Ohhhhhhhhhhhh farts.

Considering I almost went with Vertical Horizon there, apparently even I barely do, either.

This is the best Remy Zero joke I’ve heard all week.

No way. Trainspotting is huge for the druggy, British, hip, Bowie-fetishizing scene, but it’s still fairly niche, particularly in the US. Reality Bites was likely bigger in terms of soundtracks. And if you go outside of soundtracks, I’ve always said Bob Marley’s “Legend” was practically handed out to college freshmen.

“What’s in the box?!?!”

I’d say yeah, music isn’t all THAT universal. Unless you’re able to get something out of middle-eastern/Asian/African music rather than “boy, that sounds weird/foreign/exotic”.

Same season they’ve never made the cover of Rolling Stone. Not that that’s significant anymore, but the Jann Wenner and the Tastemakers (band name!) long ago decided DM don’t qualify. I’m a die hard fan, personally. Maybe when they finally are accepted they way Rush was.

I debate on that, myself. I think a lot of the guitar heroes like EVH still had to slog through classical training, scales, etc. to get where they are. To my mind, there’s no doubt that classical training is really the only route to true proficiency, and the guitar heroes are the ones who put in the time and slog…

I’m not even sure I understood that aspect from practicing piano—there weren’t any “middle 8's” in practicing along with Chopin or Scott Joplin—but things like meter, tempo, what key something was in, major and minor scales, and reading music were already second nature by the time I approached another instrument. I…

Regarding the practice thing: I started piano when I was 6, taking lessons from my grandma. Lessons were often followed by ice cream, or some other treat. I took well to it, but I’m sure I didn’t appreciate it nearly as much as I should have. “Forced” is a strong word, but I’m sure my parents had to cajole me into…

I thought her new outfit—complete with choker collar—was referencing her “Malice” days. The triplet standing behind her seemed to back up the idea she could be mind-controlled. FWIW, “Malice” Polaris is pretty much my Polaris.

It’s already out.

All I can say is, the commercials for this didn’t inspire confidence. Usually studios can cobble together all the best parts for a commercial. It might even be a decent movie, but when the commercials make it look bad—Batmans’s “I’m rich”, Aquaman’s “I can dig it”—there’s a problem.

Why would I enjoy this? Does anyone think Spencer was somehow embarrassed by this?

So one guy has five different friends who all do this, and didn’t notice or care that he happened to be filming them as they sat and ate, all so he could do “mush” to their plate at the exact moment they snap a pic?

Somehow, as I was reading/skimming through this thread, I got to your comment and first read it as, “It really should have been someone with a harder edge, like Nic Cage.” Now I want to see THAT version.

Yeah, well what about MUSIC trilogies? Judging by Bowie’s Berlin trilogy, it would seem to go from best to worst.

Legion might be up there as my favorite X-related production, movie or otherwise.

Ok, I’m in.

These are solid points. Maybe I’ll pick up some of this on second viewing. I’m still not sure we aren’t jumping through logical hoops to justify the movie’s premise, but I would like to enjoy it without thinking “this doesn’t make any sense!”