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Thanks. That's a solid link too. :up: Gonna see TLJ again this weekend, I think. We'll see how it settles.

This is a fluent summing up of one of my complaints with TLJ, especially the contrasting personal and political levels mentioned upthread:

I'm wholly on board with appreciating the intent of trying to tie together the galactic political scope and the personal Skywalker drama - how a sclerotic republic falls to authoritarianism in concert with Anakin curdling to the monster of the OT, and how those two threads reinforce one another...

Yes. I would take watching Adam Driver/Kylo Ren figure his shit out in Episode IX every time over more of Snoke's admittedly tasteful interior decoration. Just want to take this moment though to say that Ian McDiarmid is stone cold awesome through the whole series. It ain't easy being the Big Bad.

Exactly that - something people halfway acknowledge but don't really think through the implications of is that Star Wars is one of the most popular things in human history. So it's not surprising something casting such a wide brush brings in a lot of different people. Same for U2, really. FWIW...

I'm in a weird place with this movie, because I love the performances, Rian Johnson's directorial flourishes, and the big picture concepts the movie toys with. But there's something in the editing and actual mechanical situations on screen that never grabbed me. Like, both Daisy Ridley and Mark...

Had this exact same thought. I didn't realize Lady Gaga sang bg vocals on this song until reading this thread - but I was listening to it this afternoon and had idly wondered what it would've been like if Lana Del Rey had guested. Like Scorpionac said, I want to know if there was an earlier...

Agreed, I had that thought in the theater. There were narrative threads and wonky spatial relationships that felt like TFA had gone through a number of rounds of cuts/edits/reshoots and ended up dropping quietly important supporting details. They're lucky that there's a large enough corona of...

ughhh consider me embarrassed. noted!

Fly Like An Eagle Space Jam I Believe I Can Fly :yes: Also according to wikipedia, two songs written by Jay-Z, and Barry White and Chris Rock cover a song by Cheech and Chong.

Just finished the three prequels as preparation. The Phantom Menace is so, so weak: it's like someone decided to film a bullet point plot summary instead of the actual script. That means everything lurches forward awkwardly with heavy exposition and faint character....all leading us nowhere. In...

I loved this sucker. Whatever is going on with the hilt blades doesn't seem that big to me, what's curious was the strange tendrils crackling across the body of the blade, really a different feel from the super-polished blades we're accustomed to. Also, the Game of Thrones-esque snowy wood that...

I was going to get impressions out earlier this week, but Interference decided to shut me down every time I tried. ...So I've done a number of playthroughs, and I think 1989 as an album is disappointing. It's not really a question if Taylor can deliver some songs - she can, and Style is one of...

Just picking through random 1989 YouTubes that have been uploaded in the last hour- "Style" is bouncy and awfully fun. TSwift does Eminence Front.

This is great. I just heard Lucius for the first time this week and the album (Wildewoman) has been a great surprise. Hey, Doreen, Tempest, and Two of Us On The Run are probably my other favorites so far, and I'm definitely digging the group harmony vibe.

I would assume they would have literally had to play it live at some point to record the studio version unless it was stitched together from nonconsecutive live parts Drowning Man (they've rehearsed, but never pulled the trigger) and maybe kick the tires on a full-band If God Would Send His...

I'm concerned and outraged at the promo acoustic versions, and am writing an angry letter to my Congressman. I request electric power.

When are they going to play this stuff live

A little bit of a follow up on that from the New Yorker today: First off, between the AV Club and The New Yorker, it's basically fully mainstream to resuscitate Pop's reptuation, so, congratulations team. We did it. It's now cutting edge to dislike Pop. ....This article has its own points to...

Kudos to San Diego for a well played game. They claimed 42 minutes time of possession, gave Seattle only 18 plays in the first half and 40 overall, and Seattle kept forcing San Diego into endless third downs that Rivers stepped up and converted. Basically San Diego grabbed a six point lead, and...

As much as I thought Robot of Sherwood stunk, Listen was as singularly strong an entry as Doctor Who's seen in the last several seasons. Moffat knocked one clean out of the park here by finally weaving together several ideas whose earlier iterations had appeared in lesser episodes: don't even...

I think Bono is killing the vocal melodies in this album. The last two albums it was easy to believe he was spending 90% of his time fundraising and jetting around the world and then parachuting in for some cram sessions with the band, but I've heard a pretty consistent series of points...

Part of Where You Can Reach Me's chorus melody (chimey "complete surrender" part) is too cheery for the tone of the melody during the verses and the rest of the song and it's nagging me in a song I think I really otherwise enjoy. At it's best it's kind of a U2 cousin to Jigsaw Falling Into...