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A new trailer was shown during the MTV Movie Awards last night, about 90% new footage and... well, it's good! No Youtube link yet but /Film have embedded the vid, so take a look. Raises a few questions and answers a few - Catwoman is definitely going to be portrayed as having the ambiguous alignment the comics have played around with a lot. '...you should be afraid of him as I am...'

Right, well... that was kinda interesting. It was basically half an hour of Iwata showing off what the Wii U hardware is, along with a lot of stuff to do with it's capabilities. He revealed that the controller (officially the Wii U GamePad - They spent a couple of minutes explaining how it got the name... sigh) has changed a bit from the prototypes shown last year - it has proper analogues that can click in as opposed to the 3DS style Circle Pads it had last year, they've also moulded the back and shifted the button/stick layout a little for comfort. It also has NFC read and write capability, which everyone already had guessed, and strangely can work as a universal remote for your telly, which is an odd but I guess welcome feature. It can stream games to the pad's screen allowing the TV to do something else, though he was slightly ambiguous about it - he suggested not every game would do it and directly called out simpler games perhaps suiting it better, but also claimed this was a lagless feature. And as everyone already knew, touchscreen, accelerometers, motion sensors. And it works in conjunction with the Wii remote, the Nunchuck and the balance board. Which was also already known. They also revealed that they would be releasing a more traditional controller, the Wii U Pro controller, which looks so much like a 360 pad it's almost funny. Imagine a slightly less rounded 360 pad with the right stick and buttons switched around so the sticks are on the same level on each side of the pad, and with the usual Nintendo Home buttons in place of the 360 guide. They then moved onto some other features of the Wii U with the most hideous, hideous advert/concept video imaginable. It featured a hipster geek playing some zombie game and talking to himself, before getting stuck on a boss... he then turned to his controller and goes into a kind... semi-Twitter like app where he whacked up a comment saying 'Oh I can't beat the boss' and got a load of comments back, eventually getting a hint on how to do it. He **** that up, and then uses the controller to have a video chat with the guy who gave him the advice about exactly what he needed to do. This entire video clip was painful viewing. It ended with a reveal of a load of Mii's. Iwata then revealed that this was 'MiiVerse' or something, basically you'll be able to have a kind of friends list/region lobby with Miis. There was also a lot of talk of this social media style thing they've come up with expanding into PCs, mobile internet devices, 3DS, etc etc. The GamePad is coming with a net browser and will allow you to do that Apple TV thing of flicking content from the tablet up to the TV. There was very little to show off exactly what the power behind the device was (the only gameplay shown was video they revealed last year, and they specifically said they weren't using this opportunity to show off any games, they're saving that for Tuesday) and theres still a few questions about the whole thing, but it was interesting. I guess. Tuesday should be revealing, they need to show exactly what this thing can bring to the games people want to play, it's all well and good having these big ideas and a desire to be unique (something Iwata was at pains to point out as Nintendo's driving philosophy in this video) but you need to sell to an audience that wants big blockbuster titles. EDIT - The Pro controller

E3 is go! (kinda) Nintendo are doing a 'pre-conference show' for something or other. Live steaming... well, now.

Oh, are they not taking the Brazilian this time? EDIT - Muller often plays up front so they probably reckon they're covered for strikers.

I'd probably not call up Ferdinand either. He's not what he once was, and his back is prone to flaring up to the point he now has to be careful how many games he plays. Saying that, I'd not have called up Terry either. Said before I think he should have just called up the players he would think he would take to the next World Cup and bin the old guard wholesale.

Other than in name has she really ruled Over us though ? The royal family is more a symbol now.. the days of having you head on a spike for not doffing your cap or backing the wrong religion are long gone Not as directly as they might have done in the past but the very nature of the role dictates that she reigns over us. Which is a principle I find hard to swallow.

**** bucketed down now for a good hour or two. I went up to Victoria today and it was packed full of try-hard, Jubilee c*%ts with their flags and whatnot. Pathetic twunts. (Yes, I am a miserable word removed!) I can be a miserable word removed too, quite alright with that, but I have to admit if it pissed it down I think it'd be hilarious. Thousands of idiots lining a grim dirty river to watch an old lady and her pointless family waltz past on some ostentatious boat and going mad about it because they've been ruled for 60 years, only stopping themselves grasping their forelocks, ma'am, because then they'd need to wave the bloody flag with their mouth, getting absolutely drenched. And having the whole thing look distinctly miserable. I'd almost watch it just to laugh.

I hope it's pissing it down in London.

TRS-T's head'd explode, Scanners style, if he had to consider what 'Europe' actually is.

Argumentum ad populum

I honestly don't know with this tournament and this England side. I can't remember a tournament that had people seem to give so little of a **** about than this one, which is exactly what Woy wants of course. I don't even want to guess at what we'll do in it. The smart money is on get out the group and then be sent home but I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't make it out of the group in all honesty. It's a weak squad. Even if everyone was fit and in form I think you'd have to say it's not an awe inspiring set of players. I don't even think he could pick a particularly strong squad, Englands options at the moment are all pretty flawed. It's all 'meh' I guess for me. I hope we do well, of course, and I hope Woy can bring back some positives from the tournament, I quite like the bloke. But I reckon we'll limp home with nothing learnt.

Was anyone, at all, in any doubt that the moment Walcott played that in for Defoe to run onto, that Defoe would smash it on the run, and miss? You could see it coming from a mile away.

I almost wouldn't be surprised if the Last Guardian was a no-show. It's getting the point where you almost expect them to say they've binned it.

Word of mouth on it is ****' terrible already. Looks like I'm seeing it Tuesday. Still kinda looking forward to it but increasingly with 'rubber necker going past a particularly interesting looking car crash' curiosity.

Absolutely delighted.

Microsoft are live streaming their conference over Live - theres an app you can download that they'll be streaming through. However, the smart money is on Microsoft's conference being even worse that last years complete car crash so you may not find it worth bothering with. One of the big things they are apparently showing off behind closed doors is called 'Xbox Smart Glass', which appears to be either a more versatile 'Xbox app' for smartphones and things, or could well be a complete tablet device. If it exists, all the word coming out about it says they're showing it to a select few partners and won't reveal it to the masses, though. The conference itself will just be more Kinect bollocks, more Live 'content' that will mean bugger all for everyone outside of the US, and a token look at Halo 4, and maybe the new cash-in, sorry, Gears game. Nintendo will probably have the most interesting conference, new console they need to really show off and bring some big hitters to the table. They need to convince people that the Wii U will be great. I suspect they'll get people interested but not totally sold on it. Could do with a different name too. 3DS remodel was everyones bet till a few months ago but word has gotten round that Nintendo is basically not in the position to release a new model right now, despite the console probably (definitely, in my view) being in the position to benefit from a new model. There'll be a few more big hitter titles announced for the handheld, a new Zelda is a banker imo. Sony'll need to bring Vita stuff to the fore, it's really, really struggling and needs pushing, and they'll do just that, their conference will absolutely hurl Vita stuff at the audience. Other than that it's being heavily, heavily rumoured that Sony have made a deal with a 'streaming' company (think OnLive, cloud gaming) and will offer PS3 owners a way of backwards compability on the console through that - basically playing PS1 and PS2 games over the net without actually owning the disc. Which'd be interesting. I don't expect Sony to have anything that earth shattering for the PS3 to be announced, otherwise. EA will have some biggies up their sleeve, and they'll reveal what type of year it is for FIFA (every year FIFA improves 1 aspect of the game over everything else, and then after about 4 years of doing it, they make a completely fresh build. Last year was a defence year, for example). Expect lots and lots of numbers from EA, they're worse than Ninty for stats and figures. And Ubisoft's conference is always mental. Nothing can outdo the prick that hosted it last year, mind. New Rayman is being announced, with Wii U tablet features - a video leaked a few months back that showed the new game and ended with a 'proof of concept' idea at the end for using the Wii U tablet like the Skylanders figures worked, put a plastic heart toy on the tablet and loads of health appeared in the game. More flogging the dead Tom Clancy shaped horse is a given, too. They apparently have a big new title to announce but no-one seems quite sure what it is. In other words, don't expect a lot.

A lot of the more fanboy-ish reviews have read like they went in expecting a film that was clearly an Alien film in nature, or that they expected a film that, without question, explained everything that lead to Alien. That was what this film was going to be, but Ridley decided he had another story he wanted to tell. A few seemed to go in expecting something that will revoltionise sci-fi cinema, or put a new high watermark stamp on it like Alien did (a film that is more or less unmistakable, now, so strong are it's themes, style, atmosphere and 'look'), and they haven't got it. If, when I leave the cinema, it's a 7/10 film with a strong asthetic, well made, and has some cool ideas and answers a few things about the world Alien arose into, and at some point has a xenomorph() even it's just a cameo or a nod, I'll be happy.

It's a bumper, celebrate being lorded over by someone for 60 years, weekend this weekend (some people insist on called it a jubilee weekend or something...), what're you doing for it?! Myself, today I've done very little besides set up a new router and listen to some radio, but later on I shall be popping out for a few drinks with friends and possibly might go clubbing afterwards. Since my last day/night out cost me £120 I'm going easy if I do though, as I'm not working at this moment in time. Hopefully will enjoy it though, I fancy a little drinky and getting a little drunky. Tomorrow I shall recover assuming I go out, or just find some other excuse to do the sum total of the square root of **** all. Sunday will be more of the same. Monday will continute this theme. I'll be seeing Prometheus at some point but chances are that will coincide with Empire Tuesdays (great prices, shite cinemas!) or Orange Wednesdays... I'm not sure whether we can say this weekend extends to Tuesday though, is it a day off?

Eh, I've, sadly, got nothing better to do at this moment in time Though I am going to go trim down my stubble to an acceptable 'going out' length in a bit. That's 15mins of the day, maybe. Speaking of which actually...

Kermode gave it 7.5/10. Made specific reference to other reviews slamming it a little more than he felt it deserved. Basically called it flawed but interesting. And interestingly suggested Noomi Rapace was great... but he thinks she's great anyway so little can be drawn from that.

You said these things ...which suggests you're referring to the flippant comment many people make about the 'Great' in 'Great Britain' meaning 'Awesome Britain', or 'The Best! Britain' or some other such superlative, which is usually referred to people ask 'Well whats so 'Great' about 'Great Britain' these days?' (which is more or less what you've asked yourself). The chaps are simply pointing out that the idea that the 'Great' in the name 'Great Britain', is somehow a reference to our superiority, or dominance, or brilliance, as a nation... is bollocks. It comes from a term to name the island(s) to differentiate them from the part of France that shared the 'Britannia' element of it's name. They're basically saying that the flippant comment you made is nonsense. The thing about saying Britain is called 'Great' and therefore should have things that are great, is a nonsense. Simple, really.

I managed to miss the wedding last year, I reckon I can miss the jubilee as well. The very principle of 'Royalty' is disgusting.

It's fairly clear that Cameron has decided that Hunt is the last line of defence for him and that this issue needs to go away, hence Mr Hunt not being referred on breaking ministerial code, hence Mensch being such a vocal defendant (although she's feathering her own nest too, she can taste a cabinet job her tongue is so far up the Tory head honchoes collective arses), hence a reversal of the trying to bury tax u-turns with bigger news instead attempting to bury bad news with a tax u-turn, and so on. Hunt is untouchable until a proper fire is seen for the heavy smoke we've got. He should have gone on the back of that smoke (indeed many would argue it constitutes a true fire, for sure), but things are too close to the PM. Hunt'll be shuffled away when things die down. If it does come to pass that they simply must sack him, they will try to bury this with him. Some of Hunts comments today are simply astounding. He was asked about Smiths 'resignation' - 'I carefully considered my own position on this... and regretfully accepted his resignation'!

They're filming Iron Man 3 at the moment. Heres a baddie from it. Iron Patriot! Which has massive connotations for a future Avengers storyline...

Den of Geek gave the film an eye catching 2/5.Threw it under the proverbial bus.