i made my wife try watching Severance 3-4 times over the past year before she finally got into it. she thought it was boring and depressing/bleak at first. (she still thinks it's kinda bleak though)

RE: Ted Lasso - both my wife and I gave it 3-4 episodes but do not get the appeal.

Anyone into this show? I'm not going to describe it or ramble if there is no interest, and this thread is dead. I love it. Best fucking television series on tv in recent memory (previously Succession). It's brilliant in every way. Ben Stiller's Kubrick-like directing. The writing/story, acting, mus...

not a fan of bananas in general ... even hate the smell of bananas.

I think everyone and their dog has seen this before, but I'm quite surprised nobody's mentioned it yet:

Prince's solo in While My Guitar Gently Weeps from RnRoll HOF ceremony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRCooFKk3c

The Shape of Water -- felt to me like I was watching a live-action remake of an old Disney animated movie (albeit a twisted, offbeat Disney movie...) I'd give it a 6/10.

The Bengals ... I quickly switch radio stations whenever I hear that "Manic Monday" song played...

just finished reading Al Jourgenson's book and he mentions a time he was driving his motorcycle while on qualudes ... of course, he crashed.

i wasn't even sure March Madness was about basketball until i started reading this thread...

i've been dreaming about having ludes ever since i read Anthony Kiedis' "Scar Tissue"... would love to try it.

apparently you can still find it in and around South Africa.

Schmucks sucked! Had such great potential... but very few real funny moments. "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans" with Nicholas Cage was surprisingly very very good! Nicholas' best role in many years. the new 'Rush' documentary was super good. "The White Ribbon" - ge...

A while back there was a thread about scary non-horror movies. I took notes of several and have downloaded a bunch one at a time. This time it was Gummo. Wow. It's a mix of re-enacted scenes and what looks like real home footage from the late 80s, just a small town in Ohio. At first you think it's ...