Arf!
I was fearing a Natasha Richardson joke there for a second....
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:01,
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Well done on your frontpage image, barry!
I had my fingers crossed for you... you deserved it :)
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:09,
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..although that image is stopping me winning the compo. Curses!
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:16,
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ahhh thankyou
I love IMDB's rollover spoilers
Stepfather/Binoculars
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:10,
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Stepfather/Binoculars
Not really
Very enjoyable bollocks is how I would describe it.
If you enjoy 24 because of all the hard man/trained soldier stuff you'll love Taken, if you enjoy 24 because of the smarts, you'll probably hate it.
It was like Jack Bauer with his overshadowing love of his daughter, but if he didn't give a shit about morals, and if you took away the intellect of what he could realistically do*.
*Not that I'm claiming 24 is actually totally possible, just that they often do a good job of suspending disbelief
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:10,
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If you enjoy 24 because of all the hard man/trained soldier stuff you'll love Taken, if you enjoy 24 because of the smarts, you'll probably hate it.
It was like Jack Bauer with his overshadowing love of his daughter, but if he didn't give a shit about morals, and if you took away the intellect of what he could realistically do*.
*Not that I'm claiming 24 is actually totally possible, just that they often do a good job of suspending disbelief
Bah,
never really liked the idea of 24 really. I'll give it a miss :)
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:13,
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I'm really not an action film fan
nor a big buyer into the kudos given to soldiers...but 24 is possibly one of my favourite things ever.
I was left reeling after the first episode I ever saw, one of the best bits of tv in existence...and this is from someone who really doesn't like/watch many tv shows at all.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:17,
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I was left reeling after the first episode I ever saw, one of the best bits of tv in existence...and this is from someone who really doesn't like/watch many tv shows at all.
I love 24 and I was surprised by how good taken was. It runs along very similar lines as 24, but Liam Neeson would whoop Jack Bauers butt when it comes to imaginative torture techniques.
Definitely worth a watch at least once, I liked it for it's no nonsense approach to getting the job done.
A good example, he's on a boat, guards are looking for him, one peers through the glass porthole in a door, to be greeted with a bullet between the eyes. In 24 it would have involved an elaborate fight sequence. It was raw agression!
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:33,
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Definitely worth a watch at least once, I liked it for it's no nonsense approach to getting the job done.
A good example, he's on a boat, guards are looking for him, one peers through the glass porthole in a door, to be greeted with a bullet between the eyes. In 24 it would have involved an elaborate fight sequence. It was raw agression!
Saw it last week
not bad - plenty dont like it because of the obvious theme/racism but its just an action film..
Neeson is quite good in it too
/contains no ref to skiing
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:07,
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Neeson is quite good in it too
/contains no ref to skiing
I thought Neeson did an excellent job of playing that character
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:13,
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Not a bad film as it goes.
At least I think so. It was last summer when I saw it and there has been a lot of beer since then.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:06,
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Pfft!
I watched Paul Blart Mall Cop the other day and enjoyed it, so I think I will pretty much enjoy anything anyway ;)
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:08,
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Christ.
I was unable to watch that through to the end and have not had the desire to go back to it.
I watched "The Echelon Conspiaracy" ( aka 'the gift' ) the other night.
I wish I'd have been murdered instead.
Did someone not tell those guys that your entire story was done last summer in "Eagle Eye" and that version was only passable?
empty script supported by b list actors with a couple of cameos to prop it up. Implausable characters reacting totally unnatural to extremely impossible situations.
I can't say it's the worst film I have seen this year because I've seen Far Cry and Fire from Below but damn, it's close.
A film I really enjoyed last week was "Faintheart". Good old British comedy with a high dose of geekery.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:15,
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I watched "The Echelon Conspiaracy" ( aka 'the gift' ) the other night.
I wish I'd have been murdered instead.
Did someone not tell those guys that your entire story was done last summer in "Eagle Eye" and that version was only passable?
empty script supported by b list actors with a couple of cameos to prop it up. Implausable characters reacting totally unnatural to extremely impossible situations.
I can't say it's the worst film I have seen this year because I've seen Far Cry and Fire from Below but damn, it's close.
A film I really enjoyed last week was "Faintheart". Good old British comedy with a high dose of geekery.
I am a real sucker for shit comedies.
Not heard of fanitheart, I'll check it out.
I really hope Edgar Wright makes another films soon with Pegg and Frost.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:18,
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I really hope Edgar Wright makes another films soon with Pegg and Frost.
I just read up on that.
Directed by Spielberg, and written by Joe Cornish.
That is gonna fucking well rock!
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:26,
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That is gonna fucking well rock!
hehehehehhe! brill :D
hmmm... I may have to dig out Tekken 2 later on...
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:02,
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I preferred Tekken 3.
I unlocked everything in that game, every pre-rendered cutscene, every alternative costume.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:05,
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I only ever played as Yoshimitsu or Law... Very occasionally Kazuya. Never bothered with the rest....
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:06,
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That was a good game
I was unbeatable as the kickboxing guy on that, whose name I now forget
Then there was Goldeneye as well, a mate of mine at uni got every single cheat you could
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:07,
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Then there was Goldeneye as well, a mate of mine at uni got every single cheat you could
You mean Hwoarang?
The only guy ever named after the noise made when you expectorate.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:09,
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I preferred Baek-a-cake personally.
I've called him that for so long I can't actually remember his real name now.
Also Gun Jack from Tekken 2 was pretty awesome.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:12,
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Also Gun Jack from Tekken 2 was pretty awesome.
thats the one!
then my flatmate learnt how to counter, and it all became less fun :(
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:15,
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This^^^^
It was the only time I actually wanted to buy a console based on one game!
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:14,
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I grabbed a gamecube on the same principle - rogue squadron 2
i still pay it now, to be honest
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:16,
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Were you like me and watched the Gon end sequence again and again for HOURS AND HOURS!
Also Tekken Ball was the best thing ever, sucks they didn't include it in the later ones.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:08,
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YES.
I still frighten my kids by shouting "THE KING OF IRON FIST TOURNAMENT" when they least expect it.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:10,
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Fuck I love making random noises from old games.
I remember making the hilarious fighting noises Sub Zero and Liu Kang make in Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks at my nieces all the time.
Incidentally that game has the best and unintentionally hilarious opening sequences ever.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:17,
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Incidentally that game has the best and unintentionally hilarious opening sequences ever.
Heh heh
I still regularly shout 'CHICKEN' in a deep growly voice when we have chicken based meals.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:20,
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Haha fuck I forgot about that.
I think the best ridiculous quotes must be Yoshimitsu in Soul Calibur 3, I mean the fuck was up with his voice?
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:30,
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I never played that.
His camp 'MMMmmmmmm!' noise always makes me laugh. Like Kenneth Williams in a chimney with a lemon stuck up his arse.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:38,
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Tekken 3 onward, same thing
although I have lost all enthusiasm for Tekken 6, despite its having Bryan Fury firing a shotgun as a finishing move
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:09,
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I have Tekken Tag for the PS2
since my PS ONE carked it. It's not the same. Bryan Fury is ace, though.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:11,
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Me and my mates loved tag
pisses me off that they've ommitted the option ever since
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:14,
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Bryan was always my favourite.
Let's face it, you can't go far wrong with zombie punks, can you?
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:13,
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I've not even seen Tekken 6 yet...
Dead or Alive 2 on PS2 was excellent... Jann Lee was awesome.. "Waaah-taaaaah!"
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:13,
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I loved Tekken 3
on the PS2. ( Tekken 2 on the PSone wasn't it )
It was the only console game that when I picked up the controller I was confident that someone was getting a new hole tearing and that it would not be me for a change.
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Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:09,
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It was the only console game that when I picked up the controller I was confident that someone was getting a new hole tearing and that it would not be me for a change.