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  • Ian Dalziel,

    "more ruminative...impulses"

    but trotters are pigs' feet
    no even toed ungulates here

    he cud mean stomach turning?

    but what's his point with the Scab jibe?

    Have PAS folk have crossed the line
    and started acting in The Hobbit?

    I thought unions liked democracy where
    people could, like, discuss things...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • simon g,

    Hobbit Cast:

    Martin Freeman – Bilbo Baggins
    Richard Armitage - Thorin Oakenshield
    Aidan Turner - Kili
    Rob Kazinsky – Fili
    Graham McTavish – Dwalin
    John Callen – Oin
    Stephen Hunter – Bombur
    Mark Hadlow – Dori
    Peter Hambleton – Gloin

    (Scoop.co.nz)

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1333 posts Report

  • Andre Alessi,

    No Balin yet, though. Seems like a key role to still be missing an actor. I'd be interested to know how reliable that list is.

    Devonport, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 864 posts Report

  • nzlemming,

    Does "pollywog" = "robbery" in another guise?

    Waikanae • Since Nov 2006 • 2937 posts Report

  • Samuel Scott,

    Pretty annoying. A little dramatic. Probably quite distressing. Perhaps not as threatening as we were led to believe? Really doesn't seem that bad at all.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Sacha,

    Hobbit cast - please link, guys

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Sacha,

    Does "pollywog" = "robbery" in another guise?

    Same chip, different shoulder

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Pat Hackett,

    @SteveH

    Sure, some speculation and reading between the lines on my part, but I reckon and I bet my left nut gave that away.

    But Simon Whipp is not here on a holiday, and I'm pretty sure he's not dating Robyn Malcolm, so I'm sure he is trying to get something for MEAA out of the train wreck. (So far he's managed to get them re-registered!) But his dream of MEAA clipping the ticket on the Hobbit residuals has gone up in flames.

    That part bugs me the most. I doubt the CTU has any other unions under its wings that can earn a passive income like a percentage of film residuals. Yet the MEAA would have stood to earn a large sum of money if their plans for the Hobbit and future NZ films could have come off. And I bet my right nut Whipp has a tasty contract with MEAA which gives him a personal chunk of that income.

    Disclaimer: Luckily, I have already had kids.

    Auckland • Since Oct 2010 • 95 posts Report

  • Samuel Scott,

    Martin Freeman is an inspired choice to play Bilbo.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report

  • Russell Brown,

    Pretty annoying. A little dramatic. Probably quite distressing. Perhaps not as threatening as we were led to believe? Really doesn't seem that bad at all.

    No, and the questions were exclusively targeted at Whipp, whose refusal to speak has become completely fucking unacceptable, given his central role in what's happened.

    They were all even bid good night at the end. In the circumstances, I don't find this unacceptable at all.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Kumara Republic,

    Noone's disputing that right in the abstract, but the context is rather important. Ill-considered threats of industrial action that end up driving an employer out of the country don't benefit anyone.

    And some industry sectors are in far bigger need of unionisation than others. Also, ports, classrooms and copper wires are far harder to pack up and move than film projects.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report

  • Andre Alessi,

    Martin Freeman is an inspired choice to play Bilbo.

    He really is the It Guy right now for so many things. Have any of you managed to catch the BBC's latest Sherlock (with Freeman as Watson and Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes.) Brilliant stuff, and Freeman manages to be rather scary, in a quiet way.

    Devonport, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 864 posts Report

  • Che Tibby,

    Sherlock is the best thing i've not watched on TV in many a year.

    the back of an envelope • Since Nov 2006 • 2042 posts Report

  • Emma Hart,

    Aidan Turner - Kili

    SRSLY? Aidan Turner? Aidan Turner?

    I'm... embarrasing myself.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • nzlemming,

    Same chip, different shoulder

    Yep, I just had a look. Far too coherent to be robbery.

    Waikanae • Since Nov 2006 • 2937 posts Report

  • vangam,

    Thanks for the replies Andre and DeepRed, but it still seems a little odd to me. Cant every employer claim they are creating jobs, or do we only bend to the will of the big employers who can take their jobs offshore?

    Rangiora • Since Jun 2007 • 103 posts Report

  • SteveH,

    Pretty annoying. A little dramatic. Probably quite distressing. Perhaps not as threatening as we were led to believe? Really doesn't seem that bad at all.

    I'd usually rather poke my eyes out with a blunt stick than read Youtube comments, but I did rather like this one:

    You know, our Police never get enough credit for how stealthy and discrete they are... ninja like... almost invisible when they want to be...

    Since Sep 2009 • 444 posts Report

  • Alan Perrott,

    oo, not sure how I hadn't heard this before, but Ari from the Slits died on Wednesday.

    stink.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 438 posts Report

  • Lyndon Hood,

    Also managed to find the actual PR for the hobbit casting http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1010/S00336/peter-jackson-and-new-line-announce-hobbit-casti.htm

    Go you kiwi dwarves.

    or do we only bend to the will of the big employers who can take their jobs offshore?

    Maybe more a case of employers who decide whether to come here from outside, or not, on a project by project basis. (Haven't been following the argument, mind)

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Andre Alessi,

    Devonport, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 864 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Aidan Turner?

    surely that's Altiyan Childs from The X Factor...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Kumara Republic,

    @RB:

    No, and the questions were exclusively targeted at Whipp, whose refusal to speak has become completely fucking unacceptable, given his central role in what's happened.

    So what's behind Whipp's wall of silence? Maybe he knows he's backed into a corner and trying to defend the indefensible?

    Philosophical thought of the day: does the MEAA regard the Techos as a yellow union or a red union?

    Here's a pcture of the New Zealand Police Force at work.

    Roflnui.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report

  • philipmatthews,

    oo, not sure how I hadn't heard this before, but Ari from the Slits died on Wednesday.

    stink.

    Ah. Wondered why Simon Reynolds was doing this.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

    So long a not so Typical Girl

    Ari from the Slits died on Wednesday.


    Schlong - not so typical girls...
    and Bob Penthouse Guccione has died too!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Paul Williams,

    The Standard's opening statment is:

    One of my biggest disappointments of the Hobitt dispute has been watching the way in which Russell Brown has been so quick to take sides against the actors union.

    That's just stupid. The biggest disappointment is what's being said here? Not the risk to the sustainability of the industry? I hope IrishBill's not advising anyone involved in this.

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report

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