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On the contrary, I would say he has a very broad range and has done fantastic work across the board, with those two sagas being part of his less memorable work. Have you seen him in the Steve McQueen films (Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave)? Those for me are clearly his best work to date and some of the best performances given by an actor of his generation, but also the likes of Fish Tank, Frank and Steve Jobs are fantastic on his part. I do think he's being typecast a little more these last few years as a brooding anti-hero type, perhaps which is why my fanatism has cooled down since the days of Shame, but all the same I find him to be probably the best actor of his generation.

It was also mentioned by Josh in the last Q&A that certain ships or ship upgrades may be required in order to venture further out through the Deadfire, through stormier and more hostile territories and so on. It seems integrating the stronghold deeper with the rest of the game is something that has been looked at quite closely, given their discontent with how Caed Nua turned out in the first game.

Depending on which 'side' of his output you'd like to explore more, I'd suggest looking at Scott 3 and Scott 4 for his more baroque stuff, and Tilt and The Drift for his latter-day, more experimental work. Either way I think you're in for a treat. Lemme hear your thoughts when/if you do!

The full documentary I mentioned earlier.

And to bring it all home, Bowie covering the tune above:

And even earlier too:

It's possible, I know Bowie's been a fan since the early years, so much so that he produced a documentary feature based on Walker called 30 Century Man (and was also interviewed in it - I still haven't seen it though so no idea what he says). His latest albums have been absolutely insane, really dark and amidst the most unique stuff out there. But his baroque pop albums from the 1960s are a beaut too: Definitely an artist worth exploring! :D

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I definitely don't mind, as I said at the opening paragraph the list should speak to your tastes and not to what you think ought to be seen as the canon and so on. However, please send the redacted list via PM, as those are the lists I'm counting as submissions for the poll (and remember to divide points between each game)!

Malcolm Young. To say I wasn't a fan of AC/DC might be an understatement, but still, R.I.P.

I will! I'm still waiting on more lists to arrive. I'm hoping to be doing so by late December/early January, though I still haven't set a deadline for the submissions either.

Not quite, because I do still plan to compile all games into a top 100 list.

Cheers. Though for future participants, please send your lists as a PM to me please! :D

Personally I find them near-opposites.

I like Leo in some roles but to me he always comes across as an actor capable only of getting skin-deep into his characters. He's very histrionic and requires a lot of thespian-flexing to say very little. You compare his performance in The Departed to Tony Leung's in Infernal Affairs and the difference is stark, for me at least: it only takes a subtle glance by Tony Leung to capture the instability that Leo tries to show off by five minutes of frantic scenery-chewing. It fits some of his roles though - I think his best performance is probably in The Wolf of Wall Street because to me his histrionics are matched by the character and the film's aesthetics.

I feel that Gyllenhaal comes across as one of the hardest-working actors right now. I just feel like he's putting 110% into every role he's in, even whilst the film around him may be an altogether forgettable affair. Which is a shame because based on the ones I've seen that's usually the case. He's long due for some more recognition. Bale is fine for me but I wouldn't rate him above the ones I mentioned, or if we open up the scope to anyone in the business right now, the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis, Viggo Mortensen or Gary Oldman to name a few. Heh... those 3 are the other guys I had in mind. But I thought we we're talking about a younger age group, so I didn't mention them. A while back I made a list with some of my favorite actors. Here's the lot (in no specific order)... Tatsuya Nakadai Alec Guinness John Gielgud Michael Fassbender Richard Burton Daniel Day-Lewis Gunnar Björnstrand Toshiro Mifune John Hurt Takashi Shimura Peter O'Toole Gerard Depardieu David Warner William Holden Laurence Olivier Gary Oldman Viggo Mortensen Arturo Goetz Jeremy Irons Yves Montand Bruno Ganz Max von Sydow Brendan Gleeson Ken Ogata Peter Falk Oliver Reed Michael Gambon Federico Luppi Michel Piccoli Zbigniew Cybulski Tony Leung Chiu Wai David Thewlis Marlon Brando Jean-Louis Trintignant Philip Seymour Hoffman Richard Harris Ricardo Darín Edward Norton Mads Mikkelsen Nigel Terry Kazuo Kitamura Paul Newman Peter Lorre Kenneth Branagh Peter Sellers Klaus Kinski This I think was roughly in 2012 or so. I think I would probably add the likes of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tom Hardy, Mahershala Ali and Shahab Hosseini to the list too.

Michael Fassbender would be my personal favorite from that generation, and Tom Hardy is up there for certain as well. Some actors who come to mind that I think are as good or better, or at least worthy of consideration (all within five years of Gosling's age): Michael Fassbender Tom Hardy Chiwetel Ejiofor Tahar Rahim Oscar Isaac Jake Gyllenhaal Reported for neglecting Cillian Murphy. I did consider him, actually.

I also think Colin Farrell has a pretty poor reputation thanks to a generally rubbish/schlocky filmography, but in his more serious and committed roles comes across as a really intense and interesting actor.

I feel that Gyllenhaal comes across as one of the hardest-working actors right now. I just feel like he's putting 110% into every role he's in, even whilst the film around him may be an altogether forgettable affair. Which is a shame because based on the ones I've seen that's usually the case. He's long due for some more recognition and better roles. Bale is fine for me but I wouldn't rate him above the ones I mentioned, or if we open up the scope to anyone in the business right now, the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis, Viggo Mortensen or Gary Oldman to name a few.

Michael Fassbender would be my personal favorite from that generation, and Tom Hardy is up there for certain as well. Some actors who come to mind that I think are as good or better, or at least worthy of consideration (all within five years of Gosling's age): Michael Fassbender Tom Hardy Chiwetel Ejiofor Tahar Rahim Oscar Isaac Jake Gyllenhaal

Really? It looks like the same old crap to me. Has about all the appeal and personality of one of those new Clash of the Titans movies.

Can't really agree here outside from it needing a stronger antagonist. As far as plotting goes I felt this film did a much better job than the original, and also felt Ryan Gosling was excellent in the role. A key difference between both films for me and why I think I give the edge to the newest is because this time around they manage to integrate the replicant/human dichotomy and existential themes into the protagonist's character arc, whereas for me Deckard never felt that involved in the story in Blade Runner - it was mostly Batty's story for me. In terms of pacing I thought it was absolutely perfect, I'm glad a film with this sort of budget and reach takes its time to develop and indulge in moods and atmospheres, to an almost Tarkovsky-like degree. However, if it is because you think certain scenes or elements within the script could have been cut or reworked a little (the replicant revolution and so on), that is something I could agree with too I reckon.

If this is successful, I guess I could try running it again in a few years. It'd be interesting to see how they list would have changed by then.