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#541 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 274 weeks ago
A fb friend posted abojt Blowout, a 1981 John Travolta film. Its really cool & prolly him at his best, I dont recall any of his early movies being this good (not incl Pulp Fiction obvi). Its a Brian DiPalma film, rigbt around the time of Scarface. Not as violent or anything but all in all a good movie worth checking out. Those are some underrated years, late 70s early 80s.
Its free on Pluto TV if you have a Roku or Fire OTT type device
Love Blow Out. I'm surprised you didn't mention it was filmed in Philly, which looks great. Depalma is hit and miss for me though.
Rewatched Se7en for the first time in YEARS. And wow, I totally noticed stuff that I didn't realize before. It's a pretty bleak film in terms of most of the scenes. And the Morgan Freeman character is really unhappy and is more or less a double of John Doe. It rains a lot too in this film. And yet, it all works perfectly for me. It kinda rose above the usual serial killer movie to this beautiful and wonderful 90s Neo Noir (I watch this stuff a lot). I mean even conversations and scenes I totally ignored/wrote off on previous viewings have meaning or purpose.
#542 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 274 weeks ago
I cannot get enough of the ninja turtles game as well as some old-school wrestling arcade games..
I remember the Ninja Turtles game! The arcade one was always better than what they eventually released on the platform gaming systems. I also remember playing the Simpson arcade game a lot as well.
Double Dragon, Contra and Rastan, which was a blatant ripoff of Conan, but it was fantastic. I used to love the Nintendo demo system in SEARS.
I remember the demo system as well. I barely played it though. Because it seems every time I went to Sears, it was always occupied/crowded or some asshole took forever to play and kept on hogging it.
#543 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Release 'Absurd' Single » 274 weeks ago
It seems the press doesn't mind the song but other forums I seen are VERY mixed and a lot hate the song. I feel like a lot won't really give it a chance because it is a CD era song. Also it doesn't "sound" like GNR. I think HS would be better because it has more of the classic GNR sound and it was not played live in the CD era, so unless people are familiar with the era or the leaks, they will maybe think it is a new song. I seen a lot of people say the riff sounds like GNR even though the guitar work expect for the solos is pretty much the same as the BBF leak.
There's this forum I post at. It's not a music site but does have a music section. They pretty much HATED the song and said it sounds nothing like classic GNR.
Although someone who liked the guitar parts said that the chorus and lyrics were repetitive and boring. This song was never going to be popular with people who grew up with AFD, Lies/ Illusion GNR.
#544 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Release 'Absurd' Single » 274 weeks ago
I wonder if there is a rerecorded CD album with Slash and Duff on it somewhere just waiting to be released on a box set or whatever later on.
#545 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 274 weeks ago
God I miss mall culture. We'll never have anything like it again.
It's truly the end of an era.... although they've been dying for 20 years.
Going to the mall on a random day, spotting various friends and random kids from school, eating pretzels drenched in mustard, all the girls, pop music blaring, the arcade, record stores....
What a time to be alive.
Having said that....I love watching those old Bill Hicks videos where he rants about his hatred of mall culture.
He makes valid points...and I agree as a middle aged jaded adult....but I was young back then and loved every minute of it.
I'm glad you brought this up. Mall and arcade (or video game) culture just doesn't exist anymore. I mean half the time the malls are just places to me anyway, to compare online prices. Back in the 80s and 90s, it was more social.
The arcades man. I just remember going over to some mini arcade where they had Street Fighter II and watching them play for a bit. And there was these other games too. And then there was the smell of whatever food or drinks (there was ALWAYS an ICEE machine) were there. Now it's all online gaming or whatever. Kids now days ( I have two nephews who have basically grown up in 2010's and 2020s) have no idea what they were missing out on. Arcades had a really familiar and pleasing smell. It was a connection spot that brought people together. It didn't matter about race, economics, or whatever. It was just a place to hang out and relax.
#546 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Release 'Absurd' Single » 274 weeks ago
Actually, I am 100% in favor of Axl becoming a studio-only musician. He can still get the job done very well in the studio where you can do multiple takes and so forth. He has wasted so much of his prime that I hate to think he spends a huge chunk of each year on Tour singing 30+ year old songs...when he could be working in the studio to produce new material. The Beatles stopped touring and became a better studio band. I would not mind seeing this with Axl, especially since we will eventually get to a point where he won't be able to sing at all (not even in the studio).
Interesting. When I first read this, I thought maybe he's run out of things to write (lyrics) about and just wants to tour. But then I thought about the current state of the world and well he's probably got a lot to say about that.
Oh, welcome back.
#547 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 274 weeks ago
Slightly OT: but I went to a mall today. It was like a ghost town. It was like I was back in the Spring before the regulations were lifted. The only places I saw that were reasonably packed was some kids fun place (ugh) and a nail salon. That nail salon had most of the seats filled. All the customers were wearing masks though.
#548 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Release 'Absurd' Single » 275 weeks ago
Remember in the early 2000s some parts of the fanbase used to look at how many Tuesday's were left in the year and try to determine when the latest that CD could be announced to be released? For some reason, I just thought of that as a potential album announcement is upcoming.
I don't think they should release Hardschool too quickly. Ride the wave of the Absurd release first.
#549 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Release 'Absurd' Single » 275 weeks ago
When we finally get the album, we're going to realize what a waste the whole saga was. It all should've happened back then.....hell....he showed up at HOB in 2000 but got tossed out!
Oh man, when we go over the entire "saga". It's really mind boggling. No author would come up such a weird and strange story. This album should have been released at least several times in the past. And then you have the stuff like the aborted reunion in 2006 and the Slash drunken rant at Axl's house afterward.
Oh well , better later than never.
#550 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Release 'Absurd' Single » 275 weeks ago
If so....it is in play.
It was dropped at the same time Silkworms was....and we know the later CD lineup worked on both tracks.
Edit
Absurd
Hardschool
Oh My GodIf it's a 12 track album.... we're off to a great start!
Add in a reworked/proper Atlas Shrugged, which is closely related musically to Catcher in the Rye. I wouldn't bother limiting it to 12 tracks either. Albums don't really "matter" as much. So I'd rather them just release whatever is the best material at once. No use holding it back.
