James.

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug - 7.5/10 Like most people I found the love side-story to be completely pointless and contrived, I wish they'd learned to steer clear of romance after the terribly boring Aragorn/Arwen scenes in LOTR. Apart from that, I really liked it. The scenes with Smaug were pretty damn awesome and I thought the reveal of the Necromancer was amazing. I can see where Greg's coming from, but I never really thought of The Hobbit as a children's book so that issue doesn't really bother me. As for the lack of character development, I agree that they could have done better.

Wow, to think the long-awaited LP6 could be just a few months off :stunned: Where have the last 2 years gone?

Special one-off festival setlist Politik Yellow Major Minus God Put a Smile Upon Your Face How You See the World Violet Hill Talk Glass of Water Yes Daylight 42 Shiver Square One Paradise Charlie Brown Viva la Vida ---- Atlas Clocks Fix You

Wait is in this film? Then what the heck is going to happen in part 3?

You want some of the best U2 songs? I'll give you a couple from each album to get you started: Out of Control, I Will Follow, Gloria, Scarlet, Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Years Day, Pride, Bad, Where the Streets Have No Name, Bullet the Blue Sky, Desire, All I Want Is You, The Fly, Love Is Blindness, Zooropa, Stay, Discotheque, Staring at the Sun, Beautiful Day, Walk On, City of Blinding Lights, Miracle Drug, Magnificent, Moment of Surrender. They also have a couple of Best Of albums which might be some help too!

This has been the first year I've actually made an effort to listen to new music, but I still don't seem to have listened to as many albums as some of you! :laugh3: I'm trying to listen to a few more albums before the end of the year so I'll hopefully be adding to this list. Albums: Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork Arcane Roots - Blood and Chemistry Biffy Clyro - Opposites And So I Watch You From Afar - All Hail Bright Futures 65daysofstatic - Wild Light Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks Atoms for Peace - Amok Stereophonics - Graffiti on the Train Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart Duologue - Song and Dance Kings of Leon - Mechanical Bull Foals - Holy Fire White Lies - Big TV Songs: Biffy Clyro - Spanish Radio Arcane Roots - Triptych Queens of the Stone Age - I Appear Missing And So I Watch You From Afar - Big Thinks Do Remarkable Biffy Clyro - Accident Without Emergency Foals - Inhaler Atoms for Peace - Stuck Together Pieces Arcane Roots - Sacred Shapes 65daysofstatic - Taipei Queens of the Stone Age - Smooth Sailing Nine Inch Nails - All Time Low Stereophonics - We Share the Same Sun Frank Turner - Polaroid Picture Kings of Leon - Family Tree White Lies - Getting Even Coldplay - Atlas

I saw it the other night and it was great! I might be mistaken but I think it stayed a bit closer to the book than the first one did (although it did still miss out a few little bits). I also thought the other tributes were well cast. Can't wait for Mockingjay! Also, the instrumental bit of Atlas fitted quite well with the film I thought.

So jealous, I've always wanted to see them :cry:

Well that was awesome.

I don't think I've tested my speed since moving... Not bad!

Arcane Roots were absolutely amazing last night :awesome: And I'm seeing them tomorrow in the legendary King Tuts Wah Wah Hut too :dance:

Going to see The Day of the Doctor in the cinema tonight :D

42 Death and All His Friends Politik Everything's Not Lost Glass of Water

I thought it sounded a little bit Coldplay-ish when I heard it but it's only a slight resemblance.

Well, seeing as you asked nicely, here I am after waiting out in the cold for hours to meet my favourite band :awesome: Urggh, red eye in the second one though. :sick:

June 2011. Same question.

Greg, is there room in your sig for all the awards you're gonna win? :P

How many people would have said the same thing about Warning Sign before 2012? ;)

If they never play Spies or AROBTTH again I'll cry :bigcry:

I think they could get away with replacing The Scientist with another piano ballad like Amsterdam, ENL or DAAHF. Or maybe a new song, like how they replaced Politik with DLIBYH on the stadium tour.

Even if they have come up with a theme/style for LP6 I doubt they'd reveal it this soon. I think they'll wear generic outfits at U1R, not related to MX or LP6. Hopefully the setlist will also be a bit different, seeing as it's a special one-off show :wideeyed:

Jacob's Cream Crackers. Not even with cheese or anything, just the crackers on their own :wideeyed:

Yeah, animals seem to be a common theme in a lot of my dreams. It's quite cool sometimes. I haven't either actually. University has changed me :(

How to Train Your Dragon 8/10

Last night I dreamed that I was trapped in a wooden shed where a dog licked me all over and a hornet stung me on the finger. Then I was in my old house sheltering from a tornado and my door wouldn't close so I had to hold it shut while trying to stop my cat from going outside. I haven't had any lucid dreams in a while :(