MaxPower

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  1. A brave new move for the former England cricket captain. Immortalised in history for guiding his eleven men in white pads to resounding wins in the Ashes, ending the dominance of Australia after 20 fruitless years, Michael Vaughan deserves all the plaudits that his captaincy merits. That he is now producing the Fantastic Four is surely another string to his over-quivered bow!

    Honestly, I'm surprised that Matthew Vaughan isn't producing, given his previous experience with Stadust/Kick Ass/X-Men: First Class. But Michael Vaughan has been chosen, and in cricketer Michael Vaughan, we trust.

    As an Australian, I hate this post. As a forum dweller, Bra..vo...

  2. Superman: Red Son - Was really looking forward to reading this. The concept was intriguing, someone on staff of an investing newsletter I follow recommended it for some light summer reading, so I picked it up. I thought it got a bit bogged down in the middle, but thought it finished really strongly. As it's been a long time since I've read comics in any capacity, I really don't know how it compares to other similar styles, but if nothing else, I really liked what they did with Lex. I was worried it was going to be too black and white, but the motivations of Superman really made it engaging and harder to guess where it would end.

  3. It's a monopoly only because it makes zero money, which is why no-one competes with them. At least that's the deal here in Australia. The Postal Service has branched out in to a range of other services in an attempt to turn a profit. It's just not profitable to transport a letter from one side of the country for 50c.

  4. I'm amazed people hung around for 8 seasons. By confirmed the 9th is the last, they could get some pop in the numbers from people wanting to see the build up. I reckon they'll reveal her in the final episode, but she'll be in most of the season, in a Wilson from Home Improvement kind of way, so that you don't know who she is. I hope they don't, but surely we've all got a bad feeling about this one :)

  5. Megan and I just flew through the first season of Parks and Recreation. We watched one episode when it aired and never liked it. This time, we're laughing our asses off. Nick Offerman is kind of a genius. And Aziz Ansari is a guy whose stand-up I can't stand, but I enjoy him on the show a lot. I think Aubrey Plaza is pretty much my second favorite character next to Swanson though.

    My girlfriend and I just did the same thing. I would normally hate the Amy Poehler character, but the way she plays it is just amazing. We're about 4 episodes in to Season 2 and agree that it gets better.

  6. This weekends games have all thrown out some amazing moments. I watched the Broncos/Ravens game last night (our time) which I didn't think would be that good and I was sucked in almost from the start. The Pats did what everyone expected, even if they had me nervous on my line bet at stages. But the big news is the Falcons win, could be a watershed moment for Ryan I think, hopefully for you James :)

  7. The spectacle was good, but it felt clunky in a lot of spots. The 1 movie vs trilogy argument depends on what movie you are going for, if it's a journeyman type thing, it could easily have been one movie. If it's a big war type adventure that you are looking for, then the trilogy makes sense. As always the fight scenes are amazing, but the dialogue was average at best.I thought the guy from Spooks who played Thorin was pretty good though.

  8. Wreck-It Ralph is excellent. Everyone should go see it. Now.

    Watched this yesterday and thought it was really great. I went in expecting it to be a wannabe cross between Toy Story and Roger Rabbit and in the end it was close to an Alice in Wonderland crossed with Wizard of Oz. My girlfriend put it best, they had all these balls rolling down the hill and you didn't know which one was going to get to the bottom first.