LOL, so an extra $30 for a hat that I could get exponentially cheaper (and better designed) on Ebay or one of the other sites.

I think the Lebesis' becoming managers is one of the truly tragic parts of this saga.  They basically emotionally blackballed him into giving them spots that they have no experience in.  They should just stayed in their roles as his surrogate family.  The manager there's a lot of business/economic stuff to deal with and he more than anyone else could just use an experienced guy who can handle all this stuff painlessly (or dole out the responsbility) instead of making it seem happy amateur hour that it is now.

Yep.  Toss a crumb here, toss a crumb there.   You get lucky if they release one or two new songs.  Repeat pattern since late 90s.

Saw this a while ago and never got the big deal.  A nice enough film but nowhere near the classic its touted as.

True.  Of the two "tech" films that came out (Hackers being the other one) back then.  I find the Net the more watchable one. Probably because Bullock pulls off the damsel in distress/hero in peril stuff pretty well.   The tech is dated as hell but I don't hold that against it.

The Hunger.  I had a real fun time rewatching this.  Probably the only time Cahterine Denueve will be the star/first billed on a US film.   It's kind arty but not to the point where you can't watch it.  Great eclectic soundtrack.  Bowie actually isn't in the film that much but he does a great job.  This film pulls off the gothic (old school kind) and 80s feel at the same time.  The ending is still kind of weird to me even though I've seen this film a number of times.

Yep.  I enjoyed and looked forward to Summer where you could just kind of kick back and relax and watch a bunch of MTV. Now? I can't wait for Summer to be over because it's so hot.   It's weird because people "our age" we all complain about how Summer sucks now.  Time...was just different then.  It's hard to explain but I'm sure most will understand. It'll never be the same again and given what I have been told about this current generation, the future may not be better.

Sorry for going off there.

Duff and Slash are content with this setup so, whatever Team Brazil screwup happened (like removing the article) doesn't matter.  They are in it for the touring revenue as long as that keeps rolling in, they will put up with a lot of crap.   Those two guys have families now to support and it's a business decision for both of them.

It's a damn shame about the new Indy film.  Guess I'll catch it when it hits the streamers. 

Dead or Alive: more Miike.  This one is in his prime.  A lot of stuff gets tossed in and I love the wacky/out of bounds/non confomrist images that would make most who don't watch his films (which is 99% of the public) squeamish.  This one goes back to his usual yakuza vs cops fare. I found the theme of the outsider pretty well established.  One thing I've noticed about his films in general.  I have a tendency to just drift in the middle of his films sometimes where I kind of have to get re-amped. It happens with almost every film with the exception of maybe Audition.  Anyway, I can overlook this as there are these sequences that are just wonderfully shot and great.  I'll take the strikeout in exchange for the multiple HR's.

King of New York.  Rewatched this one and have no idea why this one isn't thought of more highly or mentioned among great 90s crime films. You've got Christopher Walken as the lead.  Lawrence Fisburne having fun as a bad guy.  Pre breakout roles from both Wesley Snipes and David Caruso.  Plus there's a small cameo by Steve Buschemi.  Also you have NYC in neon lit/pre cleanup glory (it's not as grimy as the 70s-80s but it's not sanitized either).  I think the story is pretty good.  Takes convention and twists it a little.  I mean he actually wants to do a good thing in the film and not just regain his criminal empire.  I liked the fact that the main cop hunting the Walken character wasn't some loud brash cop, but some old guy who was introspective and pragmatic.

Night Moves; another under the radar one.  this one is a 70s conspiracy mystery type.  I was struck by how close to the Jake Gitties Nicholson character that the main character Harry Moseby was.  There's a lot of stuff to unpack in this movie from psychological stuff to the plot points.  Great 70s soundtrack.  This one is another great Hackman performance.  James Woods and Melanie Griffith in very early roles here.

since it's close to July 4th, I may watch a Clint Eastwood film.  Maybe Tightrope.