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#611 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 351 weeks ago
I don’t see how Obama clipping Bin Laden on Pakistani soil was great (Pakistan has nukes), but Trump clipping Soleimani on Iraqi soil whom was actively working to harm us (versus hiding in a fortress for 10 years) is a miscalculation.
Major difference is one is a terrorist and the other is one of the most senior military official of another sovereign nations. Creates much more of a diplomatic crisis than offing Bin Laden did.
#612 Re: Guns N' Roses » Will new music be released in 2020? » 351 weeks ago
I'm still voting no. If they don't say anything at Miami, it's not happening. People can imagine GN'R get off to playing mind games, but announcing an album is a positive for concert sales, not a hindrance. I want a new record as much as anyone, but if you don't create expectations from conjecture and wishful thinking, you won't be upset when said expectations don't manifest. No new song at Miami, no new album. We heard CD songs 8 years before release, we can hear a "new" song 4 months early.
This, if I was announcing a tour and putting tickets up for sale I'd announce a new album is coming (even just which Quarter). That hasn't happened so I still doubt.
#613 Re: Guns N' Roses » Tottenham gig Sat 30th May » 351 weeks ago
Also check out The Crobar, cool small Rock and Metal bar.
As far as where to stay, really up to you - London is big. Can do hotel, hostel or Airbnb - all depends on your budgets and what parts of London you want to stay in.
#614 Re: The Sunset Strip » Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker » 354 weeks ago
The Force Awakens, was a fine enough reintroduction that setup a lot of interesting plot points to develop and expand on. It played it safe, but ultimately did the job and was an enjoyable enough film - plus the swerve of killing off Solo was brave, even if the film telegraphed it was going to happen well before it did.
The Last Jedi, I don't hate this as much as a lot of people. They tried to do a lot of interesting things in this one (e.g. exploring the theme of whether the Jedi & Sith have been good for the galaxy or not, or whether they both need to end) and some attempts at character development were interesting but... executed poorly and without enough explanation (Luke being disillusioned and becoming the kind of person who could get realy close to killing his nephew is interesting but poorly developed). It's biggest issue is it's film two in a trilogy of three, and film eight in a saga of nine, yet does very little to advance much of anything that was setup in TFA and in some instances just disregards and scraps ideas completely (quickly killing off Snoke, dispatching with Phasma without really building her up enough for this to be meaningful, no mention at all of things like the Knights of Ren that were alluded to in TFA).
Rise of Skywalker is then left with 2 hours and 20 minutes to wrap up a lot of ideas and JJ Abram's mystery boxes that were initially setup with the idea they would have two films to be delivered in. They basically had two options:
1) continue down the line that TLJ was leading us down OR
2) try to resolve everything from TFA (some of which like Rey's parentage didn't actually need explaining - her being no one was fine... but if she was going to be someone you sure as hell better develop that a bit in the second film).
Both options were gonna leave a bitter taste in the mouth and they went for option 2, probably the worse one because it results in the worse film. This whole trilogy feels like a total botch because they had no overarching plan from the start and followed up their first good film, with two films that each ignore a lot of went down in their predecessor.
#615 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 355 weeks ago
the day of reckoning approaches. we're fucked.
#616 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Best of the Rough Mixes Disc 1-4, Final Round » 355 weeks ago
Gotta get rid of Elvis, imagining it with vocals forces me to wonder if Axl really screwed the pooch on the lyrics like he did with Sorry. At least I know where I stand with Hardschool.
#617 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Best of Rough Mixes Disc 2, Round 6 » 356 weeks ago
Sorry, another track that has never really done anything for me. It's gotta go.
#618 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Best of Rough Mixes Disc 2, Round 5 » 357 weeks ago
If The World, never really like it and still don't
#619 Re: Guns N' Roses » Me And My Elvis Instrumental Leak (2019) » 357 weeks ago
Sky Dog wrote:I keep it simple and use the names on the discs.
what would you say in june this year if i told you that we would have almost every single cd demo from late 99 to 01?
But we don't. There's clearly tonnes more not accounted for.
#620 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Best of Rough Mixes Disc 2, Round 2 » 358 weeks ago
Shankler's Revenge, it becomes one of the better CD songs later but in this state it just sounds like a Bucket instrumental and not a particularly interesting one at that.

