if she doesn’t know they’re family) just showing up.  Especially if my ex is a drug dealer.  That said, Callen's reaction to "do you want to stay" is heartbreaking.  A family member really wanted him around and he had a flash of joy.  Nice work by CO’D.

Maybe the character they're bringing back that we haven't had heard about/seen in years is really Amy Callen.  I'm just going to throw out names until we find out who it is.  

I like the open ended final scene with Granger.  From "Henrietta" to Linda Hunt's voice over, it was perfectly in-character for both Granger and Hetty.  Hearing Miguel Ferrer sing makes me sad.

They're rerunning "Black Market", which was rerun already, next Sunday.  I think CBS has a big golf tournament (they do, the PGA Championship – thanks interwebs!) so there could be a delay.  Good practice for the football delays coming in about six weeks.

primes!

2. what would you name your future kids? Tobias and Portia.

3. do you miss anyone? My friend who died three years ago.5. is there anyone who can always make you smile? All of my friends here!7. what was your life like last year? Last year I was in what was supposed to be my last year of school. I was really frustrated and bored. 11. are you listening to music right now? No, surprisingly.13. how do you feel right now? Tired.17. opinion on insecurities. I have a lot. I don’t know what kind of opinions you’d have of insecurities.19. have you ever been to New York? New York State, yes, when I was a baby in a stroller and my dad had to go to court when a guy he worked with was in a lawsuit.23. fear(s) Failure, talking on the phone, anything with more than four legs (especially ladybugs), heights, clowns.29. favourite film(s) The Hunt For Red October, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Branagh’s Henry V, Mulan.31. 3 random facts 1) The first video game console I ever played was the SNES. 2) My favorite years of school have both been sophomore years, high school and college. 3) Last year I saw the Gutenberg Bible in person.37. favourite actor/actress Emma Thompson and Harrison Ford.41. relationship status Single.43. favourite song ever “New York City Serenade” by Bruce Springsteen47. turn ons I’m ace so I don’t think I have any.51. starsign Leo. Moon in Taurus and Aquarius Rising.53. 5 things that make me happy My cats, my friends, manuscripts, Pokemon, books.57. favourite animal(s) Bison, bears, goats, and deer59. why i joined tumblr Uhhhhhh I don’t remember how I heard about it or why I joined it really.