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  1. Posted

    4 minutes ago, AlmostAGhost said:

    Yea, for real. And she's had a really interesting life too... became a successful lawyer and a Jeopardy champion!

    But one side angle of that is how they handled her in this. They cast Alia Shawkat who is great, but did she even have any lines? Did she one word? But on the other hand, Fox wasn't even allowed to play on their first album, which this film covers. They ending up using, if I recall right, Blondie's bassist. So in a way, she was somewhat expandable in this story.

    And before Fuchs, their bassist was Micki Steele, later of The Bangles. 

    What was weird though is the moment Shannon was flipping through the band bios and he’s like “Robin Robinson, bass, smart as Hell” or whatever he says. Why even draw attention to it?

    I just thought it was funny. It was like telling the origins of the Beatles, omitting Pete Best, and replacing him with Rango Orbb.

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  2. Posted

    Overall, I thought the movie was fine. I kind of want to get more Runaways records, especially the ones after Currie left. I didn’t realize that they released two more albums with Jett fronting the group. Not that this is portrayed in the movie, of course. That’s pure Wikipedia right there 🙄

    Most of all, I was impressed with KStew’s physicality. She really captured Jett’s body language.

     

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  3. Posted

    32 minutes ago, Cinco DeNio said:

    I'll stay out for now.  I'm still working my way through it.  Had to take it in parts.

    One question I will ask.  Did The Runaways have more than one hit?  All the posters I've seen focus on Cherry Bomb.

    I think it depends on what you call “hits.” They have other well-known(ish) songs, but I’d say “Cherry Bomb” was their big one.

     

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  5. Posted

    On 9/18/2020 at 11:56 AM, DrGuts1003 said:

    I hate being negative because I am grateful for all the wonderful hours of hilarious content that HDTGM gives me.  And if I am the only one that feels this way, I will shut up about it, but...is anyone else bored and/or annoyed by the number of low-budget, no name movies that the show has been covering lately?  To me, I get much greater satisfaction watching and mocking big budget movies that bomb hard.

    This is not to say that Paul, June and Jason can’t make a funny episode out of these straight to dvd movies, but I also want to look forward to watching the movie itself in the week prior and the choices lately have been underwhelming to say the least.

    At least Paul somewhat acknowledged this week that VelociPastor was a bad choice because you can’t really dissect a movie that tries to be in on the joke.

    Like I said, I may be alone in this, but I just wanted to express my frustration.

    I get it. I remember around Hard Ticket to Hawaii time, I wasn't overly fond of the pics. However, Paul has said in one of the minis that they kind of go through phases. If they do too many big budget movies, Cannon movies, dramas, ninja movies, etc. people complain. In other words, no matter what they pick, they can't please everyone all the time. And if that's the case, then they might as well just pick movies that they feel like doing -- which I think is ultimately great for everyone. I honestly don't think there's anything more to it than that.

    I'm pretty much a HDTGM completionist, and I try to keep current with them as much as possible, but I have also gotten to the point where if I'm not super excited about the movie pick, I don't jump through hoops to make sure I watch it before the episode drops. 

    Like, I don't blame you if you're disappointed with their picks, but I promise it won't be long until they are back to doing something you are into.

     

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  11. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Cinco DeNio said:

    I'll be in and out for the next few days. (I know! Impressive!)  Heading to Michigan for the funeral of a childhood-and-since friend who passed unexpectedly on Friday.  Also keep my boss Rob in your thoughts.  His dad passed away on August 24th and his mom yesterday.  I don't know what from.

    Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry! Take care and be safe.

  20. Posted

    2 minutes ago, AlmostAGhost said:

     My idea would be what I even think Jett and Fox should've done... they should have been a couple, not siblings.

    Then you can have Bruce/Joan wanting to go on the road and his wife/her husband who rocks and writes better songs than him/her (ha) wanting or needing to sacrifice and stay home. Not great, but I think that presents some drama at least. 

     

    Yeah, that feels a little more real, but then you lose the whole "overbearing religious mom playing favorites with her children as she battles ovarian cancer" storyline.

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  21. Posted

    Just now, grudlian. said:

    I laughed at the name Barbusters when I saw that's what they were called. Best case scenario is you tour a bunch of shitty bars forever just like this band does.

    Barbusters also feels more like a Springsteen cover band type name. I like "The Babysitters" much more -- well, maybe not with a 40 year old McKean in the group.

    It also felt weird that their band didn't really feel like it had niche. It was kind of punk, kind of New Wave, kind of Rockabilly, but also none of those things. And Jett is willing to be like, "We're Metal now" at the drop of a hat. Granted, Fox pushes back on that a bit, but it's still weird that the most overtly "punk" person in the movie is like "whatever we decide to do is cool."

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  22. Posted

    3 minutes ago, AlmostAGhost said:

    I can't think of one legit possible explanation for that

    Personally, I think The Barbusters is a terrible name for a band. They're never getting anywhere with that.

    That being said, I will say a lot of the band dynamics felt really true to life. Especially in that, "big enough to be kind of well-known locally" locally way. Shit like embarrassing each other on stage and playing bits of songs and then stopping, was very much a part of my band experience. Even that dismissive attitude toward bands that are little too polished felt real to me.  

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  23. Posted

    2 minutes ago, grudlian. said:

    That kind of makes sense though. I could see Schrader having a good script, then tinkering with it once Springsteen leaves. Then tinkering with some new ideas that cause some other things to need cut out. Then you just get this thing that doesn't quite do anything interesting.

    Yeah, I think a lot of changes would have to be made to replace Springsteen with Fox. Like, I can see where they kind of tried to keep in that steel mill kind of vibe thing, but they're just so different, I doubt you can just easily sub one for the other. Also, if Springsteen had been cast, I kind of doubt Jett would have been the co-lead. I'm guessing his part was given to her, and Fox's character was added as an afterthought. It would be weird to have the Boss in a band in a movie and be like, "He's the guy who doesn't want to be here." Now that I write that, isn't that kind of what happened in that Brittney Spears' movie Crossroads?

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  24. Posted

    It looks like you all did your research too 😄

    Did any of you see that this was originally supposed to be a starring vehicle for Springsteen called “Born in the USA.” Bruce liked the title, wrote his song, dropped out of this, but because he’s stolen the song for himself, wrote “Light of Day.” That’s a weird ouroboros of creativity there.

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  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, grudlian. said:

    On paper, this is a great movie. Written by Paul Schrader. Original music but Bruce Springsteen. Examination of a blue collar family torn apart and healed at the end of Reagan's America. Gena Rowlands. Michael J. Fox at the peak of his fame. This could easily have been a miniseries for television that people still talked about today.

    This is just flat throughout. Every big reveal doesn't get much out of me. The acting is just okay. I don't think the casting is bad but everyone feels unconvincing in most scenes. I don't buy Michael J. Fox ever in this band. Joan Jett never quite pulls off the biggest emotional scenes (but I do think she's decent in this). The movie looks cheap.

    There are some good scenes but most of this feels 75% there. Like every person in this production said "yeah, I think we got it that time," but they didn't get it.

    Yeah, I kept thinking to myself that this felt more like a Lifetime movie rather than something made for the big screen.

    The music was decent though. I couldn’t find much by way of a soundtrack, but “This Means War” is on Jett’s Good Music LP, and Springsteen performs the title track on his In Concert/MTV Plugged album. According to IMDB, he used to close his shows with it — an obscure song from an even more obscure movie.

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