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I still have fun with TLJ, but only when I watch it on mute. Thankfully, an official music-only version of it exists.

1.AFD box set

2.The new songs

3.UYI box set

I’ve enjoyed it all, though.

Eh, ive said before that, in hindsight, TFA “ruined” the ST from the start by doing nothing but nostalgia and mystery boxes. TLJ at least tried to make something new/ substantial out of it all.

That said, TFA is much easier/funner to rewatch than TLJ, and made a better first impression than either TLJ or TRoS. Like I said a few posts ago, most of the dialogue in TLJ is awful, whereas the dialogue in the abrams films is not so bad.

Abrams and Johnson have different strengths and weaknesses, and it shows.

As I’ve said awhile back, all this constant discourse around sw is making me think I might not go see the TRoS continuation. On the other hand, sw is like the closet thing we have to a modern mythology. It almost feels important to go see them (especially the main ones). Which is weird, considering how silly they all are (yes, even ESB).

@ZoSoRoseyou can add me to the list of 7 people that mostly likes TLJ.

I just thought of something:

The catman avatar looks like Eric and Peter “molded” together… maybe it’s cause they still intend to have the catman sing Beth, Black Diamond, etc.? And therefore think it makes more sense to have it look like Peter since they’ll likely be using the actual album recordings for these shows?

@downzyi agree with your two rankings at the bottom there. Literally the only thing the PT has going for it is that I saw it as a kid and it was my entry to SW. I guess you can also say it’s the trilogy where Lucas got to express himself creatively the most.

I like a lot of the thematic ideas that TLJ had, but the dialogue in that movie is dreadful. The Abrams ones make a better first impression and are easier to watch, but when you start to think about them enough, you realize that both movies are basically just nostalgia and mystery boxes.

As you said, each trilogy/film has unique pros and cons.

If the rumors are true that slash is gonna do an all-star tour in vein of blue’s ball, then I’ll definitely be first in line to see it.

12 hours ago, downzy said:

He's insufferable through most if it.  I get that one of the two marquee robots had to talk, but they gave C-3PO a grating personality.

Honestly, the older I get the less I like the original trilogy.  Empire is a fantastic film for a variety of reasons, but even within it and every other OT film there are some less than enjoyable aspects.  I feel like the OT was big on ideas, maybe not so great on execution.  For me, the prequels had neither (dumb ideas, bad execution).  The sequel trilogy is the closest the series as come to having decent execution, but middling ideas.

Really wish they'd just re-do the whole thing.  It's a great universe and there's so much potential to do it right.  Draw inspiration from the nine-film anthology but make the whole thing make sense.  It's a shame that more people can't be objective about the series as a whole and support reworking the entire thing. 

I make this same rant every six months or so...  So I'll see you all in six months to make the same point.     

I think you make a good point as to why I don’t hate the ST as much as everyone else does. For me, execution is a very important part of movies. And yes, the ST has a “cheat” in that it had the access to the most money and modern movie-making tech, but still. Abrams and Johnson, for all their flaws, know how to make beautiful-looking movies with tight editing and great camera work.

I used to think that my enjoyment of the ST was a result of recency bias, as well as being too hyped from it between when it was announced (2012) and when it started (2015), and therefore letting the hype “get to me.” But now I think I actually like it for more objective reasons.

It also helps that 3po is not in the PT or ST as much as he’s in the OT. The only PT film he plays a big part in is AotC, but his slapstick in that one is so bad that it’s almost good (in that at least you can laugh along with just how bad it is). The only ST film he plays a big part in is TRoS, and at least he has somewhat of an arc in that one and isn’t just cowering or bitching the whole time.

EDIT: for the record, I’m not saying that the ST is better than the PT/OT, just that certain aspects of it are. Also, despite my moderate enjoyment of the ST, I’m continuing to feel less excited for the next sequel. The writer/director choices are strange, and the premise of simply “rebuilding the Jedi order” sounds boring. The fact that Rey supposedly waited 15 years to do so makes it even stranger. Would love to be proven wrong, though. I’ll probably go see it alone (so that I can judge the movie as is and not have to deal with friends screaming in my ear about why I should hate it the moment the credits roll).

I’ll probably go see this hologram/AI show if they bring it out on tour, just to see what it’s like.

If it’s all gonna be in one spot though like abba then no, fuck it.

2 hours ago, ZoSoRose said:

KISS is a joke, always has been. That being said, 1 of the times I saw them was genuinely a fantastic concert. The other 2 shows were fun, too. I’m not big on the AI thing, but if any band can do this kind of thing and make it entertaining, it’s them. It’s cringey now, but who knows what the final show will be like. As a Vegas novelty, I can see it being a tech extravaganza.

Cannot believe they didn’t cough up for Ace and Peter’s likenesses. Wtf 

Best singer in the group, though. Black Diamond is their best song imo

I think the reason they still used Tommy and Eric for the motion capture was so that those guys could still get some royalties for this. Ace and Peter are gonna get royalties for the songs and makeup designs still anyways. I can see Paul and Gene still wanting to throw Tommy and Eric a bone.

They’re marathoning all the sw movies this weekend on tv… I never noticed just how annoying C-3PO is (particularly in ESB and RotJ).

1 hour ago, DeNfr said:

I find it pretty amazing, perfect for a band like Kiss really, at that point, who cares who's behind the make up, it's like its own entity, the music is there, tons of albums, the technology is there too, so no problem to me, they always try to move on to new stuff and they are always ahead of their time about marketing and business (yeah well, you can even buy a Kiss coffin...)

the next step I suppose is training an AI with all the studio albums and making a new album with it. 

Kiss would become the first immortal rock n'roll band, and that alone, is kinda amazing.

 

 

I do wonder if the holograms will preform any “deep cuts” from albums like Hot in the Shade, etc. I guess Ace and Peter stuff like New York Groove is out of the question since the avatars aren’t based on them.

11 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

I was thinking about this. While I’d still prefer if they replaced Paul and Gene with new members, wearing the same makeup, posing as The Demon and The Starchild, I think I would like to go to an augmented reality KISS concert with no hassle at all, watching a concert from their prime. It would be awesome.

The problem is these new avatars of theirs are modeled after the current members, the way they are now.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90989900/kiss-final-concert-avatar-virtual-band-pophouse
 

Kiss played their last show today, but the band also just announced that they’re replacing themselves with holograms that’ll go on tour next year.

These are different from the Abba holograms because they’re intertwined with AI, so they’ll be able to interact with the crowd in real-time, and every show will be slightly different.

Aaaand another one (I promise this is my last for awhile lol): http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-secret-above-space-opera-short-story.html?m=1

EDIT: oh yeah and I also have some poems on my blog that I had meant to share here too:

http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2023/03/ten-random-haikus.html?m=1
 

http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2023/10/solar-system-haikus.html?m=1
 

http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2023/10/poetry-repository.html?m=1
 

http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2023/10/my-own-ozymandias-sonnet.html?m=1

Now that Axl’s been basically canceled, I doubt anyone wants to collab with him.

According to Wikipedia, Dover does all the lead vocals on the album.

9 hours ago, Gunner Gilby said:

Yes he does.

I listened to it just now and I hear Eric singing, not Gilby. Where are you hearing Gilby?

In fact, if you look up the band’s Buenos Aires gig from 1995, you can clearly see that it’s Eric singing that song.

1 hour ago, Gunner Gilby said:

I really like both Snakepit albums. I also prefer them to both Velvet Revolver albums and all Slash feat Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators albums.

I'll pick It's Five O Clock Somewhere as my favourite of the two Snakepit albums. It's just got a great classic rock sound. It's got Slash, Gilby, Matt and Dizzy. It's almost the GN'R record we never got. Slash n Gilby's guitar interplay is perfect. Just like it was on Tijuana Jail and Cure Me Or Kill Me on Gilby's Pawnshop Guitars album. I love Monkey Chow which Gilby wrote and takes the lead vocal on. 

Gilby does not sing lead vocals on Monkey Chow…

I5OCS has better songwriting but ALG has better production, as well as a better vocalist. I still prefer the first album overall, but the second one has some of my favorite songs ever (particularly Life’s Sweet Drug and the opening track).

And another one: http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-stowaway-space-opera-short-story.html?m=1

Another new short story up on my blog: http://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-knowing-stones-space-opera-short.html?m=1

On 11/25/2023 at 2:35 AM, aerohaith said:

Long timer lurker...first time poster

I just found this item rather interesting, especially if you like coffee

 

https://www.darkmattercoffee.com/products/warm-november-rain

 

Even coffee depicts Axl’s hair as blonde instead of red…

27 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said:

I think it’s good news that Monsters isn’t on this. It means there is the intent to release more Chinese takeout songs

Eventually…

I remember buying it the day it came out and showing it to my family. They were all pretty impressed by it. Good times!

I guess that means that today is also the 30th anniversary of TSI, and the 24th anniversary of Live Era. Pretty crazy that it’s already been another 15 year since the last GnR album. I guess this time we at least got the reunion, the AFD and UYI boxes, and an EP’s worth of leftovers.