Yes. It’s surrounded by pit villages, Hartlepool, Darlington and Middlesbrough - all arguable shitholes in their own right - and it is easily the worst of the lot.

Totally agree about the cast. I think they are incredible.

Probably my least favourite of the 3. Can’t quite put my finger on why though.

I have a very complex rating system that I apply to every film I see. It ends up as a score out of 100, built up from scoring points in different categories.

I subdivide into 3 groups first, Enjoyment (50pts available), Quality (40pts available), Rewatch-ability (10pts available). Most of these are subdivided in some fashion, such as Quality: Writing, where up to 5 points can be awarded.

Here are 3 examples of scores as I record them.

The Fellowship of the Ring 92 (E48 Q36 R8)

Mary Poppins Returns 72 (E43 Q25 R4)

GI Joe: Retaliation 42 (E23 Q17 R2)

Most films I see score above 40, so it’s a fair argument to say there is a dead zone in the rating system, but in reality a film should reach a bare level of quality so scoring under that threshold is a real indicator of a something really shit.

Update: Regarding your Avatar question. My system allows an individual’s personal level of enjoyment to be scored in addition to the fundamental quality in a given film, so even a film like Avatar that you don’t like as much now will still be able to get a respectable score from the other categories.

Sam Campbell was on the most episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, came across fairly well - worth a look if you have Sky

I think it all depends on what sort of game you have, specifically if it is story driven or immersion/exploration driven.

Halo Reach is story driven and would have absolutely benefitted from a voice. Mass Effect was primarily story driven and the voiced protag worked great.

Fallout 4 is the opposite and a silent protag would have been better as silent, like in Fallout 3 or Elder Scrolls games.

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2008 for me.

Fallout 3 GTA IV Burnout Paradise FarCry 2 Little Big Planet Dead Space Smash Bros Brawl Left 4 Dead Fable 2 Gears of War 2 Mario Kart Wii Star Wars: Force Unleashed Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Rock Band 2 Civilization Revolution Tomb Raider: Underworld Call of Duty: World at War

Seems like this whole drama has hospitalised him on mental health grounds. I’m guessing she wants the circus to stop.

Feels like at this point we should just have 11 subs and be able to swap out a full team .

Sunderland fan here. Made some good early signings, hopefully more to come and hopefully an even better season.

Absolutely, I think if he had been fit for more of the season he would have been a really important player for us. Totally agree with Clarke, I know our business model is develop to sell, but I think he is too good to be easily replaceable. I think we’ve offered a contract, so fingers crossed.