In a completely unrelated topic, Green Street Hooligans is a fucking awesome movie.

TBPH I think Melbourne is better than Sydney. Melbourne actually has something that resembles a film industry. And within the next 10-15 years it will equal Sydney in terms of international business.

Sydney has some iconic landmarks: so what? They mean fuck all to those of us who live here. I drive over the Harbour Bridge at most 2-3 times a year and when I do, I'm not thinking "what a great contraption this is: no other city in Australia can boast this", im thinking "fuck's sake, fuck off the train line and add two more lanes: fucking government". My point being the greatness of a city doesn't lie in how attractive it is to outsiders, it's how fluent it is at functioning to those within it. And I think Melbourne kicks Sydney's arse on that.


EDIT: Oh, and Melbourne's got Hughesy.

Edited by martyB: 30/10/2009 02:03:43 AM

while there is rivalry, there will be debate.
while there is hatred there will be war

As far as I'm concerned, the Sydney v Melboure thing is a shit fight.

Newcastle is easily the best city in Australia and the world, the following proves my point:

*Best beaches - Nobbys, Newcastle, Bar, Dixon Park, Merewether and Stockton

*Best nightlife in the city - Fannys, King St, Great Northern, Brewery, Cambridge

*Not over populated like Sydney and Melbourne

*People on the streets actually say hello instead of ignoring you

*Our people actually stick together through tough times eg floods, earthquake

*10 beautiful days every year, the rest are perfect

*One of the biggest Unis in the world

*Size of the city, but community of a town

*Two great entertainment venues - Civic Theatre and Newcastle Entertainment Centre

*Two great sports teams - the Knights and the Jets

*Decent airport

The only thing that has stopped us from becoming even better is the pathetic NSW government who have f##ked up the transport network (and want to do it some more by cutting the train line) and have no idea how to build the world class stadium that we deserve (even though they've already done it a couple times in Sydney).

Anyway, if anyone here takes offence to what I've just said, I honestly couldn't care less, we're full anyway

IMO:

Coming from here, and not visiting either city a lot...When I do go to Sydney and actually visit right in the city, its awesome...being on Darling Harbour is crazy when you're not used to it...

Melbourne I went to a few years back and apart from seeing MCG, Telstra Dome etc...the only real good thing was this big Nike shop. Maybe if I was 18 itd been better...we stayed like 300m from Crown Casino.

Better night scene and a superior music industry too. Sing Sing and Crystal Mastering are world renowned studios.


Re: Newcastle, Spent about six hours there and couldn't spend a minute longer there.

Sure Hughesy is funny, but he's got such a whiny fucking voice. thats the one thing i hate about him, he sounds horrible.

Well if Rush is the best their film industry can produce, then you gotta be kidding me.

Jesus Christ, what a bunch of try-hard acting that is.

But because most Sydneysiders will say Sydney is better and most Melbournians think Melbourne is better we have to have an outsiders opinion and not our own biased one.

Melbourne did have Underbelly...

Underbelly is just 1 big porno with a bit of crime thrown in here and there

I see nobody has disputed what I said, must mean I'm right :-"

Nah nobody wants to waste their breath on a comment so outragious...=;

No that's Underbelly 2 you spastic. The first one was actually quite good. I watched the first episode of the second one and by the end of it I was so over tits and arse that Matthew Newton's naked body seemed more stimulating.

EDIT: Simon Westaway is a fucking great actor. (played Mick Gatto)

1. Because nobody cares about Newcastle.
2. The satire was clear as day to those of us who have at least driven past Newcastle.
:lol:

Edited by martyB: 30/10/2009 02:30:25 AM

The voice is put on. I've delt to him and he's not actually that whiney.

The Punisher, Batman, Mission Impossible, Ghost Rider were all filmed and animated in melbourne. Same with Happy Feet.

Rush, Thank God You're Here and that cop thing with Shane Bourne in it.

In terms of music, every rock album in the last five years to go into the charts has been mastered at Crystal Mastering, and there's one of the best dance scenes in the world in melbourne. Armin Van Buuren and Tiesto don't own private studios in Sydney, they own them in melbourne.

Oh yeah, and we currently hold every sporting trophy in the country.

A couple of nights ago on Letterman they did top ten signs youre watching a bad ghost movie and i think one of these signs could be developed into a good movie. The sign was "Ghost does all their haunting via twitter". I think i mightve found myself a project to work on over summer.

I can't believe this has gone on for four pages :lol:

Wagga Wagga:

- Churns out sports stars like there's no tomorrow and has been for decades.

- Bruno the wog (Kingswood Country) comes from here.

- Doesn't have a huge bunch of metrosexuals sipping lattes on Bondi or generally in Melbourne.

- Has 4, yes that's right, 4 McDonalds incl a 24hr one.

- Is surrounded by towns with good names. Like Grong Grong, Wantabadgery etc.

- Is the largest inland city of New South Wales...yep that's right.

- Has a beach with stunning views of the other side of the river.

Just much better than Melbourne and Sydney.

Rush is the worst bit of Australian Telvision EVER!!!!!

My god the acting is awful in that, how you guys can be proud of that show i don't know. Iv'e seen dead cats act better. Fucking Oath,

meh.

Melbourne is set out better for those that live there. I studied it in Planning early this year, not well might i add, but good enough to understand the grid of the city and how well the road system works. I also know that for various reasons that the roads in Sydney are utter shit. Simple ways of fixing them but business and government are ruining them. Public transport is pretty shocking in Sydney too. So to live in Sydney, you need to live somewhere nice or your just stuck in suburbia and you miss all these "great" things that you pro-sydney guys keep going on about.

For a holiday and entertainment however, I'd be going to Sydney every time. Been to both underage and overage, with family, by myself and with mates. Sydney CBD is miles better IMO. So much more fun. When you're relaxed and can enjoy the city, Sydney certainly is better. Melbourne is more livable.

O and if you guys are going to mention Newcastle and Wagga you're absolutely mad. May as well attempt to talk Adelaide up...

:lol:

I'm just sick of the constant Melb/Syd argument. So yeah, I'm pretty sure Wagga deserves a mention.

Mate, as much as I love Newy, it's not going to get anywhere near winning this war.

Can't really throw my two cents worth in to the SYD vs MEL war, been to Sydney many times, but only to Melbourne twice, to the International Airport in fact. :lol:

I mentioned this a while back you do not hold every sporting trophy in the country.

You can't hold the NBL title since the South Dragons went under therefore the title is vacant.

Victoria holds the netball, League, AFL(even though it's not Melbourne it's Geelong), A-League and the Sheffield Shield.

Ok I'll let you keep the AFL even though a Melbourne team doesn't hold it.

You don't hold the Ford Ranger Cup, KFC T20 Big Bash, The National Youth League(Football) and The W-League.

Foolish to even bring up the NBL when Sydney can't even support a side.

I don't care about the NBL used to follow the Kings in the 90's when it was good.

But if he's gonna say that they hold every sporting trophy in Australia then I'll bring it up. Just using it as an example to back up my point that they don't hold every trophy.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 30/10/2009 12:37:30 PM

What else do you expect from him. He just posts whatever wiki says and if it doesn't fit his argument makes up shit.

You followed the NBL when you were 8-9 tops because of the quality? :-s

But they DO hold that trophy anyway. It shows how weak the NBL is, that a side can win and then flop. The Kings were by far the biggest team in the NBL and they also couldn't last. A melbourne team were the last team to win the title. Simple as I'd have thought.

Also they don't hold the NRL minor premiership

ACT have the John Reid trophey

Qld have the Gileys Shield

WA have the Claxton Shield

I can go on and on

Edited by guest: 30/10/2009 12:51:23 PM

Well the minute South Dragons went under they vacated the title.

And I followed the NBL in the 90's because as an 8 year old it was great to watch.