Alan & Jono's Watching/Reading List: October 2022 (Patreon)
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Alan:
Hey Heroes!
It’s been an absolutely insane month, what with a large Cinema Therapy shoot, FanX in SLC, finalizing post on Moonstruck, and doing prep and shooting Body of Work (Sophie’s short that I produced and AD’d.) So yeah, not as long a list this time.
What I’m reading!
- Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson. My current favorite fantasy author (and almost neighbor!) writes a sci-fi series about space fighter pilots? Couldn’t possibly be more happy about it. But I have bad news: It’s not a trilogy, there’s going to be another book at least. And worse!!!The film rights haven’t been available for awhile. Unsurprising, but still kinda sad for me. That being said, reading these has actually pushed me to develop an idea I’ve sort of had in my back pocket for about 15 years, and I think I might have cracked how to make a good story out of it.
- I haven’t had time to read anything else besides script revisions and scheduling/budgeting documents for Body of Work. It’s been a VERY busy time.
What I’m watching!
- Megan and I have been watching Reboot on Hulu. It’s a very inside-baseball show about creating and running a TV sitcom. It actually gets a lot of things pretty right, which is weird to see in a TV show about TV shows. (Most movies about movies sell a fantasy of what movies are.) I’m curious what people would think who aren’t involved in the day-to-day. It’s also pretty raunchy, so fair warning, but the cast is *chef’s kiss*.
- I’ve done my once-every-2-to-3 years rewatch of the Lord of the Rings Appendices. Yeah. The 18-hour-long BTS documentary about making the LotR trilogy. Those documentaries are legitimately what pushed me over the edge into wanting to be a filmmaker. I get the itch to watch them every now and then, mainly for nostalgia at this point. I felt such a sense of discovery when watching them the first time. Now they’re just comfort food.
Bonus Content!!!
- Finally got around to starting Jedi: Fallen Order on PS5. I love the Uncharted games, and since this is basically just Star Wars Uncharted, I’m really enjoying it so far. Still a ways to go, but it’s fun!
And…
Watch Movies! (And television, and read books, and play video games)
Jono:
I'm actually taking the month off of reading to enjoy a vacation with my family, but I have been watching a lot of movies! I rewatched Stargate (1994) for the first time in a long time, but it was a staple of my adolescence and it holds up well. Working my way through the Pirates of the Caribbean films again and watched Halloween (1978) and David Gordon Green's follow-up trilogy for the first time ever. Jaime-Lee Curtis is amazing! Also, 1956 The Mummy with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing is great fun.
What have you been watching and reading this month?