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    This is brilliant. Gervais has done really well, I think he even sends a decent message with this. Funny moments, real bleak outlook on our society, or at least personalities in our society and how we ignore the elderly, and for that matter people with say special needs (which is why Derek is at the care home along with other ignored/talked down about as unemployed represented by Kev). Genuinely moving at times. Episode 3 has been the best so far. Perhaps Gervais' best work?

    So ABC, Marvel & Disney are developing a S.H.I.E.L.D. TV drama with Joss Whedon and his team attacthed to write, and possibly direct an episode. This is surely a sure-fire pick up for next year!?

     

    it's clearly going to be incredible. Joss Whedon is pure gold.

     

    What new shows you starting this season Rooney? i'm only going with Revolution and 666 Park Avenue I think (purely for Terry O'Quinn)

    This is a bit damn heavy isn't it. in a great way. they suit heavy.

     

    only just finishing my first listen, pretty sure it's better than intimacy but need a few more listens. probably not better than AWITC, that just works too well as an album, this could well have some better songs though, definitely think these tracks will be immense live, infact they are as I've already seen a lot of them played live.

    I watched this for the first time 2 weeks ago, and finished it today, so incredibly addictive and easily the best sitcom for f*** knows how long. Shame about what they are doing with firing Dan Harmon, sounds like a retarded move.

     

    Having withdrawl symptoms now I have finished, have watched at least 2 episodes a day for 2 weeks, might just have to start it again.

    this wasn't as great as I hoped, it was kind of epic but there were too many plot holes,

    like how the f*** did Bruce get back to Gotham from the prison?

     

     

    Found Bane muffled as well, sometimes he was really clear but a lot of the time very muffled, thought he was an awesome villain though.

    Having read the book and watched the Swedish film since previously commenting in here, I can definitely say I prefer Fincher's film, both as a standalone piece of entertainment and as a more faithful adaptation of the book. I think the major difference for me was the quality of the actors. Mara Rooney seems like so much of a better fit for Lisbeth than Noomi Rapace, who's a bit too old and not vulnerable enough (but still very good). When I read the book the character I was imagining was Mara's Lisbeth. I also liked Daniel Craig more as Blomkvist (but again Michael Nyqvist couldn't be faulted). When it comes to the supporting cast though Fincher's film is so far ahead, there's no comparison for me. Stellan Skarsgard had so much more presence as Martin, same for Joely Richarson and Robin Wright.

     

    The way Lisbeth is written in the American film is much truer to the book, and I wouldn't say it's any less bleak at all personally. The tension is higher if anything.

     

     

    Woah, disagree with that, I thought Rapace's performance is up their as one of the best female performances ever, she's incredible, but that said Rooney Mara was also very very very good and nailed the character, but I do think Rapace was better.

     

    I agree that Fincher's is a more faithful adaption though, I do need to rewatched the Swedish one though as I've seen Fincher's a few times now since I saw the Swedish version so it's getting hard to compare.

    What was the first Intimacy track to leak?

     

    It is QUITE GOOD on first listen.

     

    nothing leaked iirc, Kele invited himself onto zane lowe like a week after Mercury was recorded and played it.

     

    Gonna download Octopus right now.

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    Yeah so I saw it yesterday. it was average. made very little impact on me to be honest, I wouldn't say I disliked it but I wouldn't particularly care about seeing it again. Felt very rushed, thought Emma Stone was f***ing terrible. The story structure needed work. I reckon if they aimed for summer 2013 it would have not only been a better film but would do better at box office (not being against batman and avengers). My main thought throughout the film was that i can't f***ing wait for Dark Knight Rises.

     

    The action scenes were well done though in my opinion, maybe the final fight was a bit anti-climatic though, the school fight was amazing though.

     

    Not a patch on Spider-man 2 (or 1 for that matter, probably better than 3 but let's face it that is not a hard achievement).

    Got back from watching this like an hour or so ago...

     

    It was excellent. Obviously wasn't up to the standard of 'The Avengers', but it's easily the 2nd best film of the year so far. Genuinely gutted about the hype surrounding this though. I get the feeling it'll be a grower and eventually be big via word of mouth, but the promotional campaign for it has been awful. It worked so much better in this style I think. Rhys Ifans was brilliant in his role! It was a very nice re boot to the franchise and I'll be looking forward to and hoping that they bring Andrew Garfield in to the Avengers. (If they were/are thinking of bringing Spiderman into it at some point.)

    he won't be in Avengers, completely different film studio making them. that and spidey isn't a traditional avenger.

     

    i haven't seen this yet, not even sure if i want to, i don't want to be closeminded if i do go and see it but this film is just unnecessary and from what i heard that is no peter parker, i'm sorry but any film that f***s with the key characteristics of their main character are morons. also people criticising this for having more drama than action can also suck a f*** and maybe pick up a spider-man comic.

    yeah theres no way it could top Silent Alarm, if anything last night reminded me just how incredible Silent Alarm is. I do think AWITC is a really strong album too though, but to be fair we can't really compare the albums until Four has been out for a while, but Intimacy has always been a lot weaker than the others, a couple of killer tracks (Ares, Biko) but overall no where near as strong as the first 2 albums, and from what I heard last night new stuff sounds more older Bloc and just better than Initmacy to be honest.

    IT WAS MOST ENJOYABLE.

     

    although I've seen blink twice recently so every gig now is a bit anti-climax compared.

     

    BUT, they played really well, probably not the best I've seen them but the most confident, they played a f*** load of new songs and they were sounding brilliant. I've even seen/heard a few people compare one song to Rage Against The Machine.

     

    It was crazy seeing them in such a small venue too, oh and Like Eating Glass and This Modern Love, what amazing songs, it was all good to bounce around during Ares and Helicopter but those slower tunes did more for me last night, you feel more emotion in the performance.

     

    Already I'm saying Four > Intimacy though, to the joy of probably everyone, they've ditched the synths.

     

    Although it was cool seeing them in a small venue like that, I kind of perfer seeing them late at Reading Fest because it's just far more loud and explosive seeing them take on such a huge show rather than putting that show in a more intimate setting.

     

    Glad you're finally getting to see them live Cremey. You'll get to see them knowing the new songs as well which will be cool. Can't wait for the album after last night now.

     

    Sorry that was a bit rambling and I repeated myself loads.