Chris2K

Deadpool 3 has been renamed to Deadpool & Wolverine. And I may be looking forward to this more than any film I can remember, except Endgame.

There is nobody in the world whose voice does not match their appearance more than Post Malone. Oh look, it's the blonde lady.

I fail to see how the Washington franchise has not proven itself to be the gold standard of leadership credentials.

I did wonder if she was shaking the net, but put it down to her just aggressively climbing it. Then Guy Mowbray mentioned it, which they wouldn't have aired if there wasn't some truth to it. She also spent most of The Ring crawling on the ground to get to the centre part after getting tackled, whilst Tuathlaith was out-running her Gladiator to get there on her feet. That's more of an issue with the rules of the game, but even so. Almost forgot, this should hopefully be the example needed for them to get rid of the trapeze and get something that doesn't look so ridiculous. A literal platform to jump on and jump off would be better (if they're not going to bring back the rolling log).

TIL there's an NPC in Hitman 2/WOA who uses his location in Miami to imitate one of Miami's most famous crime scene investigators.

Can't say I was a fan of Betti going through after her pathetic display in Duel Huge respect for to Paul for competing, and not doing badly at all, at 57.

The Pistons couldn't find a trade partner for Killian Hayes. So they just released him.

As far as I'm concerned it's the worst in history. NOT ROBIN. What's annoying is that Thanasis Antetokounmpo is still employed by the Bucks, but they get rid of another player's brother (and even paid the Kings to take him).

Aside from the Hornets blowing up their roster, today feels like a stream of players being traded for the other players at their exact same level.

Hmm, the wording just says "Silverstone". This could mean that they're racing at a newly built street circuit around the A43.

So far from a colour standpoint we have: McLaren - Mainly black/ bits of Orange Haas - Mainly black/ bits of Red Williams - Black/Blue Sauber - Black/Green Alpine - Mainly black/bits of light blue and pink I know I've been mocked for being annoyed by this before, but everything being carbon fibre coloured is so dull.

Whilst I have no desire for her to win this in any form, part of me would love it if they were forced to rehire her, and in the opening scene of the next Star Wars TV show they mention that Cara Dune was killed off-screen.

Everywhere I've seen is calling them Sauber, and the Visa CashApps are just referred to as RB. Hopefully the media refusing to co-operate with these sponsor-based names will lower the interest in doing it. The alleged issue with Horner, which is completely unconfirmed and only from a Dutch newspaper, is that he sent unsolicited pictures to a female employee, who went straight to Red Bull HQ to report him. He is denying all allegations.

I have been really tempted to switch back to the Japanese voices having become so used to them during the 0-6 playthrough, but I do find being able to listen during cutscenes instead of having to read every line is much more pleasant for my eyes. There is a workshop I believe, it's down at the south of the map near Hello Work.

The Yakuza/Like A Dragon games are really good in general, there are however a few things to consider if you want to play through them: - The cut-scenes are very long, and incredibly frequent. To put some numbers on that, it takes around 2-3 hours in Yakuza Like A Dragon before you're even in the main area of the game, and about 75% of that is cut scenes. - In addition to that, a lot of people are put off by the voice acting being in Japanese for the first 7 games. It certainly threw me off for a while, but you do get used to it and soon the voices of the main characters become as ingrained as any English speaking game. - There is a massive downgrade in gameplay quality when the series jumps to different versions of re-masters. 0, 1 and 2 are in the superior engine (0 was the first game made in it, 1 and 2 are re-masters), but 3, 4 and 5 are in their original engines which causes a sudden drop-off in things like inventory space, combat-systems and features. It comes back to the main engine for 6, but then Like A Dragon changes the whole concept completely into a turn-based RPG. Those are the main negatives, but everything else about the games is positive. The story, the characters, the missions, the side-stories, the acting, the animation is all top tier. Plus they're all free on GamePass, with the exception of the most recent release.

Yeah, I actually properly laughed at his "shoo" line after Diamond threw the shoe away. Bradley has the reputation, drawing power and comedy chops to be a decent host for it, Barney really feels like a nepo hire and he has none of those attributes to back it up.

This is said with extreme bias, but Diane Youdale wouldn't be a bad choice . Speaking of Jet, there is a Gladiator podcast (hosted by Jet) which has a lot of the old crew telling stories, plus the new guys are starting to appear. https://www.gladiatorstv.com/podcast/index.php

It's a good job the Bucks won last night otherwise this decision would seem ridiculous. (He has said he will be passing on the bonus money he gets to Adrian Griffin)

Their decision to cancel Robot Wars was bizarre, but I can see Gladiators staying put for a while if it keeps drawing the same level of viewing figures. Just to warn you, I'll likely use this thread for discussions of my re-watching of the old episodes as well. I've just stated the fourth full UK series which is the first one after Shadow got axed for his many, many drug and steroid issues, and he got replaced by Rhino who is one of the all time greats as far as I'm concerned. Also Vogue joined who is another of my favouries, as did noted bigot and TERF Amazon/Sharron Davies, who is not. Also Raider, who I had forgotten existed, and is openly mocked by John Sachs because his interviews are Ahmed Johnson levels of incomprehensible. Scorpio also left after the third series, and I could have sworn she was around for the whole thing. I also nearly did a spit take when one of the contenders rolled out, and it was future Olympic 400m hurdler Chris Rawlinson, then working as a lifeguard in a Sheffield leisure centre. The big new games were Pendulum, which was a great event, and Whiplash, which was terrible.

Tonight's Gladiators breakdown: - Diamond showed she would make the perfect female villain if they ever wanted to go down that route. - They need to change up the timings for the Wall, it's a much smaller wall and the contenders are over halfway up before the Gladiators begin. - The Nia/Dynamite game of Hang Tough was the worst Hang Tough in the history of Gladiators. - I'm beginning to wonder if they're playing up Clattenburg's questionable refereeing decisions, Guy Mowbray was openly mocking the Power Ball stoppage. - Bradley Walsh made me genuinely laugh with his "shoo" comment. Barney Walsh remains unnecessary.

My word, Yakuza 6 was so, so good. Great story, great gameplay, great side stories, great mini-games, just so much fun from start to finish. As much as Kiryu is the ultimate badass I have to say I like Akiyama more. He's just so damn cool. I'm sure the cutscenes are too much for some, my XBox for example which nearly went into standby mode due to inactivity 4 times in the final chapter and post-credits scenes, but it's all so brilliantly acted and animated that it doesn't bother me at all. Now back to Like A Dragon again, then Man Without A Name, then I might actually get around to buying Infinite Wealth.

I did wonder how he got out of his 2 year deal, I bet Mercedes didn't think that release option was going to get triggered when they put in the contract though. Sainz is making the best of it, but this must feel like a kick in the teeth when he's done nothing wrong. And I was right, it does look weird.

I didn't realise Lewis had such a strong connection with Fred Vasseur from before F1, so I wonder if that's part of the reason he's made the decision. Its reported that the Ferrari contract has been signed, and the Mercedes personnel have been briefed that Lewis is leaving, so... it's properly done. It's going to be so weird seeing him in red.

This is a really weird one, and I'm not entirely sure it's the best of ideas for him. At least he'll be loved in Italy now. Who Mercedes get in will be interesting, assuming Sainz is a lock for an Audi seat in 2026 they probably wouldn't want him for just one season, and their reserve driver ranks aren't exactly as stacked when they had Russell waiting in the wings. Maybe the big return for Mick Schumacher is on? Also, it's crazy that the biggest transfer on transfer deadline day is going to be in a completely different sport.

Fast forward to whatever reason they can come up with to deny them entry in 2028. "Hmm, in the team name, is that Andretti, with an "i", or Andrett1, with a "1"?" "We have no way of knowing, so we simply can't allow them to enter. A confusing team name would have a negative impact to the F1 brand."