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Not John Carter Of Perfect, John Carter Of 3D wasn't that great a use, but certainly John Carter Of Worth Going To See On A Big Screen. John Carter Of Mocap CG Characters worked very well. John Carter Of Michael Giacchino Score was very John Williams but not as hummable after as his Trek or Up (or Medal of Honor) themes. John Carter Of Cameo By James Purefoy was a standout.

John Carter Of Trailers: Navy Seal Recruitment Video: The Motion Picture, Battleship, God Of War II Wrath Of The Titans and... AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! eeeee

Right then. Five points (out of fifty or sixty or so) at the Conpulsion pub quiz will be determined by Indiana Jones And The Title Round in which contestants have to work out the original character name in a movie title which has been replaced by Indiana Jones.

So, easy example, Indiana Jones And The Philosopher's Stone. If you can't get that one, I believe you have to be thrown out of Edinburgh.

Of course these will all be answers where replacing the titular character with Indiana Jones would make a cool movie. But then this is the case with most movies.

It could also be applied to books, as it is in that example - Chris oft joked/threatened running Indiana Jones And The Mountains Of Madness - but let's keep it simple.

And yes, this is also how I write Buffy convention adventures.

(What would Indy hunting for the Philosopher's Stone be like? Obviously there are rivals looking for it as well, a mysterious figure who may be immortal, and probably a clue in a castle in Scotland which is now a boarding school.

And that's not the weirdest put-Indy-in-a-movie idea I ever had. That would be Indiana Jones And The Last Of England. Indy travels to London during the Blitz to help the removal of key works from the British Museum, and discovers a mysterious map on the back of a Durer painting of the Virgin Mary. Teaming up with a brilliant art historian (Tilda Swinton) he travels first to Switzerland, a hotbed of intrigue, and then to partially occupied Norway in search of a prophecy that might mean the Allies cannot win the War!)

... was something I never really read as a kid, I went the Asterix route instead, as I could never really handle the mix of realistic-ish artwork and plotting with cartoony faces. On reflection, I should, as pulp adventure comics are rather my field of interest these days.

So I was largely ignorant as we went to see the movie, my interest piqued by Steven Spielberg directing, Peter Jackson producing, and Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish and Edgar Wright writing.

It moves at the pace of an Indy movie (and is about as hazardous to life and limb for bystanders - apparently the comics are as action-y as this shows). Most of the character comedy comes from Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock, and much of the slapstick from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and Thomson and Thompson (or possibly the other way round) although a fair number of folk including Jamie Bell's Tintin and even Snowy the highly capable dog get knocked out in assorted funny ways.

Some great crazy only-possible-in-CG stuff, some heightened-reality cartoony stuff, the odd look-it's-3D gesturing with weapons at the screen. And ironically, the mix of realistic-ish artwork and cartoony faces is retained - there are medium and long shots where it looks like live-action with people wearing Tintin character masks.

Prolly watchable enough in 2D, although there are some fun playing-with-perspective bits, especially in an imposible-to-film-for-real one-shot chase through an entire city.

Trailers: we missed all the ads and 2D trailers (darn) apart from The Muppets (yay!) who also do the new Orange ad (yay!) so just the 3D ones - The Phantom Menace with a curious lack of Jar-Jar being visible for some reason... Arthur Christmas, Puss In Boots, and Hugo, which is a 3D children's film from Martin Scorsese starring Sascha Baron Cohen, Jude Law and HitGirl. Yes, you read that correctly.

Vampire: The Requiem is go, Uncharted not. More players in the evening than afternoon. That's fine. (sniffle)

Happy birthday dad!

The Crimson Clown!

Why is he diving out of a window? Why is he robbing the rich dressed as a clown?!

Okay, still drawing a blank on a system for Of Gods And Men and it might need a particular mix of players, so might go more straightforward and do WWII Adventure! instead. Something I can do pretty casually by comparison.

Also, dinosaurs and planes.

I figured it'd be fun (just about up there with The Rocketeer) but it's the funnest of the summer. Standup two-fisted heroics, hyper-Nazis, great effects, heartfelt emotion and a catchy song.

Lots of little geek callouts, from the Synthetic Man to Zola's first appearance to the Wilhelm Scream to Rosie The Riveter.

Also, Hayley Atwell and Dominic Cooper together again for I believe the first time since The Watch House.

Trailers: Tom Hardy as a UFC fighter, Dominic Cooper as Uday Hussein and his double, Rosamund Pike as the Bond girl in Johnny English 2. And Troll Hunter, which doesn't feature anyone who was ever in The Watch House.

Oh, and The Avengers! It ain't even done filming yet. It's a long way till May.

"Good morning, Doctor Armitage. The photographs inside this text show one Wilbur Whateley, a man we suspect of colluding with extraterrestial forces to threaten our interests. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to infiltrate the library of the Vatican to replace the Voynich Manuscript with a replica which we shall provide, containing a small radio transmitter. Good luck, Henry. This eldritch text will self-destruct in ten seconds."

MISSION: UNSPEAKABLE