Also, only -he- may dance.

Red Dawn is just a bullshit manifestation of anxieties the US had (and has) about being on the other end of Imperialism.

Norm's way funnier than Kurosawa. Also, Kurosawa movies are in Japanese.

The Wall was only good because of the animated elements, which were part of the stage show anyway. the Geldof stuff was boring except for the Mickey Mouse watch.

Why does every generation need a bullshit musical to funnel it's pseudo-rebellion? As a facilitation mechanism for young men to come out?

*less* watered down. Damn the no edit thingy.

… except other, younger, just as heard-of bands did it way before they did, and watered-down with fake US self-victimization.

Pixar movies are fine and all, but some of them have these little elements that bug the shit out of me, and it mostly has to do with how unnecessarily gung-ho capitalist they are in their subtext.

That Johnny Wurster Kid
did he ever find his burrow owl?

If it were any other band, I might be inclined to agree with you Mr. Oates, but the 1970 'let It Be Suffers comparatively from much better preceding albums and a crappy overblown Phil Spector production. 'I will dare' alone elevates the latter album in my opinion, though that may just be because I had to find it on my…

@staircar,

(spills monocle into champagne)

I've taken the habit of ignoring anything AS has to say, as it tends to be half somewhat informed argument that still missses the core of the situation, and half pissy insults.

Heh, the vet got rutted. Like a sheep.

All I remember about the early 00's is that that's when the US government (and Hollywood) did that excellent job of completely reversing the world's sympathy for you guys following 9/11, and made us all hate you. Again.

@HPC

So I heard someone wants a relationship?

Aww, that makes me feel bad Cookie Monster. Are you being serious, or are you just trying to trick a cookie out of me?

New Zealand: Property of Time Warner.

Didn't anybody catch the only explicit reference? White thinks he has a Malfoy/Spike vibe going on or something. Bonus points for it being a simultaneous Harry Potter ref.