After a few weeks summer break, The Stub has resumed normal business, and, I’m glad to say, is now two years old, since August 3rd! In the past two years, The Stub has somehow reached top of the google list (if you google ‘The Stub’ that is). We even pushed away that Wikipedia notice on ’stubs’. But now, residing just beneath the Irish blog, a new Stub has materialized, beamed all the way from Canada by the looks of things and packed with film news and all things Hollywood. Don’t go there! I have to say I’m both horrified and in awe. They even have a snazzy Stub logo that I planned at least two years ago..*sigh. Nevertheless, for Irish news, and film reviews, you won’t beat your trusty Irish Stub. And don’t they say that a little bit of friendly rivalry never did anyone any harm? (Just keep us top of the google list)
And now for the statistics:
WordPress blogs are very informative as to how many hits your posts receive and where those hits come from. Here’s some Stub info from the past two years; it makes for a good analysis of what people are googling. And an awful lot googled Batman..:
Most Popular Posts:
Batman wasn’t the only thing on top of most people’s movie agendas; the scary amount of Twilight fans out there account for my posts on Irish film ‘The Eclipse’ receiving so many hits. Fortunately, plenty Irish people who were on set in Cobh also found these posts and left comments about their experiences. As a result, the ‘Eclipse’ set photos post has the highest comment count at 19, while a piece on the Corona Fastnet Film Festival comes second with 18 comments.
Most popular google terms:
No surprises at the top five google terms leading people to this blog:
Twilight: 16, 998 (probably turning to 17, 000 as I type)
Batman: 6, 607
The Dark Knight: 2, 775
Bellatrix Lestrange: 1, 670
Auditions for Eclipse: 987
From an Irish point of view there were some other interesting stats aswell. 239 people googled Irish actress, Elaine Cassidy, while ‘Auditions in Cork’ was searched 153 times, and potential local movie ‘RA Child’ 147 times.
Now that the ball is rolling again, I’ll be sticking up lots more news over the next few days on Irish films and competitions, aswell as regular movie reviews. You can now rate a post too, as you can see at the top of this and all other posts on here. Thanks for reading!
film lore. There are dozens of urban legends surrounding popular films. Some of us have heard of them in half whispers growing up, scared ourselves with the ghost boy in Three Men and a Baby, wondered about the family of the stunt man who died in the chariot scene in Ben Hur or spent some time looking for a suicidal munchkin in The Wizard of Oz. If you haven’t heard about them or seen them, they are definitely worth a look as they are a unique form of urban legend mixed with conspiracy theory; proof of man’s ability to take something ordinary and blow it out of the realm of possibility. For those that have seen them I’ll attempt to shed some light on the truth and shatter your illusion. (Also there’s no Santa, the Easter Bunny is dead and your parents hate you). 
“You look like a man who takes himself too seriously” It’s the line that the grimey, grainbag-sporting Scarecrow used to undermine our hero Batman in the most recent instalment of the Batman franchise. But is he right? Has Batman come too far from his comical capers on TV and ended up looking like a serious nut, trying to occupy a moral high-ground while still, clearly, dressed as a bat? Or has he finally become the true dark knight, revelling in the shady corners of the human psyche, managing to really resonate as a character, far beyond the comic book realm?
Ross attended film school where, by the sounds of it, he acquired much invaluable experience. There he produced his first proper film entitled ‘Meat’, the story of a young mother struggling to provide for herself and her son, and what she has to endure to put meat on the table. The film, shot in black and white and free of dialogue, was also screened at the Triskel class. Ross then allowed for questions and comments.
