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    So everyone was early, which is normally cool, but the couple next to me had a giant fight because she asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he showed her a Kylo Ren figure from Sideshow Collectibles that costs ~$250, and she said no. So he threw a big boy fit in the middle of the theater until the trailer started.

     

    Wow. Sometimes you see a couple and you're just like, "Yup. They're gonna make it."

     

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    I wasn't able to be on the boards for this movie so I missed Cameron H.'s Book of Job analysis and HOLY SHIT that was amazing. As a guilt-obsessed Catholic, I have spent an inordinate amount of time pondering that book so I absolutely loved the Mirror Job(e) theory behind Lawnmower Man. Being a Big Time Nerd helped too. Well done.

     

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    It's like this part of Van Halen "Unchained"

    Woo hoo! Take a look at this!

    Hey man, that suit is you!

    Woo-whee! You'll get some leg tonight for sure!

    Tell us how you do! Hoo hoo hoo!

    (Come on Dave, gimme a break)

    Hey hey hey hey! One break, comin' up!

     

    Yes! And "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love!" Freaking ridiculous! LOL

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    I'm glad it's not just me that isn't stirred by Kelly Clarkson - I like her generally and I read about how hard it was for her to record this while pregnant, but the layers and distortions takes so much of the emotion out of it. I agree about the absence of Lin - when he shows up in 'Wrote My Way Out' it felt like a flood of familiarity: and hearing him name-check Maurice Sendak right off the bat was amazing. I really love the Interludes - particularly the remix of 'Take a Break', which could be much longer. Really love Sia's take on 'Satisfied' and impressed by the narrative flip of 'Say Yes To This'. Love both 'Dear Theodosia' versions (I can't get enough Regina Spektor). Most of all I think the track I'll come back to most will be 'Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)' - so glad to see K'NAAN get some big exposure.

     

    Wow, I hadn't heard that about Kelly Clarkson. I bet that was awful...

     

    Yeah, Lin's great on "Wrote My Way Out." I hear, "I know my abuela wont really hit the lottery". And I'm like, "Shit, I haven't listened to In the Heights in far too long."

     

    Basically, it sounds like you and I are of the same mind on it. I'm just going to talk to my reflection now and pretend you and I are talking about it. :)

     

    Oh, but I could have done without Jimmy Fallon. Couldn't get through it.

     

    P.S. Change your name all you want, but you'll always be "Kit Walker" to me.

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    Anyone get the Hamilton Mixtape today? It's stunning in parts. A bit uneven in others. I think it needs a bunch of listens to really figure it out, but overall, pretty great. I'm disappointed in how over-produced 'Quiet Uptown' is, with Kelly Clarkson: the simplicity of the original is its strength. It just played through and I feared that I would be reduced to a quivering mess in this coffee shop, but it left me cold. Anyway, would love to hear everyone's opinion!

     

    Of course I have! I think I feel the same way at the moment, but I didn't really expect it affect me the same way the musical did. I love the demos on it, because I like that window into the creative process.

     

    I didn't really mind Kelly Clarkson. I certainly enjoyed her rendition more than I thought I would. But considering the original version absolutely wrecks me every time, and this did nothing for me, I can say without a doubt that her version is definitely the lesser of the two.

     

    To be honest, I think just wanted more Lin on the album--although I recognize that's not really the point of this album.

     

    On a side note, I love it when rappers pull a Wiz Khalifa on "Washingtons on You Side" and do the weird monologue at the beginning of a song:

     

    Um, it's kind of crazy, cos people think I got it made just because I got paper. I mean, I do got it made, but...that's cos I made it myself.

     

    It just amuses me to no end, especially the premeditation of it. I just like to think of some dude standing alone in a recording booth like, "No, no, guys. Just roll. I got something I have say..." I find that shit so fucking cheesy. Like, just imagining he's reading it off a piece of printer paper like it's fucking gospel. It's fantastic.

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    I can't stress enough how much I hate the "movie review" MOVIE BITCHES segment on these minis .. . I guess I will just continue to skip past until they stop .. please make them stop.

     

    I think they're fine, but--without having listened to this episode yet--the only real complaint I have is with audio quality. It's like their recording reviews onto a wax cylinder and then transmitting them via tin can and string (Oh my God. Am I that guy?)

     

    Anyway, I think the reviews are just excerpts from their YouTube show, so it makes me think, that rather than having a segment on the HDTGM mini episodes, maybe they should just have their own podcast? I'd subscribe.

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    It's a Mummy movie yet Russell Crowe is playing Dr. Henry Jekyll? What in blazes kind of mash-up is this?

     

    Supposedly, they're doing a Universal Monsters "shared universe" thing. I think Johnny Depp is supposed to be playing the Invisible Man...

     

    The whole thing sounds completely ridiculous to me. A shared universe works for Marvel and DC because comic book fans are used to heroes crossing over, but who's like, "I wonder what a Wolfman/Creature from the Black Lagoon team up would look like?" Wait a sec...They already did that. It was called Monster Squad and it was flawless.

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    After long consideration I've decided that I agree with New Line: this is a Stephen King movie. I don't mean that he wrote it or has any creative influence whatsoever. I mean that it has a painfully uncomfortable portrayal of a "simple" person, supernatural forces with no internal logic or consistency, and every single character is irredeemable and abusive. What's more, by these criteria not only is Lawnmower Man properly identified as a Stephen King film, but so is Punch Drunk Love, The Number 23, and Leprechaun.

     

    I agree! The portrayal of the priest alone qualifies it to at least be called "King-ian." In fact, before I learned the history behind it, I wondered if it might have been written after, and in reaction to, the lawnmower accident during the filming of Maximum Overdrive.

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    Thanks!

     

    I also went thru a long stint watching GG. I love conversational pyrotechnics and musical dialogue, the way words sound is just as important to me as what they say. It allowed me to forgive many of my favorite writer's faults when they got me through so many times in my life with just a little snappy banter.

     

    And for awhile it allowed me to forgive the selfishness of the titular Gilmore girls, all the way up until it didn't. Mostly because Rory's story just kept getting annoying to watch and I wasn't even invested in the character. I haven't watched the new series but courosity has lead me to spoilers. And as much as that dialogue is calling me back, I know enough to know that I have seen enough.

     

    Yeah, I hear you, and I think I'm the same way in that I also appreciate snappy dialog.

     

    I think my biggest problem with the new stuff is that the characters have gotten a little to old for the whole "stunted adolescence" shtick to be cute anymore. I mean, Rory is 32 in the new episodes, which means Lorelei has to be about 48. For fuck's sake! Grow the fuck up already! I mean, I get it. I'm an adult with children and probably spend far too much of my time making dick and fart jokes on the Internet as I over analyze shitty movies, but I also know how to be a functioning member of society too. The GG's don't seem to have any balance. And while you can argue that's where the drama comes from, it also becomes tedious after a spell.

     

    I also checked out the spoilers for it and I'm like, "This probably would have made a bigger impact 10 years ago." As it stands, who really gives a shit? You're a freaking adult!

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    Also maybe this is not the time or place to admit this but.... I've never seen an episode of Gilmore Girls. I know Jason loves it and it seems popular on here. People I know have recommended it to me and I like the cast and from clips I've seen of it it seems like something I would enjoy. However, I always seem to forget about it or when I do remember I remember it's like 150 episodes and that's a huge commitment.

     

    It's Wednesday so I feel like I can get into this now. For me, I only checked Gilmore Girls out ironically and only because Jason kept mentioning it. I did not watch it during its initial run. However, after watching it ironically, I somehow got sucked in for a bit and actually enjoyed the show, but then...I just sort of started hating it. Not the show exactly, but the two leads specifically. They just keep making the dumbest choices imaginable. And all the Goddamn quipping! Oh my God! Don't get me wrong, I enjoy some quick wit, but after awhile it just gets to be too much. Anytime another character is on screen (and other characters are only ever seen on screen to be objects of their derision, their desire, or to act as emotional crutches), they have to respond to every sentence with some quirky pop culture joke. I'm like, if I were ever talking to either of these two, y'know trying to be sincere like Fister Roboto for a change, and all they did was dismiss whatever I was saying with some lame ass joke, I would lose my fucking mind. Everything is about them. Everything! Anytime a "friend" of theirs has a problem, they somehow make it about themselves. It's kind of like how everyone in Twilight keeps saying how special Bella is without any evidence to support that claim. Gilmore Girls is kind of like that, except if Bella could crack a joke (that are admittedly pretty good sometimes) and there weren't any werewolves. The best part of the show is the eccentric townspeople, but watching them get trampled by the GG's does get old pretty fast.

     

    So I'd say you should check it out, but only stick with it for as long as you still enjoy it. Like I said, my ironic joy, turned to real joy, but then morphed into a kind of hatred. It would get so bad, that after watching an episode, I would actually be angry and that's just stupid. I think I only ever got through five seasons or so. Anyway, the only reason I'm watching the new ones is because I'm a masochistic weirdo who just wants to see how it all ends. But all of my complaints still stand. It also feels like it's taking forever to get through all of them...

     

    But still, check it out sometime. A lot of people legit like it, and who knows, you may be one.

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