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#191 Re: Guns N' Roses » If GNR releases nothing in 2023, is this the end for you? » 109 weeks ago
Just let em push tacky shirts and scented candles to the casuals until they run out of road.
It's probably why they want Hard School out of the way....gotta make room for more shitty merch.
Problem here is that if they are bleeding casuals no one is buying that half assed merchandise. All I can say is that Izzy lucked out when they got too greedy and left him out of the reunion.
#192 Re: Guns N' Roses » How do you feel about CD potentially being the last GNR album? » 109 weeks ago
Unfortunately....I do believe now it's their last album....other than a compilation or another box set.
They clearly have no desire to record or release new material.... crystal clear....so I will no longer pretend some sort of forward movement is on the horizon.
Had there been any desire to do something....they wouldn't have waited until year seven of the reunion shindig to get it going.
It barely counts as a GNR album anyways. It's already slipping through the cracks of time and 87-93 is really all that matters when you get down to brass tacks.
As I've said before....the CD saga now just feels like a long con and a bait and switch.
I wouldn't mind it as much if it were the real CD not the hacked up final "version" we got in 2008. If they released some deluxe version (lol yeah right) with the Beaven mixes or whatever different cuts along with some reworked versions with Slash and Duff I'd be fine with it.
You've mentioned this or come close to it regarding, everything we thought we knew or assumed as "hurdles" in releasing this thing was just incompetent management and just Axl not giving a shit at some point say past 2003 or 2004 (maybe before that).
#193 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 109 weeks ago
Maybe that's why The Eiger Sanction is so wacky. It's a beautiful film... especially the training scenes....but there's something missing.
Watch that film...and then imagine how it would be if Tom Cruise remade it.
On the other hand...there's something unique about a more realistic approach to assassinations on a mountain. Yes it lacks action...but you can picture it happening.
If Tom Cruise is on that mountain, we get an over choreographed fight sequence and him jumping off the peak with no parachute...
I'm gonna have to watch it again.
The training parts are some my favorite scenes in that movie. They are like in Arizona and he's training and chasing some hot chick who is in fatigues. I think she ended up being his love interest in the film.
There's something about the realism of films in the 70s and 80s that resonates with us more (we are all around the same age group) than the slick shit that has taken over modern cinema. It totally sucks me out of the film when they do that choreagraphed stuff.
I often wonder if a different ending would have been better. It's kind of a deflater for me. I'm totally into like maybe the first 30-40 mins then it just loses me. But the concept itself, especially in the 70s, and this isn't some James Bond stuff, is really intriguing. I think the Killer Elite with James Caan might be similar but it suffers from bloat too and is also overlong.
There are independent movies out there. Usually art movies, horror and comedies. Clint Eastwood is the only guy I know who makes "Hollywood movies". That's why I love stuff like Absolute Power so much. On the surface it looks like your typical thriller, but you notice the little quirks and lack of production values that reveal it as an independent effort. There is purity in Clint's approach. Where Hollywood tries to make a movie yes, at least back then, they are a machine with committees and agendas. All of that tend to interfere in the process. With Clint it's just Clint making the decisions. Kinda like how De Palma tries to make a better Hitchcok movie, Clint tries to make a better Hollywood movie. And when he succeeds the result is really good.
I have to rewatch Absolute Power because I read the book and really liked it. The movie was kind of long and had some dead spots like Lofton noted. It didn't help that I enjoyed the Wesley Snipes film, Murder at 1600 which dealt with a similar plot.
Anyway, yeah with Clint you can always tell there are some "independent touches" there that set it apart. Yeah, it's Hollywood but it's not cookie cutter shit that bores. Mystic River is another really good film that doesn't get mentioned.
I don't think that Depalma should get compared to Hitchcock anyway. His films are easier to get into, and I've seen a TON of Hitchcock films. Plus there's always fun watching how he uses the camera. That one scene from Dressed to Kill has been copied a bunch of times (most notably Basic Instinct). One of my favorite modern De Palma's is Femme Fatale. Just a beautiful film. I even enjoyed the last one he made . I mean it wasn't prime De Palma but it was still fun and watchable.
#194 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 110 weeks ago
The Black Phone - Finally got around to watching this. Pretty damn good...a different spin on the genre. Considering the fact it revolves around getting phone calls from dead kids, I think it was a bit much to have the young sister have dreams/visions.
Please don't do a sequel to this. Completely unnecessary.
I didn't mind that little contrivance. I thought they should have gave the killer's brother a little more time though. It does nail the late 70s vibe pretty good, I think it's set in 78 but might be wrong.
Donnie Darko. I've never seen this before. And it turns out to be pretty interesting. I did find the time travel stuff kind of distracting and maybe uneccesary. I have no idea what to think about the ending. Probably requires a second viewing. I watched the 113 min theatrical cut.
#195 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2023 Tour Dates » 110 weeks ago
https://www.ticketmaster.com/guns-n-ros … ist/735218
I didn't check every venue but at several it's so empty.....you can buy blocks of 8 tickets in the row of your choice.
If one of these shows were today, it'd be verging on a private concert.
Next tour will probably be residencies and festivals.
I looked at these for shits and giggles. One of the few that is pretty sold out is St. Louis. Which is kinda funny since it's where the infamous riot took place.
But yeah, there are a lot of empty patches on some of the August dates, when this thing is starting.
They were insane for not doing anniversary tours in 2017 and 2021.
Fans love these types of tours...many major acts have done them the past 10+ years.
It's possible they initially wanted to but since they are unable to be less than a year late on their anniversaries, can't market the tour as an anniversary.
When you get down to brass tacks...the level of incompetence is astounding.
Preaching to the choir here but, this is why you hire an ACTUAL manager who knows and can capitalize on these things instead of family members who know jackshit about managing.
#196 Re: Guns N' Roses » If GNR releases nothing in 2023, is this the end for you? » 111 weeks ago
In retrospect, they have been doing everything for a while now for money. Yeah, I know all musicians do this. CD release, you can't tell me a big portion of it wasn't to clear out the debts accumulated by Axl on recording that album. On mygnr a while back, someone was going over financials and at some point, they had to tour to raise cash for something/or just needed the money. This was before Slash/Duff returned and was in the 2000s sometime.
Slash and Duff returned purely for the money and in search of the money they lost when they left the partnership in the late 90s. They haven't been "artists" at least in GNR for a long time. The only way we are getting new music if it someone leaks something. And that's pretty sad. Also explains, how Slash/Duff deal with the clown show GNR management. They don't care as long as the money keeps on rolling in. When they do the solo stuff, they use their own managers (ie actual professionals).
#197 Re: Guns N' Roses » Billboard Top 25 Rock Albums this week » 111 weeks ago
This is true....and it's a scary thought.
I talk about this every now and then... we're already seeing it start to happen.
Even the Beatles.... literally the biggest band in history...while still popular....are fading in relevance.
In the 2020s and beyond...the biggest Beatles song is Here Comes the Sun.
That's like an Izzy or Duff song becoming the #1 GNR song in 20 years.
Frank Sinatra is essentially already on the ash heap of history....and he's one of the biggest icons of the 20th century.
The Rat Pack?!?.... shit....most people can't even remember the Brat Pack and that happened 20 years later!
Once the generations that experienced something are dead....only a small fraction of their culture will remain....and the fact we've been documenting so much of it since the invention of TV, film, photographs, etc doesn't change this fact.
It'll all rot in an archive or like a ton of stuff from the film studios... simply be tossed in the trash.
Another example is the internet. Remember how they told us ALL of this stuff would be permanently archived...and what you say on the internet stays forever?!?
BULLSHIT.
Anyone remember all the forums, newsgroups, chat rooms, and websites you were a member of in the 1990s and 2000s?
Go take a look at em....they're gone.
Yeah there's a handful on the internet archive (Way back Machine) but in most cases, it's just the front page or main index. The actual content doesn't exist.
15 years ago Myspace was what Facebook and Instagram are in today's culture. A massive community.... social media, music, forums...
Go take a look now.....
All of that content....GONE.
Just imagine how much of our history has slipped through the cracks of time. For every Shakespeare there's probably ten just as good or better that no one will know that they existed.
Imagine all the ancient history lost.
I believe that some of these things like love of music are passed on through generations. It's just not happening with this current group. I have two nephews who are around teenage level. All they give a shit about is video games as far as popular culture goes. No,wait they like whatever shit is on Disney/Marvel and whatever's popular(and modern). But as far as actual rock music, I could talk to them about it and they'd go blank and glaze pretty quickly.
I shudder to think how bad it will be in the next 10 years when some of these guys (movies and music) die off. There's no one to carry on the torch. It will never be the same and the trends that you see now will either remain or get worse.
#198 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 111 weeks ago
The Last Matinee. Horror/slasher film from Uruguay. Proof that not all bad modern films come from the USA. This one bored the shit out of me. Quite a feat considering it's run time is only roughly 80 mins long. All style and no substance. I mean it LOOKS GOOD. The problem here is that there weren't enough characters to kill here. I know that sounds odd. But some of the kills are spaced out. Well and in between that you get these scenes of banal conversation. If you're going to set this in a theater/cinema , you'd better go for the gonzo/full chaos/pandemonium (like Demons) or make me give a shit about some of the characters. This did neither.
As I grow older, I realize that these are the types of movies that annoy me the most. The ones that are truly boring. At least with a bad movie, it evokes some sort of emotion. This one I was checking how long was left in the movie every 5-10 mins it seemed.
#199 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 111 weeks ago
Is there anyway to remove or recall Diane Feinstein? She's obviously not fit to be a Senator anymore. She's taking hits from the left now.
I did get a good laugh when female Democratic senators thought people were being sexist with calls for Feinstein's removal. It has nothing to do with that.
#200 Re: Guns N' Roses » Billboard Top 25 Rock Albums this week » 111 weeks ago
Yikes. Most of these are from bands who had their heyday 20 years ago or longer.
