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This is a bit out of the purview of "pop culture" but I love motorsports. Everything and almost anything, from IMSA to NASCAR (although less so in recent years) to F1 to MotoGP, vintage…

I assume they'll bring too much tuna…

Go pound on a car! ;-)

Ha!

"no 'How Deep is Your Love'?"

I'll need to stop the world to check…

Nine-year-old Gorplee's parents really liked that soundtrack, so there are several fond memories in that track list.

Might be too up-tempo…

I guess Katie's not a Red Wings fan, but when the Wings won one of those 90s Cups, whatever network was showing the Finals played Iris under the end-of-playoffs montage and it was great. The lyrics were surprisingly apropos.

"the plodding synths that make up the background of Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away"

If you could repeat that every three hours, it would really help.

I thought both of their performances were great as well.

In this case, ignorance is almost certainly bliss. I've said, "The book is better" regarding several properties, so I get how a poor adaptation could be disappointing/frustrating.

Certainly not knowing the source material made it easier to enjoy the movie.

Somewhere else in this discussion I alluded to the fact that I worked someplace where Top 40 was the only choice on the PA. I was not "enjoying" the every-three-hour rotation, just made all too aware of it.

"it's attacked for both being too accurate an adaptation and not being accurate enough"

How about people who work in a university bookstore, and who don't have the authority to change the station that plays over the PA?

Man, this song was really enjoyable at first. But then I realized radio played/plays the same song every three hours, and hearing it became so frustrating not only because I was tired of hearing it but the inevitability of it…knowing it was coming in three hours…ugh!

Perhaps the best thing that came from 300 is the South Park episode that spoofed it.