To me it's not implausible that he just wasn't fully committed, and likely held out some hope that talking with Trey might provide some resolution.

Oh my goodness that scene with Daniel and Tawney just tore me up.

I still can't believe that Will Smith as Muhammad Ali even happened.

Going against the point of the original is… the point of Stallone franchises. (And many other franchises; cf. Die Hard…) Before he became a ridiculous superhero who can kill entire armies with his pinky finger, Rambo was originally just a misunderstood, damaged vet.

That would be a better observation if Rocky, Creed and Lang were real people who all just happened to be of certain races. But they aren't. Their whiteness and blackness were chosen.
In real life, all the best American boxers have been black for quite some time.

Ah, ok.

For me it's Lynch, Aronofsky, Scorsese, and back in the day, Kurosawa and Kubrick.

Also while Django watched. And I don't remember much indication that it particularly affected him.

There's certainly persuasion/coercion/manipulation there. Whether one calls it "rapey" or just "the fine old art of seduction" is pretty well a matter of interpretation. I'd add that your post was just as interpretive as what the "modern people" you referred to are doing.

I was reacting to your use of "spell out," as if you were only talking about writing. I'm sure this was unnecessary on my part; I have a strong, visceral reaction against these neologisms.

Every time you're doing what, writing academic essays about taking pictures of yourself?

If I make it to any of the showings, it will likely be in KC.

Some criticisms of him are valid, but I don't think yours is. He does sometimes take a "what you can do to help fix this" approach. And even when he doesn't, it isn't just negativity for someone to point out problems. Sometimes the "what you can do" angle is better avoided, because it simplifies situations to the…

I routinely see comments like that online, but haven't heard them spoken out loud.

Jourgensen's very entertaining on that period in his book.

His experimental audio stuff is a lot of fun. Break Through In Grey Room's a classic disc, and the longer collection from a few years ago, Real English Tea Made Here. I'll throw either of them on any time.

Yow! Oh well. I'll be happy to get to acquaint myself with it.

"Baby, It's Cold outside (except that one date rapey lyric?"
So, the whole song…?

Fisk is more important than ever—he deserves every shout-out, accolade and review he can get.

This is finally coming out? That's great! i've wanted to see this movie for ages.