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    #8312
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Despite it's numerous imperfections Andor is probably the best produced and most iconic content Lucasfilm / Disney have put out in relation to the Star Wars franchise.

    My kids don't particularly care for it but I think it's close to exceptional.



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    #8313
    hold my beer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    Won't get a minute to watch it until Xmas, but can't wait for it.



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    #8314
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119880387#Comment_119880387

    No midweek football this week so I watched the first 5 episodes last night. Loved it!!

    As you can probably guess, I don't have kids 🤣

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #8315
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,762 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119880387#Comment_119880387

    I thought it started slowly. The first 3 episodes could have been rolled into 1. Even the few after that we’re only okay. But it has gotten better and better with each episode since. Denise Gough has been really excellent as Dedra. At this stage it really is hitting its straps and I’m honestly excited for each new episode.

    The depth it’s giving the content is superb. To be almost cheering on an antagonist (Dedra) at times because of how they’ve written her and how she’s portrayed shows that most of these aren’t one dimensional, stale and by the numbers characters. But it’s an adults show. Kids won’t get a whole lot from it in the main. I just hope they make more like this because the way it’s going right now it’s the best Star Wars content Disney have produced and right up there as one of the best since the OT.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #8316
    hold my beer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    Wasn't it the same person who made Rogue1, which for me has been the best thing they've made since Lucas sold up.



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    #8317
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,762 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119882396#Comment_119882396

    Same writer yeah. Tony Gilroy.



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    #8318
    accensi0n
    Registered Users Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    Saw this rte archives video pop up today.

    https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0314/859634-rugby-how-to-train-a-prop-forward/


    😂



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    #8319
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Jesus the entire World Cup debacle is so incredibly bad from one end of it to the other. I can't get my head around the sheer scale of inhumanity and corruption.



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    #8320
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,418 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    It'd be nice if people turned away from the sport in droves and the whole ****-pyramid collapsed in on itself.



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    #8321
    Dubinusa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,534 ✭✭✭Dubinusa


    Has anyone watched Gangs of London.



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    #8322
    hold my beer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119893674#Comment_119893674

    No is it any good? They've been pushing it on Sky and was half thinking of watching it.



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    #8323
    Dubinusa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,534 ✭✭✭Dubinusa


    It's good! But a lot of Characters to follow. It's a more of a zero zero zero type show.



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    #8324
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119893450#Comment_119893450

    Pretty disappointed in England's whole "we will do a protest to show our support until it becomes mildly inconvenient to us" approach.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #8325
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,154 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Bale was the Captain and goal scorer for Wales. If he wore the arm band he wouldn't have been on the pitch to score the goal as he got a yellow card in the first half.



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    #8326
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119904665#Comment_119904665

    And?

    Players manage to get themselves booked for taking their shirt off to celebrate. They should never have announced they were going to do this if they can be so easily intimidated out of it.



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    #8327
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,154 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    It's not mildly inconvenient starting a game with a yellow.

    It looks like Iran aren't up to much so losing to USA yesterday means Wales would have to beat England to have any chance of getting out of the group.



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    #8328
    [Deleted User]
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    If this was rugby I'd very possibly stop watching altogether. Whole thing is grotesque and corrupt and an indictment of governance within the sport.



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    #8329
    kuang1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭kuang1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119906770#Comment_119906770

    Couldn't agree more. Won't be watching a single minute it.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #8330
    hold my beer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119906587#Comment_119906587

    Wales didn't lose, it was 1 all



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    #8331
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,154 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    I know but if Bale wore the arm band he'd have gotten a yellow. He then got a yellow in the first half so wouldn't have been on the pitch to have been fouled for the penalty or take it either.



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    #8332
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    The Iranian players quite possibly risked imprisonment and torture for their display.

    Forgive me if I don't much care for a show of support that can be blocked by a commonly experienced sanction in a sports game.



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    #8333
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,762 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119906770#Comment_119906770

    The problem goes back to 2010 when Qatar won the bid. The FIFA corruption house of cards didn't fall down until around 2015, at which point I think it was probably too late to switch away from Qatar. The ghosts of the previous FIFA regime are coming home to roost now.

    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


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    #8334
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,418 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    7 years is never too late. A load of countries with existing stadiums could have taken it on at short notice instead of allowing that grotesque sepulture of corruption to emerge from the blood and sand.



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    #8335
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,762 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119909074#Comment_119909074

    Presumably they'd have been open to being sued by Qatar.



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    #8336
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Also presumably FIFA wound have to have morals, the ability for any self reflection whatsoever and something approaching a sense of shame



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    #8337
    Dubinusa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,534 ✭✭✭Dubinusa


    Have not watched football in years! Can't believe that Fifa gave the world cup to qutar



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    #8338
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 13,076 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119893875#Comment_119893875

    I've only seen the first season, I did enjoy it but it is extremely violent.



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    #8339
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119910069#Comment_119910069

    I reminded me a bit of Banshee for the over the top level of violence. A bit like a Tarantino film.

    Entertaining though. Watched both seasons.



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    #8340
    hold my beer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    I for one am loving the World Cup and working from home. Qatar never should have got it, but once it was chosen, it was never going back. The middle eastern and surrounding areas teams are well supported, which is unusual to see but is good for sport and hopefully relations.

    FIFA are an utter disgrace though. I want to throw something at the wall everytime I hear snippets from that clowns monologue the other day. Shameful



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    #8341
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,492 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119910890#Comment_119910890

    I'm following the results, watching some of the games...and supporting Switzerland. However, I'm otherwise not engaged and can't get the same enthusiasm as general as Qatar is just a disgrace. I do wonder though how it's viewed outside Europe - bribes etc are standard business practice in Africa and the Middle East, I doubt there is much controversy outside Europe, North America and Oceania about the whole thing.



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