Finally caught up on the movie podcast... i'm not sure i need to hear Branno talk about anything other than LOI tbh. He ended up mostly just making big blunt comments that missed the point, and taking airtime from Ken.
As for their suggestion that the film should've spent more time fleshing out the other brothers rather than just Efron's - I think (much like removing one brother) that was just done to spare us from unrelenting misery and to try to find at least some tonal balance. It's a harrowing enough watch without it pulling you deeper into each of these characters, before killing them off one by one. It works better as it is, experiencing everything through the sole survivor's point of view.
True and I wouldn't begrudge them it at all. The Friday episode is always a bit of a wildcard as you never really know what topic it will about which keeps it interesting
Simon constantly referring to "Gatty" needs to stop...bad enough the rugby analysts using the nicknames, we don't need the presenting team to do it as well!
I'm fairness, they do work weekends. Also i don't think it's a hard and fast Fridays are off, there's definitely been some friday shows that couldn't have existed without the Thursday events. This week they had two perfect shows to stick out on a Friday and they chose not to.
O'Shea telling Ken to give up the fags is new audio bed material and the sort of nugget that keeps me subscribed 😃
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I'm getting the impression the lads don't work Fridays anymore.
Yes the episode today was grim and not the easiest to listen to... but I was engaged to it from start to finish, which is not always true when Ken goes on a very long rambling monologue.
Eoin did an excellent job, predominantly because he let Amanda Brown do the talking.
Davy Tweed was a horrible monster. There is some justice/karma that he died when he was only 61
Thought it was interesting enough, didn't particularly agree with Branno's take on The Iron Claw though and if you hadn't seen it, there was no point listening to it really.
I hadn't seen Scout but found Murph's take on it quite funny
You’ve got some very strange opinions.
Agree with all of this. I hadn't heard the story before at all tbh so it was all new to me and while I suppose the topic itself isn't rare unfortunately this was a very very good interview on a sensitive topic.
I don't mind this kind of content from time to time.
Back to back nights of Champo bangers now
Miguel you genius
OK, I get the previous posts and was unsure why SC would do it...but was fairly gripped by it.
She was a great speaker and (I've said it before) Eoin is one of Ireland's finest interviewers. He was excellent for this.
Is it why I pay my subs?... Eh, what's seldom is good.
Was the movie one any good? They lost me about 15 mins in with the detailed but loosely plot explaining.
When you've got an unfamiliar story, lots of characters and lots of detail then I think you need to he quite slick about bringing your audience along. It's alright to have interruptions and corrections in the opinion part of the chat but you need to know your audience has to catch up on what's going on, be clear and concise.
I definitely didn't get much out of the pod today, listened to it all. I'm alright with the last two episodes being on a Friday but I'd prefer more sport chat Mon-Thurs.
Needs to be more of Ken covering the movies and less misery casts
Yeah, do Second Captains need to be doing this stuff which is covered elsewhere in other media, or am I in a minority on this in a big way?
I often tune in hoping for a bit of a laugh but 2 of these pods in 5 days is a bit much for me. Obviously I don't have to listen, but it's not why I subscribe either.
Just what you want on a miserable Wednesday afternoon to lift the spirits on the commute home, a child abuse pod. Only thing worse would be hearing that poxy 'Where is George Gibney?' piano intro!
More grim nordie stuff today - an interview with one of Davy Tweed’s victims
Yeah, the names are more impressive than the actual teams.
I guess I can see your point but with no Liverpool, very dodgy Bayern and Barca teams and a PSG with an mbappe who is half way out the door and not a lot of other stars, I think entertainment might be at a premium
I mean, no?
I mean, apart from Arsenal isn't it just the same teams it always is?
Miguel gives the CL the last rites and it proceeds to throw up probably the strongest set of quarter-finalists in years.
Thanks for your consistency big D.
It's class. Zac Efron is superb in it
Murph bang on about the Irish rugby media. Total sickophants. Eoin included.
I found the follow up to the Sean Brown thing a heavy listen for a Friday afternoon.
On the flipside, I think Gavin Cooney and Dion Fanning are a great double act when they have them on.
Yeah, enjoyed it a lot. Zac Efron was very good in it.
100% agree. Losing out on the grandslam is a job well done as it sets us up next year for... a grandslam
Losing by a point away, keeping Stone Age Steve Borthwick in a job and winning the title next week, I’d call that a job well done by us. Sets up the Easterby Interregnum with England and France at home next year perfectly.
Let’s hear the inevitable Gezza and Shaggy frothing about disaster on Monday, though.
The way they were talking during the preview, they made it sound like we just needed to turn up
