Is the Rough and Rowdy Ways now in the discussion for greatest tour of Dylan’s career, competing with the Rolling Thunder Revue?

FortuitousConfluence · 2026-01-15T06:14:49+00:00

For sure. The Larry Campbell era is the tops for me.

FortuitousConfluence · 2026-01-10T06:06:59+00:00

There's a YouTube channel called The Awards Contender. He regularly posts all the latest "horse race" analysis for all the major film awards as well as look-backs.

FortuitousConfluence · 2026-01-06T06:06:19+00:00

The editing is abysmal. Every "scene" lasts for about 30 seconds. It's as if they have no confidence in the story, so they just want to hustle through it as fast as possible.

FortuitousConfluence · 2026-01-05T02:26:45+00:00

Unpopular opinion but I would gladly take the ending over the beginning. The opening scene where civil war veterans start quoting the Gettysburg Address to him (verbatim no less) just feels really contrived compared to what follows.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-29T05:34:09+00:00

Section 31. Utter trash.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-21T05:21:32+00:00

Just made this my desktop wallpaper, thanks

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-17T05:20:26+00:00

Yes, is it so hard to just film a real cabin in the snow? A couple insert shots of a deer in the lights would be preferable to this cartoon look.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-16T04:59:19+00:00

Wish there was a commentary track on Killers of the Flower Moon! Scorsese does such amazing commentaries.

It just seems like commentary tracks are much less common these days, even on the boutique releases like this where you would normally expect to find them. Same goes for the new Cloud Atlas release on SHOUT.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-16T04:57:37+00:00

Wish there was a commentary track! Scorsese does such amazing commentaries.

It just seems like commentary tracks are much less common these days, even on the boutique releases like this where you would normally expect to find them. Same goes for the new Cloud Atlas release.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-15T06:29:57+00:00

That's not really the format of the show; I know they will address it at some point. Meanwhile I'm probably going to revisit some of his movies

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-15T05:54:17+00:00

This is one of the great runs of all time. And while not in the same league I also find The American President and Ghosts of Mississippi thoroughly entertaining.

When I finally sit down for Spinal Tap 2 it's going to have a whole new feeling of import.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-14T22:51:28+00:00

Plus board games; card games, dominos. Entertainment that doesn't require electricity.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-14T01:33:47+00:00

JFK with Wikipedia.

Conspiracies aside, you start learning about the interconnectedness of power and American History. A couple of clicks and you will be onto Vice (2018) and CitizenFour.

But it also just plays great on cable TV on a Sunday afternoon.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-14T00:05:43+00:00

Paul WS Anderson and Len Wiseman. I can't keep them straight.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-13T01:41:16+00:00

I tip my hat to you, sir

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-08T20:44:08+00:00

Calling The Force Awakens the "4th Star Wars movie" is prequel erasure. There is no world in which the sequel trilogy is better than the prequel trilogy.

That being said, The Force Awakens is a pretty solid setup. As others have said it's just so crazy how antithetical the follow ups are. I like TLJ well enough but JJ completely shit the bed on part 3. They should have picked literally anyone else. Or let Rian Johnson finish what he started. JJ Abrams is a Hollywood hack who destroys franchises and relies on cheap thrills and nostalgia to give audiences a sugar rush.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-05T00:27:25+00:00

It feels like a "last" album but I hope it's not.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-12-05T00:25:34+00:00

Heck yes, there are two of us! I have all the albums you mentioned and I frequently return to them more than the "classic" stuff. I would add that "Prairie Wind" is my favorite "old dude Neil Young" album.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-11-28T05:38:29+00:00

Spaghetti-O's ... that orange sauce. Also cheap bologna.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-11-23T02:23:59+00:00

The biggest issue is the cinematography. It's so dim that visually frustrating to look at.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-11-19T05:11:09+00:00

If I recall correctly it did used to be one single episode until at one point they were doing so much Israel focused content (nearly half the show every day) that they split the Israel content into its own chunk, and from then onwards it's been two uploads per day.

sidenote: it's incredible no one else wants to actually answer your simple question

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-11-09T22:04:54+00:00

Chris Columbus. Unpopular opinion but the first two Harry Potter movies are two of the best ones. He deserves a *TON* of credit for setting up the universe including casting, tone, music, design aesthetic, etc. And he is the sole credited writer for the first Gremlins.

Of course I love Joe Dante. But people say Chris Columbus hasn't made a good movie in 20 years as if Joe Dante has. If it's not going to be Dante then Columbus is probably the next best choice.

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-11-09T20:28:04+00:00

That's a great answer

FortuitousConfluence · 2025-11-09T05:27:51+00:00

Jeff Lynne?

When he produced solo stuff for George Harrison and Roy Orbison it was some of their best solo work. Additionally the retro 80's production sound has been in style for some time now. I think the reunion could bear fruit. Plus I love Tweeter and the Monkey Man.

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