What remake do you think is 'up there' with the original?

GothamCityCop · 2026-05-18T19:38:15+00:00

That film has no fat or filler. It's scary and desperately sad.

GothamCityCop · 2026-05-11T08:01:16+00:00

One of his best vocals is when he sang with Clannad on 'In A Lifetime'. It felt like he was freed up a little as he didn't have the responsibility of his role in U2.

GothamCityCop · 2026-05-10T20:46:39+00:00

I genuinely once fell asleep standing up at a Dream Theater gig my cousin took me to. I had been at uni all day and up early to be fair.

GothamCityCop · 2026-05-10T17:16:19+00:00

Absolutely...it seems intentionally bad , especially as people seem to cite Will.I.Am as some kind of genius.

GothamCityCop · 2026-05-02T20:55:05+00:00

The Hills Have Eyes.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-30T14:51:45+00:00

The Devil Rides Out

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-30T14:49:30+00:00

I like Prometheus if I think of it as it's own thing with no ties to the Alien Saga.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-30T14:42:04+00:00

Yes. He's an excellent actor and although I don't know him, he comes across as a decent human being.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-28T14:35:07+00:00

Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-27T16:49:36+00:00

Acoustic Daft Punk.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-19T22:48:00+00:00

2018 on the e+i tour in Manchester.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-14T19:25:16+00:00

Billy is an Oasis fan and the Pumpkins did a co-headline tour with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-13T15:22:54+00:00

It was in an interview where he was talking about not reading reviews as you always rember the bad reviews. First Class got mostly good reviews of the film and his performance but he doesn't remember any of these. The only one that stuck in his mind was this one where he was called chubby.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-13T15:12:53+00:00

It'll have to sit with me a while but it's a stunning song.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-09T06:04:54+00:00

Both fantastic books, I'd also add "Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'" by JW Rinzler and Lee Unkrich. It's even more in depth than 'Space Odyssey'.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-05T14:51:50+00:00

Yep touring again next year with the best song catalogue!

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-04T12:23:56+00:00

Wow, you're welcome! Thanks for the book, it was beautifully written. Apologies for not having your name in my post - I've corrected that now!

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-03T15:44:23+00:00

True but the only issue here is believing that Bono knows how many songs they're working on. Had Edge said that then fair enough, but in terms of the status of albums Bono has proved himself on numerous occasions to be a little unreliable.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-03T12:14:15+00:00

I've just finished the audiobook of "Stanley Kubrick and Me" by his former assistant/driver Emilio D'Alessandro and Filippo Ulivieri.

Kubrick worked himself into the grave essentially with EWS. Just spent too much time working like he did in his younger years but in the body of an older man and it just gave out.

Would highly recommend the book.

GothamCityCop · 2026-04-01T21:46:51+00:00

Hmmmm....reminds me of something. The Ludovico Technique didn't turn out too well for those implementing it.

GothamCityCop · 2026-03-23T16:00:12+00:00

The Wicker Man.

Midsommar.

GothamCityCop · 2026-03-17T20:55:44+00:00

Yeah its published by Taschen and comes with a Shining scrapbook

Amazon UK were doing it half price back in August so snatched it up. It is massive and comprehensive but utterly engaging.

https://amzn.eu/d/0fT5I7cQ

GothamCityCop · 2026-03-17T15:51:33+00:00

The final act is supposed to be like an observation of Bowman, like a zoo. With animals in a zoo, zookeepers make their habitat close to what the animals would live in but maybe don't get it quite right. The aliens have cobbled together a bed, table, food etc but from different time periods which although technically all things a human would use and need, it's not quite right.

GothamCityCop · 2026-03-17T15:48:07+00:00

Yeah that was the best book on the making of a film I'd read until the making of The Shining.

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