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A massive Arsenal victory achieved through sheer resilience. Perhaps the 2012 doomsday prophecies were a year early?

The Electrocutioner bit gave me a flashback to the Mysterio boss fight in 'Spider-Man 2', which I actually thought was a glitch at the time. He had several health bars, but you could take him out with one punch (2:50).

I don’t know this ‘Adam Levine’ of whom Nina speaks ( ), but her response to that first question was sensational.

Rather like this one as well, by The Orwells. Just when you think nothing else can be done with the Strokes formula.

Great new one by New York band Wet. Electro-pop melodies with jaunty guitars.

No topic covering Photoshop horrors would be complete without Karlie's infamous 'third armpit' in Vogue Spain.

Here's a new track by Marika Hackman, from her forthcoming EP 'Sugar Blind'.

Hello, good evening and welcome!

Nice to meet you Sara, welcome to BZ!

Lana has finally released the teaser for 'Tropico', having made the announcement for it way back in June.

Lana Del Rey has finally released the teaser for 'Tropico', having made the announcement for it way back in June.

I’m using the first post of a new page to draw a line under the current discussion. Please everyone, stand down. This is the Barbara Palvin thread, not the trolling, fighting and pop psychology thread. Agree to disagree and get things back on topic or it'll be locked.

^I know what you mean. There was a time when I'd have been able to finish a game like this in a day or two. That would have been great, actually. It’s difficult to ring the changes too much in a prequel, I guess, but they could have really gone to town on that, perhaps had the Joker or Enigma plant objects at the crime scene designed to throw you off the scent, or included pieces of evidence that you could collect and then discard if they were of no use.

Nice to meet you Mel, welcome to BZ!

I can think of a few other names as well. Talk about the Hugo Lloris concussion, there was a whole team out there on Saturday that appeared dazed, confused and only vaguely aware of its surroundings. Seven red cards and counting for Cattermole, and still no evidence that he has the brains or the ability to learn from his mistakes. I hope he still enjoys his reputation as a hardman in a couple of years' time when he's playing for Darlington or Hartlepool. Probably goes without saying too that the Dossena challenge was absolutely revolting.

All things considered, it's pretty mediocre stuff. The main problem is that it has neither a strong concept nor a tight narrative, both of which are essential to making a decent fist of re-imagining a well-known story. Doubly so if you only have a run of ten episodes to play with. Shame really, it's a role Rhys-Meyers was born for.

Awesome pics. Who'd have thought her dad was Zach Galifianakis?

Simply stunning is spot on, thanks to all for the pics.

Woah.

I wouldn't go so far as to say it's blatantly obvious, but it's definitely rougher around the edges. There are graphical glitches and frame rate problems that I wouldn’t have expected, and also a distinct absence of regular citizens knocking about the cityspace. Which, given that it was billed as being set in a vibrant and lived-in Gotham, feels a little off. Luckily, as the storyline begins to gather pace, I'm finding that the minor irritations are bothering me less and less. Rocksteady's fantastic foundations are intact and broadly speaking, it delivers on everything that made the previous games so great. Running around just being Batman is as much fun as ever.

It's not a perfect game by any stretch of the imagination, and there's really no getting away from the fact that it doesn't offer anything genuinely new, but it's a lot of fun and very likeable. Well worth checking out if you're a fan. The boss battles are handled really well (always seemingly a criticism of 'Asylum' and 'City'), and each one brings a dash of cautious innovation that mixes up the rhythm of the fights. Throw in a couple of extra enemy types and you have a combat system that still feels great. The theme of mobsters being superceded by supervillains is excellent too, as is much of the voice acting. Whisper it, but Troy Baker’s Joker may be better than Mark Hamill’s.

Respectfully disagree on that, Elizabeth closely resembles the way Wanda usually looks in the comics, and was phenomenal in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'. I think she's a far better choice than Saoirse Ronan, who was previously thought to be the front runner. You have a point there, but I just don't sort of see her embodying the role very well, she doesn't come off as superhero style actress, nor is she sexy enough for the role (I know that might sound a little misogynistic but I'm keeping in mind of all the sketches done, it's boobs-butt galore) Nor am I really into the idea of Aaron Taylor Johnson being Quicksilver, considering Quicksilver's character in the comics is almost bipolar (same with Wanda), Aaron just looks like a stoned out of it guy. Plus when he get's his hair died into the bleach blonde I don't know what I'll expect Maybe I'll be more understanding when we know fully what their character's involvements are in the plot line but so far these new castings aren't working for me. We still don't know if Jeremy Renner is reprising his role right? Yeah, I believe Renner was confirmed to appear by Joss Whedon a while ago. I get where you’re coming from on that, but they’d never be able to find an actress to match Scarlet Witch’s physical appearance. Even by comic book standards, she was drawn in an exaggerated way that few on earth would be able to visually represent. Plus, if they’re going to create a fragile, vulnerable Wanda (which I’d imagine they are), Elizabeth wouldn’t necessarily have to appear athletically gifted to play the role. I’m not too sure about Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver either, I’ve seen some of his serious dramatic work and consider him an excellent talent (he’ll need to be in order to pull off such a flawed and often unlikeable character in a superhero flick), but I don’t know if I’ll be able to buy he and Elizabeth as brother and sister - particularly as they’re appearing as a potentially romantic couple in next year's ‘Godzilla’ remake. Time will tell on that, I suppose.

^Continues to build on my already-high hopes for this flick. McAvoy and Fassbender sharing the screen with Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen is going to be amazing.