Big part of me still regrets not seeing the tour of, I believe, Slayer, Danzig and Soundgarden in around '88 in Phoenix. I was a fan of all three, but was afraid of all the Slayer fans. At that time they were known to be pretty nuts, and wore those huge spiked armbands. At least, this is what I feared. I was about 6'3…

I think that's been more or less accepted for about 20 years now

Balderdash!
*takes giant swing, misses completely, spins around and falls down open manhole cover to the sound of "One Hit to the Body. Studio audience laughs**

That's my understanding, but they've done a somewhat different take on the character, haven't they? Plus, it's a character that was allowed to develop over a number of episodes. In movies, they have to be fully formed, for the most part, and that's not too easy to do.

Yep. I'd guess, sooner than later, we are going to see a sharp downgrade in the number of active musical artists who, financially, will just not be able to justify the expense anymore. I read so many people that dismiss these concerns with "well, they make all their money touring anyway", in regards to pirating, etc.,…

That sounds about right to me, as well. Too bad, Skull was always a favorite Marvel villain of mine, and I thought he did a good job. I suppose they could just recast it, if they are so inclined. They should be so inclined.

There's a lot of the same crossover titles, in films, although I feel like the catalog on Amazon is a bit better (depending on what you are looking for). HBO shows does give Amazon a step up, although I think that Netflix has, generally, produced more interesting original content.

That's a good list. I wonder if part of the issue for some of the rogues galleries is that, set in a modern day environment, the studios feel like many of the characters would be more of a "sore thumb", i.e. not "realistic" or something. I think that of, say, Penguin or Scorpion, who had distinctive costumes that they…

Yeah, don't get me wrong, I value older records as much as new ones, but a lot of the RSD stuff just seemed like gimmicks.
As to the other points, I just don't see what the answer is anymore. In all forms, films and music in particular, anything that isn't part of the basic formula or produced my a multi-national is…

Totally agree. Both studios seem hell-bent on only using the same small handful of villains (Joker, Luthor, GG. Loki), instead of going a bit deeper into the bag. More importantly, when they do look past the front row, they tend to fuck it up (like Electro in that awful last Spiderman). To Nolan's credit, they did use…

He's gotta film 37 Redbox titles by the end of next week

Sure, I'm not against the idea. Being a comic book property, particularly this one, they don't really have to shell out for any major names, since the title will sell itself (even those dreary A Garfield ones made money). Just a little surprising, anyway.

Sounds like they are going lower budget on this, at least judging by the casting choices (nothing against the actors, at least the couple that I know, but not exactly star-studded). Maybe get Tom Sizemore to play the Green Goblin?

I was hoping they'd cast a kangaroo, tbh

I think it's also a realization that Angus Young is, and always has been, the real star of AC/DC. Bon Scott was a tremendous front man, but he died a long, long time ago and they're still popular. Johnson was an affable presence, but a screamer, and nothing more. The riff is king with AC/DC.

Yeah, I'm guessing they were kind of scrambling for somebody to fill the spot, and since Axl is more high profile again, and willing to take the slot, they jumped on it. It's not really the same comparison, but I remember many years back when the Pogues, with McGowan out of it for his usual reasons, had Joe Strummer…

He was in the House, at the time, but yes he did vote for it, and ran in 2006 for the Senate by highlighting it as showing he was "tough on crime".

Yeah, I caught a couple of those on youtube a few weeks back in my first archaeological dig. I was able to appreciate one of the Stew Lee ones more after seeing some of the "Richard Not Judy" shows, since it was with two of the other cast members. I think I saw one with David Mitchell, as well, which was ok. I'm…

Yeah, I think, on a certain level (and as someone who still has a couple of friends who work in Denver's only functioning record store), I like RSD, but as an introduction to newer, more vital artists it's a disaster. It's just a lot of boutique item crap which is way overpriced for the collector's market, and 80…

I love "The Big Cube", but you have to remember for a movie like that, it was entirely a cheap exploitation movie of the moment (and also meant as a "warning"), and nothing more. Pure drive-in fodder. It's like the movie "Psych-Out", which was a Dick Clark production in 1968 will all the requisite hippy signposts and…