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by mikerob
Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

I wouldn’t say that. I’ve seen loads but only the great escape and damn busters from pre 70s times. Goodness! So you’ve not seen any of the great WWII submarine films? Run Silent, Run Deep? Or The Enemy Below? I’m sure that there must be the greater part of the best war films made before the 70s. J...
by mikerob
Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:11 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

ROC: Ed Byrne and Will Connors among those involved for Leinster 'A' in friendly against London Irish this w/e. Essentially a tune-up for SA tour. Believe Sam Prendergast is on the bench along with Fintan Gunne and Gus McCarthy from the 20s. Nothing from either club about it publicly. Where is the ...
by mikerob
Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53172
Views: 2310541

Re: War in Ukraine...

Hellraiser wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:29 pm Sweden has confirmed it will send Stridsvagns/Leopards to Ukraine.
I assume the Stridsvagn has never been involved in actual combat before. It’s just such a different concept from other tanks. I thought it’s role was primarily defensive, stay hidden, under cover, knock out attacking soviet tanks.
by mikerob
Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53172
Views: 2310541

Re: War in Ukraine...

Are the UK Challenger 2's actually worse than useless to Ukraine? Not talking about their merits as a tank, but the resources that would be needed to put in place logistics, training, maintenance etc. that could be better deployed on a vehicle like Leopard that could make up larger units for deploym...
by mikerob
Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: World Cup Tickets Sale
Replies: 32
Views: 999

Re: World Cup Tickets Sale

Great, I will get to wait in a queue for 7 hours again, get tickets into the basket before getting kicked to the back of the queue again :thumbup: I know the feeling- I have been there but through some miracles managed to salvage some packages. I think the 24th will be a nightmare but the platform ...
by mikerob
Wed Jan 04, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53172
Views: 2310541

Re: War in Ukraine...

What sort of ammunition does the Gepard use? Is there any sort of proximity detection or does it rely on actually hitting the target?
by mikerob
Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Another interesting insight Cammy, you can tell McDonagh was highly involved in theatre anyway. That donkey is so bloody cute. The Banshees of Inisherin was part of a series of McDonagh plays set on the Aran islands (including the Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Cripple of Inishmaan) but it was never ...
by mikerob
Wed Oct 26, 2022 2:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wasps gooooooooone
Replies: 629
Views: 18181

Re: Wasps gooooooooone

How do you think these platforms sell advertising, out of interest? What metrics are they using to calculate reach and frequency? Is advertising how they make their money? It’s a good point - I haven’t had cable tv for years so perhaps it’s changed. If their business model is primarily based on sub...
by mikerob
Fri Oct 14, 2022 4:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wasps gooooooooone
Replies: 629
Views: 18181

Re: Wasps gooooooooone

Isn't the whole point of the English system that if one dies it doesn't matter as there will be more to take it's place? Its the nature of a pro run league with clubs who form themselves around corporate bodies. Has a French club ever gone bust? Surely some must have? What happens there? Biarritz, ...
by mikerob
Thu Sep 29, 2022 4:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Prime Minister Liz Truss gonnnnee. Who’s next?
Replies: 2727
Views: 74259

Re: Prime Minister Liz Truss

Listening to Pork Markets Liz doing the rounds on local BBC stations is actually worse than Boris' interviews - which I didn't think it was possible. It's a car crash, nearly like they thought that by going on local radio they'd have an easy time (a la BBC breakfast or daybreak) as the stations/pre...
by mikerob
Thu Sep 29, 2022 2:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

The Banshees of Inisherin looks very good indeed. Farrell, Gleeson and McDonagh back together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRu3zLOJN2c Will be interested to see that. I believe McDonagh wrote it as a play as part of his series of Irish-themed plays from the 90s and 00s (Lieutenant of Inishmore,...
by mikerob
Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

The Banshees of Inisherin looks very good indeed. Farrell, Gleeson and McDonagh back together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRu3zLOJN2c Will be interested to see that. I believe McDonagh wrote it as a play as part of his series of Irish-themed plays from the 90s and 00s (Lieutenant of Inishmore,...
by mikerob
Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53172
Views: 2310541

Re: War in Ukraine...

The Ukrainians are training with SA80s ?????

Although they are also using AKs later on.
by mikerob
Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Today's the day for Worcester
Replies: 122
Views: 5265

Re: Today's the day for Worcester

NRL and AFL are most much more successful competitions and they have more teams geographically closer in smaller cities. Difference is that NRL and AFL are the biggest pro sports in those respective (smaller) cities. RU, having been amateur for so long in its history, is not in the same conversatio...
by mikerob
Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

“Greed”. Found some of it funny. Coogan’s role is reputedly based upon Phillip Green. For me, a woke plotline about third world work conditions didn’t really sit well with the rest of the grotesque characters and plot. Shirley Henderson playing Coogan’s character’s mum seems to have taken inspiratio...
by mikerob
Sun Jan 19, 2020 1:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

AFAIK getting relegated was Saracens' choice. The alternative would have been opening up their books to external auditors so it looks like they viewed relegation being preferable to revealing the full extent of their cheating. A punishment like being struck off as winners of previous competitions is...
by mikerob
Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:11 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sarries facing automatic relegation
Replies: 2066
Views: 148624

Re: Sarries facing automatic relegation

Wondering about the responsibility of Saracens auditors (Kingston Smith LLP). Their job is to assess if the club management has presented information which is a fair reflection of the clubs finances but if that information shows they are cheating the salary cap is it “well that’s nothing to do with ...
by mikerob
Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

rfurlong wrote:Brett Herron had a great game at 10 for Quins ..... what’s the craic with him?

Also rob Saunders son on for marler .....
Herron was on Ulster's books for a while back but was let go.

I seem to remember he lost his driving license after being caught by the PSNI while driving over the limit.
by mikerob
Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ulster vs Bath: NTHCSBH Round 6
Replies: 122
Views: 7183

Re: Ulster vs Bath: NTHCSBH Round 6

Will the lack of a TBP for Ulster make any difference to the QF draw?
by mikerob
Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Apparently the 1917 rural bits were shot around Salisbury plain and the town sequences in Glasgow docks so kind of difficult to do a continuous shot between those two!
by mikerob
Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Most important components of a Full English Breakfast?
Replies: 167
Views: 11473

Re: Most important components of a Full English Breakfast?

Bogbunny wrote:
A true Ulster Fry is sausages, bacon, eggs, fried potato bread (fadge) and fried soda bread. That's it.
Vegetable roll?*


* made from meat
by mikerob
Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

I think the techonological marvel and having Roger Deakins on camera is a huge part of the appeal, from what I'm reading. A good looking movie is never more than a 'nice to have' though. It won't save a dull story or characters I thought the characterisation was ok. Maybe a bit too much box-ticking...
by mikerob
Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Just caught 1917, as someone with a significant interest in WW1 I just did not get it. Some of their interpretations of WW1 tactics and landscapes are just laughable. Yeah, the cinematography (Roger Deakins) was pretty but I just didn’t believe the premise of the film. “Our phone lines have been cu...
by mikerob
Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Caught Knives Out over the weekend. Very good, highly enjoyable. A playful romp through whodunnit genre cliches without tipping into pastiche or spoof, all the while keeping both feet in the contemporary world. Definitely recommend. Ana de Armas is gorgeous; probaby not new information for anyone, ...
by mikerob
Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Irishman (2019)
Replies: 196
Views: 21009

Re: The Irishman (2019)

Zakar wrote:I've heard it's 4hours long, so will be waiting until it comes to Netflix.
3 hrs 40 mins. I wonder if Netflix indulged Scorsese with that length while if it had only been a cinema release there would have been pressure to cut it.

I thought the end did drag and it could have been shortened an hour.
by mikerob
Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Can't wait for the Irishman. I quite enjoyed it but at 3 hours 40 minutes long make sure the cinema has comfortable seating... The ending drags and it could quite easily have lost an hour or more. I’m wondering because it was funded by Netflix, Scorsese was allowed to indulge himself (people watchi...
by mikerob
Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Anyone know how seeding works for the next RWC?

Is it based upon World Rugby rankings at a particular time?
by mikerob
Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

On Olding, I think Schmidt really rated him. Would probably have gotten a look in for the 23 but whether he would have trusted him in the centre is still questionable. Might have replaced Larmour as the utility player/2nd choice FB but would still have missed out on the important starts over Kearne...
by mikerob
Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Replies: 40891
Views: 2077913

Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread - KO 11:59pm 31/10/19?

Article by leaver-turned-remainer Peter Oborne on how some journalists are just acting as Bluetooth speakers for number 10 sources.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opende ... s-machine/
by mikerob
Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

IBWT wrote:Not even like we even lose quarter-finals narrowly. We generally get completely stuffed in them. Depressing.
Yeah, I'd forgotten than even in 2003, France ran away with it from the start so the game was basically over by half time.
by mikerob
Sun Oct 13, 2019 2:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2019/10/13/irfu-statement-re-false-claims-made-by-sunday-times/ The statement by Stephen Jones in today’s edition of The Sunday Times (October 13, 2019) referring to The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) being ‘vehemently opposed’ to any rearrangement of the Scotland v Japa...
by mikerob
Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC2019 Japan City/Pub/Restaurant/Escort/Cabal/Stadium Guide
Replies: 262
Views: 20951

Re: RWC2019 Japan City/Pub/Restaurant/Escort/Cabal/Stadium G

I'm hoping someone on the ground in Tokyo can help... My wife and I will be over for the QFs and SFs and also have our wedding anniversary on 22nd October. I know there are a lot of good restaurants in Japan but can you recommend a great one for our anniversary dinner? There are so many to choose f...
by mikerob
Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC2019 Japan City/Pub/Restaurant/Escort/Cabal/Stadium Guide
Replies: 262
Views: 20951

Re: RWC2019 Japan City/Pub/Restaurant/Escort/Cabal/Stadium G

I'm hoping someone on the ground in Tokyo can help... My wife and I will be over for the QFs and SFs and also have our wedding anniversary on 22nd October. I know there are a lot of good restaurants in Japan but can you recommend a great one for our anniversary dinner? There are so many to choose f...
by mikerob
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC2019 Japan City/Pub/Restaurant/Escort/Cabal/Stadium Guide
Replies: 262
Views: 20951

Re: RWC2019 Japan City/Pub/Restaurant/Escort/Cabal/Stadium G

What’s the story with taxi apps and taxis in general? Is it Uber or freenow? I’m seeing something called didu suggested to me? Is that kosher? I'm a bit old-fashioned and flag taxis when I need one. :thumbup: I’m being told a “WiFi box” bought at the airport is the way to go for phone data. Can the...
by mikerob
Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

28 degrees in Kobe although a bit less humid than Shizuoka. Heat lasts until fairly late on in the evening too. The Thursday team will be whacked although the Russians will be affected too.
by mikerob
Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

I was at the Japan game. Can’t begrudge the home team anything. The crowd was pretty subdued after Ireland’s first two tries, probably thinking, “Here comes a hammering” but the growth in belief as they chipped away at the lead was palpable and there was a sense of inevitability about the whole thin...
by mikerob
Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
Replies: 47602
Views: 2026513

Re: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....

Another one almost gone, 1400 jobs https://news.sky.com/story/boris-bus-maker-wrightbus-in-urgent-rescue-talks-11808861?fbclid=IwAR1JbYt_TccRc4ynqTNRa2CEpQeCTE6UPlmeJLws3kf2KBkvtqsgG6MQtwo The Boris buses were a Boris/Heatherwick vanity project. I wouldn't be surprised if all the custom development...
by mikerob
Tue Sep 17, 2019 5:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525352
Views: 28512720

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

The Six Nations unions have agreed to sell a significant share of their business to CVC Capital Partners, the private equity firm, who have already bought a stake in the Gallagher Premiership and have nearly completed a similar deal with the Guinness Pro14. CVC has therefore succeeded in gaining an...
by mikerob
Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9242
Views: 966914

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

When journalists run out of ideas they can always fall back on listicles - the Guardian's 100 best fillums of the 21st century. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century A paltry 20/100 for me but I make no claim to be high brow when it comes to my fillum...
by mikerob
Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Edinburgh bordies
Replies: 95
Views: 6509

Re: Edinburgh bordies

I remember The Bailie, Kay’s, Cumberland and Star Bar from my uni days.... good to see they are still around.