In my opinion, the Spice Girls practically saved top 40 radio. In the early 1990s, there was almost nothing but lousy R&B ballads in the top 40. Think Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men over and over. Finally, when “Wannabe” broke through in 1996 or '97, it felt like pop music was fun again.
Im the opposite. I live about 8 years in the past. This Lady GaGa person is pretty good amd that Kristin Wiig sure is talented!
He can have my Man Card too (though it’s far from my favorite song).
I pity you, more than any other poster in this thread.
I’m fed up with (and will never buy) substandard, remixed crappy unfinished “New Releases” from The Jimi Hendrix Estate.
Leave that dead horse alone and go get a fucking job. You’ve supped on the teat long enough.
I still get misty over Bill Withers’ Lean on Me, so who am I to judge? 
Hey now. I agree that movies of all ages are essential but this is a confessions thread.
It could be worse. I could be into the pathetic garbage you’re into.
I didn’t enjoy Animal House at all - it wasn’t funny and didn’t make me laugh; I remain mystified by its popularity and cult status.
I never get tired of hearing “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” I think it is one of the best rock songs ever.
There are only two good songs on* Pet Sounds*: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “Sloop John B.” I don’t get why everyone thinks its The Greatest Album Evar!1!!1!!
I also think Keanu Reeves is a good actor when given half a chance.
I wholeheartedly agree.
I knew a girl who would do this, so I tried it one time. It’s not really that bad and now I do it because people freak out about it and it’s a neat parlor trick. I recommend it.
You’re like Ms. Cups. I doubt she’s ever seen a black and white movie, and even movies from the 80s she has little interest in because they’re “old”.
I like Brutalist architecture. It’s big buildings that look big, as opposed to big buildings that try to look like glass and nothing, which appears to be the only alternative. Of course, I’m also of the opinion that style and design are two separate things, and that representatives any style can be well-designed, so I don’t automatically associate any particular style with roof leaks or earthquake damage or similar.
I don’t think director’s cuts or similar are necessarily the final word on a film. Even when the film was changed by the studio or similar, the fact remains that one of the things which differentiates filmmaking from novel writing or similar is the degree to which it’s a collaborative enterprise. Art and economics go hand-in-hand: Without the filmmakers, the studios would not exist; without the studios, the filmmakers would be unable to tell certain stories in the ways they do. The fact novelists are so free is that novelists are only responsible for themselves most of the time, whereas a filmmaker has the careers and livelihoods of thousands of people (makeup artists, CG animators, scriptwriters, editors, boys best and otherwise, grips of all kinds, and so on) hanging on the success of their work product, so it had better be something which isn’t likely to go down in flames. If you want creative freedom, go make films in your bedroom again and do without the massive apparatus which depends on the success of your films to continue to employ people.
(Besides, the whole “Art For Art’s Sake” concept is a way to keep the working class out of the realms of True Art: If you can’t afford to give your job a miss and go off on the woods somewhere to Create unimpeded by Mammon, well, you’re just a drone who’ll never be Artistic a day in your life. The classism fairly reeks when you look at it the right way.)
Even worse, I’m not inherently and dogmatically opposed to 3D, CGI, special effects, color, sound, novel adaptations, reboots, remakes, or sequels. I’m pretty sure that makes me a rank philistine, and a low-ranking one at that.
“Authenticity” is a construct, and I mean that as an insult: No dish, no article of clothing, no style of music ever survived contact with the outside world unchanged. Hell, cultures don’t even survive time unchanged. Further, claiming that authenticity is only and exclusively a property of “unmixed” cultures is a rather neat way to devalue diasporic and border cultures, and a hair away from, you know, outright racism. So, yes, I realize that chop suey comes from San Francisco. Claiming that that makes it “not real Chinese” is rather a slap in the face to the Chinese who also come from San Francisco.
The movie or the series? I liked the movie but didn’t find anything hooking me into the series. Maybe I would have been more receptive if it had a different title.
I’ve never seen Firefly and, at this point, doubt it could live up to the hype.
I’ve never seen Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad either but now it’s more about the oppressive weight of a hundred hours of viewing ahead of me if I started. Amusingly, I still avoid BB spoilers as though I’ll get to it some day. I suppose if one day my arms and legs are eaten by a shark, I’ll be glad to have prepared.
The one Pratchett book I tried, I didn’t care for. I know a bunch of people who share my tastes who like him and I like other works in the same general sphere but the book just left me bored and I never tried another.
I think the Dirk Gentley novels were funnier and more clever than the Guide books (although I still like and respect the Guide series).
Eating peanuts in the shell is easy. It’s the outward trip with the jagged shell fragments that causes the problems.
Out of curiosity, which one?
I don’t remember the title as it was decades ago. It was set in pseudo-Australia if that’s any help.
Can’t smoke when the kids are home, eh? 
I won’t say that Lean On Me is my favorite BW song, but man is he a great singer, I love everything he did.
Sounds like The Last Continent. Not his best IMHO, and not a particularly good place to start with Pratchett, but typical enough to give you a fair representation of what his writing’s like.
Bill Withers has no place in this thread!
This is not the place for a fight, take it to the pit, both of you, if you wish to continue.