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I won't lie, once in a while, you'll hit the kind of turbulence that will turn into prayer warrior. Na so you go remember you wan live...

FetchUK:
Ok. Would let you know. Between £40-60, I can get one.

Did I just read that right? A brand new 3DS? I'm targeting the latest 3DS model (NOT 3DS XL - can't change the faceplates).

April 2016 (from the 5th)

Dead Star (PS4)
Zombi (PS4)
I Am Alive (PS3)
Savage Moon (PS3)
A Virus Named Tom (PS Vita)
Shutshimi (PS Vita)

The Lego Movie.

Hotter ke?! Abeg, Thursday come quick this country is too hot, I'll run back to my winter.

FetchUK:
Miss, exchange rate is still an issue. More or less still about parallel market rates. Though probably I can manage to get her the console here cheaper. once or twice I get official rates, it's normally through WU and Moneygram but very few have been able to.

Thanks. Hopefully, we'll get lucky.

bykebyke:
I haven't even seen the series sef..She cheated on her husband whilst he was in Jail,that cannot be the quality of a good wife.

He cheated on her with prostitutes, random women and coworkers on numerous occasions during their marriage, were she was faithful to her husband. He was a rubbish husband. She kissed another man, while he was in jail, then they were essentially living separate lives...which they had agreed to, that's when she finally went full haul. Her husband only changed his ways after his scandals were exposed.

bykebyke:
Interesting..Didn't she cheat on her husband whilst he was in Jail?

Well, they were mostly together for the public eye after the scandal, political things. I believe she did kiss Will in season 1, she tried to fight the temptation, but succomed...The extent of her husband's cheating was legendary. It's been a long while since I watched it, but the woman tried sha, Peter disgraced the hell out of their marriage. He even slept with Kalinda sef, even though it wasn't even necessary.

bykebyke:
What is good about the Wife?

She stuck by her cheating husband, then proceeded to provide for her family, after said husband got tried, convicted & then sent to prison. Said husband was a State Attorney, who was then jailed under corruption charges after a sex scandal. Said wife returned to being a lawyer after 13 years of being a stay at home mum. Yup, Alicia Florrick had it tough, especially when folks kept effing up her life simply because of her surname.

Agents of SHIELD.

Minemrys:
n0w, this is my problem with you guys. You c0mplained the m0vie felt rushed and over the place and you want a character that serves no means to the plot in the m0vie. Is that right? Now what do you want lucius fox to do in the film? How do you want him mentioned when he serves no means to the plot? This isn't a batman film so you can't have all his supporting guys in it. Am surprised you didn't even ask for Jim Gordon.

Quick question, does Jim Gordon handle Batman's day to day life? Who creates and maintains Batman's fancy electronic gadgets? Lucious Fox, that's who...Do you not know your Batman characters? You were better off saying Barbara Gordon (AKA Oracle) or Huntress or any of the Robins or even Damien Wayne...any of them would have been better than Jim Gordon. The Fox question is rather valid because we're not used to seeing Alfred as Bruce's engineer/technician/electrician...from the available tv shows and films, we've known Alfred as his valet/butler/first aid/bodyguard/chef/worrier/cancer patient/former black ops specialist...so yeah we were wondering what happened to Lucious Fox.

bykebyke:
House of Lies.

It's been a long time since I watched this...

I'll never forget this conversation:
"Don't bulls**t me, don't soft sell it."
"I killed someone."
"Ok maybe you can soft sell it a little bit."

Agent Carter.

Closing...

Moneyallowed, I also kept wondering where the hell Lucious Fox went to...

Ben Affleck killed it as Batman. After all the sad Batman & other memes, the guy just silenced us with his performance. I enjoyed how he was fully prepared for his fight with Superman, but Doomsday happened and oh boy had to play hide and seek when it was time to fight Doomsday, his ass remembered he was human. We just kept laughing whenever we saw his ass playing hide and seek.

Wonder Woman was awesome, I wish she had more scenes. They could have used some slow mo during the Doomsday fight scene, 'cause sometimes I couldn't actually really see the action. But, her entrance during that scene was sweet though, saving Batman from Doomsday's blast. Oh & that exposition email...!? What the frak?! Was she literally scrolling down slowly to show us a line per scroll? Or was Bruce literally typing it to her in real time? Sometimes, forcibly setting up future characters/plot line in a film can just mess up the flow of a film. Yes, even my dear Marvel messed that up in Age of Ultron with Thor & his Ragnarok pool moment. Although, I did squeal like a schoolgirl when I saw Jason Mamoa as Aquaman...duh it's Jason Mamoa, he's nice on the eyes & Aquaman didn't look like a wuss.

The Flash & dream/vision sequence was a bad call, even though it took a while to realise it was an AU. I was wondering why the hell Batman had a desert costume, then I was wondering why he was outside Gotham, I only finally realised it was an AU when they opened the box. Then Flash happened & I was happy to see him, then I wanted slap someone. They didn't even give us a hint about AUs anywhere, they just dropped the ball and literally ran with it. They said they made the film for the comic fans, they forgot this was a sequel to MoS, which wasn't exclusively made for the comic fans.

Alexander Luthor as your quintessential dot com millionaire annoyed me when I first saw him, I was like this isn't Lex. My sister kept asking me if he was Lex, Jr. (since he kept mentioning his father)...According to Wikipedia, he's actually Lex Jr. But, they had Mercy Graves as his assistant (Lex's assistant from the 90s animated Superman series & the DCAU). Shame we didn't see Mercy's full skills in the film. Although, Alexander actual schemes had their moments & I still believe that his best moment was at the end with the warning, he looked unhinged.

Batman killing bad guys had me asking questions for a few minutes, then I just went he's finally learnt his lesson with all his past enemies. Looks like he got tired after 20 years.

How did Lois Lane know the spear would hurt Doomsday? Does she have a telepathic connection with Superman? How did Superman find out about Bruce's identity? What African deaths were they talking about? Was it the ones that were shot by the bad guys or did they stage another attack or was that chic paid?

Minemrys:
so you can criticize them one by one? With marvel on the horiz0n, i d0n't think DC stands a chance.

If they give me shoddy work, it's my prerogative to be able to express my disappointment...They should learn from their mistakes, 'cause I would be disappointed if they f**k up the DCEU.

Next2Bezee:
Its Next2Bezee

For one, i never said the Batman v Superman didn't have its downsides, i only said the negative reviews were blown out of the water, not all critics gave negative reviews and the general viewing audience thought more of it than the critics (those that gave a negative review) did. I also claimed Multiple times pre-sold out tickets do not account for 100% of the total box office earnings for BvS till date. The Fantastic four 2015 movie opened worldwide as well and only made $168 million total, so your theory that the only reason BvS would reach $1b if it does is because it opened worldwide (regardless or ticket costs) is wrong.

BvS does indeed have plot holes and its downsides but a whole lot of people enjoyed the movie much more than you did and same goes for Transformers. Your opinion is your own and i stressed that another reason Transformers crossed $1b and maybe BvS, is because more people enjoyed and thought higher of it than you did, despite any negative review.

Actually, I never explicitly stated $1b in this post with respect to BvS, I simply stated that it would make money. I only stated the billion with Bay films & how box office is not always a valid excuse. I simply stated ways how the film could make a lot of money. I've stated in a previous post that I believed it would only make a billion if a Faustian deal was made or fanboys were camping at their local cinema. Fant4stic is a combination of some behind the scenes f**kups with the director & executives, I'm still surprised the film actually got released. At one point, it felt like I was watching 3 different films in one sitting and Sue's hair kept distracting me with the obvious blonde wig they used during the reshoots. That film went downhill once that "1 year later" placard turned up. You see folks paid attention to the reviews from both critics & average Joes. See last year's disappointment - Jupiter Ascending. Excellent world building, excellent story, terrible execution (the script needs Jesus). The film has only gained cult status with girls thanks to social media (especially Tumblr) saying it's our version of Star Wars, even though it's all kinds of crap. I can now watch it and laugh, I obviously wasn't laughing when I initially watched it in the cinema...

Look at Deadpool, did anybody see that coming? Deadpool had the best marketing campaign, with BvS' campaign a close second, for crying out loud Betty White, America's sole surviving Golden Girl, made a video about it. Word of mouth has helped Deadpool. Did you know it's now the highest grossing X-Men film in America? It's also the second highest X-Men film worldwide, it's only needs about $1.8 million to become the highest. It's on track to become the highest grossing R film. It's only been out for 45 days/6 weeks (using US date, I know UK got it a few days earlier). BvS needs to make $600-$800 million, because if the $58 million Deadpool, a 2D R-rated film that's currently banned in China makes $800 million then it will be all kinds of embarrassing. And I actually really want to watch Wonder Woman & the other DCEU films.

EDIT: Apologies for the incorrect moniker.

Tempting, but my head keeps thinking in pounds...I guess I should be grateful no one is based in Apapa.

FetchUK, looks like the 3DS was a bust here (Nigeria)...so if you can start looking for deals for the new 3DS console over there...exchange rate nearly finished my sister's account (they charged her the parallel rate)...had to cancel the order. Obviously, the deal will be between you two, with me acting as the middle man. **sings The Middleman theme**

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For the love of cheese balls, enough already! Next2Breeze, on this very thread, it was stated time and time again about how much tickets were pre-sold before the film was released. Parrotibaba, if you find yourself arguing with someone you consider an immovable object, leave it alone and move on. This film will make money, regardless of its quality. Folks should stop using box office as a valid excuse, we've seen Bay give us plot-ridden films that have broken the billion dollar mark. I still watch the Transformers films because they've got big ass robots in them, I still keep my brain at home when I watch them, because logic doesn't work for those.

When people start telling you to go in with low expectations or keep an open mind or forget your brain, you know that the film has issues. This film has arguably the two most popular comic book characters of all time in a film together. I know some of you don't know how much 3D, IMAX 3D & 4DX cost? They cost some serious money, as in money you'd have spent on cinema food money for at least two people, especially the latter 2. I've seen a family of 4 spend more than £40 for their cinema experience & that was a 2D film...This film will definitely have the same lifespan at the cinema as Star Wars: TFA, GoTG, Spectre & other blockbusters - at least 2 months, it is being shown worldwide on every available platform (I didn't even mention D-Box seat sef or star seats or those cinemas that offer really luxury seating, there's a cinema at Birmingham that uses only sofas/couches, even arthouse cinemas that screen random obscure films will screen this).

And finally, some folks will simply watch this because critics have trashed it. Sometimes people see sense and avoid craptastic films like The Last Airbender & Jem & the Holograms. I listened to my fellow fans and avoided those two, even though I'm a big fan of their original animated series, but these films were terrible terrible messed up adaptations that took a dump on their very vivid & fantastic source materials. And Jem is special pain for me since the two other Hasbro toy lines that were made into tv shows then films have become rather successful franchises (Transformers & GI Joe). It might have been maybe the girliest show I ever watched, but it did have car chases, holograms, a supercomputer, one really messed up stupid ass love triangle, a few explosions, some proper level scheming, at least one kidnapping & some rather catchy music that refuses to leave my head, even though they are over 20 years old. M. Night Hack-a-thon messed up TLA, who the f**k is Oong? When did Asians become so Caucasian? Apparently, s**t did change when the Fire Nation attacked...

autofreak2020:
I dedicated this to all brethren, I learned that Shoprite was shocked up today, so i decided to stay behind, I remained indoor and played PES. This is what I have to show for it.
This is a year of trophies in your life, receive it with faith............. I wish you happy Easter Monday in advance.

"Eh...what am I saw?*" No pics, no nothing...

*never underestimate the power of bad English, that ish stays with you...

moneyallowed:
Bro wait for the Hdrip at least, it'll be out in 2 weeks at most. You won't enjoy the CAMrip, remember it's all about the experience and I can assure you the best experience you will get is on the highest quality. The glory of the visuals and cgi will be lost on CAM so just wait. Forget all these people, there's no way the film will fail in your eye, just lower expectations and you'll enjoy it

If this film was released 10 years ago, we'd all be praising it. The simple fact is expectations have increased, we expect more now. That's why it seems we're being harsh. I think it's a good thing. If we are satisfied with this then we'll get more of the same, they will only keep filling cbms with action and explosions. At least now they know some people aren't happy and the Justice League movie will be better for it. When AoU was released and it got criticized for going down the path of Transformers, they had to listen. I hope they learn the same lessons from BvS.

Like I said, treat it like a Micheal Bay film, you're now sounding like the DC fanboy, who praised the film, even though he fell asleep during the film*.

*conversation with cousin, we talked way too much about this film today. Oh & we teased him greatly for walking out, he missed Alexander's moment.

Minemrys:
God, cao i get it. U hate BvS and if i may say the Dceu but must you be this pessimistic? Gush This is s0me0ne's 3 year hardwork. I get u hate the film and its your opinion but God! You are over doing this. Many audience so far love the film and give it an 8 or 7 with all its flaws. Can't u find anything good in the m0vie? All these BvS trashing gets me frustrated on being a DC fan. Now am forced to go download the CAMRip versi0n seeing as there are no cinemas here, just to have my opinion. God, am tired of being in the dark. If this film fails in my eye, am d0ne with c0mic book films or better still i'll stick with the x men films except dpool and leave this mcu dcu shit.

Dude, so now I apparently hate the DCEU in its entirety, calm down, so because the man spent 3 years working on it, we should applaud him for his work, regardless of quality of said work? I just had to explain the Flash & the dream scene to my cousin - how it was based on an AU & Flash warning Bruce about it. My cousin is a self confessed fanboy of MoS, he came straight from the airport to watch it with his brother & he's fuming about it - he walked out during the last 10 minutes. I have pointed out how I was entertained by the film, even though I was annoyed by it. And the more I kept chatting with him, I realised why I was annoyed, I was annoyed on behalf of the average Joe.

superbloke:
Your review makes sense. But I disagree with lex playing Bruce. Bruce has the same fears as lex does about superman. With all the set up against supes, you really can't blame him.
I do understand some of the criticisms. The part where flash appeared in the dream was unnecessary in my opinion. It didn't add anything to the plot, and I thought those who didn't know about the comic stories would be confused by it. Obviously, the movie was made for comic book fans mostly as Amy Adams said.
One thing I don't also like is how they didn't explain how everyone got to know everyone else's identity.
Overall, I still enjoyed the movie. The critics were obviously too harsh, like they were already waiting for it to fail. I give it an 8/10.

8/10 is way too nice. I was honestly really annoyed with the film, then the final fight happened & I kinda forgot 'cause I was stoked when WW appeared in her armour to fight - seriously, folks were clapping when WW appeared in that scene (Nigerians & their clapping antics). Just seen my cousin's review on Facebook, which reminded me of one of my pet peeves in the film - unnecessary slow motion. Did they really need the slow motion for Bruce visiting his parents' graves? The whole emphasis on Martha's name during the first act bugged me, I kept wondering, why are they hiding Thomas' name? Then it hit me...oh good old fashioned ham fisted foreshadowing...I should expect its use during a climactic moment...I might have rolled my eyes during said climactic moment. The dream sequence thing was a bit foolish, they have not established a possibility of an alternative/parallel universe in this particular universe (no hint in MoS whatsoever) & to now just drop it into this universe via a dream/vision just like that was a silly decision. Now, I know my AUs & whatnots because I enjoy my sci-fi & I've watched and played those things I mentioned in my earlier post, but what about the average Joe who's only watched MoS?
**wonders out loud** I wonder what AngryJoe's review of this film will be like? He's a proper Superman fan. The black Superman shirt is practically part of his uniform...

TonySpike:
Now, this is an objective marvel fan. Thanks for your review. Tell me, how much do you speculate this movie will earn eventually?

It's a 12A, it's also being released in 3D, IMAX 3D & 4DX, it's even being released in 70mm prints, it's not banned in China, I expect it to make money, they had a solid marketing campaign, I might have avoided most of the adverts, I think I only saw the Super Bowl ad & the one that showed at my viewing of London Has Fallen...but I digress. They've thrown everything and the kitchen sink into this. This film has to break even, so that's at least double its budget, with a budget of $250 million, it has to make at least $500 million...and we don't know if the budget includes the marketing costs. It all depends on word of mouth, if average Joes tell their friends that it sucked & those friends tell their friends & yada yada yada, no amount of flash will save it. This film can make $400 million easy, but the budget is big thing, it needs to make around $600 to $800 million. $1b is not going to happen, unless fanboys decide to camp at the cinema or someone decides to make a Faustian deal. It hinges on word of mouth. I can see it getting $600 million, if folks decide to watch it like a Michael Bay film.

BvS
Was I entertained by the film? Yes.
Did the film annoy me? Yes.
Could the Batman vs Suprman fight have been avoided? Yes. I kept saying if they were played by women, they would have had the conversation during the first 5 minutes.
Was Wonder Woman awesome? Yes.
Was she wasted? Yes.
Did I genuinely laugh during this film? Yes.
Did I want to slap the World's Greatest Detective being easily played by Alexander Luthor? Yes.
Did I just watch a film partially based on the Injustice: Gods Among Us game, the Justice Lords episode of the JL/JLU cartoon series & DCAOM JL: The Flaspoint Paradox? Yes.
Will folks who don't know the mythos of the comics or the aforementioned media be confused by the dream sequence? Yes...unless they're used to watching sci-fi with alternative universes and/or inter-dimensional travel.

This film will make tons of money - it is 12A after all, but I bet some folks will not admit that they had issues with it. I now understand why critics have issues with this & why one internet reviewer called Alexander, Lex Jr. In fact, I've taken to calling him Alexander, as you may have noticed.

tziz:
Currently playing Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. Tight collection i'd say..

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the best of the original trilogy. Enjoy yourself with the collection. Uncharted series is one of the best cinematic video games out there. Take note The Order 1886, this is how you do cinematic video games...

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moneyallowed:
Season 3 can't come soon enough. Is Punisher awesome or what?

Yup. The guy just embraced his "crazy" & went all out.