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irishbucsfan

molloyjh wrote: »

Well I went to Brighton for a gig yesterday. St Paul & The Broken Bones. I've seen some good acts before but these guys were truly amazing. Mind totally blown.

They're very good. Very strong debut album. Sound blokes as well

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

molloyjh wrote: »

Well I went to Brighton for a gig yesterday. St Paul & The Broken Bones. I've seen some good acts before but these guys were truly amazing. Mind totally blown.

Saw them on BBC's Glastonbury coverage over the weekend. Singer looks a bit like a chubby Alan Carr. Good voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SmECmN4ywk

molloyjh

Well I went to Brighton for a gig yesterday. St Paul & The Broken Bones. I've seen some good acts before but these guys were truly amazing. Mind totally blown.

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thomond2006 wrote: »

GoT Episode 10
I imagine Cersei will become a tyrant ruler. She lived only for her children, her one redeeming factor, and now they're gone. The parallels are there with the Mad King, Cersei 'burned them all' to dispose of her enemies.

I see basically no difference with her being named Queen now and when she wasn't (the bit where she was in prison aside), because for a long time now she has been making all the major decisions in Kings Landing anyway. She didn't need to be Queen to blow up the Sept, etc.

And since she cause they death of their son, I'd imagine Jaime isn't exactly delighted with her anymore either. How strong are the Lannisters now anyway?

thomond2006

GoT Episode 10

I imagine Cersei will become a tyrant ruler. She lived only for her children, her one redeeming factor, and now they're gone. The parallels are there with the Mad King, Cersei 'burned them all' to dispose of her enemies.

[Deleted User]

SPOILERS FOR GOT.

Do not read if you haven't seen the most recent episode.

Hard to know where we're left now. As Jon says the real war is with the dead in the north.

In terms of the rest of the actors, Dany looks to be in by far the strongest position. Even without the dragons her army probably dwarfs anyone else. The dragons will also be the best bet against the dead you would think.

Cersei, what cards does she have left to play? Lure people into Kings Landing and blow the rest of it up? Same for the north, their armies must be decimated at this point. They could probably hold off the south if they took the Twins but to what end?

I'm waiting for some disaster to befall Dany. Euron to attack them, or a storm to sink half the fleet, or something else cheap that comes out of the blue.

The last two episodes have been quite superb.

[Deleted User]

Interested Observer wrote: »

I normally don't pay much attention to the music in anything, but I really noticed it this week and it was superb.

Here is the track. Terrific piece of music:

[Deleted User]

awec wrote: »

Arguably the best episode ever. Not your standard season ender.

The music in the show this week is phenomenal.

I normally don't pay much attention to the music in anything, but I really noticed it this week and it was superb.

awec

Deleted User wrote: »

Amazing that that episode is one of the best movies I've seen in years.

At the end of every scene for about the last 20 minutes I kept thinking that the credits were going to appear, only for another awesome scene to follow!

[Deleted User]

Amazing that that episode is one of the best movies I've seen in years.

awec

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'm hoping Game Of Thrones is good because basically since 10pm last Thursday nothing has gone well!

Arguably the best episode ever. Not your standard season ender.

The music in the show this week is phenomenal.

thomond2006

GoT Ep10:

Crazy death toll of characters in that episode. In the past the season finale has been a 'calm down' episode but...wow.

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I'm hoping Game Of Thrones is good because basically since 10pm last Thursday nothing has gone well!

awec

DGRulz wrote: »

So, that last episode of GoT ... wow, just ... wow ...
I haven't actually seen it yet, I'm just preempting

"wow" is a fair adjective.

Brilliant episode, possibly better than last week.

DGRulz

So, that last episode of GoT ... wow, just ... wow ...

I haven't actually seen it yet, I'm just preempting

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TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Northern Irish film industry could take a hit. There was an Arts Show special on the industry there recently and they were saying that something like GOT pretty much takes up all their talent and they don't have the resources to take on anything on too big a scale while it's there. They were saying that a lot of projects they have at the moment they have to get people in from the Republic to staff them. Obviously it depends on what the negotiations bring but of there's any restrictions on working there or movement between the two they could have problems. There's also a few training schemes aimed at increasing the pool of technical staff and other projects that are EU funded.

Long story short GOT is unlikely to be effected but the NI film industry as a whole could be.

I'm one of the people that are freelancing up north at the minute. And I joked saying we'll be dealing with visas if the official exit is before next season of the show I'm working on. And my boss looked genuinely worried.

It's a kick in the teeth really as a lot of people have put in a lot of effort to make NI a viable filming location for this to happen. There's also the knock on effect on tourism and hospitality.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

connemara man wrote: »

It should all be filmed by the time happens in real terms so it won't or shouldn't have any effect on it.

Film making in the UK might take a dip as a lot of things are coming funded with European money so it's an industry that could take a hit

Northern Irish film industry could take a hit. There was an Arts Show special on the industry there recently and they were saying that something like GOT pretty much takes up all their talent and they don't have the resources to take on anything on too big a scale while it's there. They were saying that a lot of projects they have at the moment they have to get people in from the Republic to staff them. Obviously it depends on what the negotiations bring but of there's any restrictions on working there or movement between the two they could have problems. There's also a few training schemes aimed at increasing the pool of technical staff and other projects that are EU funded.

Long story short GOT is unlikely to be effected but the NI film industry as a whole could be.

Neil3030

mfceiling wrote: »

Well I hid my young ones IPad mini on account of her bad behaviour. Trouble is I hid it so well that nobody can find it. It's been 2 weeks now and she's going more mental by the day.

Hi alzhimers *waves*

You're being played man. She probably found it a few minutes after you hid it, rehid it, and is now sitting back while you descend into a panic over your inevitable cognitive decline. Also, she'll probably get a new iPad.

Evil ****ing geniuses, kids.

Neil3030

Sure we've mountains in Kerry just film it down there?

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irishbucsfan wrote: »

HBO have already said there'd be no impact.

Film making might take a dip. Or it might get a huge boost. Completely depends on what happens.

Ah yeah I read that from HBO. Second last season is starting filming soon so that money has been is in place and more than likely everything is in place for the last.

All about the tax breaks.

If the studio's in Limerick and Galway take off. Films could be spread a lot more around the island. There are huge savings to be made just by filming near a studio.

Synode

molloyjh wrote: »

Technically we voted on 2 different things re Lisbon. We said No. They came back and asked why. A large proportion of the No vote said they didn't know why they voted No. The majority of the remainder voted No for things that were never in the Treaty in the first place. So the EU added an addendum to the Treaty that basically listed the main issues for the No vote and promised them that those things weren't actually in the Treaty. After receiving those assurances as part of the Treaty we were asked to vote again.

Also a second referendum is no less democratic than the first. You're as capable of saying No the second time as the first.

The problem here is that people want the right to vote but a lot of people don't want the responsibility that voting entails, which is to educate themselves on what they are voting on. If you can't trust the people to make informed decisions then are referenda not hugely dangerous despite the best of intentions?

Really annoys me when people talk about these referendums without acknowledging the fact that additional assurances were negotiated before the second votes. The line is always that "they" would have kept going until "they" got the result they wanted, which is complete bullsh1t

irishbucsfan

connemara man wrote: »

It should all be filmed by the time happens in real terms so it won't or shouldn't have any effect on it.

Film making in the UK might take a dip as a lot of things are coming funded with European money so it's an industry that could take a hit

HBO have already said there'd be no impact.

Film making might take a dip. Or it might get a huge boost. Completely depends on what happens.

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bilston wrote: »

Cut in funding so it can no longer be filmed in NI?!

It should all be filmed by the time happens in real terms so it won't or shouldn't have any effect on it.

Film making in the UK might take a dip as a lot of things are coming funded with European money so it's an industry that could take a hit

bilston

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

This weekend has been so bad I'm almost looking forward to logging on here tomorrow and seeing pages and pages of redacted GOT posts so as not to be able to see any more sh te

How will Brexit impact on GOT, I wonder?

Cut in funding so it can no longer be filmed in NI?!

irishbucsfan

mfceiling wrote: »

Well I hid my young ones IPad mini on account of her bad behaviour. Trouble is I hid it so well that nobody can find it. It's been 2 weeks now and she's going more mental by the day.

Hi alzhimers *waves*

Haha that's brilliant

mfceiling

Neil3030 wrote: »

Small crumb of good news, I found my dental retainer (yes, even in my 30s I still wear it at night) in a laundry hamper, so saved myself a few hundred quid getting a new one made.

Well I hid my young ones IPad mini on account of her bad behaviour. Trouble is I hid it so well that nobody can find it. It's been 2 weeks now and she's going more mental by the day.

Hi alzhimers *waves*

wp_rathead

Independence Day was exactly what I needed - ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so good

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Neil3030 wrote: »

I think
I should really start watching Game of Thrones because it seems to be quite popular...

It got so popular .ak had to stop watching it...

Neil3030

I think

I should really start watching Game of Thrones because it seems to be quite popular...

pickarooney

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

How will Brexit impact on GOT, I wonder?

The Lannister millions will be used to service the Westeros Health Service now they don't have to take orders from that blonde woman in the east.