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16 hours ago, captmorgandrinker said:

She's the reason you have those fancy black and white "parental advisory" labels on music.  

Warrant scored one of those on their Cherry Pie album solely for their "Ode to Tipper Gore" track.

First cassette tape I ever bought with my own money, had to trick my grandma into checking out with it though and gave her the money after. 

2 hours ago, Daniel_Doyce said:

RIP Cormac McCarthy, formerly the greatest living American novelist. I have his 2 newest books but haven't gotten around to them yet. This also seems like an appropriate time for a revisit of Blood Meridian and Suttree.

Blood Meridian is my favorite contemporary novel. An absolute must read IMO. So brutal. 

Nice!

4 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Driving Miss Daisy is pretty forgetful.  Standard Hollywood feel-good period prestige flick.  I know the common comparison nowadays is Do the Right Thing, which came out the same year, which is generally agreed upon to be the better film.  I'm also a bit mid on that one too. If Driving Miss Daisy is a 5/10, I'd probably call DtRT a 6/10 or 6.5/10.

Chariots of Fire also feels pretty forgettable to me.  Another feel-good period prestige flick.  I want to immediately compare it to Gallipoli, which is *also* about a sprinter, set a few years earlier.  I thought that film was much more engaging.

And it's kind of bugging me that the iconic score features such a synthy, synth drums, 80s feel to it.

Either way, when looking at the best picture winners in the 1980s (which I think is an exceedingly weak crop), I'd say the bottom 3 are:

10. Out of Africa
9. Driving Miss Daisy
8. Chariots of Fire

If I put together a list of my top 100 films from the 1980s, none of those would make it.  Granted, I'd have a ton of genre and horror films on there, like Aliens and The Thing and Evil Dead 2 and so forth, but I think that's pretty normal for our demographic.

A very weak decade for best picture winners, especially following a very strong decade in the 70’s. Amadeus is far better than the rest IMO:

1. Amadeus
2. Platoon
3. Rain Man
4. Gandhi
5. The Last Emperor
6. Terms of Endearment
7. Ordinary People
8. Out of Africa
9. Driving Miss Daisy
10. Chariots of Fire

Gloves is on summer vacation, or on strike. 

Burger then fries, because I have class. 

Finished Succession last night, perfection. 
 

Binged the new season of I Think You Should Leave today, Tim Robinson is a national treasure. 

7, campy and fun. Instantly makes me think of Carmen San Diego. 

Never played it, never will. 

2 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

That and pit vipers. 
 

@JamesRobot giving me strong Snake from the Simpsons vibes for some reason. 

And Bass Pro Shop hats  

9/10 was great 

5/10

Love the OG, no interest in the others. 

6/10-saw it in the theatres, but had to sit on the floor in front because the theatre was oversold. The release for this was crazy. 

I would always sit in back, but don’t really go to the movies since I put in a 10 foot screen with a 4K projector for my golf simulator. 

6/10

4 hours ago, Link said:

Mainly it's the auto-tune and very repetitive lyrics. So grating, I can't even get past that to give the instrumentation a chance. 

 

This ^^^^

19 minutes ago, Tabonga said:

As I recall at least one of them became a real smash hit........

The bike from the best Star Wars Movie,  ROTJ and the Spinner from Blade Runner

1 hour ago, Link said:

I hate Daft Punk so this is a never/never for me.

Never played it, never will. 

I used AI to write a poem for my wife for our anniversary with just 3 simple inputs. Crazy how good it is. 
 

I am fully ready for my AI daddy to come rule the world. 

7/10

Never seen it, never will. Daft Punk mostly sucks. 

22 minutes ago, B.A. said:

This old whippersnapper has never heard of it either. 

Wtf