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Anyone with a 3DS may want to check this out!!!

I've just registered three of the listed games, so hopefully I'll be getting a code for Monster Hunter sometime soon!

http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-3DS-So-Many-Games-Promotion/Overview/Overview-750393.html

Sadly, Richard E. Grant would seem to be out of the running have now been a baddie...

Cheers

Jim

Colin Baker played the Captain of the Guard in Dr Who episodes prior to him becoming the Doctor, although I concede that was a smaller role than the GI.

How about Bill Nighy? He has gravitas, used for superb comedic effect in Shaun of the Dead.

Oh my god, that is brilliant!!!!

Although derivative, Oblivion looked and sounded great.

I enjoyed it.

I'm never gonna watch it, so whats the 'twist'?

[spoiler]The story is set up so Cruise is seen as overseeing the suction of the last of earth's resources in the form of it's water for fusion power, before all of humanity bugger off to Titan.  This is after a massive alien invasion has already fucked everything up.

As it turns out, Cruise is one of many clone drones tasked by said aliens to oversee the mechanical side of the suction of the earth's resources, and what he considered to be aliens are actually the remains of humanity trying to fight back. It then later turns out that all the other clone drones are an exact replica of him and a female pilot who were the first to confront the alien menace as it's ship hoved into our solar system.  So we don't just see one Tom Cruise, but a second one up close, who have a scrap, and then an entire obelisk full of the buggers.

However, despite being a clone and having his memory wiped, his humanity remains intact (and conveniently a bit of memory about his wife, who just so happens to crash back to Earth that day after orbiting in suspended animation for 60 years), and when he discovers it's all a con and he isn't going to Titan to rejoin the human race he sides with the survivors and saves the day.  He gets killed in the process but luckily one of his clones is around to shag his resuccitated wife at the end of the film. 

Hurrah, the world is saved etc etc.  [/spoiler]

Or in other words, 'meh.'

I hope that saved you £8.

Because someone made a robot-insect-mobile!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22231365

"But legs are very inefficient - the wheel was invented for a reason," he added.

Yeah, no-one told the Empire that, eh?  Think how much more they could have tightened their fingers around star systems if they'd only put AT ATs on wheels!

Yowsers, I wasn't expecting such a volatile reaction to my query.  Thanks for the answers though!

I remember enjoying Inferno, all those years ago, although the most standout moment for me was the prison guard feeding that hippie nark his pet rat.

Yep, there are definitely bots.  Mostly spam bots.  Some are funny though.  Try posting 'the bird is the word' and see what happens. 

I'm not sure how to make/buy one of your own though?

That was really good, although we've seen that Wagner clip in at least two of the other extras.

I was bemused by Mark Millars comments.  Maybe I have rosetinted specs, or can't remember the episodes he wrote.  Can someone name a few of the Dredd stories he did please, so I can go back and have a re-read?

OK so it's not exactly "Gold".

And it's filmed sideways.

But here's me going down a Zipwire (the UK's longest no less) to the strains of a-ha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3BiIWvPGBc

I can't see the vid in work unfortunately.  Is it the one in Tenby, over the flooded quarry?  It cited itself as being the longest one in the UK.  My daughter and I did a dual zip, her on the wire next to me.  She was only 7 yrs old at the time.  She's so gung ho - she was so looking forward to it, and even when she saw the wire and the drop she was up for it.  It wasn't until she was strapped in and looking at the water a hundred feet below her feet she finally said 'I don't want to do this.'  I whispered to the attendant 'Just push her.' and off we went.  Needless to say, when we got to the bottom, my daughter wanted to do it again straight away!   

[Oblivion.]

Oblivion. Got to see it for free. That's probably the best thing I can say about it.

[spoiler]Tom Cruise double proves he's not homosexual while recapturing the elements of Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Independence Day, Space Odyssey: 2001, and Return of the Jedi. Great visuals, but a blindingly obvious plot line with little to no surprises.[/spoiler]

What he said, but I'll also add it has some lovely visuals, but is let down by a 'by the numbers' sci-fi plot. That, and Tom Cruise being Tom Cruise.

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. No-one cried!

I cannot wait for next weeks. We haven't had a good romp through the corridors of the TARDIS since Tom Baker!  I'm betting its going to be quite different this time round.

Citizens of Calhab -Judge Pal will be giving out prizes for the best narks and informants at the Dundee Tattoo Convention this August!

More info here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dundee-Tattoo-Convention/337789499656072

On a lighter note, Harrison Ford bends his wookie:

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/04/19/harrison-ford-wont-answer-star-wars-questions/

The mouth plays a very important part in signing. Not only do you mouth the word as you finger spell it, the mouth is also used to create shapes and expressions specific to sign language.

[The Hobbit : Unexpected Journey]

I just finished watching The Hobbit : Unexpected Journey on Blue-Ray. Once again, it was superb, but I fell asleep during the middle of it.

I watched that last weekend with my girls on my beautiful 3D telly (have I mentioned that before?  It's lovely.  James Stacey's is bigger though) and it was fantastic.

Previously I'd seen it in a cinema, and it had closed captions and was a bit blurry.  I came away feeling non-plussed.  This time round the picture was crystal clear, and the 3D was incredibly effective.  I thoroughly enjoyed it!  The kids loved it too.  They spent the rest of the afternoon playing 'sneaky hobbittses'.