Comments on: Legion – Review

By: Ray Ray

Ray Ray — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:10:27 +0000

Thanks for the tip, I’m still going to see it. Because I know I’m gonna love it in spite of its many flaws!

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:02:30 +0000

TwoPi — yes I was a colossal nerd. No sex, no drugs, very little rock and roll. Granted, I was constantly surrounded by second-hand pot smoke. You couldn’t go 10 feet without breathing in somebody’s pot smoke. The smell of pot smoke makes me nauseous. That, along with the memories of the browns, yellows, mustards, oranges, and more browns, which constituted virtually the entire colour palette of the 70s, and the memories of the smell of polyester on a hot day, and the memories of the lapels, the hair, the mutton chops, the porn ‘staches; ugh.

There are a FEW pieces of music from the 70s that I don’t hate. Very few. Overall it was overwrought, overproduced, and pretentious. I didn’t like rock or pop in the 70s. That just helped fuel my nerdy / out-of-touch persona.

The first music I ever liked was disco. I still love disco. I don’t care who knows.

In college I had some friends who, though also nerds, were cool — at least about music. I got turned onto punk / new wave / underground. Of course these genres began in the 70s but are mostly associated in most people’s minds with the early 80s. By the early 80s I was totally into “alternative” — mostly highly emo stuff like The Smiths and The Cure. My musical taste is still kind of stuck in the late 80s/early 90s.

In college I had a freakin’ rich friend who lived on Park Avenue in Manhattan in a penthouse apartment (and who still lives on her trust fund) and, who, tho also a nerd, and somebody who wasn’t into music and didn’t (and doesn’t) dance, used to go to Studio 54. And see various celebrities that she would talk about. To this day I’m kicking myself that I never took her up on her invitations. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:48:49 +0000

Josh: I know this is late but, “Don’t go ‘Beauty vomiting’, tryin to please me, I Luv you just the way you are!”

OK, it was a lame reference, but I do think you are a sweetie!

By: TwoPi

TwoPi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:45:52 +0000

You managed to retain memories? You weren’t living the 70s a la mode, so to speak.

As campy as they were, the 70s did manage to produce some fine music (of both the rock and dance variety).

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:48:58 +0000

There was indeed. But my memories of Bohemian Rhapsody go back to the 70s. Memories of the 70s make me nauseous *shudder*

By: M. Nicodemus

M. Nicodemus — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:44:39 +0000

Justin: Don't be dissin' the Queen, there was a whole generation head banging in their cars to classic Queen (I may or may not have had the prerequisite long 80's hair at the time.)

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:15:05 +0000

Aaahhhhh I actually understand your definition of “Beauty vomit”, Josherz. Très drôle

TwoPi — there was a height that Queen had to fall FROM? I must have missed that. I was too busy keeping my fingers jammed in my ears…

By: TwoPi

TwoPi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:30:59 +0000

So was the music cheese-tastic, or was the reference to the (modern) Flash Gordon film just there to remind me of how far Queen fell going from “A Day At the Races” to “Hot Space”?

By: josh

josh — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:08:10 +0000

Justerz: “Beauty vomit” is what pretty people spit up when they want to look better than they already do. Extracting said bile-nectar generally requires a toothbrush and a blatant disregard for one’s personal health.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:20:10 +0000

Chris & Matt — *TOTALLY* see Avatar in IMAX 3D. That’s the best way. But make sure you get there early so you get to sit far back enough **AND*SIT*IN*THE*CENTER**!!!!! Otherwise you may get motion-sick and the 3D effect ends up being distracting rather than effective.

Sam Worthington on an IMAX screen. There *IS* no screen too big for Sam Worthington. *happy sigh*

Josh — what exactly *IS* “beauty vomit”?