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Grand Theft Auto V

Bradley — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:15:27 GMT

As many of you know, the upcoming new Grand Theft Auto game is set to be released worldwide on Tuesday September 17, 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

As the months pass by, there have been some really amazing and exciting news concerning the popular sandbox game from Rockstar.

The game is set in Los Santos (Rockstar's take on Los Angeles, California) and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches. Not only is the setting bigger than GTAIV, GTA: San Andreas and Red Dead Redemtion combined, it includes a fully explorable ocean floor.

The game features three playable characters: Michael, Trevor and Franklin. Grand Theft Auto V is the first GTA since the original Grand Theft Auto where the player takes control of multiple characters. A unique switching system allows the player to switch between characters almost instantly and at any time when off-mission. Michael is a retired bank robber who is currently in the witness protection program after making a deal with the FIB. Trevor is a former military pilot who did a few bank jobs with Michael back in the day. Franklin is the youngest of the three protagonists. He works at a luxury car dealership and is possible that he is apart of the Groove Street Gang (the same gang where protagonist, CJ, was apart of from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)

Of the main storyline missions, there'll be several complex missions focussed on heists in style of "Three Leaf Clover" from GTAIV. One mission involves robbing a high-end jewellery store in the GTAV equivalent of Rodeo Drive (in Beverly Hills). This would also be available to do on side quest on (let's say) a small robbery of a store.

This game obviously has a lot of fun and exciting things to offer. From various websites like http://www.gtav.net/, CVC give out so much information about GTAV, it's really crazy how much facts they give us about the game.

Some of these even include info like:

Dynamic missions, similar to Red Dead's "Random World Events". Examples include characters with broken down cars, a hitch hiker, or two parked cars with dead bodies around them - which you can investigate to initiate dynamic missions.
Dynamic music during missions (similar to Rockstar's other game, L.A. Noire).
The phone also has apps. In addition to the camera there is internet, contacts, social media, a calendar, and a replay missions app. There are three more Rockstar hasn't yet revealed.
Citizens will react to what you do, and if they see you robbing someone they could alert the police, film you, or even try to take you down themselves.
Hunting animals.
Character appearances can be customized. Specifically, tattoos, haircuts and clothing can be modified. Customization also includes cars and even weapons.
Each character is rated in a series of skill categories: Stamina, Shooting, Strength, Stealth, Flying, Driving, Mechanic, Lung Capacity.
These build up to a bigger heist where the execution must be flawless. They'll require the right crew (which you can recruit) and players will have to decide on the cheap option, which results in less skilled people, or paying more for skilled crew members that will take a larger cut of the money.
GTAV rewards exploration, there's no signposting underwater, so you'll have to find the treasure the hard way.
If you die the game reloads to the last checkpoint, even if two other characters are alive.
Friends won't call you as often as they did in GTAIV. The phone is more streamlined and used for things like emails and Internet browsing.

Here are some (in my opinion) some really amazing screenshots of the upcoming game:

There's a whole lot to cover about this amazing game! How do you feel about it? Is it a step up from the previous Grand Theft Auto games? Is it going to be too overwhelming? Discuss!

And if you feel you're ready to give in to your temptations, you can already pre-order the game HERE. Shiiiiiiit, you can get the Special Edition or the Collectors Edition

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Xbox One

Comstock — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:19:02 GMT

The new Xbox has been announced

What do you think? I'm disappointed as fuck. Looks terrible. I've been a 360 guy since the start of this gen and now I want to switch to Sony

24. Bauer Hour returns.

Jesse — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:37:08 GMT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...=Entertainment

With all these old-new shows, maybe firefly has a chance to come back after all... (not really, all the actors are busy :/)

Arrested Development - Season 4: It might cause a few stairs.

Jesse — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:14:29 GMT

And so it begins.

Hype.

The Great Gatsby

RazorEye — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:47:19 GMT

I'm Surprised there wasn't a thread for this...

The World's End

Squid in a Bin — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:01:09 GMT

PACIFIC RIM

Snail — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:21:24 GMT

Good god.

Who says a Gundam or a revamped dark and brooding Power Rangers with a dash of fun can't work on the big-screen?

An amazing set of films being released this year.

SUPERMAN; MAN OF STEEL

Snail — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:56:36 GMT

Had every bit of faith in Snyder.

The Supes film we've all been waiting for.

Elysium: Film Discussion thread

Krishnan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:48:01 GMT

For those of you who don't know about this film, Elysium is an upcoming sci-fi film directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley. Its easily one of my most anticipated films of the year. Here's the official plot:

"In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on Elysium � a Stanford torus space habitat in Earth orbit � while the rest live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet�s crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium � but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens� luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance to bring equality to these worlds is Max Da Costa, an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission � one that pits him against Elysium�s mayor, Secretary Jessica Delacourt and her hard-line forces � but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well."

And here's the trailer:

I really liked D9 and am really pumped for this.

So what do you guys think?

LPA's Top 250

Blake — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:15:45 GMT

Exactly like this thread: http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/inde...topic=408175.0

If people could lists their 10 favorite films with no order, i'll give 1 point to every film listed and rank them.

Rankings:

1) 6 Points
Inception

2) 5 Points
Fight Club
The Dark Knight

4) 4 points
The Social Network
Pulp Fiction

6) 3 Points
Warrior
Good Will Hunting
The Thing
The Shawshank Redemption
The Matrix
Se7en

12) 2 Points
The Departed
Wall-E
2001: A Space Odessy
Terminator 2
Argo
Back To the Future
Requiem for a Dream

19) 1 Point
The Hurt Locker
The Dark Knight Rises
Slumdog Millionaire
Sunshine
The Abyss
Land Before Time
American Beauty
Contagion
James Bond: Golden Eye
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Stranger Than Fiction
Moonrise Kingdom
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Take Shelter
Inglorious Bastards
The Godfather
Children of Men
28 Days Later
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Schindler's List
Forrest Gump
Boogie Nights
Fifth Element
Being John Mallcovich
Into the Wild
Bourne Ultimatum
Lucky Number Slevin
Zodiac
Gone Baby Gone
50/50
The Fighter
12 Angry Men
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Raiders of the Lost Arc
The Great Mouse Detective
Moon
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The Prestige
The Assassination of Jessie James
The Avengers
Serenity
Jurrasic Park
Hot Fuzz
Blue Velvet
Blade Runner
Alien
Seven Samurai
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Dr. Strangelove
Vertigo
Apocalypse Now
No Country for Old Men
Last of the mohicans
Braveheart
13 Assassins
Zombieland
21 Jump Street
A Few Good Men
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Goodfellas
The Big Lebowski
V For Vendetta
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Akira
Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back
Red Dawn (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Shining
Casablanca
End of Watch
Wreck-It Ralph
Shaun of the Dead
Annie Hall
The Usual Suspects
[REC]
Rushmore
Dear Zackary

I will add the directers and years later

Best Vidoegame Series of all Time (Possible Tourney Idea)

Blake — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:07:07 GMT

Using Challonge I was thinking we could have a tournament to see what LPA thinks is the best videogame series of all . There would be 32 series in the tourney and we could have 14 more with a prelim round to determine some of the first round matchups. Since people wouldn't like the way I would rank things we could all vote for 15 series and then determine the top 32 or 46 that way and the more the votes it has, the higher the seed it is?

Anyone think this is a good Idea? I promise I won't post link in the shoutbox and spam like some say I have been known to do in the past.

Will post, my list, if no interest then whatever, I just think it would be cool to see KTT's opinions.

Finding Dory

Hybrid — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:41:08 GMT

Well, apparently Ellen DeGeneres made an announcement today regarding Finding Nemo's sequel. Here you go:

It's official. What do you think?

Personally, I loved Finding Nemo. I am excited for this. Also, we all should have seen this coming. A fish with short term memory loss will most likely get lost. :lol:

This is the End

Jeff — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:39:26 GMT

Hermione just stole all our shit.

This movie is going to be fucking hilarious. Thoughts?

Game of Thrones

Hawk — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:55:14 GMT

And we're back, anyone as keen as me for another season of Game of Thrones?

I enjoyed Sunday's season return, what about y'all?

The Wolverine (2013 movie)

Philsfan — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:08:16 GMT

The Wolverine is the sixth in the X-Men film series, although it tries to separate itself from the rest of the films by trying to be a one-off film. I originally wasn't enthusiastic about this film having been disappointed with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but then these facts about The Wolverine are what got me interested.

*It takes place after X-Men: The Last Stand.
*Wolverine won't be searching for his past, but now debating about his future and immortality.
*It is heavily based on the Wolverine series created by Frank Miller and Chris Claremont.
*Most of the X-Men have left.
*Wolverine will FINALLY have a weakness, in which his healing factor will be cured.
*SILVER F*CKING SAMURAI.
*Much less mutants - only Wolverine, Silver Samurai and Viper are mutants.
*DEM NINJAZ
*Wolverine will finally show his berserker rage mode.
*They will make the audience guess if the characters are good or evil (except for Wolverine and Silver Samurai)

This is the trailer

Live chat with director James Mangold and Hugh Jackman spilling out Wolverine details:

Cast:
Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen Yashida
Tao Okamoto as Mariko Yashida
Rila Fukushima as Yukio
Will Yun Lee as Kenuichio Harada/Silver Samurai
Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper
Hal Yamanouchi as Shingen Yashida's father
Brian Tee as Noburo Mori
Famke Janssen as Jean Grey (archive footage or possible cameo)