I always thought the sheer variety of unrelated looking scenes from the Radioactive Man movie couldn’t possibly fit together into one film. Then I saw ‘Aquaman’.

My favourite part about that guy is the unnecessary meanness of, “I don’t recall saying good luck.”

Yep, this guy was my choice by a mile. He’s so entirely open and unapologetic about his actions. We should all aspire to be this guy.

Someone like Hank Scorpio or Frank Grimes immediately come to mind, but if you’re looking more for one-scene characters, I’ve always had a soft spot for Hugh Jass:

Simpson you diabolical...

This scene has not one, but two, of the greatest one-off characters of all time:

Angry, angry young man

Sugar Guy.

C’mon, it’s Hank Scorpio.

Well, now we see the result of years of helicopter parenting.

The best part of that Tom Hardy MMA movie Warrior was the choice to bookend the film with The National, ending with About Today. A beautiful move.

When masterpieces fall into our laps

I think there’s some kind of pattern to their music that your brain figures out. After that it just all suddenly makes sense.

Much as I love The National, I’ve struggled to get into ‘Sleep Well Beast’, apart from being mildly obsessed with “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness”. But I’m excited to read this; the reviewer is clearly a fan of their work and is still blown away by the new album.

The first album of theirs I heard was ‘Alligator’, which I loved straight away. Almost every album after that I started off thinking, “Eh, maybe they’ve lost it” for the first listen or two before it clicked and then I absolutely loved it. (Though ‘Sleep Well Beast’ still hasn’t quite gotten there yet.) Normally I’m a…

First time I listened to them I hated the music and today I’m a diehard fan.

They’re an acquired taste, but once it clicks, it clicks hard.

I have been a music nerd for quite a few years but for whatever reason The National never clicked with me so I ignored them for ages. Now out of curiosity I’m listening to Sleep Well Beast and this album absolutely rules. Have they always been this good and 15 year-old me was an idiot or did they just get this good…

This is accurate.

https://thehardtimes.net/music/divorced-friend-excited-to-see-the-national/

haven’t listened to it yet, but light years is one of the best songs they’ve ever written and hairpin turns is one of the worst.