It's a new year, which means that, like last year, it's time to lay out the itinerary for what's to come. Oh man, remember me saying that I would have a new post up every day of the year? Ha, I wasn't even close. I won't be making that promise this year, though I would like to attempt it (and maybe even succeed) at some point down the line, maybe 2020? We'll see. At the very least, I would like to try and at least surpass the content bar that I set in the previous year. Will I follow through? That remains to be seen, as of now, though. These are the things that I plan on covering in the next 365 days.
Stephen King
As of the writing of this post, I am working my way through "Hearts in Atlantis". I also still have to discuss Stephen King's recent collaboration with his son, Owen, "Sleeping Beauties". Speaking of Stephen King's sons, Joe Hill released a collection of novellas, "Strange Weather" that bears examination, so look forward to that. Papa King also has a new book coming out called "The Outsiders" later on in the year.
Progressing through the bibliography, I'm hoping to cover "On Writing", "Secret Windows", "The Plant", "Dreamcatcher", and "Black House".
On the movie front, "Cell" still sits in my Netflix queue. I also have the first part of "It" as well as "The Dark Tower" to watch and review. I recently read that the latter might also have a TV series attached, so hopefully that comes to light.
I still need to watch "Mr. Mercedes". Hopefully, that hits Netflix, Hulu, or DVD at some point in the near future. If there is a second season, it will likely be delayed like its predecessor. It's a shame that they aren't making it more widely available.
Speaking of Hulu, "Castle Rock" is slated to land in the next year. I haven't followed the development too closely, but that should be an interesting watch.
Brad Thor
I recently added another author to the site's content review roster. I dove into Brad Thor's library with his debut, "Lions of Lucerne". It should come as no surprise, then, that I aim to continue to progress onward through his library as well.
Following "Lions", we have "Path of the Assassin", "State of the Union", "Blowback", and "Takedown".
Thor is releasing a new book, "Spymaster" in the summer, but I will likely wait until I hit that point in the chronology before reading it. I should (hopefully anyway) be up to speed by the time his 2019 book comes out, so it's a minor setback in the grand scheme of things.
Netflix
Continuing the tradition, my write ups for Marvel's "The Punisher" have succumbed to schedule slip. Naturally, I will try to finish it as soon as possible, though. Also in the MCU realm, the third season of "Daredevil is set to land, as is the second season of "Jessica Jones".
Yes, much like "Daredevil", the write ups for that show will start with season 2. On the plus side, all 4 defenders will be represented in the label list, so that will be good; especially if "The Defenders" does end up getting a second season.
Anime
"Dragon Ball Super" continues. I've been doing a decent job of keeping up with it and that won't be stopping any time soon.
The third season of "Attack on Titan" is set to air in the middle of this year. I was hoping to cover the second season as it aired, but the schedule didn't permit it. As I'm all caught up now, it should be a lot easier this time around.
I'd also like to dive back into "Rurouni Kenshin". Alas, I'll likely have to start over. Not only do I not remember what was happening, but there were a lot of articles lost in the Examiner shut down that I will have to re-do in order to keep everything complete. It'll be a pain to go through, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. It'll also eventually give me something to write about consistently to help fill in the gaps.
I could potentially add another series to the roster, though I'd have to browse around a bit. I said that I would do this last year and nothing came of it, so I'd understand if you're skeptical, but hope springs eternal, right?
Legends of Tomorrow
I discussed this in one of my Patreon updates, but I might as well say again that I have been unable to keep up with the CW shows as of late due to changing circumstances. As such, I will be waiting for this year's batch of episodes to hit Netflix. When that day does come, I will continue my write ups on that show. It's a bit of a pain, but we do what we can with what we have.
Archive Restoration
As it is, the site's backlog is mostly full of dead links. I'm hoping to begin remedying that in the months to come. It does mean doing a lot of work that was already done, but there it is. I started doing re-writes for "Death Note", and you can see the articles for the first half of the show in my "mega-post", though I still have quite a bit to go through.
The backlog covers all manner of things: movies, comics, anime. It should give me a good variety. I do try to put more emphasis on new content, but I think filling in the archive will be good overall. Doing this will also facilitate more new content like episodes of "Rurouni Kenshin" that went unwatched and diving back into the "Dark Tower" comics.
Reviewstream
Normally, I've shied away from going into too much detail on upcoming content for this particular site as it was always more spur of the moment. I'd see a movie and decide to write a review for it. Some times, I saw a movie that I thought I would review, but found that it didn't give me a whole lot on which to comment. It makes it difficult to lay down a projected list of what's to come.
This time around, though, I'm taking a different approach and have come up with some things that I plan on writing about.
You might recall that I had written reviews for the first two JLA trade paperback collections. My original intent was to go through the whole run, but it got pushed to the back burner. While I won't go so far as to say that I'll finish, I do want to cover what I can and at least knock a few more trades out.
I'm also diving into the fifth edition of "Dungeons and Dragons". I had written some articles on the "Essentials" material, but talking about the newer and more relevant content will be beneficial. I did rather enjoy doing those articles, so it should be a good bit of fun. I am kind of curious to look at the newest edition in more detail.
So, there you go. That's the 2018 plan. It's definitely more in depth than last year's, but I think that's a good thing. Oddly enough, I also think that this is more doable than the "post every day of the year" idea I threw out before. We'll see how things go though. Maybe on December 31, I can start doing retrospectives that assess what I thought I was going to do and what I did do. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
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