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I'd say BvS is worth seeing in the cinema. Yeah there are issues, but it's a decent action romp, just go in with your brain all the way into mindless action film mode and it delivers in spades. The tone gets loads of stick for being too dark, but that's not an issue for me. Batman works being dark in tone, it's just a bit off with Superman. I was more stoked for Squad anyway as it has Harley Quinn and Joker in it, so that was probably inevitable, and after seeing BvS, the idea of more of Afflecks Batman only adds to that. Despite the shaky nature of BvS, if DC handles it right going forward, Affleck has a real chance of being the highwater mark of the cinema version of Batman. Plus, I have a feeling Margot is going to slay it as Harley.

Yeah, apparently they're doing reshoots to lighten the tone further after BvS. The villains perspective is the one thing they rarely get right in comic book movies, doom and gloom is for the tortured heroes. Villains should be full of dark comedy and rarely serious, after all, they're mostly ridiculous anyway. As Harley says "We're the bad guys, it's what we do."

I meant for the character, consistent is probably a better word. Basically, leaving Ollie, Arrow, whatever, alive is utterly out of character.

Holy shit, do the bad guys NEED to want to do something other than destroy the stupid city, for fuck sakes (and actually, Flash, could your primary seasonal villain also please just stop being basically "evil, faster Flash who for some bullshit contrived reason doesn't just rip your heart out while you stand there gaping "). Also, less mumbo-jumbo bullshit, please, for the love of puppies. And enough with people dying and being resurrected, the stupid damn relationship bullshit, and could they write try to write a consistent character (Felicity, that's aimed at you in particular)? This show worked originally because it was about a guy who got hardened by circumstances over 5 years, it was gritty and at least vaguely in touch with what may be physically possible. It was the TV version of Nolan's Batman, which is fine for Green Arrow, since they're pretty similar. But it's just got more ridiculous as it's gone on. Sarah Lance as Black Canary, fine. Diggle as Spartan, also fine. Roy as Arsenal, maybe. But Thea and Laurel as viable physical threats to special forces trained soldiers with years of experience, in the what, the 3 months it took? Yeah, bullshit. Ras Al Ghul's kinda magic... ok, not great, but we'll accept it. Hawkgirl/Man/Savage... whatever, it's a one off and they're all linked, it's a closed circle. Damien Dhark's kinda magic.... really.....really? What's next, Galactus being beaten by a boxing glove arrow? Connor Mcleods' kinda magic?(... magic..... magic! Hahaha, it's magic!). Arrow main villains need to either be able to hang with Ollie physically, or they need to be master manipulators pulling strings, or both. Not some magic guy who should have and absolutely would have in any kind of realistic portrayal, popped Ollies head like a grape the first time he got in the way, FOR FUCK SAKE! Flash main villains need some diversity, instead of all being faster speedsters. A different power that evens the playing field, like, for instance, Damien Dhark, who would have worked and fit better as a villain on Flash, imo. Sure he has magic, but you can't hit what you can't see, but Barry also can't get past his protections. And if I hear Barry Allan whine one more time about how he needs to be faster...

If you genuinely think Deadpool (R rated Comedy with ultra violence), Ant-Man (a comedy heist movie), Iron Man (straight origin story), Captain America : Winter Soldier (political thriller) and Guardians of the Galaxy (comedy space adventure) are all "basically the same" then there is no hope for you. And while the MCU is a shared universe, it's only 2 films a year, and you don't have to have seen any of the other films to be able to watch any of them, aside from, maybe the direct sequels (though I'd say you really don't have to have seen any of the other films to watch Iron Man 3 or Winter Soldier, for instance). And to clarify, Marvel isn't ruling the box office by default because they make superhero movies, they're doing it because they make good to great movies that happen to be about superheroes. They can manage this because they have tight creative control over their films, overseen by one man, Kevin Feige. Warner/DC has gone the other direction and basically given the director scope to bury themselves. That's worked out great for them in the past, especially with Nolan's Batman, less well with MoS and BvS and horrendously like Catwoman. DC has an advantage in that their characters are iconic in pop culture, especially Batman and Superman, but they've yet to really test themselves and succeed with lesser characters like Marvel did with Guardians and Ant Man. That said, they've had more poor to middling films than any other studio, with some horrendous Batman films, Green Lantern, Catwoman, Superman Returns, Jonah Hex etc. Fox and Sony are the studios which seem to miss slightly more than they hit, with Spidey, Ghost Rider, Xmen, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Elektra,Deadpool etc. but not as badly as Warner/DC miss.

I keep hearing this "soooo many" thing, when it's really not. This year, you've got Deadpool, BvS, Cap,Xmen,Suicide Squad and Dr Strange. That's one superhero every 2 month's, on average. Six movies, total. Only 2 of which are in the MCU, and let's face it, then MCU is the only "must see" player in superhero movies. This year to date there have been more straight sci-fi movies (3) than superhero movies(2), shitloads more comedies, more war/terrorism action movies, 5 horror movies and, get this, more religious-based movies (2 biblical, 1 Egyptian). In short, there is plenty of other stuff to watch, Superhero movies are a staggeringly small proportion of the films being made, they just do big box office (that said, Zootopia has made the most money so far this year).

I'm not one for reviews, and I can generally just take a movie for what it is, but there are so many irksome things that just pile up during the movie, even with my brain turned off, as it were. On the plus side, most of the issues stem from the script writing/direction/production end and not the cast, though Luthor was off. Affleck did a sterling job as a war-wearied Batman, and it's by far the most nuanced version of the character we've seen on the big screen, to the point where they should have had a post-Man of Steel solo Batman film before Batman v Superman. They're far enough into Batman's career that they could have done an partial adaptation of The Killing Joke (at the start) and A Death in the Family (which leads to the Robin suit in BvS and Batman's darker outlook). It would also have given Leto room to establish his version of Mr J, before Suicide Squad.

The current verdict is basically if you don't value your privacy (no vpn, google for search, no adblockers etc) and you're a sucker for shiny bollocks that doesn't make anything better, then go for it. If, on the other hand, you'd really rather not have Microsoft collecting literally every keystroke you make, then hold off. I use W7, W8 and W8.1 daily, and Windows 10 is no better. In fact, search is way, way worse.

The performances weren't the issue, the problem is the outright stupidity of the plot, [spoiler=plot details here]especially when it comes to Luthor, but also when Superman is apparently "responsible" for people being gunned down before he even arrives somewhere. It didn't get any better from there either. Metropolis and Gotham being so close makes no sense, Clark not knowing who Bruce Wayne is, the whole "making Batman fight Superman while I create Doomsday when my apparent motivation is to protect Earth from a rogue Kryptonian" Luthor arc, gah just so much of it. Down to the utterly nonsensical in context exchange about who Wonder Woman was with. It annoys the crap out of me, because DC should at least be able to keep up with Marvel, considering they own the 2 biggest superhero properties, but they can't even get their biggest ace right (the Batman vs Superman concept is basically DC fellating the general public)

Yeah, he was, but Tony made it possible for him to become Iron Monger instead of just being Obadiah Stane, scheming dickbag.

Does anyone else find Starks "we" deeply ironic? I mean, where there is an Avenger to blame, it's always Iron Man who is responsible for all the shit going down, apart from, maybe Thor. Let's break it down by movie. shall we? We shall... Iron Man - Bad guy was in a iron monger suit.... developed from Iron Man tech - Blame for the Bad Guy : Tony Stark The Incredible Hulk - Abomination, released by the America military - Blame : The people Stark trusts with the register. Iron Man 2 - Vanko - Blame : Starks Dad, for being a bit of a dick. So a Stark. Thor - Loki - Blame : Thor, for being a bit of a dick. Captain America - Red Skull - Blame : not applicable /Hitler The Avengers - Loki + Chitauri - Blame : Basically, Loki, indirectly via jealousy Thor (because Thor and Odin are both dicks) Iron Man 3 - Killian - Blame : Tony Stark, for being a dick Thor 2 - Malekith - Blame : not applicable/ bad luck Cap 2 - Bucky - Blame : Hydra Guardian - irrelevant Avenger 2 - Ultron - Blame : Tony Stark, what a surprise... Ant Man - Yellow Jacket - Blame : not applicable (bad guy was always a dick) So, how exactly would having all powered individuals registered have prevented anything? At all? Oh, except for the shit Stark caused, of course, and there's plenty of that. The rest was all frigging aliens, who wouldn't be registered anyway, or gods from Asgard (and again, they wouldn't be registered). Oh, and one suited bad guy who messed up a house. Like, 1 house, total. In summary, fuck you Tony Stark, I hope Cap takes your head clean off with that shield, you apocalypse-inducing douchebag shithead asshole.

In context of who they have and what they are today, Barrett wasn't that bad. Not a patch on a real heel, like Flair, Rude, Andre etc., though. But then no one these days is.

Gotta hand it to the secret service, that's a genius way to build a watchlist.

Anyone who is here and registered for national insurance has access to free NHS care (as in, it's not cross billed to their country of origin). That includes foreigners on study, work and ancestral visas. Hell, when I first moved here, I was on an ancestral visa which explicitly barred access to any "public funds", but not the NHS. In or out of the EU will make no difference to this. For reference, the reason a lot of foreigners live here for years without residency is because you're actually required to live here for 4 years before you can apply for residency.

Health tourism, ie. people travelling specifically to receive treatment on the NHS, cost £70 million per year in 2013. This is from the same report which grabbed headlines as being £2 billion. Turns out 2 billion is the cost for treating all foreign visitors and temporary migrants, most of whom are entirely eligible for NHS treatment and pay taxes. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/10/how-much-does-health-tourism-really-cost-nhs-its-not-2bn

We need to stay in, but we do need to deal with the bullshit interpretation of the human rights act which stops criminals being deported for having a cat, or whatever. For instance, foreign hate preachers, in particular those scrounging benefits, should be unceremoniously bundled onto a plane and delivered back to their country of origin. "Oh, their families.."... yeah, send them with too. Health tourism is such a tiny cost (in the scale of government and NHS expenditure) it's not even worth mentioning. Plus, there is already a charging system in place for EU nationals whereby we claim the costs back from their government. Most EU migrants come here to work, and in-work benefits actually cost us far, far more than the few lazy scroungers who don't do a damn thing. Claiming child tax credits for kids back in Poland, for example, is bullshit. Of course, this would be a non-issue if we just changed the benefits system to require that a person, or their parent/guardian, had worked in the UK for a minimum of, say, the previous 5 years before they had access to any benefits. Applied to UK and EU citizens alike, it would also tackle the multi-generational benefits culture in some areas. Also, there is a relatively simple method of somewhat dealing with people sending money back to their home countries, and it's to charge VAT on international money transfers by individuals.

He was like that when I got here The 127 hours reference You weren't supposed to see that bit Telling Blind Al there was a hidden cache of cocaine somewhere in the apartment The Ikea debate All the comments to Negasonic, especially the Sinead OConner one. "You were kinda rambling on.." So many others. Voltron ring, the proposal bit, Agent Smith. FRANCIS I'm feeling the need to see this again, cause there's no way I got it all first time round.

So, this is out now, and it's superb. Go see it. Go on, what are you still doing here?

They're first cousins, once removed, I think.

I was playing Metal Gear Solid 5 : TPP, but after the Skull Face mission just got a bit annoyed, so I've moved onto Just Cause 3 and it's beautifully bonkers! Also got GTA V and Deadpool for PS4. Played a bit of Deadpool, it's as nuts as you'd expect.

If I remember correctly, isn't Sabine the woman who drove the van around Nurburgring? And the Daily Fail living down to it's reputation, as usual.

This may be the first movie I actually see twice in the cinema, I think. To put that in perspective, I'm not a huge Star Wars fan (I've probably seen IV-VI 2 or 3 times including watching them all in the run-up to this, and anything past 2 times was when it was on TV, and basically just background), though I've always been a fan of sci-fi and fantasy. Access was somewhat limited in my childhood though.

Yep, I'm on board for this, they've done a great job with revitalizing the series.

Just to raise a point, because people bitch about the split viewpoint in the prequels (ie. Anakin and Kenobi doing their own shit). Go watch IV-VI films again. Notice that? DO YOU SEE. Yeah, they did the same thing. Now, having just watched all the primary canon films I - VII, I'd put VII right up there with Empire. The Good : Overall, it really does work. There are some nods to the previous films, some character development for our old favorites without really stealing the spotlight from the new characters. I'd happily go watch VIII without a single character from IV-VI in it. Kylo Ren is a badass Dark Jedi/Sith/DarkSide Force User and wildly different from Vader. Ray and Fin are both likeable and well realised, with enough hints at their pasts that you can invest in them and want to know more. It helps that the actors playing them are really very good and have decent dialogue. The Bad: Without going into detail, I felt like I'd seen some of the plot points somewhere else before... The Ugly : Oh Han, you poor, poor man... In summary : A great movie. Not just a great Star Wars movie (which it also is), but just a great movie. I had low expectations going in, having been burned 3 times, but this is finally the film the Star Wars fans and canon deserved. Thank God George Lucas sold to Disney.

And now having done the entire series, the take away is.... use protection guys, seriously. Anakin only goes dark because he's desperate to save Padme, who dies in childbirth (also, glaring continuity there, as Leia clearly remembers her mother in Return of the Jedi). No pregnancy, no death in childbirth, no fall, no Empire etc. Also, I think Yoda and Obi-Wan must have been slightly retarded. They sent baby Luke to go live with his Uncle and Aunt on Tatooine. An Uncle and Aunt Vader is aware of and knows exactly where they live. Really? Then Obi-Wan Kenobi adopts the singularly brilliant non de plume of Old Ben Kenobi.... was he trying to be caught? What happened between Episode III and IV that the Empire stopped looking for Jedi who may have escaped? Especially as they were aware Yoda and Keboni were unaccounted for? And if they were looking, it wasn't very bloody hard if they didn't at least check known associates like, oh, Senator Organa from Alderaan, who had a surprise baby from nowhere, or Anakin's relatives. For a galactic evil empire, they're sadly incompetent. And some other things. In Jedi, all those bikers just hanging out in the forest...weird. They should be patrolling, right? And none of them seem to have radio comms, though it definitely exists since Luke and r2d2 use it in Empire. Also, the Emperor, what a twat. The last time he used force lightning to try to kill someone, it left him massively deformed, so hey, let's do that again... despite the fact he's used a lightsaber before AND he has better force options, like the force choke, or telekinesis to drop Luke down the whatever the hell that fall was down. And the Death Star. Mother of God, Empire engineers are terrible. A straight run from the surface to the core reactor, with no defenses and no reactor shield. Now I know what you'll say..."Oh, but it wasn't finished" and I tell you straight that's not the problem. The reactor was totally completed, and so were the last few miles of approach to it. It was as secure as it was going to get, and I've seen better secured boxes of chocolates. And finally, a monumentally unstable reactor which blows up when a power coupling fails. The Rebels didn't need to attack, the damn thing would have blown itself up in short order. People moan about JarJar, but the legit dumbest people in that universe are the force users on both sides and their terrible engineers. But then none of them are as dumb as Tony Stark.