FINALLY! The long wait to return to Arrakis is over. When I tell you that I was completely obsessed with the first of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies… We were just out of lockdown, and it was one of the first sci-fi films I was to see in the cinema after so long – it completely blew me away. Now, three years later – how has that happened already? – my house is full of Dune books and merchandise. Another one of the many reasons I love SFX is it still continues to be a gateway to other worlds I haven’t yet explored, despite them being things that would probably have been right up my alley all along.
Another one is The Walking Dead. Confession time – before I started this job five years ago I hadn’t seen a single episode. I know!! After my first trip to SDCC I thought, “I really should probably know this franchise…” Within 12 months I had binged every single episode. And yes, that included all the spin-off shows. I bought the magazines, own the Blu-rays…
I’m still learning about films and shows now – and loving every minute of it. While it’s great to have loads of new material coming up, it’s fantastic to be able to dig deep into an archive of things I haven’t experienced yet. Now, what’s going to be the next overdue obsession…?
Rants & Raves
Inside the SFX hive mind
DARREN SCOTT EDITOR
RAVES
I’ve been loving watching Rentaghost on ITVX – there have been actual tears of laughter.
Seen the first few episodes of 3 Body Problem and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live and can’t wait to see the rest!
RANTS
It would be great for the three latest Walking Dead series to see some kind of UK release.
A shame that we didn’t know anything about the latest Star Wars series until we saw the start date on Twitter. Hey ho.
IAN BERRIMAN DEPUTY EDITOR
RAVES
Loved Poor Things – Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, production design and score all impressed. They overdid the fisheye lens, mind. Pleased to see they’re making 28 Years Later. Not pleased to realise that it’s 18 years since I did a set visit for 28 Weeks Later. God, I’m old.
RIP
Very sad to hear, shortly before we went to press, about the death of novelist Christopher Priest. Full obi
