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  1. Comment on Is new music dying? Everyone’s flopping. in ~music

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    I mean, again the video goes into it, but its about how commercial underperformance is widespread now. I know there’s an aversion to talking about business with people who don’t care about...

    I mean, again the video goes into it, but its about how commercial underperformance is widespread now.

    I know there’s an aversion to talking about business with people who don’t care about “popular” music or pride themselves on listening to alternative products. But it’s an issue in the rock world as well. The music business is still a business.

    6 votes

  2. Comment on Is new music dying? Everyone’s flopping. in ~music

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    The video goes through this exactly. Talks about how radio play isn’t a thing anymore, that a monoculture isn’t present, and everyone is in their bubbles and niches.

    The video goes through this exactly. Talks about how radio play isn’t a thing anymore, that a monoculture isn’t present, and everyone is in their bubbles and niches.

    10 votes

  3. Comment on Is new music dying? Everyone’s flopping. in ~music

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    Really interesting video about what’s seen as a widespread issue. I brought this up last year but the problem has gotten worse in just the past few months. With the current releases from big names...

    Really interesting video about what’s seen as a widespread issue.

    I brought this up last year but the problem has gotten worse in just the past few months. With the current releases from big names also not doing super well.

    7 votes

  6. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I went back to look what what I wrote after watching it. I sometimes forget about it and that it was pegged as a contender early on. From my memory I only recall Dylan O’Brien in shorts, and also...

    I went back to look what what I wrote after watching it. I sometimes forget about it and that it was pegged as a contender early on. From my memory I only recall Dylan O’Brien in shorts, and also being like wow they really cast a good looking guy for Dan Akroyd.

  8. Comment on Cannes 2026: Ira Sachs, Pedro Almodóvar, Asghar Farhadi, Hirokazu Kore-eda lead arthouse-heavy lineup in ~movies

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    This made a subsequent article appear about how Hollywood is starting to pull back from film festivals. This decade has definitely made the big studios scared of festivals. Disney premiered both...

    This made a subsequent article appear about how Hollywood is starting to pull back from film festivals.

    This decade has definitely made the big studios scared of festivals. Disney premiered both Indiana Jones and Elemental at Cannes were they got weak reviews (both eventually recovered somewhat with critics). And Warner Bros has PTSD from premiering Joker Foliex a Deux at Venice to absolutely horrendous reception which kickstarted that film’s domino fall. WB decided to skip festivals all together for One Battle After Another because of this. There was also hopes that they would show Digger, the Tom Cruise/Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu movie at Cannes, AGI was a staple at Cannes and won Director there for Babel. But they decided to skip festivals for that film too.

  10. Comment on When $1.4 billion isn’t enough: ‘Avatar’ sequels under the microscope as Disney weighs franchise’s future in ~movies

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    Yeah the biggest complaint I had was the ending was the same and took place in a similar place. You'd think they'd set the last action piece at a Volcano with a title like Fire and Ash.

    Yeah the biggest complaint I had was the ending was the same and took place in a similar place. You'd think they'd set the last action piece at a Volcano with a title like Fire and Ash.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on When $1.4 billion isn’t enough: ‘Avatar’ sequels under the microscope as Disney weighs franchise’s future in ~movies

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    Both Way of Water and Fire and Ash started shooting in 2017.

    Both Way of Water and Fire and Ash started shooting in 2017.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour (2025) in ~music

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    It was also like top 5 for me, and it went viral in the early summer of 2024 when I was having a good time. So I also associate that song with a nice feeling.

    It was also like top 5 for me, and it went viral in the early summer of 2024 when I was having a good time. So I also associate that song with a nice feeling.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie It’s whatever man. I understood most of the references in the first one but so many of the references here were lost on me because I never got far in Super Mario...

    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

    It’s whatever man. I understood most of the references in the first one but so many of the references here were lost on me because I never got far in Super Mario Galaxy.

    I kind of respect it more than I’d say they attempted to make a real movie with a real plot. There’s no pretense here. It’s literally just here’s a bunch of bullshit happening and stuff from the games so kids and the man children who enjoy this stuff (no offense) can go bananas about it. If anything I think it should have been about 20 minutes shorter giving it a runtime of 80 minutes. Make it super fast, theaters can squeeze in every more showing and boom. Probably like 10M more on the table.

    So many people have been saying it’s worse than the first one. And I feel gaslit since the first one was already not good and strictly entertainment for children. It’s less coherent than the first and there’s no attempt at making character arcs. But it is what it is.

    The Drama

    I watched the director’s previous movie, Dream Scenario, right before this. Like a few hours before going to watch this. I thought it was fine, I remember people really loving it at the time but I couldn’t really handle a lot of the cringe comedy. And by design Cage’s character is boring, although I loved its deconstruction on Internet fame and cancel culture.

    This does a similar deconstruction of American culture, in a way it reminded me a lot of Bodies Bodies Bodies and the politique of rich woke people. This was thoroughly engaging and entertaining, there’s less cringe comedy here so it’s more palatable. It never really lets up from the anxiety the characters are experiencing. And I thought Zendaya was really good in it, surprisingly since I don’t think she’s a particularly strong actress.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    Escorts have always been a thing.

    Was that a known thing in the west even in the 40s?

    Escorts have always been a thing.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Mamma mia! ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ karts $372M+ in global debut, best for Hollywood pic YTD; ‘Project Hail Mary’ on path to half billion in ~movies

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    I think both these films especially this one, are about as close as you’re gonna get to no plot no character just bright colors and flashing lights as in a mainstream movie

    I think both these films especially this one, are about as close as you’re gonna get to no plot no character just bright colors and flashing lights as in a mainstream movie

    8 votes