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#1671 Re: The Sunset Strip » The X-FILES Thread » 725 weeks ago
Yeah they hooked up in the last couple of seasons.
Believe it or not, I actually always really liked the characters of Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish), and thought they would've been a great reboot team for the series.
Too bad Chris Carter's originality was FRIED at that point in the series. The show was over, even if Scully and Mulder had been on there. It was done.
Honestly i've always referred to the series as "pre-Fight The Future" / "post-Fight The Future". In some ways the movie could've been seen as a series finale of sorts to the classic series. It was never EVER the same again.
Plus moving production to sunny California, from dreary rain-soaked Vancouver, BC was the WRONG move as well. The grungy-Vancouver aspect of Seasons 1-5 added to the creepy-vibe of the series. Gave it a dingy-look.
Ducovney screwed that up. He complained for years until the series got moved to in and around LA so he could be closer to his family. They kept it there so he'd do episodes of the show.
Something about that whole process, the show was never ever the same. Never looked the same, never played the same, never felt the same. Plus by Season 7 the writing was in the tank. Most of Season 6 hurt badly too. Ducovney forced their hand to turn the show campy and the stand-alone episodes became more comedy-driven, which blew.
#1672 Re: The Sunset Strip » Hurricane Sandy Benefit Show 12/12/12 » 725 weeks ago
IS anybody watching the Who right now?!?!?
Holy shit they're kicking tens tons of fucking ass. Like reversing 40 years of time, throwback. Friggin' amazing, and i'm not even a diehard Who fan.
Roger blows Mick off the stage
#1673 Re: The Sunset Strip » Metallica Joins Spotify, Buries Hatchet With Napster Nemesis » 726 weeks ago
Axlin12 wrote:It's ALWAYS about protecting profit. Everything in life comes down to it.
And why shouldn't it be?
Napster provided a way to share music files illegally without the artist gaining ANYTHING from it, and you think it's morally the right thing, because artists shouldn't be gaining profit from THEIR own product...?
Absolutely not. Don't think too deeply about this. This isn't good 'ol JR having a philosophical debate with you about "to download, or not to download".
I just think Metallica's excuse is BULL-SHIT. No different than the fucktards on YouTube that illegally post songs, and put that "Fair Use" thing underneath it, like that somehow gives them an escape clause for breaking the law.
Like I said, simplify it for you -- I think BOTH sides are full of shit. All I ever wanted, even back in 1999 was everybody is just fucking admit "it's about the money". It was about the money on the downloader's side who DIDN'T want to pay and it was about money on the artist's side who wanted to GET paid.
It always came down to $$$.
But no one would just fucking say it, they kept coming up with "use" excuses which were bullshit on both sides. And they still do it.
#1674 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2013 » 726 weeks ago
firstly, 'the masses' weren't waiting on a new SG single. nobody gives a toss about them bar a random assortment of old guys & a few younger people interested in a dead genre's history.
on topic: what is it you want from GnR? it seems like you want them to reach for/attain mass popularity again.
that shit means fuck all to me.
Then you need to read gooder. 
I never ever once said that or referenced that at all. You fans constantly forget THIS - IS - A - BUSINESS. I have said that over and over and over again on this.
One of the biggest reasons UMG basically bailed on Axl with CD was because there were NO SINGLES on Chinese, other than maybe Better. If Chinese Democracy-the track is your lead single... you're fucked. They had nothing to push. Record companies, even if they die hard on this concept will ALWAYS want something easily accessible that they can throw on radio, soundtracks, iTunes and even people who might not even like the artist, will play the song.
GN'R will never ever attain mass popularity again, short of a reunion, and even that will be a "your dad's band" moment. It could be November Rain II, and they will never ever be what they were. Even U2 isn't.
all i want is music that is worthy of the name GnR, music that lives up to that name.
y'know me, it's all about the music, man.
Then what the fuck are the fanboys preaching about NIN/Praxis-type GN'R tracks? All of Chinese doesn't live up to the GN'R name, short of the Axl-led tracks. Anything that even slightly has an industrial-vibe is not living up to the GN'R name. Regardless of what Axl wants, regardless of what his nutswingers want, GN'R were a blues-based hard rock band from the LA scene, and we've yet to have an original record from THAT band since 1991.
You've got a better chance of that happening with a DJ/Richard/Tommy-album than you do with AN-Y-THING from that 1998-2004 period.
imo one of the worst things they could do is try & court casual/popular audience.
Then get into a time machine, go back to 1989 and shoot Axl Rose in the fucking head. Pop him once more, and make sure the job is done.
Otherwise, get your head in the game. THEY AIN'T AN UNDERGROUND BAND, and NEVER EVER WILL BE.
There are too many business deals, too many contracts signed, GN'R is a brand name not just to Axl but to Universal. They want more than LA's New York Dolls. If you wanted what you're asking for, they should've listened to Izzy and stayed LA's Dolls and just been a club band with a cult following.
if it happens by accident that's fine but don't go out w/the idea 'oh we gotta make this amount of songs playable on radio'. that'd just be another betrayal of the original ideas.
This part I actually agree with. All music should always be organic, otherwise you're just a poser.
i mean it was bad enough Axl chasing trends w/the bulk of CD but at least it was some kind of honest endeavour on his part which has always been the case in GnR's music. if they start actively trying to build material for a pop audience it'd be another crime against the name.
No it wouldn't, as long as Axl is finding something he likes. I highly HIGHLY doubt a guy like DJ Ashba would be the #1 lead guitarist in the band if Axl didn't actually like some-thing about modern rock.
Are You With Me is not a bad starting point, but I do agree that if Axl recorded a whole album of Shinedown-type "Second Chance" or "Diamond Eyes"-type tracks would be tiresome after awhile.
But I see no reason why they couldn't record the rockers like Sixx:AM tracks (made rock radio), record the ballads like Axl ballads (UYI leftovers, like CD), and throw a few off-mark tracks in there from the Robin/Bucket-days. Axl's made it clear before he likes doing GN'R albums like Queen-albums. A bunch of different things on there for variety.
nobody needs radio. the internet is the radio. soundcloud the fuck out of a new tune if you want it heard. (of course axl doesn't want anything heard so it's really ALL moot, if he even has anything to be heard).
Everybody in the music business NEEDS radio. But "what is" Radio is changing, that I can agree. Rock radio is dying, and many in the radio industry have adopted a 'more music' format, but it's a streamlined format. Not a "call your local DJ and request it". Plus ROCK on actual radio is deader than hell.
However you still need a radio format. Internet radio is the way to go. Soundcloud is more for B & C-level artists. It's not quite up to par for a GN'R.
=johndivney]the ONLY way GnR will sell records is if Slash is on it. that way it'll get promoted & get exposed. i seriously doubt even if CD or the vault had a song as catchy as SCoM it would breakthru. quality doesn't sell itself to a popular audience. hype sells. there is no hype w/o Slash's name attached.
Completely disagree. You're underestimating the appeal and love for Axl Rose. It's there, even if it's as a heel. His Kimmel appearence was worldwide news, and it wasn't even promoted. He trended on Yahoo every other day for weeks on end until the appearence. Then he appeared, and it was STILL worldwide news.
People love the guy, even if they love to hate him. A catchy song, with his vocals up front, straight-forward 4-5 minute classic, but modern GN'R sound (think a combo of Richard & DJ), and Axl doing promo will get them plenty of press.
With proper promo, and without Slash... I see no reason why right now at this moment Axl can't go platinum with this band.
#1675 Re: Guns N' Roses » 12/07/2012 - Bhartiya City, Bangalore, India » 726 weeks ago
Sorry, but The Seeker sucks ass, especially when there are so many other much better songs from CD, and the GN'R back catalogue that they could be busting out instead of it.
And while they're at it, they can fuck off that shitty Neil Young cover too.
The thing I don't get, is that they clearly communicated together about playing new songs with Axl, for The Seeker to turn up in the set in the first place.
So obviously if Axl can get his shit together to learn that song, why not get it together to play some other seldom played GN'R tune instead?/End rant
You're wrong. If you want to throw Ranting around, be pissed GN'R plays Whole Lotta Rosie, plays KOHD for the upteenth time, LALD, and that HORRIBLE Neil Young cover Don't Let It Bring You Down with Mickey Mouse Axl.
The Seeker is actually the FIRST cover i've heard from Axl in this entire version of THIS band, that vocally he sounds supreme on, all because it's in the lower-register.
The Seeker is probably the ONE cover they need to keep. Not get rid of.
But I do understand WHY you're ranting, and for that part I agree.
#1676 Re: Guns N' Roses » Hindustan Times Interview With Axl Rose » 726 weeks ago
I agree
well he`s blaming them to be part of the reason of his writers block in the early nineties axlin. i don`t think he`s talking about the years after 1998.
Which still makes no sense. How can Slash & Duff be responsible for Axl's writing block in the late 90's? If anything they'd fuel it. When you're a singer/songwriter, you as an artist should have your own inspirations. How is it your guitarist and bassist's fault you as an artist can do your own fucking shit?
That's like Jerry Cantrell going, "I can't write anything, because Layne's off doing an 8-ball somewhere".
I mean what the fuck is Axl even talking about? You've got a piano, two hands, and a brain -- go to work. You're supposed to be an artist. Trent Reznor does it.
johndivney wrote:Axl. & management. & any band member who has alluded to new material/the vault.
I don't mean they do it maliciously but they have lied about it.
I'm not saying it to be negative I'm saying it simply from looking at the evidence. The evidence contradicts their 2000 good intentions when they talk about new material. There is nothing & no sign of anything but some of them say there is. Y'know? :confused:
I get what you're saying. I do believe there's a good amount of material in the vaults so I don't think Axl and/or band members are lying when they say that. I think the quality of what's in there is the biggest point of debate.
So you think Axl has totally complete demos, with vocals and lyrics sitting in the vault waiting to be process in post-production and dropped on an album?
I don't think so. And the more time that has went by, the more I think that.
Your next response...
"But wait, i've heard leaked songs with vocals"
Artists/bands/vocalists all the time will record songs with guide vocals, and nothing else. Just because Axl has a leaked song with "Blood in the water... oooh yeah.... Blood in the water... ahh yeah" -- doesn't mean shit. It could just be some base track that Pitman worked up, and Axl tried to see what chorus/melody worked with it, because he got an idea in his head on a Saturday night.
Now that's just pure speculation on my part. You could be equally right that it might be a finished song, and there are others.
I think Axl might have alot of seperate guitar parts, bass parts, drum machine pieces, and instrumental stuff in demo form scattered around his house/studio... but finished songs with lyrics & melodies written, and his actual voice on the finished piece -- I doubt.
Otherwise, why'd Chinese I take so long, per Axl's own admission and pretty much scattered band members over the years that pointed the finger at Axl?
#1677 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Izzy on stage with Aerosmith » 726 weeks ago
If Robin Finck comes back, I quit this band.
It's not a comment on Robin, it's not comment on his fans, but what a fucking trainwreck that period was. If he was brought back, it would prove to me there's literally no point to follow this band.
#1678 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 726 weeks ago
Nobody is talking about the off-season moves, because frankly they're boring. Nothing is happening. There are no King Albert to Anaheim. Baby Cec returns to Detroit-type stories.
Nothing has major happened. Greinke and Hamilton still haven't signed, B.J. Upton being the 2nd best OF option on the market is absolutely laughable. Based on his numbers, Sammy Sosa in 2007 at age 39 should've been given a 8-year deal.
Baseball is falling back into .240/25HR is a major power source, which although clean, is absurd how much these jokers are paid for that crappy of a product, compared to the price point.
Right now baseball has no heat. This is a PISS POOR Free Agent market, and the fact the Giants won the 2012 World Series (the only team deserving of it), just is boring to me right now.
The Marlins should be put on trial for fraud, and at this point are a fake team.
This is a down year for me.
#1679 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 726 weeks ago
I was lucky enough to have TDKR come out on Bluray exactly on my birthday this year, so that was the present was watching it after coming home.
The film is solid, and never drags, but I still watch it and think "it's just not as good as BB, and especially TDK". In some ways it's sad, because all of the gags before have been done, so everything is a bit "been there, done that" and predictable. But yet, still remains largely satisfying.
I got questions for Tejas though...
Did your Bluray have a picture that seemed a tad 'too soft' ? The clarity in places seemed a little flat, and for me the transition from IMAX to 2:40 was a tad jarring. You had sharp details in the IMAX scenes, and suddenly a more plastic, softer image in the regular widescreen. The widescreen shots had some ghostly trail, and looked like they were filmed with Viper HD cameras, like all of the suddenly you were transported from a Nolan film, to a Michael Mann film.
Did anyone else notice this, or is it just my copy? It still looks good, but a tad soft and inconsistent in look.
The film itself is still an emotional rollercoaster, although in hind sight I disagree about Bane. Of the three main villians of Nolan's films, he's easily the least enjoyable, campy almost to Schumacher-levels, and frankly not NEAR enough time is spent on Bane, because to give a big reveal of who Bane is, gives away the ending with
. At the same time not enough time was spent with Bruce either. In the end the film ended by being more of a John Blake
story.
These are all nitpicks, but ultimately it's what leads it to being a "typical Part III" and a lesser story compared to it's predecessors. Still, it's a good film.
#1680 Re: The Sunset Strip » Ghostbusters III (Murray is IN!) » 726 weeks ago
I don't know about this article, but I read another article last night that said Murray was still out, and that Dan Ackroyd was pushing forward.
In fairness, i'm not closely following this.
