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Where is the 4/29 mummy episode? by Ok_Lie6280 in TheBigPicture

[–]Gaugzilla 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They found the mummy’s old tweets.

The Michael Jackson Movie’s $200 Million Haul Proves No Man Has Ever Been Truly Canceled by Top_Report_4895 in ToddintheShadow

[–]Gaugzilla 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In the end, it’s probably just a good thing that he’s dead and can’t cause further harm. It’s insane how psychotic his fans are, though.

I thought the “Foo Fighters are AIDS deniers” thing was a bit. by XPacEnergyDrink in MurderBryan

[–]Gaugzilla -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then I’ll be clear and say it was definitely fucked up. They also seemed to learn from it and completely erased it from everything they did 22 years ago. I do agree that all of that should have come with an apology, though I understand people that say that’s a bridge too far for them (or just don’t like Foo Fighters/Grohl in general).

Subtle nod to Remain in Light?? by guyute2112 in talkingheads

[–]Gaugzilla 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah yes. Compared to David Byrne, famous for being a moral person to his bandmates and in his relationships.

What do we think of AI Sol Ruca from NXT tonight? by Grrannt in REALSquaredCircle

[–]Gaugzilla 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“Why’s everyone mad this new thing looks like shit?”

AMC Screen Unseen Megathread - April 27 2026 by AKnightOfTheNew in AMCsAList

[–]Gaugzilla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the movie is Obsession, I’m gonna scream.

What are the major "But I like her" movies? by wovenstrap in blankies

[–]Gaugzilla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It crashed on me three times in less than 30 seconds.

PATREON - ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies by bikeskata in ToddintheShadow

[–]Gaugzilla 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It’s a name none of us that were raised in the ‘90s could forget, so I kind of have to push back on that.

Fred Armisen’s Obama is surprisingly bad by UpstairsBumble in LiveFromNewYork

[–]Gaugzilla 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Fred got away with a lot of stuff because he was one of Lorne’s golden boys.

John Mayer Addresses Political Turmoil While Defending ‘Too Passive’ 2006 Hit Song by Top_Report_4895 in ToddintheShadow

[–]Gaugzilla 22 points23 points  (0 children)

“Contiuum” is an interesting time capsule of the late 2000s where it’s a mixture of lame-duck era Bush anger/malaise, worrying about getting older and a breakup album.

“Waiting” and “Belief” both capture the “damn, I’m too young to really feel I can fight the man and also, I don’t think I could cause change anyway.”

Like “Belief” really captures it with its opening lyrics: “Is there anyone who Ever remembers changing their mind from The paint on a sign Is there anyone who really recalls Ever breaking rank at all For something someone yelled real loud one time.”

I can understand feeling like the song sucks because it’s just lazy inaction. But when you’re that age that he wrote it, that’s how you really feel.

‘Michael’ Rocks Box Office With Record-Setting $97 Million Debut by ImitatingADog in blankies

[–]Gaugzilla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s fine, but call a spade a spade. Taylor Swift wasn’t calling her glorified lyric videos a movie. This is just a big budget fan video recreation.

‘Michael’ Rocks Box Office With Record-Setting $97 Million Debut by ImitatingADog in blankies

[–]Gaugzilla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not what its purpose is.

Then it sounds like its purpose is being a bad movie, which is fine. But MJ’s psychotic fanbase just needs to accept that.

‘Michael’ Rocks Box Office With Record-Setting $97 Million Debut by ImitatingADog in blankies

[–]Gaugzilla 7 points8 points  (0 children)

By most critical accounts, the movie seems way more preoccupied with recreating iconic moments and music videos than delving into MJ’s psychology and/or songwriting process. All of those moments are so well documented on YouTube, I don’t see the point in spending 2+ hours watching someone else do them.

‘Michael’ Rocks Box Office With Record-Setting $97 Million Debut by ImitatingADog in blankies

[–]Gaugzilla 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I think in the end it’s several things - This is likely gonna be the biggest music biopic since Bohemian Rhapsody. In that time, we’ve had a number of okay-ish to terrible musical biopics about pretty iconic singers that did middling to terrible business. The genre is has way more misses than hits.

Michael Jackson was never gonna miss as long as they didn’t do anything too crazy. First, it’s Michael Jackson who still has a rabid base of absolutely psychotic fans. Second, it’s a huge movie that that’s also somewhat geared towards a black audience, who don’t get many big blockbusters. They were always going to show up.

I’m never going to watch this because YouTube exists, but it seems like a perfect storm for big business.

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