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#611 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Star Wars Thread *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED!* » 544 weeks ago
I feel for Lucas because he even offered the prequel treatments to other directors such as Ron Howard and Speilberg.
I'm sure Robert Zemeckis, Joe Johnston and Barry Sonnenfeld would've all been happy enough to work for him and help him complete his 'vision'.
#612 Re: The Garden » Donald Trump running for President » 544 weeks ago
polluxlm wrote:The problem is so massive and complex I struggle to see us being able to do anything about it. Wars creating refugees, policies creating poverty, a political elite more concerned with honey bees and bad words than they are the society erupting around them.
A recipe for chaos. And the cure for chaos is usually tyranny. So fun times ahead.
Where do you live? Sweden? Tell us how the migration is going in your country.
Whether or not he's from Sweden, the Swedish government took 81,000 asylum seekers in last year and a few months ago, predicted the number would double this year. That would be almost 2% of the existing population.
#613 Guns N' Roses » The story of the 3 good songs » 544 weeks ago
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3 good songs.
As Lofton brought this one out, I figured it's about time to summarize the myth of the 3 good songs.
Lesser known (and talked about) than the album trilogy fable Axl himself infamously started on stage in London, '02 ("By that time, I should be done with the 3rd album!"), the 3 song label has been bandied out in curious contexts over the years. While it's impossible to say whether any of the 9 possible songs appear on all instances, it's food for thought.
To start afresh, Fortus fails to mention the amount, but confirms one or more Slash songs on the CD2 plate.
"Some of the stuff Slash did, you know, that was like the beginning, the seed of the song, that's been around for a while." - Fortus, 2014
Axl also flunks on the exact number of Slash songs he liked, but confirms he felt they rocked.
"I think that some of the riffs that were coming out of [Slash in the '96 sessions] were the meanest, most contemporary, bluesiest, rocking thing since Aerosmith’s Rocks... I wanted to put that record together... by [1996], we would have put it out." - Axl, 2002
Marc Canter ties both Axl's and Fortus' comments to the 3 song rumor.
"The day after Rock In Rio [01/16/01,] Axl and I were at the pool... [Axl] saying to me "If Slash apologizes publicly for the things he said about me in the press I have 3 songs that he could play on the new album". They were 3 songs that Slash had written on and Axl wanted to do something with them and include them on Chinese Democracy." - Marc Canter, 2012
Things get interesting, as Axl apparently had his mind on those songs in 2000, the Bob Ezrin era.
"[Bob Ezrin]'s going to go in there and tell you how many [decent] songs you actually have. [...] He did it with Guns N' Roses... Bob listened to [CD] and said, '3 songs.'"" (Alice Cooper, King County Journal, 10/15/04)
Were the Slash songs the only good Guns songs for an oblivious Bob Ezrin?
It would've been a massive shock to Axl, who apparently felt he had CD done.
The alternative is that the 3 Slash songs were included in the aftermath, during which TIL was reintroduced, as well.
The 2001 edition of CD would've been something else, with 3 Slash songs and one song by Izzy and Duff.
"A couple of months ago I have a message on my answering machine: 'Yo! It's Axl, I need a copy of the songs that you did.' There was one called 'Down by the Ocean' or 'Down by the Sea', they may have used it, I haven't come back to know nothing." (Izzy, Popular Magazine, 2001)
Of course, a pressing question is, will the songs ever be heard?
#614 Re: The Sunset Strip » Scott Weiland Is Dead. » 544 weeks ago
What do most here consider his best solo album?
Like James, i'd be keen to know what people think his best solo album is ...
12 Bar Blues was released in '98 to critical praise, yet it never found an audience.
You can hear a bit of a DJ Shadow influence and bits of it remind me of what I'd imagine an Axl Rose album production might be.
Weiland's voice suits him, I'm liking it beyond most STP (aside Core) and VR (10-song total between two albums) stuff I care about.
Barbarella (the 2nd track) provides with a scary a cappella section.
And all the tangerines
They taste like jelly beans
This must be boring by now
Grab a scale and guess the weight
Of all the pain Ive given with my name
Im a selfish piece of shit
#615 Re: Guns N' Roses » NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!! » 544 weeks ago
I'm seeing maybe touring, maybe new stuff, maybe Duff for 2016.
Maybe touring means maybe guitar player.
Minimum effort can translate as Robin.
He's plausible and a CD co-writer.
It's an '04-'14 hybrid, with Duff and Frank.
Man, had that band coagulated in 2006.
#616 Re: Guns N' Roses » How much of the board actually believes a reunion will happen? » 546 weeks ago
I will not look into RIR because I have not spoken to the Medinas for years. You may be right, but the band do have a history with the festival
As for Benn, you can either ask him, or it is mentioned here http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-n … ks-6478824
Fair enough.
It may be just ruffled feathers with both Benn and Medina, followed by the public response they are expected to make after the scuffles. I get that promoters need to back their own end. As always, Axl is eventually forgiven for a lot of what he does when there's money to be made by booking Guns.
#617 Re: Guns N' Roses » How much of the board actually believes a reunion will happen? » 546 weeks ago
the Rock in Rio dates, which one would presume Guns would be a definite for if they are touring
Axl's buried the hatchet with Roberto Medina? Following RIR 2011, Medina told publicly that Ax is too much of a headache.
Benn wants GN'R at Leeds/Reading, so that is a possibility.
The last I checked, Benn was done with New Guns. Reunion starts now. 
#618 Re: The Sunset Strip » Ash vs. Evil Dead » 546 weeks ago
Never was a huge ED fan, but this looks pretty good. Good dose of humour and creative kills.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
I love the 1981 film. Super-effective, moody, hard-hitting shoestring horror that leaves all this latter-day found footage crap in the dust.
Was major-league bummed when Evil Dead 2 turned out to be a (horror) comedy. I should prolly give it another whirl some day.
Have seen two different cuts of Army of Darkness, the longer one is more interesting, yet it still feels like an opportunity lost to me.
This series is, in all likelihood, superior to the remake. Bruce Campbell's chin elevates everything it appears in.
#619 Re: The Garden » Charlie Sheen HIV POSITIVE » 546 weeks ago
Thank you. I actually intended to re-watch that not long ago, then forgot. Haven't seen it in years.
I'll watch it tomorrow
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And when I think about it, Sheen also starred in The Arrival (1996), by Pitch Black/Riddick writer-director David Twohy. Saw it years ago and recall liking it.
#620 Re: The Garden » Charlie Sheen HIV POSITIVE » 546 weeks ago
Just curious though, has Sheen made any serious films since Wall Street/Platooon in the 80's. I know he's been in loads of throw away comedies like Hotshots and those terrible Scary Movies films, but surely there's another film I'm missing that was any good?
He had a cameo in Being John Malkovich (1999).
His character was surely a sign of things to come.
Interestingly, most his parts in the past 15 years have been named Charlie. Guess that helped his focus.
