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I'm a big Cronenberg fan, but COSMOPOLIS just about killed it all for me.  What a spectacular waste of time, and not in a good TROLL HUNTER way.

Hmmm, I've read the book and it didn't really scream out "MAKE ME INTO A FILM! IT'LL BE ACE!" so I was quite surprised (and largely disinterested) when a cinema version was announced.

Can't say I'm too bothered personally about 'always on' internet (my 360 is always connected anyway) or blocking second hand games.

If this had happened in the days of the NES or Megadrive though I'd have been screwed. Just about every game I owned had about 3 previous owners and cartridges used to be swapped between friends fairly frequently. It'll be a bugger for the 'retro' market in the future too!

Having said that, I still think gaming is fairly good value compared to Blu-Rays, Cinema etc.

Totally agree. I will admit that a few of the games I buy are second-hand, so it will be a bit annoying to not have that option to pick up more "impulse" purchases, or those games that aren't quite must-buy on release, but are worth picking up 6 months (or more) later at a reduced price.

But the likes of Elder Scrolls, Halo, Fallout etc are always bought on release, and they offer amazing value for money. I paid £40 for Skyrim (and another tenner for the guide - first time I've ever done that!) and I played it for nearly 6 months and 100 or so hours.

That is a bargain.

If MIcrosoft stay like last gen I cant see anymore big titles released on the 360 (aside from Gears can you name a big first party title due in the next 6 months?), Sony on the other hand alway support their old model for an extra couple of years.
This is the first generation I havent upgraded straight away (if you count Wii U as bext Gen), i think i might wait a while for the price to come down after launch instead of getting stung a bullshit high price for being an early adopter.  Now when Battlfield 4 hits the next gen I'll upgrade (as long as it 64 player, i despise the Xbox's current limit of 24 very nearly ruins BF3).

Cu Radbacker

No, I don't know of much. Is Bungie's "Destiny" next-gen?

I think back to last gen and the only thing I bought in the last knockings of the original XBox was the brilliant "Black". I spent the next few months looking at screenshots of the first Gears Of War and then caved in when I saw a preview of Oblivion.

[Cloud Atlas.]

Cloud Atlas. I'm still digesting this, but I bloody loved it. Have never read the book, and knew very little of the plot when I went in.
It is a massive movie both in running time and vision, and has some incredible performances. Hanks and Broadbent in particular are nothing short of brilliant.

I enjoyed the book a lot. For all its self-indulgent and occasionally obtuse stylings, it displays a cyclopean ambition and pleasing coherence if you stick with it. I was dubious about how it would ever translate to a film (classically unfilmable like many other noble failures) and the very mixed reviews (and US box office disaster) bear that out, but I will certainly be watching it when it reaches the smaller screens

Although I fucking despise Hugh Grant

But they will abandon them, because all the new great games they want to play will only be available on the new generation.

I managed to last about 6 months (maybe less) before upgrading my big black box to the 360. I think Oblivion and Gears swung it. Same will happen this time. I'll see something by Bungie, Bethesda, or similar and that release will ensure the hardware purchase.

Finished a second run through of the fantastic Halo 4 and decided to give The Witcher 2 my full and undivided attention. But got distracted by the cheap thrills of a blood-drenched FPS so fired up FEAR 3, which I got about half way through a few months ago. Nowhere near as good as the first two, but still fun.

I can't see much else exciting me in the last throes of this generation. Apart from Bioshock Infnite obviously.

There's no real point in talking about a 'golden age' for 2000ad anymore, given that the last decade under Matt Smith is the longest consistent period of quality that the comic has ever seen, but it does feel like TV - largely thanks to Sky in the UK - is having a superbly high quality run of top quality TV: Walking Dead, The Wire, Game of Thrones, Utopia, Girls, Dexter, Dr Who, Louie, Falling Skies.

Yay

I've bought the last two xboxes and never owned a Playstation in any iteration, so it is more likely that I will stay faithful, especially given that I prefer Western developers and Western-originated games, and dislike virtually everything Japanese in gaming.

So I like my RPGs made by Bioware and Bethesda (Skyrim, Oblivion, Mass Effect, Knights Of The Old Republic and Dragon Age) and FPSs by Bungie and Infinity Ward and Valve. And many of those titles were either originated on the XBox or were far superior on the 360 vs the PS3. And I have no interest in any of the usual PS3 exclusives, few as they are.

But I am a litte worried by some of the rumours around the "Durango" - always on the Internet? Why? - so the decision will be more considered this time

Avengers Assemble. Mediocre and dull first hour, then Hulk saves the film and the last 30 or so minutes are splendid, eye-popping, SMASHing fun.

Wow. That was boss. Best domestic TV programme for a long time. Roll on the sequel!

With this, Walking Dead, Game Of Thrones, and Dr Who we're being very spoiled right now.

Never fear, I know how to get this thread back on track:

ROBBIE WILLIAMS IS DOING SINGING IN THE RAIN ON ITV RIGHT NOW! WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?!

He's done an entire album of 'swing classics' and is promising another. Lucky us.

Best just report you to the mods and see how we get on then.

What for? Making you look silly? Is that a banning offence? Or calling you unpleasant and smug?

Either way. You lose. But you're probably used to that too.

No, i've already got Die Another Day thanks. Im as unlikely to see this new one as i am to see the last one all the way through, after being bored almost to death by the atrocious Casino Royale. Bond needs to be recast and the series needs a massive overhaul, i think. This one may have opened big, but from the terms used when it's been mentioned by others, it's disappointed the audience.

SBT

It hasn't disappointed anyone. It's a gigantic success, garnered the best reviews of any Bond film since Goldeneye and nobody who isn't mentally ill prefers Die Another Die to it.

I don't know what you're on about. You seem insecure. Probably with good reason.

You only notice those problems because you're a boffin, TB.  Everyone else can just enjoy things for what they are and let it wash over them without ever forming a coherent thought, but you educated types are "thinking" rather than being entertained because you can't enjoy things on account of your higher education and ability to use Wikipedia getting in the way.

etcetera


Now, about the historical accuracy of Mystic Knights of Tir Nan Og...

Gosh you're remarkably unfunny. Unpleasant and smug. Yes.