Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That's the new lady?

Yep, but I'd imagine she is just filling in for Barbara Scully.

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That's her! But it wasn't Brendan today either ? Or else his voice has changed a lot!

Gearoid Farrelly. A comedian.
Sean didn't introduce them as filling in for the originals so hard to know if it's temporary or permanent.

Say Your Number

I wish they'd scrap that rubbish and have more time to dedicate to pieces like why people become extremists and stuff like that.

Ol' Donie

Say Your Number wrote: »

I wish they'd scrap that rubbish and have more time to dedicate to pieces like why people become extremists and stuff like that.

It doesn't matter who's on it. It's the worst section by absolute miles.

Even the interviews with alien abductees have more substance.

Ol' Donie wrote: »

It doesn't matter who's on it. It's the worst section by absolute miles.

Even the interviews with alien abductees have more substance.

I think it can be funny at times. It certainly isn't 'expert advice'. I enjoy it because of the texts they get in to it more so than what either of the two say.

I wonder what do those who write in feel after their situation has been discussed, does it give them guidance or make them cringe I wonder.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

I'd imagine a very healthy portion of the situations being discussed are just plain made up by the production team tbh

jobbridge4life

Cameron Sharp Equalizer wrote: »

I'd imagine a very healthy portion of the situations being discussed are just plain made up by the production team tbh

The cynical side of me wants to agree... but the side of me that ran an agony uncle page in my school magazine for a year says 'you wouldn't believe the stuff people will submit'. Of course that doesn't mean it isn't fiction ultimately but honestly I don't think you'd have much trouble getting 'problems'.

StreetLight

First time I've heard the current guest pronounce the ancient land of Mesopotamia as "Messo Pot A Meea"!

ballsymchugh

when will the movie reviewer realise that 'a star is born' is awful shyte??

every fckin week she goes on about how it has been badly overlooked for awards.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Cameron Sharp Equalizer wrote: »

I'd imagine a very healthy portion of the situations being discussed are just plain made up by the production team tbh

I spent a week working at a regional radio station when I was 16.

I was asked at one point to fabricate questions for a 'teen agony aunt' section which featured on one of the shows. The guy said to me, 'write about girls, exam stress, arguing with your parents etc.'

You'd wonder how much of this goes on in radio.

ballsymchugh wrote: »

when will the movie reviewer realise that 'a star is born' is awful shyte??

every fckin week she goes on about how it has been badly overlooked for awards.

Is it that bad though?

I know a number of people who saw it and spoke highly of it. I enjoyed it myself.

Tell me how wrote: »

Is it that bad though?

I know a number of people who saw it and spoke highly of it. I enjoyed it myself.

It made me (a grown man) cry. I loved it, and went to see it expecting to be disappointed.

i71jskz5xu42pb

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It made me (a grown man) cry. I loved it, and went to see it expecting to be disappointed.

I must give it a go. To be honest I've avoided because it sounds exactly like loads of movies along similar lines, triumph in the face of adversity, most recently Crazy Heart (country singer with a drink problem, grand but hardly original).

(just looked it up on Wikipedia, "fourth remake of the original 1937 film", we have seen it before)

Ahmad Kind Pasteboard wrote: »

I must give it a go. To be honest I've avoided because it sounds exactly like loads of movies along similar lines, triumph in the face of adversity, most recently Crazy Heart (country singer with a drink problem, grand but hardly original).

(just looked it up on Wikipedia, "fourth remake of the original 1937 film", we have seen it before)

There's more to films than just the story line.

If you haven't seen it, I think it is worth a watch.

ballsymchugh

Tell me how wrote: »

Is it that bad though?

I know a number of people who saw it and spoke highly of it. I enjoyed it myself.

i fell asleep during it. bohemian rhapsody is a far better movie.

Esther McCarthy (I think that's her name) also recommended Roma this weekend.

It's shot in Mexico, in Black & white, and it's got subtitles: but it's a really unlikely possibity for Best Picture. It's a beautiful film. Watch it on Netflix, if you get a chance.

ballsymchugh wrote: »

i fell asleep during it. bohemian rhapsody is a far better movie.

I thought Bohemian Rhapsody was extraordinarily dull

Grolschevik

kunst nugget wrote: »

I thought Bohemian Rhapsody was extraordinarily dull

"I see a little ****ty echo of a man. "

kunst nugget wrote: »

I thought Bohemian Rhapsody was extraordinarily dull

Did you? Admittedly, I didn't think the acting was great, but thought it told a great story. I suppose it did somewhat rely on the viewer being a Queen fan. Are you not?

Burn the witch.

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Did you? Admittedly, I didn't think the acting was great, but thought it told a great story. I suppose it did somewhat rely on the viewer being a Queen fan. Are you not?

Burn the witch.

I love Queen. I just think it went out of its way to make Mercury look like a slightly pathetic figure and it was your standard sanitised biopic that didn't capture even a hundredth of the charisma of the man and played extremely hard and fast with the truth. First thing we did after watching the movie was to stick on Queen's actual performance from Live Aid which is still amazing after all this time.

I kind of wish they had stuck with Sasha Baron Cohen and what he wanted to do with the movie.

Mad_maxx

kunst nugget wrote: »

I love Queen. I just think it went out of its way to make Mercury look like a slightly pathetic figure and it was your standard sanitised biopic that didn't capture even a hundredth of the charisma of the man and played extremely hard and fast with the truth. First thing we did after watching the movie was to stick on Queen's actual performance from Live Aid which is still amazing after all this time.

I kind of wish they had stuck with Sasha Baron Cohen and what he wanted to do with the movie.

Haven't seen it but read several opinion pieces which claimed the movie under portrayed the level of hedonism which marked his life?

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Haven't seen it but read several opinion pieces which claimed the movie under portrayed the level of hedonism which marked his life?

Not one scene of a dwarf walking around with a tray of cocaine on their heads... totally disgusted. And you never see Freddie actually indulging in anything beyond a bit of booze iirc.

I love the parenting slot, and the current contributor is really professional, but God, you'd miss David Carey and his common sense and his good humour

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I love the parenting slot, and the current contributor is really professional, but God, you'd miss David Carey and his common sense and his good humour

Paolo Tulio and David Carey were two brilliant contributors to the show that are still sadly missed. The interview with David Carey that Sean played after his death was a really fascinating insight into the man's life.

baldbear

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I love the parenting slot, and the current contributor is really professional, but God, you'd miss David Carey and his common sense and his good humour

yeah i really miss Paulo Tullio too & the bee keeper guy Philip McCabe. They all sounded like such lovely people & their voices were magical.

That Kate Mcguinness one who does the reviews in the Independant now can be so mean. Paulo was never mean like that but you knew when he wasn't over impressed with a meal.

Uncharted

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Esther McCarthy (I think that's her name) also recommended Roma this weekend.

It's shot in Mexico, in Black & white, and it's got subtitles: but it's a really unlikely possibity for Best Picture. It's a beautiful film. Watch it on Netflix, if you get a chance.

A beautiful film indeed.

Albeit a dull and boring,beautiful film.

I know, i know......

Save your bile.

Im obviously an uncultured Neanderthal.

:rolleyes:

kunst nugget wrote: »

Paolo Tulio and David Carey were two brilliant contributors to the show that are still sadly missed. The interview with David Carey that Sean played after his death was a really fascinating insight into the man's life.

I didn't hear that - doubt it's still online, sadly.

And yes - how could we forget Paolo? Two very different characters, but both sadly missed. I'm sure, if there is a Heaven, Paolo is getting David drunk on a robust Pinot Noir, and David is drawing out Paolo's childhood traumas and how they've shaped his personality.