The Taxi Driver ending that Scorsese has gone on record as saying was not a fantasy/hallucination?

Considering how many people seem to be focused on the art vs. commerce angle, I think it WAS about more than what it "apparently" was about.

Don't get me wrong, those similarities are all there, but the only way to actually fool someone is if they're not paying attention in the first place. If anything they'd be asking "Hey, who cut out the other guitar part?" That descending chromatic line is the backbone of the actual melodic line from "Stairway…" The…

But a descending chromatic line is in so many other things. It's nice in "Taurus," but that is what it is; Page made the actual melodic line that is the big draw—at least as far as I'm concerned. And then the distance between the two songs gets much larger from there.

I liked him in Flu Season 2. "Someplace beautiful and warm and amazing where everyone's in great shape and the night sky is FULL OF STARS!" always tickles me.

I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! Let's do it!

They already addressed his weight loss at the start of last season when Ben was talking with Andy about it. "You just stopped drinking beer?!" "I drank a lot of beer."

Exactly what I was thinking.

IT'S REAL!

It's part of the charm.

Kate Botello.

Sure, "Ain't No Mountain" and "I Want You Back" have been used up one side and down the other, but where are you hearing "I'm Not In Love" or "Moonage Daydream" on repeat? There's also the souvenir factor; the songs were well-used in the film, and having that assembly gets some good recall for people. And finally, the…

I'd say the narrative and thematic issues of Ford returning trump even any beginning question of his acting ability or enthusiasm.

Oh, yeah, that actually would've been a better fit for the ending of the director's cut than "Don't Feed the Plants" as it stands, because the ending feels less like that of a cautionary tale and more like just a straight-up "Haha, the bad guy won!" sort of black comedy. I've also heard some suggest that, if it was…

Precisely. It's bad enough that "Skid Row (Downtown)" already has me wishing sometimes for its placement in a musical with at least a bittersweet ending, but the original film ending feels like it's from a different movie that had no investment whatsoever in Seymour as a character the audience cares about. The…