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  1. Benny_

    The Official Football Thread 2006/2007

    I really, really doubt racism comes into it for top managers. Benitez comes from Spain, there are fewer Spanish players there than there are in England and France. I guess if you believe the tabloids it's possible that Spanish football fans can a bit more racist towards blacks than other...
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    The Official Football Thread 2006/2007

    HeCtic- I respect Arsenal's youth sytem, and the way they've played under Wenger over the years. They're definitely my favourite of Pool's rivals. That out of the way, I have to defend Liverpool. In case you haven't noticed we actually finished in front of you last season, and unless if we...
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    The Official Football Thread 2006/2007

    Haha, yes well.. you can't blame me for wanting to gloat a little! It's a pity for Milan that no-longer-fat-Ronaldo is cup-tied isn't it? He's been in amazing form for them domestically, their most important player other than Kaka. But even without him, Seedorf has been very good lately as...
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    The Official Football Thread 2006/2007

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/newsid_6610000/newsid_6614000/6614007.stm?bw=nb&mp=rm Man Maureen really isn't handling it anymore.
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    The Official Football Thread 2006/2007

    I just came back to say, fuck yes. Go you mighty reds!!!!!!!! Either opponent would be pretty great from a Pool supporter's perspective. I guess there'd be a lot more at stake if United get through, but on the other hand, we're much better equipped to deal with Milan this time round then last...
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    The Fountain: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz

    It's not about reincarnation if it's like 2046 like icecream says it is. More likely that some of the time periods in the trailer are just imagined by one character in one time period.
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    The Fountain: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz

    Exactly what I was afraid of. I'm never really worried about being confused, but being alienated by self importance is something I try to avoid. Is what it has to say interesting enough at least icecream?
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    The Fountain: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz

    Very mixed reviews on rottentomatoes, only 50% fresh at the moment. I liked Requiem For a Dream, although not quite as much as virtually everyone else seems to, so I'll no doubt get around to it eventually. I have a somewhat conservative streak in my taste in movies, in the sense that I usually...
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    top ten films of 2006

    A could've sworn a few of those runners up made your runners up list for 2005 icecream. With that, as well as the fact that some of the movies on my list mightn't be out in Australia yet in mind: Mine: 1. Conversations With Other Women 2. Cache 3. Shortbus 4. The Queen 5. Volver 6. A Prairie...
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    The Official Football Thread 2006/2007

    Even Freddy Shepherd would be able to buy some success if he had the sort of resources available to Chelsea. Lyon is a pretty special case.
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    The Official Football Thread 2006/2007

    Haha.. United fans telling a Chelsea troll that money doesn't buy success, funny stuff ;) Money is almost always a crucial element for success. There aren't many success stories in football clubs that don't involve the backing of fairly substantial resources. Every decent sized club is looking...
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    The Departed

    I'm going to have to side with the IA fans here, possibly because I compared it a bit too much to IA and hence sometimes found it hard to judge it on its own merits. Individually TD is better in almost every department, but I didn't particularly like the rather unnecessary new ending.. again...
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    robert altman died at 81 on monday

    I haven't seen a lot of Altman's work, but it is a great loss to cinema. I don't know if it's a surprise though, he's already been through heart transplant surgery and has looked pretty unhealthy for a long time. Outlived a lot of other great directors too, Kubrick for one, just off the top of...
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    The Devil Wears Prada

    Yeah, it was pretty predictable, particularly if you know the story behind it. I'd compare it to Pirates of the Caribbean, in the sense that an average movie was saved by a single virtuoso performance.
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    The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

    Surprising that so few people watch it. The global edition should be made at least twice as long. They have a whole week's worth of material to select from and they only give us half an hour. On the other hand, all the good correspondents (Colbert, Helms, Corddry) have gone off to bigger and...
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    Re-cut movie trailers

    It seems that since those Shining and Se7en re-cut trailers posted sometime ago by icecream, there's been a lot more made. You can find most of them on youtube. My personal favourite is this one of Glengarry Glen Ross.
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    Last movie you've seen?

    Just saw Conversations With Other Women, loved it. Best movie of the year so far,
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    The Offical Tennis thread

    Well I did say someone 'like Safin or Rios', meaning not necessarily those two. I also didn't mention anything about tennis ability. What worries me is that Federer and Nadal are both so lacking in personality. They're unbearably..clean. It's a problem that's pervasive with the entire sport...
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    The Offical Tennis thread

    Men's tennis has become very boring. It's because Federer and Nadal are both seriously lacking in personality. Until someone like Safin or Rios start challenging again, I'm boycotting watching men's tennis.. not that I'll get to see any till next year anyhow.
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    The Simpsons

    I'm astounded that Marge and Lisa are polling 2nd and 3rd. Easily the least amusing characters in the Simpsons, especially Marge.
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