if jack lynch had invaded? (1 Viewer)

[theoootini]

anyone watch this last night? one of the worst thing i have ever seen on rte.

fuck paying for a tv licence if this is the shit it goes into.

 

[mark]

yeah, it was rubbish. i was irked that tony benn validiated by appearing as a talking head.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Agreed, a terrible load of bollox.
They repeated the same thing for the whole duration: "it would have been a disaster". Over and over and over again.
And that spa walking around fields in the North with a concerned face, imagining the horror.

 

[theoootini]

it was hilarious where they stuttered the speech at the end, "ireland cannot stand by, ssstand by, stand byyy..."

fucking drunken edgy camera moves were gas to - pure jo maxi.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

One of the bits of the battle recreation was hilarious. Brit shooting one of our fine young men in the back as he retreats slowly across a GAA pitch.

 

[Franco]

Yeah, turns out the Brits would have clobbered us. Big whoop.

 

[theoootini]

fucking provos.

 

[nooleen]

this sounds brilliant
nearly as good as the michael flatley number where redcoats from the wrong century of history were 'shooting' the brave men of '16 - with dance

 

[Doctor Muscles]

Didn't see it but I imagine it was only 2 1/2 minutes long.

IF JACK LYNCH HAD INVADED

We tell the story how Jack Lynch dealt with the crisis of August 1969, and explores what might have happened had the Irish Army crossed the border

TALKING HEAD:
The Brits would have flattened us.


FIN

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

fuck paying for a tv licence if this is the shit it goes into.

You pay your licence??

Haha

 

[theoootini]

You pay your licence??

Haha

inspector called around and caught me unawares. he asked if i had a tv and i paniced and said yes. doh. he ticked a box beside our address and two weeks later we got a letter threatening court action.

NEVER answer the door.

 

[Franco]

What if Joe Lynch had invaded?

 

[rettucs]

Didn't see it but I imagine it was only 2 1/2 minutes long.

IF JACK LYNCH HAD INVADED

We tell the story how Jack Lynch dealt with the crisis of August 1969, and explores what might have happened had the Irish Army crossed the border

TALKING HEAD:
The Brits would have flattened us.


FIN

ah fuck, get with the spoiler tags man. I had it taped and wanted to watch it and was nearly crappin meself wondering what would have happened if Lynch had invaded.

I think theres a follow-up planned. Its called, If Lynch Had Invaded and Christy Ring was With Him. That should be good.

 

[theoootini]

hopefully this is the start of a rich seam of new irish docu-fantasies. up next:

what if oscar wilde hadn't been a big boofty?

 

[nooleen]

the possibilities are endless

what if the brits had refused to sign the anglo-irish treaty, just for the laugh?

 

[rettucs]

the possibilities are endless

what if the brits had refused to sign the anglo-irish treaty, just for the laugh?

or what would it be like if Ireland had occupied Britain for 800 years rather than t'other way round.

they'd all be gas crack. Bad teeth, but gas crack and sure jaysus they can hold their porter too...

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

NEVER answer the door.

This is good advice in general.

 

[ratmonkey]

Maybe if it was redone as if David Lynch had invaded? Much more potential there.

This is good advice in general.

It certainly is. Anyone who you'd actually want to talk to would know to ring you, and it saves no end of getting up to talk to people trying to sell you something you have no interest in. Although you'd miss out if Prince ever called on Jehovah's Witness business.

 

[sealed human]

I got nauseous from all the jerky cam, but I DID get an impression of the boiler room that was the cabinet room that day. A tour de force!

 

[theoootini]

what if RTE spent the money on "what if jack Lynch had invaded?" on 3 or 4 small, thoughtful indy documentaries?