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"Pilot of the Airwaves"
Terry Carter 1928 - 2024
January 1982
Why is he working for the Astros???
10 ways Calvin and Hobbes has aged poorly
Cool vs Uncool
THE FIRM: 17 songs ranked best to least best!
The arena scene was simply padding
Seth MacFarlane producing?
KOWALSKI action figures!
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Fully agree with all your points.
One exception: I enjoyed Dial of Destiny!
For all the credit Jeff Lynne rightly receives for being ELO's writer/producer/singer and guitar player, none of those big hits/classic albums would have been the same without the amazing keyboard work of Richard Tandy. Unless I'm mistaken, Tandy played on every ELO album except for the first, and some of the recent "Jeff Lynne's ELO" albums.
Are people STILL trying to bury this movie? It's actually pretty good, and was only financially unsuccessful for 2 reasons:
1) They spent too much money making it.
2) Unlike James Bond, younger generations are not as interested in the character. Just by looking around the movie theater where I first saw it, I could tell most of the audience had seen the original trilogy in theaters as well.
Sadly, in today's world, obnoxious is explained away as "honest and confident".
This is why everyone wants to come to the USA!
Escape from New York: a "world you find comfortable to live in, no matter how hostile it can be"?????
Escape from L.A.: a "much superior sequel"?????
Are you John Carpenter's publicist?
Without his minions or a gun, the Duke is all talk, no action.
They see the terrorists as "underdogs", and rooting for "underdogs" is the fastest way to assuage personal guilt.
The Doors: "LA Woman":
"Mr Mojo Risin" is an anagram of singer Jim Morrison's name!
Can you believe this lost Best Picture of 1999 to American Beauty?
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