Movies that make you feel sad have been popular for about 80 years, so a I don't think that "art that provokes emotions other than fun" is really the kind of thing you can call a fad.

If David Cage stopped things just because other people did them better, he'd never do anything at all.

You seen Villeneuve's movie Enemy, by any chance?

It's in the story about the political meeting, so most people just skip it.

Yeah, but the fact that wizards keep slaves and almost everyone's just okay with it is pretty disconcerting.

I just don't know why Rowling would look at everything she's done as a writer and then think, "yes, coherent and consistent worldbuilding. That is what I'll double down on."

Well, said Ron, at least I'm not a hideous fucker.

Yep, Bowie was inspired by "New York Mining Disaster 1941." The structure and style is very similar: stripped-down acoustic verses, lush orchestrated chorus, and lyrics about a man trapped in an enclosed space after an accident, hoping that his wife remembers him. A few people who worked with Bowie at the time said…

The anti-Bee Gees backlash is asinine. They inspired "Space Oddity;" that alone earns them a place in rock royalty.

Since it's not on your list, I'm gonna toss out one of the other big obvious names: mothafuckin' Deadwood. Just a masterpiece of a show with maybe the best ensemble cast in TV history, plus it's got a younger, stiffer, more perpetually-enraged Timothy
Oliphant.

I don't really see that as being the case. Most of the movie is a dream, and it's pretty easily to line up where the dream connects to reality, what parts are pure fantasy, and what "really" happened. When I first saw it, I didn't get everything, but on reading some analyses I feel like I picked up 80-90% on my first…

Yeah, I love that Macready and Childs never really like each other, even as their respect grows, and that it doesn't seem anyone likes Macready that much. They all have professional working relationships, but there's no deep emotional bonds— which makes it that much easier for the thing to slip into the group.

I didn't either, until I was in my hometown and the radio played an ad for a Dawes concert that used the phrase "that sweet Laurel Canyon sound" verbatim. I couldn't stop laughing.

Howdy, pardner.

He's weirdly charming in it for sure.

According to a deleted scene, it's the overwhelming cacophony of suffering and cruelty that he must shout out in order to continue existing in this heartless world.

Thanks for this— I really dig the film and it's nice to see more people stick up for it. I'd think a hateful and ugly film about how America is a racist swamp built on exploitation and selfishness, from which we must drag the merest illusion of justice and progress, would resonate more wth people, but eh, whatcha…

Yeah, I've got a friend who's vastly better than me at Smash, but we can still hang out and have fun without me being totally outclassed, because I know HOW to do everything he's doing.

That's not so impressive. Thatcher spends every day burning now.

Couldn't be worse.