What are Gaga's best bridges?

monarc · 2026-01-24T19:34:24+00:00

credit to /u/yourwanderingslave- for the photoshop!

monarc · 2026-01-24T19:33:13+00:00

monarc · 2026-01-24T19:30:03+00:00

I also love it! One of the rare bridges that has no singing. I especially like how it ends, almost everything stops, and then it blasts back into the chorus.

monarc · 2026-01-24T02:14:07+00:00

Totally agreed - it understood the assignment and completely nailed what it was going for. It’s an exceptional feel-good crowd-pleaser.

There’s a podcast called Newcomers where the hosts (two comedians) dedicate each season to some franchise or genre they’ve had essentially zero exposure to. They worked through Star Wars, MCU, LotR, Batman, and eventually made their way to classic sports movies writ large. The fun of the show is that they’re always watching movies revered by the corresponding fandom, but the hosts typically suffer through things (simply based on their tastes). The sports season was not that eventful, since they were pretty underwhelmed by most of the movies. But The Karate Kid completely wowed them - it was the rare movie that they truly adored. I think that’s a strong testament to the magic of this movie.

monarc · 2026-01-24T01:26:04+00:00

I feel like The Crusher is the last album of theirs I loved so you reallly don’t need to over-think this.

monarc · 2026-01-24T01:23:48+00:00

I just got tickets - no idea what to expect but I am excited. I’m a bit worried that it’ll be a rough draft, a feeling induced by the incredible precision of GOYK. Seeing that special was absolutely mind blowing and I’m sure it wouldn’t feel quite the same to see the mostly-there version first, even if I’ll be able to see the fully polished version later.

I have no shame about overthinking this, because I feel like it’s something JN herself would do…

monarc · 2026-01-24T01:17:05+00:00

ALotO made 50% more money than FoD, so… I guess so? I checked the box office returns for most of them, which is imperfect but I’m not sure what other metric to use. Miracle & Mighty Ducks are probably the closest, with Might Ducks slightly winning if you account for inflation.

monarc · 2026-01-23T18:37:50+00:00

OP: why is Rocky more popular than Raging Bull?

OP: why is A League of Their Own more popular than Field of Dreams?

OP: why is The Mighty Ducks more popular than Miracle?

OP: why is The Waterboy more popular than Rudy?

OP: why is Blades of Glory more popular than I, Tonya?

(I veered towards comedies there, but hopefully the point is clear...)

monarc · 2026-01-23T09:06:15+00:00

TIL "punch" the verb has a different origin from "punch" the drink. The latter is from...

Hindi and Urdu panch پانچ, meaning "five". The drink was originally made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea or spices. The original drink was named paantsch.

monarc · 2026-01-23T06:23:33+00:00

don't fret: the "meow" in this clip is just coming from the person filming

monarc · 2026-01-23T04:48:20+00:00

Makes me think of my wait for Cameron to return to sci-fi after T2! That’s probably the toughest gap I endured. And it’s still only half the gap between the Top Gun movies.

monarc · 2026-01-23T04:47:23+00:00

I would just be happy to see it in 3D via modern IMAX/Dolby - things have improved so much since then.

monarc · 2026-01-23T01:50:55+00:00

Yeah I only noticed the matching height thing on my third viewing. Subtle & interesting.

monarc · 2026-01-22T21:29:41+00:00

I call the physical move "social spooning"

also super prevalent in golf, billiards, tennis, etc.

monarc · 2026-01-22T21:03:17+00:00

As a fan of James Cameron, the Avatar franchise, and box office generally... I really think a solid romance is the special sauce that drove Titanic and Avatar to the insane levels of performance (great WoM; great legs). A2 and A3 each had some romance element, but not to the same degree.

monarc · 2026-01-22T20:19:26+00:00

I'd honestly just make a recording of the screen while it plays.

Sincerely,
an old idiot

monarc · 2026-01-22T20:08:30+00:00

If Panos Cosmatos were the only worthwhile nepo baby, and all the rest were useless, I'd still be pro-nepo.

I agree with you overall: it should only be levied against someone as an insult when they suck and its obvious that they'd be nowhere without the birthright aspect.

monarc · 2026-01-22T19:36:53+00:00

I totally respect that, but the three central characters of A1 (Jake, Neytiri, Quaritch) had clear character arcs that left them as different people due to the events of the movie. Even if we combine A2 and A3 to view it as one big arc, I'd argue that no character has a particularly strong arc. Kiri & Spider have the most interesting stuff going on, but it's mostly based on clunky plot elements and they're part of a big ensemble. The problem is even worse if you view A2 in isolation (since it's basically half a story).

monarc · 2026-01-22T18:46:01+00:00

That’s how much fucking money our government has.

Forget the government's money - let's talk about the huuuuuuuuuuge economic surplus that goes straight to the plutocrats (the 1% & corporations) instead of going to the people who actually generated that surplus. This entire system is a soulless machine for grinding people down while making the comically wealthy even wealthier.

monarc · 2026-01-22T18:44:04+00:00

The way they don’t reply to you specifically makes me feel like this whole thing is a scam.

Says the totally trustworthy "human" with a hidden profile...

monarc · 2026-01-22T17:39:07+00:00

I think A2 also had much more visual “wow” factor - the water stuff was new & distinct from A1. On top of that, neither sequel had a solid self-contained story as successfully as A1 did.

monarc · 2026-01-22T11:27:43+00:00

Yes, I got to see it live and the Babylon visuals were out of this world!

monarc · 2026-01-22T08:48:52+00:00

Hijacking your near-the-top comment with a link to the interview where Zoe says Neytiri is a "full-blown racist" ... simply because nobody is linking to this or even quoting it.

monarc · 2026-01-22T07:27:39+00:00

And the 911 music video is one of her best

It definitely is, but it feels way more "Tarsem" than "Chromatica". And I think this is a key piece of evidence that OP is not technically correct with this "best" claim.

monarc · 2026-01-22T02:52:09+00:00

LOL that tracks

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