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The tension builds!
Posted Dec 3, 2003
Eaxctly two weeks from today The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King will be opening worldwide.
The build up seems mysteriously slow this time around. There has been little advertisement yet, with only the merchandising given any form of hint to the approching finale. The soundtrack came out two weeks ago so i guess i'll have to get it on friday 
Anyways i thought id do a facts build up each day i can remember to do one (until the film comes out that is) and will finish with a full reveiw of the film on December 17th. Now ive mentioned it here's todays facts:
The soundtrack contains two songs by cast members. Track five 'The Steward Of Gondor' has vocals from Billy Boyd, track 17 'The Return Of The King' has vocals from the king himself Viggo Mortensen, and it is rumoured that Liv Tyler has done the vocals for a bonus track. Plus Annie Lennox has done the vocals for track 19 'Into The West'
All the chainmail for the trilogy was made by two guys over a three year period. 365 days a year they had to turn up at Weta workshop, cut some tubing in a special designed machine, and link it together. To give you some idea of the scale of this, Gimli's suit of chain mail had over 80,000 links in it. The two guys who'd worked on this actually wore there index and thumb prints off due to the constant rubbing.
Well thats it for today. Bye.
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Goldeneye
Posted Nov 29, 2003
I thought id use this weeks entery to show my love for a particular computer game. Ive had this for a good few years and i still think its brilliant. Its called goldeneye, and you play James Bond. Basically you run around (occassionaly sneek, but why?) and slaughter countless russians and anyone else who happens to get in your way (such as Sean Bean). This goes on for around twenty levels, and contains a multitude of weapons and explosives. As you complete levels in certain times etc you get awarded cheats and the ability to modify the enemies abilites. So why mark, i hear you ask, is this game good?
Well once fully complete the worlds your oyster. Numerous things include going through certain levels armed with two rocket launchers (levels usually only have a handful of weapons, but with cheats...), or trying to blitz a level as fast as you can. There's also a kill and accuracy rating at the end of each mission which expands this even further. I once killed 4000+ russians just because i had nothing to do and felt like doing it. Theres also the odd occassion ive tried using only head shots to get a hundred percent accuracy with head hits, but havent ever managed it.
Theres countless things you can do with this game, and only a few have been scrathed on here. I just hope when i get my xbox (or possibly gamecube) this christmas that theres one game equal of this masterpeice.
Warhammer update:
Well my Empire army, with Kislev and dwarf allies, got beat by a few troops. I concedeed thought due to the amount of missile troops my opponent had left. My Kislev detachment was fun to play with. Using my riders of Rohan with bows (counting as ungol horse archers) and Rohan warriors on foot (Counting as Kossars) i added some interesting variation, even if they did get slaughtered by my opponents massed archery. My dwarfs on the other hand did fantastically well as always. Lord Fundin, Thane Balin, and there Longbeard bodyguard did brilliantly, accounting for most of the enemy losses. My stone thrower also did well, butchering most enemy units that came too close. My human forces didn't do as well, which i blame on them not being painted, which always seems to help.
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Men of Honour - part 2
Posted Nov 22, 2003
Our England boys came, saw, and conquered. Battering the hell out of aussies.
Australlia 17
England 20 - Johny Wilkinson making the kick in the dying seconds of the game.
Well done lads! Its times like that kick that make you proud to be English!
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Men of Honour
Posted Nov 21, 2003
Tomorrow morning at 9am GMT, fifteen of England's finest men will march out on to an overcast, rainy pitch in Sydney, Australlia. The weather sets the tone for this confrontation: Grim and unforgiving.
Clad in the finest livery our nation has to offer, and proudly displaying the English rose over there hearts, they will be arrayed against champions without equal. There captain has marshalled his troops well, and the likes of Lewsey, Dallaglio and Wilkinson have all heeded there generals call to war.
Both sides are power houses of muscle, speed and skill. The Australlians are ready for there hat trick of victories, which if accomplished means they can keep the trophey. But England have other plans.
The defeat of many years ago, when they lost to Australlia still hits a cord with each player, and with the amount of critism this England side has faced they will be going out there to prove there critics wrong and restore the honour in the face if defeat. England aren't looking for second place, and will take no prisonners.
Martin Johnson's men have proved time and time again that they deserve to be champions. In the face of continuos aussie sland they have stood tall and triumphant. Now its the aussies turn.
83000 people will witness this in the stadium live, and its predicted millions of others will watch it from the comfort of there own home. I will be watching it on a widescreen surround sound telly with 8 cans of Guinness and any food i can find.
If you do nothing else tomorrow morning, say a silent prayer of our boys representing Queen and country:
J Lewsey, J Robinson, W Greenwood, M Tindall, B Cohen; J Wilkinson, M Dawson; T Woodman, S Thompson, P Vickery; M Johnson; (capt), B Kay; R Hill, N Back, L Dallaglio.
Replacements: D West, J Leonard, M Corry, L Moody, K Bracken, M Catt, I Balshaw.
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Here's Bush!
Posted Nov 18, 2003
Well the worlds dumbest criminal arrives in Britain tonight, costing the British tax payer around £20 million.
But don't worry, he's well protected by his 750 person entourage, made up of mainly armed forces who have been ordered to shoot any terrorists, and the exact reasons for shooting will be examined later (more trigger happy american fun). His bullet proof limosine has windows with glass so thick they wont move and are fixed in place, and theres several of these limosines, with only one containing clever boy.
Seeing as though Ken livingstone really hates bush and the iraq war, i wonder if he'll get some police officers to arrest the armed units, or how about clamping his car?
Theres one good thing come from this: That George W Bush is away from the big red button that proffesor leibstrum told him not to press.
That and the fact the americans are shot of him for a few days so they can realise just how thick he is.
Go home Bush, or preferably Iraq, and just disappear please.
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