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#1181 Re: Guns N' Roses » Commissioner, Women’s Shelter Call GN'R Concerts Ads 'Inappropriate' » 706 weeks ago
One party that will benefit is Guns.
This does nothing to change their old image, hell, it even reminds people of the time Guns were "the most dangerous band on Earth". That was hyperbole even then, but a little controversy (without directly involving Ax) stirs it up leading to the shows.
#1182 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose - USA Today interviews » 706 weeks ago
I beleive the writer block thing....this kind of reaffirms the rumor that axl didnt write or sing for A very long period of time , due to depression or low self esteem or whatever
Youth said he got Axl to sing again in '98, following a year-and-half break. If the dates add up any, it'd be late '96... and, hey, that's when Slash left.
Imagine that. 
#1183 Re: The Sunset Strip » Disney Buys Lucasfilm (Lucas giving $4bil to charity) » 706 weeks ago
During the interim, Lucasfilm produced Ewok animations, Star Wars toys, board games, literature... and particulary computer games.
'93 saw the advent of X-Wing and Rebel Assault, the first being a simulator of the legendary assault fighter and the second a flim-flam arcade game which pushed the cinematic envelope of CD-ROM. After that, it was all about TIE Fighter, Dark Forces, DF2: Jedi Knight, etc, I recall even a Real-Time Strategy until we get around to Knights of the Old Republic.
Lucas was smart enough reroute the brand through separate mediums, instead of cranking up a new trilogy. But to suggest Star Wars ever went away, not really. It just went out of fad for a while, but their fanbase is very, ahem, dedicated.
#1184 Re: The Sunset Strip » Disney Buys Lucasfilm (Lucas giving $4bil to charity) » 706 weeks ago
It's insane that Lucas has done nothing other than those two franchises to his name, and he was still able to sell his production company for $4 BILLION FREAKING DOLLARS.
Lucas has been the sell-out to end all sell-outs since Return of the Jedi, with a high-powered backing team to keep the motors humming. Artistically, the best films of his career are THX-1138, American Graffiti and Star Wars. For some odd reason, he felt he needed to direct some more, with the dedication of any journeyman filmmaker.
Lucas does get a bad rep for running a toy universe at times, but he's also contributing to the nonsense by tinkering with the re-releases and whatnot. In some ways, his Hughesian seclusion and at-odds attitudes with the fans do remind me of GNR fanbases at times. Go figure.
I do grant him that, with Lucasfilm, he did build a house his peer Francis Ford Coppola wanted to have with American Zoetrope. For a long time, Skywalker Sound, ILM, etc have been essentially independent go-to places for soundwork, effects, et al with a technical quality comparabale to any other suite in the country. Now, the facilities are down on Disney.
This may end up as the closing note for the enduring legacy of the 1960s rebel filmmakers. Make a big business, go indie, survive as a specialized R&D unit for decades, sell toys, reinforce brand value with a new trilogy, sell everything to the Mouse and call it a day.
#1185 Re: Guns N' Roses » Dizzy Reed Interview for VEGAS.com » 706 weeks ago
All things considered, they're doing the sensible thing as a band without an active participation of a label: They tour the old hits. There's performance fees, merch sales, additional royalties garnered by the lasting sales of the old stuff. Club tours, Vegas residency, private shows (Fashion Week / French Weddings, etc.), even charities now with the Bridge School event.
The good sides are the direct revenue paid straight to the band, the name staying alive and visible, etc. The downside is that your creativity may suffer, if not halt completely. Touring the old hits doesn't require new music, let alone a new album. The new album would be a step up from the merch stand, something the record label sells on the bands behalf.
Now, here's the big deal. Why on earth Axl cannot be arsed to try out new tunes live? It would have about as much as a splash as a new album announcement would; the die-hards would be quick on the case, while the Internet music press would slouch somewhere behind. Artistically, it might be more gratifying for any of them then Mr Brownstone or whatever.
#1186 Re: Guns N' Roses » Dizzy Reed Interview for VEGAS.com » 706 weeks ago
they still have stuff from '99, but nothing new since 2006 (and possibly 2004).
This. And let's say Axl reactivates by digging around the vault. What's one of the first things he'll likely do when working up an old track? Call Ron / DJ to record new guitar.
While the band members can claim this, that or the other, none boasted of recording new stuff with Axl. Leads me to believe they're silently campaigning for Axl to re-enter the creative process.
I'm surprised how little CD reception is mentioned in this equation. When you have someone like Axl, going through a tedious journey of one and a half decades and get lackluster immediate returns, commercially and critically, you're bound to shell up some more.
We're in 2012, so in some aspects Axl was closer to a new album in 1999 than now.
The original reception of Oh My God got him to pull back his album then. Imagine what CD's public reception was in comparison to that one single track.
#1187 Re: The Sunset Strip » Evil Dead Remake (NEW, Full Red Band Trailer) » 707 weeks ago
Looked like crap to me.
Slickly shot contemporary mainstream 'horror', painstakingly reproducing some aspects of the original, to beat of a 'cool' soundtrack, with additional graphical bits to appease the 'Hostel' crowds.
Why should anyone bother?
For the record, I like director Fede Alvarez's recent work.
#1188 Re: The Garden » Windows 8 » 707 weeks ago
No intention to upgrade for quite some time. First off, I LOVE Windows 7.
Windows 7 actually works.
Which is what Vista never did.
I had Windows ME for years. It was quite bad.
Win 2000.
XP's media compatibility with NT4's multitasking. Oh, yes.
#1189 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Perla Hudson Reacts To Axl/Kimmel Interview » 707 weeks ago
Guess it hurts never to get your hands on your hubby's reunion fee.
#1190 Re: Guns N' Roses » 12 GN'R shows in Las Vegas » 707 weeks ago
I hope you're right, but something tells me these shows won't be prepared as diligently as the raid on Bin Laden was. Sorry for the bad analogy, but you get my point.
Practice it all out with erroneous premises and then wonder why the real thing coughs up?
