Prior to playing this I have never completed a Rock Star game.
As good as some of the Grand Theft Auto games are I have always got bored with the missions and spent all my time wandering around committing crimes and jumping off various buildings before getting bored with that as well and moved onto another game.
This game is different because the missions are much more compelling and also riding a horse through wide vistas is much more fun that driving a car around narrow streets and I'm also the right age to want to be a cowboy.
And the storyline and acting is brilliant with one of the best endings since Metal Gear Solid.
So good that I might play it again and can't wait for the sequel.
So if you are a bit tardy like me and haven't played this game yet I can thoroughly recommend it.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
More TV
Porterhouse Blue
And so to Yesterday to re-visit what is arguably David Jason's greatest performance as the redoubtable porter Skully in the brilliant 1980s adaptation of Tom Sharpe's novel.
At the time this programme was considered quite naughty and controversial by the tabloids but times have changed because it's now being shown on the OAP's favourite channel Yesterday at 6.00pm.
Being a mere scrap of the lad the first time I saw it I decided to see it through adult eyes to see if it is as good as I remembered.
And it is.
As well as Jason's excellent performance there is also the brilliant Ian Richardson (best known for The House of Cards) and the real surprise the young John Sessions before he became a smug know-it-all name-dropper giving a funny and touching performance as a nerdy academic.
The final two episodes are on Saturday from 6.00pm.
And so to Yesterday to re-visit what is arguably David Jason's greatest performance as the redoubtable porter Skully in the brilliant 1980s adaptation of Tom Sharpe's novel.
At the time this programme was considered quite naughty and controversial by the tabloids but times have changed because it's now being shown on the OAP's favourite channel Yesterday at 6.00pm.
Being a mere scrap of the lad the first time I saw it I decided to see it through adult eyes to see if it is as good as I remembered.
And it is.
As well as Jason's excellent performance there is also the brilliant Ian Richardson (best known for The House of Cards) and the real surprise the young John Sessions before he became a smug know-it-all name-dropper giving a funny and touching performance as a nerdy academic.
The final two episodes are on Saturday from 6.00pm.
Saturday, 2 April 2011
The decline of Digital Spy Forums
I joined this TV and media site about 5 years ago and for most of that time its forums have been the most entertaining on the internet, unfortunately this is no longer the case.
So what's gone wrong?
Well posters on its stalker site Diabolik TV say it's because all the interesting people have been banned but they would say that because the people they're talking about are themselves. Diabolik certainly has potential because it's not as strongly moderated as DS but the low number of posts means it's still largely a backwater.
They do have a point though, whether they have been banned or just left for Twitter or something the interesting and intelligent people have long departed, there are far smarter and interesting people on the football forum I frequent which probably has 1% as many members.
It's almost impossible to find a thread that you want to post in today so uninspiring are the thread titles and so dull and trivial the topics, the mods recently took a more interactive role to try and create some interest but to no avail and if it wasn't for the TV forum I wouldn't go back.
So I end with a plea for the interesting people to come back, or even some of the trolls, because at the moment DS is on a downward slope.
So what's gone wrong?
Well posters on its stalker site Diabolik TV say it's because all the interesting people have been banned but they would say that because the people they're talking about are themselves. Diabolik certainly has potential because it's not as strongly moderated as DS but the low number of posts means it's still largely a backwater.
They do have a point though, whether they have been banned or just left for Twitter or something the interesting and intelligent people have long departed, there are far smarter and interesting people on the football forum I frequent which probably has 1% as many members.
It's almost impossible to find a thread that you want to post in today so uninspiring are the thread titles and so dull and trivial the topics, the mods recently took a more interactive role to try and create some interest but to no avail and if it wasn't for the TV forum I wouldn't go back.
So I end with a plea for the interesting people to come back, or even some of the trolls, because at the moment DS is on a downward slope.
Friday, 1 April 2011
The week's TV
Rebelde
One of the channels I like to watch occasionally is the Brazilian channel Record TV (801) mainly because it's one of the only free to air channels in a European language.
My favourite show is the frequently bizarre Show Do Tom a comedy show that would be hard to follow even if it wasn't in Portuguese but this week while most people were watching Eastenders I was watching this Brazilian soap about rebellious teenagers at a private school.
It's a remake of a Mexican show (they seem to be the masters of this kind of thing) and in the style of Sunset Beach or The Young and the Restless and as such it's not hard to follow.
But the real reason to watch this is it's sunny and everyone is gorgeous, the complete opposite of Eastenders in fact.
To my mind if you're going to watch a soap, which let's face it are all rubbish, you might as well watch one with attractive people in it.
It's on weekdays at 8.00pm on Record TV (801).
You can see how attractive the cast are here: http://entretenimento.r7.com/rebelde/
One of the channels I like to watch occasionally is the Brazilian channel Record TV (801) mainly because it's one of the only free to air channels in a European language.
My favourite show is the frequently bizarre Show Do Tom a comedy show that would be hard to follow even if it wasn't in Portuguese but this week while most people were watching Eastenders I was watching this Brazilian soap about rebellious teenagers at a private school.
It's a remake of a Mexican show (they seem to be the masters of this kind of thing) and in the style of Sunset Beach or The Young and the Restless and as such it's not hard to follow.
But the real reason to watch this is it's sunny and everyone is gorgeous, the complete opposite of Eastenders in fact.
To my mind if you're going to watch a soap, which let's face it are all rubbish, you might as well watch one with attractive people in it.
It's on weekdays at 8.00pm on Record TV (801).
You can see how attractive the cast are here: http://entretenimento.r7.com/rebelde/
The Tudors
It was the penultimate episode of the Tudors this week and Henry VIII has turned into an old alcoholic Irish tramp.
Whilst all round him (especially David O' Hara as the Earl of Surrey) are still putting in great performances Jonathan Rhys-Meyers seems to think he is now in a comedy and is portraying the King with a croaky Irish accent which is somewhat jarring but at least there is only one more programme to go and hopefully it will go out with a bang.
Sons of Anarchy/ Justified
The best double bill on TV is on 5 USA from 10.00pm on a Wednesday with the second series of outlaw biker drama Sons of Anarchy and the Elmore Leonard-inspired Justified.
Sons of Anarchy has some of the best small-screen acting on TV especially from Golden Globe winning Katey Sagal (who looks almost identical to a woman who goes to the same supermarket as me, how I'd like a picture with her, and more) but also from the rest of the cast, and some great lines, something along the lines of "if only I was rich enough and dumb enough to enjoy life".
Anyway this week things were hotting up in the battle between the Sons and the white-supremacists and it's looking like it's leading up to a violent climax (there are also some IRA guns smugglers involved with the worst Irish accents you've ever heard, think the producers should have got Rhys-Meyers to give them some coaching.)
Justified is based on an Elmore Leonard short story and the flavour of his work is retained, the main character is Marshall Rayland Givens played by the Sheriff from Deadwood and the main villain is played by Shane from The Shield, both give great performances and the Southern accents and dialogue make a welcome change, even if the protagonist is the usual maverick.
Quantum of Solace
So after all the bad reviews I finally got to see Quantum of Solace and it was nowhere near as bad as expected.
That said it wasn't that great either, like they made another Bourne sequel and it was a bit substandard compared to the others, still better than Pierce Brosnan in an invisible car any day.
Anyway that's it for now see you later folks.
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