Would Harrison Ford have still been cast in Working Girl? Probably not. That's FAR from inconsequential.

And people think this is the darkest timeline!

I like my speculative history to be way more inconsequential like:
What if Clay Aiken beat Ruben Studdard?
What if Betamax won the home video wars?
What if Bennifer was never a thing?
See? Way more fun!

I've toured in the past, and didn't hate it as much as some do, but I could definitely see how it could become a dangerous spiral. I'll check that film out though, thanks!

I'm sure a lot of other musicians have mentioned this before, but it's something I've thought a lot about lately.
Performing live can be a terrifying experience, especially if you're predisposed to anxiety. Something that really helps is getting slightly drunk before going on stage. As the crowd gets bigger, so does…

One night, a zoo worker fell into a hippo pen and broke his leg. Soon, a hippo came from the water, grabbed him by the leg, and began to slowly drag him under. There were two locked, barred doors on either side of the pen, but the zoo worker had the only key that opened them both. As he was about to give up hope, he…

Living in the Puget Sound region, I can attest that Bezos won't be happy until the entire world is construction cranes, modern apartment high rises that look like cheap legos replacing all historic buildings, and housing that's only affordable if you're making 300% higher than the region's median income

Maybe this is a hipster answer, but, The Smile Sessions blow them both out of the water. It has all the Brian Wilson sweetness with the experimentation of Sgt Pepper. I feels genuinely like a 60's Pop Symphony.
But, between Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper, I can't choose. Sgt Pepper isn't my favorite Beatles album by a long…

Exactly. The whole point of that scene, which was transparent even to 6-year-olds, was to get you to stop by a McDonalds on the way home from the theater. Even if it wasn't transparent, the nausea from looking at those aliens for an hour pretty much destroys your appetite.

Yeah, I had the exact same experience. I remember being really insulted by the blatant product placement, even as a little kid. That dance party in McDonalds made me seriously angry.

I saw him on the Heathen tour (at least I think it was) at the Gorge. He was fantastic, playing stuff from every stage of his career, joking with the audience, and actually being really silly throughout. He even did a couple Elvis covers after telling the story of finding out Elvis had dies while he was participating…

I don't know, that song in Jabba's palace is the epitome of how ridiculous the SE versions can be. We go from a creepy underground den of murderous alien mobsters, which creates a perfectly fitting vibe of unease/disgust, to a goofy, mugging, cartoon character. It's a massive tonal shift that totally undermines the…

Eh, he pissed off and confused his most rabid fanbase, a lot of whom I've heard are somewhat nerdy and are prone to spending all waking hours on the internet (before that was normal). I'm not surprised there's years worth of anti-Lucas hysteria online.

I'm sure someone has made this point before but…
That SE scene with Jabba. Does anyone else think Lucas's explanation of that was complete bullshit? I don't believe he was planning to composite an alien creature over that guy in the fur coat. First of all, wouldn't the big fur coat make that more difficult? Seriously,…

Good question. I don't know. I know his portrayal matches the character pretty closely, so I assumed he had.

You're probably right. It was blocked that way, so unless Gambon talked the director into it, it probably wasn't his idea.

The director or the actor I'd assume. The line itself is the same as the book I think. It's something like "Harry, did you put your name in the Goblet of fire?" In the book, he's calmly asking, while the movie is all caps hair on fire panic.

They didn't skip King's Cross, no, but the scene was very different than the book. Dumbledore still seems cagey and mysterious, instead of the contrast of having him finally being open and vulnerable.

Totally agree. Although, it seems like they moved away from some of the book's scenes which were more in conflict with how Gambon was playing it. For example, I can't imagine the penetant, emotional Dumbledore from the King's Cross chapter played by Gambon.

I just finished the HP series, and man, Harris was just about perfect as Dumbledore. In the books he comes across as very playful, not taking himself or anything too seriously on the surface, until you realize he's just thought out everything and is calmly observing and planning. I would have loved to see how Harris…