I prefer Destiny's Child to any of the solo Beyonce stuff, and I always thought Kelly Rowland was the most talented of the three. So there you go.

This reminds me of the teaser trailers for both Temple of Doom and Last Crusade that I saw in theatres in the respective years before their releases.

Although I never saw an actual trailer, I remember that my local theater had a "Revenge of the Jedi - coming soon" card in the slides that were projected between screenings. They still showed it for a little while after the title of the film was officially changed. I should've asked them if I could have it!

That is exactly what I started doing after that. Not that it happened often, but if anyone tried to make change more than once, I would just close the drawer and say, "One time only. Store policy."

A guy tried conning me once when I was a cashier…the old, "gimme two fives for a ten — actually, on second thought, give me the ten back, here's twenty," etc. The idea being to confuse you by continuously exchanging bills until you end up giving them back more money than they gave you.

Maybe it wasn't radiation at all. Maybe he grabbed what he thought was a package of Hydrox, and stuffed it in his mouth…only to find out too late that it was really a package of hydroxizine. The overdose dulled his speech and rid him of all anxieties, but caused an obsessive-compulsive relationship with cookies.

After reading this dialogue, I am now theorizing that Cookie Monster was once a regular guy who suffered an overdose of Gamma radiation.

YES, thank you for highlighting this outstanding little film. I first saw it in the 90's at a bookshop here in L.A. that used to screen 16mm films every week. What a nice, detailed article about a great but little-known prison film. LOVED the direction & cinematography, it was so incredibly evocative.

I was kinda-sorta the same way. I grew up listening to Rock because that's what my family listened to, but I never thought it was "for me". When my sister bought a Kraftwerk album, it was like a revelation. But in contrast to teenage you, I think I was more tolerant of New Wave bands that used "real" instruments…

Rick Dees' wife (Julie Dees) was still doing her satirical character "Groanand Bearit" on Dees' show in the mid-80's, which was a while after Barrett's fame had faded.

Yet I think Gary Numan is one of those synth artists whose work stands the test of time a little more because he used an actual rhythm section instead of just drum machines. Hell, he used drums and percussion.

Thanks for the Paul Steel rec, I'll check it out!

Spilt Milk was everything to me. The writing, the production, the arrangements…holy crap what a brilliant album.

Sorry I'm late!

I experienced the Z Channel when I was a boy. My dad was dating a woman who lived in the Hollywood Hills, and she was a Z Channel subscriber. It was just like you've (probably) heard: A cable TV version of an independent cinema that showed whatever it wanted (or could afford to license).

I'd go with Zodiac in terms of recent films. It's not the violent content that makes it "adult", it's the fact that all of the characters had to face-up to a chilling new reality that the case brought to their lives. And they all handled it differently, with Avery (RDJ) committing to the bottle, Graysmith…

That's something else that got lost in the story: the power the sponsors had over the programs.

I saw that for the first time in the late 1980's, at a time when Belushi was the only deceased cast member, and it was kind of intense.

It's my understanding that the Extended Edition scenes were all scripted & shot during the original production, and rough versions of the tidal wave VFX were done. Then, either Cameron or the studio chopped the whole war escalation plotline due to the whole collapse-of-the-Soviet-Union thing making it seem dated. …

So what you're saying is that both of these movies ripped-off Kaena: The Prophecy [2003].