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Thanks Pinky. It's always fun while counting the votes to see the top 100 gradually take shape, but it should be fascinating this time around. Unlike previous years, I don't see an obvious winner yet.

A huge thank you again to those taking the time to vote, I love you all. There's still a few days left for anyone who wants to submit a list.

1. Eniko Mihalik 2. Bregje Heinen 3. Hannah Ferguson 4. Lais Ribeiro 5. Josephine Skriver 6. Melissa Benoist 7. Nina Agdal 8. Tanya Mityushina 9. Eva Green 10. Mary Elizabeth Winstead 11. Charli XCX 12. Aline Weber 13. Catherine McNeil 14. Hilary Rhoda 15. Dua Lipa 16. Blake Lively 17. Robin Holzken 18. Daisy Ridley 19. Bo Krsmanovic 20. Sarah Gadon

With regard to the xenomorphs' origins, I'm really hoping that they're still holding back a couple of choice twists, either for this film or a future one. I like to think that perhaps the engineers created the black ooze using harvested xenomorph DNA, but weren't the original creators of the xenomorphs themselves.

Confirmed as Amber Prehn.

Yeah, I'm getting the impression that this will be pitched somewhere between a rehash of the original film and a kind of 'soft reboot' of Prometheus, which I guess I'm still trying to wrap my head around. It would feel like a missed opportunity if they didn't explore at least some of the themes from the latter, but the more likely scenario seems to be that they play it safe, put most of that stuff on the back burner and make a jumpy horror/slasher flick instead.

I must admit, I'm not that interested in a story where they're just kind of whipped up in a lab, or something to that effect. I much prefer the idea of the xenomorphs predating everything else and later being wrangled into some kind of biological weaponry by the engineers.

I haven't seen much in the way of leaks, but my feeling was that the whole colony ship thing could be a ruse, with the Company sending it there in response to a signal received from David and/or Shaw, and the other Fassbender perhaps being being the only one to know the real mission. The idea that this ship just happened to stumble across the engineer homeworld and then just happened to find David and Shaw, all just a few years removed from the events of Prometheus, seems kind of unlikely.

I'm in two minds on that, really. In some ways, I wish they'd stop trying to make sense of everything, because nothing ruins a scary dark room like switching on the lights. Explaining away all the origins, motives and so on of aliens (not only in this franchise, in many others too) makes them feel more and more like CGI or people running around in costumes, and to me the appeal of the series was always the suspense more so than the horror. Then again, I hope there’s more to it than just rehashing the original Alien.

It looks very xenomorph-driven but I don't know if I could see Scott ignoring the engineer stuff altogether, I think he's trying to please everyone. I suppose if this movie ties the concepts of Prometheus and Alien together cohesively, it might actually improve the former in terms of being part of an ongoing story arc. Honestly though, after watching the trailer, my enthusiasm has mostly dissipated. That shower scene was a total eye-roller, it could have been lifted from any number of trash level horror movies.

They're not giving much away at the moment, although it looks like it's been shot in a similar style to the original (cinematography of course being one of the main hallmarks of all Ridley Scott films, no matter how iffy the content). Visually, I'm not sure they've quite matched that startlingly futuristic but lived-in realism that made the original so compelling as a spectacle, at least on the evidence we have so far. Villeneuve has done consistently interesting work throughout his career, though. Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario and Arrival (probably my favourite movie of 2016) are all deep, carefully constructed and very thoughtful films.

Yeah, for me, Black Flag had the best story of the series, mainly because some of the sillier Dan Brown-esque elements took a back seat and the game told a fun tale while still managing to weave in a bit of intrigue. In general, I always found the detailed historical settings a lot more interesting than the half-baked Animus stuff. Obviously, when you play the games it's easier to forget about that and concentrate on the important aspects of running around the rooftops, sword fighting and shoving annoying minstrels into canals. Unfortunately though, none of that stuff will save a movie from a poor plot.

I stopped reading at 'run'. What I really like is how much it looks like the egg poster from the original Alien. Glad to see Noomi Rapace back, too. I've been a fan of hers since that astonishing performance in the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. I thought she was great in Prometheus and a worthy follow-up character to Ripley.

Michael Owen all day for me. How a man who relies so heavily on the 'say what you see' style of punditry, basically reiterating what we've all just watched onscreen without offering any kind of insight or depth, could so consistently manage to talk such absolute rot is a genuine mystery. Nice chap though he obviously is, you wonder why Kilbo Baggins even bothers. He doesn't appear to get any particular enjoyment out of it, and goodness knows he’s not bringing much to the table. Hoddle is another constant source of irritation, but you at least get the impression that, if he wasn't so lazy, he'd be capable of more.

It's currently at a measly 17% on RT. I had a vain hope that this could be the video game movie to break the cycle. I might just give it a miss.

If anyone call pull this off, it's Villeneuve.

My teeth still grind at the memory of Wor Al's "we'd have nothing to talk about in the pub afterwards" argument against the use of video technology in the game, but he is mad keen on Newcastle and therefore, perhaps deserves more sympathy than most.

I feel like this is being treated as a Suicide Squad 'do-over' of sorts, because despite that movie's undoubted promise, it suffered from a clash between David Ayer's original vision for the story, the studio's demands and fan expectations. There's no reason why it couldn't still be an interesting proposition, though. I'd love to see a good adaptation as I consider it one of modern-day DC's most worthwhile properties, as well as some of Paul Dini's best work. However, between Warners' recent track record of over-simplifying source material and the Harley/Ivy dynamic presumably being one of the most important plot points, I don't know if I trust them not to simply make 'Trash Level Fan Service: The Movie'.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/gotham-city-sirens-movie-david-ayer-margot-robbie-reteam-all-female-dc-villains-project

I was just reading about Ibra in Alan Shearer's 'ones to watch' list. Apparently, the lad is new to the Premier League but keep an eye on him, he could be decent. But in all seriousness, I'd say the referee got it just about right. It felt like one of those challenges where, although you know it's a bit worse than a yellow card, it's perhaps not quite bad enough to be a red one.

With Fassbender on board, there's a chance this could work. I'll give it five stars if there's a scene of him wandering around in thick fog, waiting for the Animus to load.

ABC has released all six episodes of Slingshot, the Agents of SHIELD spinoff centred around one of my favourite recent additions to the show, Elena 'Yo-Yo' Rodriguez. The storyline is pretty straightforward, with Elena on a mission to find the man who killed her cousin back in Season 3, but it's well worth a watch.

Taking a random celebrity who's rich and very recognisable, choosing to ignore the substance of almost everything they've ever said, projecting your own ideas about what they stand for and worshipping them for it is quite the strange phenomenon. I wonder if it's occurred to anyone else to use it to their advantage. But if, for whatever strange reason, people have started attributing these quotes to Taylor Swift, then I suppose you'd have to say that turnabout is fair play.