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#151 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 94 weeks ago
Tammy Sytch sentenced to 17 years in prison for that DWI crash.
She has a sad story... although much of it brought on by herself.
#152 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 94 weeks ago
The Leak sounds better than the rip of the radio.. hope the rip is bad quality.. it sounds too low
I noticed this too while blaring it on my home stereo. The leak is much louder.
#153 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 94 weeks ago
dave-gnfnr wrote:The funny thing is the part that needed to be fixed was the horrible mix of the chorus and they didnt touch that part, they just moved up the strings and duffs bass in the mix.
If this is Caram, he is such a hack.Dude, it’s Axl. He likes this stuff
Does he have hearing loss so all these mixes sound acceptable to him?
Or was it more about preferring a yes man over someone who knows what they are doing?
Even when a song is good...it has to suffer.
#154 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 94 weeks ago
The funny thing is the part that needed to be fixed was the horrible mix of the chorus and they didnt touch that part, they just moved up the strings and duffs bass in the mix.
If this is Caram, he is such a hack.
Yep. Listening to it for the second time now. It's exactly the same..not as loud as the leak and as you pointed out, the bass sounds a tad higher in the mix.
I'd like to hear an early version of this song. The vocals are probably exactly the same though.
#155 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 94 weeks ago
The General was played on radio in Japan sounds much the same as the leak, maybe strings are a bit higher but haven't had chance to listen with earphones yet so hard to tell. Not the best rip tbf
Sounds the same? This is insane although honestly not surprising. The production/mixing on all these 'new' songs is mediocre at best.
I wasn't expecting a different version obviously but was hoping the leak was intentionally degraded like they usually are and the released version would be much higher quality.
#156 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best films of the 1970s » 94 weeks ago
On the other hand - they start to depict a world that doesn't exist anymore
I say it every time I watch an old movie.. especially if there's someone watching with me...
This isn't even the same world anymore!
It kinda creeps me out sometimes....it's like the world stepped into an alternate timeline/universe and we just get old documents/archives of what the world is really supposed to be.
I first started noticing it 10-15 years ago. I can watch a movie filmed in Frisco like Foul Play, Dirty Harry, or Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and the Frisco of the 20th century does not feel like the Frisco of today.
Also for cultural significance almost went with All the President's Men but the fact that they don't mention at the end that Nixon re-signed /impeached etc. bugs me a lot.
It's almost a perfect film...until it's time to wrap it up. They condense a bunch of stuff into the final two minutes... ridiculous. Like you point out, they left crucial things out.
Marathon Man
Such an amazing film. It's probably Hoffman's best.
I really wish they could find all the lost footage and release a directors cut. Roy Scheider's character has a more prominent role, his assassination more graphic, and of course the uncut version of the torture scene.
I hate how filmmakers/studios back then didn't realize how valuable extra/cut footage would be further down the line.
This even impacted the Friday the 13th series. Part 7 was initially really graphic...they cut a bunch for the censors, and now we'll never get to see the original vision. A few shit quality scenes survive from a degraded work print but it's not good enough to include in the film.
Also almost put Black Christmas on there because it works as both a slasher and sort of a psycho character examintion.
THE perfect slasher...only slasher truly deserving of being on a greatest films ever made list. Should've made it to the Oscars...
Best Picture nom...knock out Lenny or Towering Inferno.
Best Director nom...knock out Fosse or maybe Cassavetes.
Best Supporting actress nom...knock out Talia Shire. Margot Kidder as the drunk sorority girl blows her away.
Deserved not just a nom but the Oscar for best cinematography.
Unfortunately horror...more specifically slashers...have never been respected by the industry.
Everyone including slasher fanatics like to credit Halloween with starting the slasher craze and that it's the creme de la creme of slashers. Bullshit...it's Black Christmas. Halloween is just Carpenter taking Clark's idea for a sequel he had no plans of doing (Halloween setting) and actually showing the killer.
Obligatory they don't make movies like that anymore and never will.
Yeah...it's sad when you realize all the best films that will ever be made reside in the past.
We all took it for granted back in the day. If I could go back, I would've went to the theaters and drive ins a hell of a lot more than I did. I went quite a bit... especially during certain years...but not enough.
#157 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 94 weeks ago
I'll have to check that out...Fincher one of my all time favorites.
12 Angry Men (1997) - Great film. An all star cast .. including Gandolfini right before The Sopranos. Great chemistry. Should've swept the Golden Globes and other awards shows. This might be the best made for TV movie ever.
While it's a drama...it's really a comedy drama. I laughed every few minutes at their bitching/yelling.
Love how the story plays out...it's all about the jury...the criminal and anything else irrelevant.
I need to watch the original from the 1950s.
Both are on Tubi.
Room 237 - Documentary on the making of The Shining that focuses on the hidden meanings and conspiracies...way too much time spent on the Indian stuff along with the Apollo conspiracy.
It just made me want to watch The Shining again.
#158 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best films of the 1970s » 94 weeks ago
now it feels a bit dated
A lot of 20th century film/TV is starting to look/feel dated due to the glossy, shiny look of HD/4k today. I can't stand how new movies look...they have an artificial feel to them.
I need to watch Taxi Driver again...never really liked it all that much. Haven't watched it in decades.
Manhatten
Annie Hall
Almost made my list... especially Manhattan. Might be his best film... although Broadway Danny Rose is right up there with it.
Also need to watch The Deer Hunter.
#159 Re: Guns N' Roses » Better Video » 94 weeks ago
I think the 2002 line up was just not the group to do AFD and UYI hits, but they needed to do them because they were GNR.
The only reason they needed to do them is because Axl was incapable of moving on from 87-93 even though he claimed otherwise.
All that was required in a 2000s set list other than new material is the following....
Jungle
SCOM
PC
NR
Throw in KOHD and LALD as the live staples.
SIX songs...maybe 7 as you'd probably include YCBM.
That's all a casual crowd needs from 87-93 in a world where GNR is supposedly moving forward.
We got the exact opposite instead...a small handful of new songs while he was almost doing AFD in its entirety (10 songs).
Those 2001-2 set lists are even worse in hindsight.... telling us fans to get over the past while the set list is 95% old and he talks about the old band onstage.
Buckethead hated it. It's a miracle he didn't walk away in 2001.
#160 Re: Guns N' Roses » AXL SUED FOR RAPE » 94 weeks ago
Same story as Erin and Stephanie….he was a pretty sick dude then. It is what it is. He put the work in to try to get better and by most measures he is light years better
Yep...none of this is surprising. It's been his MO going back decades. As pointed out, it's not even new.. it's shit we heard about in our youth.
I don't think it's going to do much damage. It'll go away quickly whether settled or not. GNR just aren't big enough anymore for the whole world to care and make it some massive story that won't go away.
If GNR were going to get canceled for anything, it would've been over One In A Million, Used To Love Her, or one of the crazy Erin/Steph stories years ago.
