I'm not sure ODB is really crowd-friendly… It's pretty much my favorite song of his, but I can't even imagine how it would sound live or that people would receive it well.

https://youtu.be/p7CdJvSFBJ…

So I'm a huge fan of Gorillaz. The first three albums, nearly flawless, best of the new millennium, etc. I'm always iffy on them at first, though- usually like the single but am baffled by the rest of the songs and think they lack cohesion. Over time they grow on me, and of course come together.
This album was a MUCH…

With David Duke on the undercard.

To clarify, it absolutely is a tragedy. And I realize I may have come off almost as if "This murder is so played out. I only liked it before it went mainstream" or something of the like. I sympathize with her family, and what happened to her is terrible. But it's a cold case, and most child abuse goes neglected while…

I definitely posted too quickly and too strongly. Let me clarify: the death of a child is never trivial, nor is sexual abuse. I work with children regularly, and believe me when I say I see a lot of them suffering and do what I can to help with that particular societal ill.
There are several reasons I'm so frustrated…

It was not only fun, it was very fresh at the time. It was a sort of Cronenberg meets Del Toro sci-fi flick, with maybe a bit of Slither thrown in. It definitely has personality, and it was pretty positively received when it came out. I don't know if it did well financially, or why audiences seem to have both…

Smug scarecrow? More like "acrimonious vestigial Jay Leno clone".
Does no one else see this?

Ooooooor we like their music and are not pretending to "get it". Gorillaz are one of my favorite bands and have been since their first album- and I'm sure it's the same for a lot of people.
It's much more likely that you're projecting the "poseur" thing; is that something you would do?
And you know what, either way,…

I live in Boulder, where the JonBenet thing happened, and this shit needs to stop. It's been 20 fucking years, and the public need to get the fuck over it and start caring about crimes that can actually be solved and maybe be socially aware of shit.
Buying into this tabloid junk is part of what's wrong with our fucking…

Haven't seen it yet, no. I didn't even know the pilot was out. I'll get to watching that.
Still, I don't think The Tick's lane is to critique darkness in comics. It's to have silly, pun-filled, absurd adventures. I haven't read the earliest issues, so if they do indeed have a darker tone, that may be the case but it's…

Uh oh…
The last thing I want in The Tick is "realism". It's unabashedly silly, and has no room for darkness, or anything that takes away from the joyous madness.
If they mean superheroes doing taxes and having trouble with their supermobiles, that's fine.
But please no Marthas, prison violence, etc.

Thanks for the recommendation! I haven't seen Womb, but will put it on my list. I'd also count Splice as one of my favorites of the year, and a standout in the genre of sci-fi horror in general.
I'd recommend Spring to you, as well, since it's a great romantic/disturbing horror film in the vein of Splice.

Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/o2oZWpqtNi…

There are literally dozens of us!

Well, that's the obvious divergence of the comparison, but I still think it holds up.

Except for, like, 3 excellent Wes Anderson movies, The Brothers Bloom, and Splice and Dragon Blade (I don't think the last two are held in super high regard, but I LOVE them).

I love Michael Smiley. He and Wheatley make a great team.
I suppose my dream film might be a piece with Brendan Gleeson, Michael Smiley, and Cillian Murphy. It wouldn't even matter who was directing. Could be Uwe Boll, for all I care.

Sightseers was fantastic. I also love Kill List, which I'd probably consider his best film. High-Rise was good but not great (I'm a sucker for its Gilliam-esque moments), and A Field In England is both masterful and very, very strange and hard to parse.
I've not seen Down Terrace, but it looks fantastic. The trailer…

If I were to compare the cinematography in Field to anything, I'd say it's similar to Wes Anderson's style (hear me out). It uses a lot of very deliberately composed shots, mostly stationary camera, and when it does move it's slowly. It also has some similarities to theater, in some ways, such as the tableau vivant…