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Diabhal Beag · 03-07-2012 09:35PM

Sadly true. Galway at the back are prone to conceding soft goals and against the deadliest forwards in Ireland we can only hope to be within 6 points at the end.

CMpunked · 03-07-2012 09:42PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Is that the pub with the paintings of the footballers outside the pub?

Yeah thats the one. Afaik you can still go to one of the portacabin box office hatches either. Only difference is the kind of ticket you get.
A ticketmaster blue-ish one or a cool trad looking GAA one.

GTR63 · 03-07-2012 09:48PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Sadly true. Galway at the back are prone to conceding soft goals and against the deadliest forwards in Ireland we can only hope to be within 6 points at the end.

I've always wondered where we'd be if we could defend to any extent and didn't part like the red seas when ran at. IF and thats a huge if we win i'm going to be unbearably smug until the semi's (which you could bet we'd somehow conspire to lose)but a quarter final spot feels far more likely.

Roger Sterling · 04-07-2012 09:03AM

Can only see a comprehensive Kilkenny win myself. Looked ominously good vs Dublin with their two outstanding midfielders missing and the likes of Hickey held in reserve. Hope Galway can make a game of it anyway but I'm not holding my breath.

Diabhal Beag · 04-07-2012 10:55AM

I think it's a case of damage control before the QF. If the likes of Niall Burke and Dave Burke could get a good performance against KK they'd have confidence facing whoever they get the in QF. Hopefully it's a soft touch of a team though because Galway never get the likes of Limerick or Clare in the QFs as of late.

Roger Sterling · 04-07-2012 11:14AM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

I think it's a case of damage control before the QF. If the likes of Niall Burke and Dave Burke could get a good performance against KK they'd have confidence facing whoever they get the in QF. Hopefully it's a soft touch of a team though because Galway never get the likes of Limerick or Clare in the QFs as of late.

Almost certainly ye will get Dublin or Cork.

Diabhal Beag · 04-07-2012 12:05PM

A Dublin slip-up against Clare isn't impossible in Cusack Park though. Limerick are in the 3rd round too and they'll be no pushovers either. Wexford will be Wexford though.

Roger Sterling · 04-07-2012 12:32PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

A Dublin slip-up against Clare isn't impossible in Cusack Park though. Limerick are in the 3rd round too and they'll be no pushovers either. Wexford will be Wexford though.

Yeah I nearly said Clare or Dublin but I think people are overrating Clare and underrating Dublin in the run up to that game. Clare have good youngfellas but they have no leaders to go with them and they have a lunatic on the sideline who'll have them fit as fiddles but playing stupid Trapattoni style tactics. After that I think Dub and Cork would be too good for either Wex or Limerick no matter which way its drawn.

Ultimately Dalo>>>>Davy Schiz which gives Dublin the win.

jaykhunter · 04-07-2012 01:24PM

Ah man this is so fúckin cool. Alex Chadwick plays 100 famous guitar riffs in one take giving you a chronological history of rock n' roll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiC__IjCa2s

Stereomaniac · 04-07-2012 03:20PM

Wow, that's impressive. He must have a fairly broad taste. Was surprised to hear Mastodon in there. Outshined is in my head for the rest of the day now though, no harm sure.

Lord TSC · 04-07-2012 10:55PM

Today in America, I went to see Spiderman which got a round of applause at the end, and then I went to the local gun shop

CMpunked · 04-07-2012 11:31PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Today in America, I went to see Spiderman which got a round of applause at the end, and then I went to the local gun shop

What are the prices like?
I went to see Spdrmn (as the cool kids are calling it) and thought it was fantastic. Cant see why they would have given it a round of applause though.

Yanks! :pac:

GTR63 · 04-07-2012 11:32PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Today in America, I went to see Spiderman which got a round of applause at the end, and then I went to the local gun shop

Thats just Great. These people are still coming to the cinema. Really want to see Prometheus, Amazing Spiderman and Dark Knight Rises but whenever I go these sappy husks of human beings turn up and seem to unintentionally ruin it for someone who wants to go watch a film in relative silence and not laugh like a clown or be asked about the plot or this clapping which happened 3 f*cking times in Return of the King.

Lord TSC · 05-07-2012 12:49AM

CMpunked wrote: »

What are the prices like?
I went to see Spdrmn (as the cool kids are calling it) and thought it was fantastic. Cant see why they would have given it a round of applause though.

Yanks! :pac:

Guns are crazy cheap, but then most things are. We just had 4 steak dinners with drinks and deserts for about 50 Euros. Its great :P

As for Spiderman, I adored it. And am now compeltly in love with Emma Stone :pac: As for the applause, I think it's just what happens over here at the end of movies. When I went to see TDKR a few years back, there was a 3 minute standing applause....

CMpunked · 05-07-2012 12:53AM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

And am now compeltly in love with Emma Stone :pac:

Mmmmmm Hmmmm!

Lord TSC · 05-07-2012 01:01AM

Wow, she's only 24? And Garfield is 28? I would have guessed the other way round tbh.

I actually LOL'd when she said "I'm 17" in the film :pac:

starviewadams · 05-07-2012 01:04AM

Saw 'Killer Joe' in the almost empty IFI today,was very good in a slightly disturbing sort of way,highly recommend it.

Juno Temple also gets her kit off on it which is another selling point.

GTR63 · 05-07-2012 01:06AM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

When I went to see TDKR a few years back, there was a 3 minute standing applause....

Wait stall the ball is that any good compared to Batman Begins, Dark Knight and of course the peak of the franchise the 1966 EPIC Batman (with West and Ward of course).
I agree with Emma Stone BUT I found her more attractive with Red Hair strangely enough Go Figure...

Lord TSC · 05-07-2012 01:10AM

I'm going to out myself a bit here; I prefer the old Batman films to the newer ones. I know there'll be people who think I'm nuts, but I grew up with the older ones and they were my first Comic Book films. George Clooney will always be Batman to me :P

As for red-head Stone....she looks way older in the pictures I've seen of her with red hair. Like mid-30s.

Cherry_Cola · 05-07-2012 01:12AM

I have yet to fully see The Dark Knight. Went to see it in the cinema in NY at the time with the girlfriend but fell asleep half way through and haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

GTR63 · 05-07-2012 01:17AM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

I'm going to out myself a bit here; I prefer the old Batman films to the newer ones. I know there'll be people who think I'm nuts, but I grew up with the older ones and they were my first Comic Book films. George Clooney will always be Batman to me :P

Awww Clooney bit balls tbh. Now Keaton was underrated, if a wee bit too old. But Kevin Conroy IS Batman for me he nailed the Bruce/Batman voice perfectly.

grames_bond · 05-07-2012 08:47AM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

As for the applause, I think it's just what happens over here at the end of movies. When I went to see TDKR a few years back, there was a 3 minute standing applause....

you saw the new movie years before it was made?! wow you must be magic!! :pac:

GTR63 wrote: »

Awww Clooney bit balls tbh. Now Keaton was underrated, if a wee bit too old. But Kevin Conroy IS Batman for me he nailed the Bruce/Batman voice perfectly.

I agree with this - conroy and Hamill are THE Batman and Joker for me!!

Tinie · 05-07-2012 11:16AM

grames_bond wrote: »

I agree with this - conroy and Hamill are THE Batman and Joker for me!!

No way. Ledger is the most intimidating and interesting Joker of the lot, no one even comes close to him. The voice, the way he moved and acted, the guy was incredible in the TDK. He took the joker character from a joke/silly character to an actual intimidating villain. Those scenes where he screamed and shouted were insane in the cinema, the guy was an acting genius. Reading up on what he did to prepare for the joker character makes it even more impressive also.

Im pretty sure I read a recent interview from nicholson where he even admits that Ledger played the joker the best out of all the actors.

He took it from this goofy villian:

to this creepy ass, epic villain:

Also there's no doubt that Bale is one of the best, if not the best batmans in the franchise so far. Im normally one for the whole "remakes aren't better" or the whole "the older one is better" argument, but I can admit that Nolans Batmans are head and shoulders above the rest.

JP Liz V1 · 05-07-2012 11:21AM

starviewadams wrote: »

Saw 'Killer Joe' in the almost empty IFI today,was very good in a slightly disturbing sort of way,highly recommend it.

Juno Temple also gets her kit off on it which is another selling point.

Did you go for KFC afterwards

D.Q · 05-07-2012 11:24AM

Tinie wrote: »

No way. Ledger is the most intimidating and interesting Joker of the lot, no one even comes close to him. The voice, the way he moved and acted, the guy was incredible in the TDK. He took the joker character from a joke/silly character to an actual intimidating villain. Those scenes where he screamed and shouted were insane in the cinema, the guy was an acting genius. Reading up on what he did to prepare for the joker character makes it even more impressive also.

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completely agree, such a shame he can't return. Stole every scene he was in, incredible charisma.

JP Liz V1 · 05-07-2012 11:39AM

I really liked Michael Keaton as Batman

grames_bond · 05-07-2012 11:48AM

Oh don't get me wrong Tinie I f*cking loved Ledger as the joker - thought he did an outstanding job at representing him as a total and utter psycho!

However I just think that Hamill's joker (animated series and the new Arkham games) was just the all round joker - and I'll freely admit to looking at this with some (water spraying) rose tinted glasses, as that is the joker I grew up with, and watched and learned about the character through. Hamill was able to show a greater range as he played the joker for longer and really had the joker down imo! The laugh, the tonality, the jokes, I just thought he was perfect......as was Ledger in a different way!

Love them both but I just think that for me, Hamill just edges it!

gimmick · 05-07-2012 11:52AM

Wish I could say it is great to be back. I really do

Dancor · 05-07-2012 12:11PM

gimmick wrote: »

Wish I could say it is great to be back. I really do

Where did you go for he honeymoon? Your in cork aint ya, any flood damage?

Diabhal Beag · 05-07-2012 01:10PM

Tickets came today!! Pretty impressed by ticketmaster.

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