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Friday 9:45, assuming I can still get tix. Seeing it in 2D because fuck 3D.

Yes but Thursday Next's issue is no one who's not American knows when Memorial Day is, and when you're releasing a debut trailer on the internet, in an era where American ticket sales only make up a fraction of a movies profit, it's stupid move.

YEAH! First, they should be on the DATE-MONTH-YEAR bandwagon. It's really annoying living next to them because it's probably 50/50 when you see a date if it's M-D-Y or D-M-Y, they confuse everything. AND THEN, using Memorial Day?? That can't be a real holiday.

I had read something somewhere that the reason he didn't want to be involved is they didn't want to cast his son as his character's son. I don't know if that's true not but I like it so I've decided to believe it.

Ah didn't notice the page swap. I will say, no Will Smith is probably a +.

I give 0 fucks.

Welp, I just watched Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. I think this must have been only the second time I've seen it, because I didn't remember it well. Again, there was an over reliance on CG, even for scenes that could have just used a built set or shot on location (the final scene with Obi-Wan giving Luke to his aunt and uncle, anyone??). But that said, outside of General Grevious (who was dumb as fuck BTW) the CG looked much better than ATOC, though it is starting to look dated. Most of the Jedi went out like little bitches, only that one kid (plus Obi-Wan and Yoda) put up any fight. Chewbaca felt forced (ahahahahaha) into the movie, but it was still kind of cool to see Yoda interacting with him. The whole ending was very rushed, if Lord of the Rings can have like a 45 minute ending, we can at least see Yoda arriving in Dagobah, hear Obi-Wan explain what happened to Anakin, stuff like that. I mean the movie is all set up anyways, they should have gone all in. The dialog (and acting) between Anakin and Padme was still awful and cringeworthy. The whole reason Anakin fell to the dark side was pretty stupid. Seriously, Anakin, you couldn't tell you're being played? Dumb. All that said, it was light years ahead of ATOC and TPM, and, dare I say, a "good" movie, or at least I enjoyed it, instead of getting mad at the TV the entire time like I did for Episode 2. The fight scene with Anakin and Obi-Wan was fantastic. Obi-Wan and Anakin actually felt like friends in the beginning (something that was very lacking in ATOC) and their quips back and forth to each other, kind of, sort of, felt like classic Star Wars. R2 was boss as fuck. Jar Jar had about 2 lines in it. And Ewan McGregor honestly felt like Alec Guinness. I think the major problem with this movie is it didn't feel like a conclusion to a trilogy, rather, a set up to another. I guess that's the problem with a prequel where all the events are so well defined in the original films. There was very little resolution to anything, it wasn't a movie on it's own. It was suppose to be the "last" Star Wars movie, instead it felt like a cheap tie in film. And as I mentioned earlier, it didn't even do that well, since everything after Obi-Wan and Anakin's duel was so rushed. Also how the fuck does Obi-Wan go from mid-30s in ROTS to mid-70s within the 20 years between Revenge and New Hope??? In summary, I guess I just really want a movie set 10 years after Revenge of the Sith, starring Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan, where he goes on one last mission for Yoda/Organa/whoever.

Yeah, they should be above it. Yoda's all about being wise, there's nothing about him that suggests he'd be a master swordsman until he starts flipping around in the air like an asshole.

I'm currently watching Attack of the Clones, for the first time in at least a decade+. What a terrible fucking movie. The acting from everyone except maybe Ewan McGregor is just completely abysmal, the CGI is bad, the writing is horrid. It was a bad movie when it was released and it's just gotten worse since then. Why the fuck is Yoda using a lightsaber? Come the fuck on. Not to mention how terrible he looks in 2002 compared to 1979. But here's what really bothers me.... Owen Lars. Ok so pretty much most of the major references in the original trilogy don't really jive with the prequels. Leia says she remembers her mother... girl, your mom died minutes after your birth. Obi-Wan says Anakin was a great pilot.... bro, he had never even been into space or in any vehicle other than a podracer when you met him. He flew a fucking ship on AUTOPILOT in Phantom Menace. But Owen Lars is the worst. He really gives Luke, and the viewer, the impression that he knew Anakin fairly well, encouraging him not to go off to fight, and recognizing Anakin's traits in Luke. But he met Anakin for all of 5 minutes before Anakin rushed off to save his mother and then when he came back Anakin was clearly grieving about his mother, and still wasn't there for that long. And then Anakin fucking leaves without even saying goodbye. Ok, that's weird BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN IT. Shmi Skywalker seemingly brought C3PO with her to the moister farm. Cool, that's rad. And I understand C3PO's memory gets wiped. But does Owen Lars also get his memory wiped? Cause Shmi has been living there for years, so C3PO has been there FOR YEARS. Even if he doesn't have his gold plating on him, he's still C3PO. And then R2 fucking D2 rolls out during the funeral of Owen Lars' stepmother, a pretty fucking important moment of his life you'd think he remembers it. And then the two droids leave TOGETHER. 20 years later, Owen fucking buys BOTH droids and even talks to C3PO, who introduces himself as C3PO, and hears from Luke how the R2 unit has a message for Obi-Wan AND HE DOESN'T PIECE IT TOGETHER?! Holy shit George Lucas. It's not like you're trying to write a prequel to Game of Thrones where there's hundreds of characters and centuries of backstory and lore. Also the Trade Federation guys are embarrassingly racist and WHY CAN R2D2 FLY?!??! Why didn't he ever display this ability in the OT?? He never once had a moment where flying might be useful?? WHY ARE THE CLONE TROOPERS CG?!?! I'm haunted by the film you should never have made.

It's weird that Charles and Magneto both look about the same in the 80s as they did in 1963. But by 1999, they're both old as balls.

J-Law needs to not be in X-Men movies anymore.

^^^^^^^^^^^ MY MAN

I thought it was a worldwide thing, but I would have imagined it was still going on in the UK, at least in England.

You're British and your favourite love song isn't a Beatles song?!?!

The video you posted looks to be UK only, so I can only go off what is in the 5 second clip in the Buzzfeed video.

You didn't know Bronn did really bad music?? Someone posted a cool video awhile back of what all the GoT actors did before GoT, including Bronn's musical days, let me see if I can find it. Oh it was you!

Cities: Skylines has been added, just for you Mal!

FFVIIR in multiple parts might be the only way we see part of this game before 2019. The PC port of FFVII on PS4 is pretty nice, and it has cheat buttons!! Basically you can play the game 3X as fast, with god mode (invincibility with constant limit breaks), and you can turn off random encounters! None of these deactivate trophies. Maybe I'll actually beat FFVII now?? Nobody tell me how it ends!!

Fallout 4 is basically an ode to polygamy.

There's 4 weeks of the year left, get on that 11!!

This is the Offically Unofficial PXOD Forum's Game of the Year Thread. I'm going to make a poll with some of the big games of the year, so we can all vote for what we think the best game of the year is, so we'll have a good idea of what the general consensus of GOTY is 'round these parts. If I over looked a game, let me know and I'll add it in, though I tried to pick all the games that I felt had a reasonable chance at winning. Please tell us what your favourite game of the year is, what the runners up were, and why. 2015 was a great year for games, much more so than 2014. If you were into large, open world action games with some RPG mechanics, than oh boy, were you in luck! For me, it comes down to Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V, and The Witcher 3. Fallout 4 is essentially more Fallout, which is exactly what I wanted. But it's not anything I haven't done before. Metal Gear Solid V might be the best gameplay of the year, but the game is clearly unfinished, couple that with a less than stellar story (especially for a Metal Gear game), and it leaves me wishing Kojima would have had a few more months. The Witcher 3 gets my vote. It had the most game, a great story, and a beautiful world to explore. When I think back on it, Wild Hunt was the most fun I had this year, and was the most memorable game.

As far as Doctor Who season finales go, that was definitely the best.