Doc: The Umentary Type
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I don't think I'd be super interested in this if wasn't McCarthy driving it and conducting the interviews. Well, who am I kidding, I'm watching a doc on the Brat Pack regardless. But the trailer really got me.
That article, man... I had forgotten just how shitty it was. Calling Timothy Hutton and his crew "greasy" was just wildly inappropriate. The other thing that doesn't age well is the lack of a focus on the women that very clearly defined that group. Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald and Demi Moore took that group to another level.
It's also weird how wrong he was about putting Cage and Cruise in there... Did they ever really hang out? The article sure doesn't mention that as being a thing.
That article, man... I had forgotten just how shitty it was. Calling Timothy Hutton and his crew "greasy" was just wildly inappropriate. The other thing that doesn't age well is the lack of a focus on the women that very clearly defined that group. Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald and Demi Moore took that group to another level.
It's also weird how wrong he was about putting Cage and Cruise in there... Did they ever really hang out? The article sure doesn't mention that as being a thing.
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I don't remember Cage being part of that scene at all. Didn't his career come a bit later? Cruise was definitely the right age and in some of the same movies, even if he wasn't part of the tight friend group.
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I get the sense Tom Cruise may have never had a single close friend, let a long a tight group.
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He's in the original article, but as I said, I found it really weird and almost jarring that he's in there at all. I'm sure he joined parties with them, but he also didn't fit the writer's loose criteria of being in those famous ensemble movies.
Cruise was best friends with Emilio and before he blew up with Risky Business was definitely part of that scene for a minute.
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Wasn't The Outsiders kinda officially the start of that?
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Well, kinda... The connection with Penn, Cruise and Hutton was sparked with Taps (81). Then got further extended by The Outsiders (83) Which brings in other fringe Brat Packers like Ralph Macchio, C Thomas Howell and Matt Dillon... joining Cruise, Lowe and Estevez.
In 83, Cruise had The Outsiders, All the Right Moves and Risky Business all come out in one year. Holy fucking shit. I forgot it was so stacked up like that. (Top Gun came in 86).
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On one of our family vacations, my wife and I were in the kitchen chatting with my BIL. My nephew ran in the room and did a slide similar to the one Tom Cruise did in Risky Business. My BIL points and yells "TOM CRUISE! ALL THE RIGHT MOVES!" which since 2019 has been an inside joke between my wife and me. One of us will yell that anytime we see Tom Cruise, either of those movies referenced, or even if we hear that god-awful song that was playing.
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Don’t act like you’re too good to recognize Bob Seger. Someone else here (maybe bapo!?) hates him too.
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It's definitely not a Seger dig. I just really hate that song.
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I freely admit to being a lifelong Seger fan. There's the Ann Arbor/Detroit/MI connection on top of being one of the first albums (my mom's) I listened to as a kid.
I fucking hate that song.
I fucking hate that song.
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I like (but don’t love Seger) but that’s probably his worst popular song. Turn The Page was and will always be a banger though.
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Yeah, I hate that song too. Otherwise, I can take or leave Seger. Never did anything for me. But that song has always pissed me off. And of course, "Like a Rock" was also forever ruined by those truck commercials. I do like "Hollywood Nights" and "Turn the Page" though.
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I'm gunna check this out:
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Hollywood Nights is in the orbit of Dashboard Light in terms of operatic rock songs of the late 70s. A fun little journey of a song.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 5:40 pm Yeah, I hate that song too. Otherwise, I can take or leave Seger. Never did anything for me. But that song has always pissed me off. And of course, "Like a Rock" was also forever ruined by those truck commercials. I do like "Hollywood Nights" and "Turn the Page" though.
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A friend and I were talking the other day about how it would be nice if there was a 'quota' you could reach in your life of unintentionally-heard musical artists, and once reached you'd never have to hear them again. Seger is the poster child for that movement for me. Not totally unpleasant, just blends into the unremarkable mush of the collective consciousness.
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"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" is a fantastic song...used well in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood".Shirley wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 5:40 pm Yeah, I hate that song too. Otherwise, I can take or leave Seger. Never did anything for me. But that song has always pissed me off. And of course, "Like a Rock" was also forever ruined by those truck commercials. I do like "Hollywood Nights" and "Turn the Page" though.
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Easily my favorite movie of the last 15 years.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 10:53 am"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" is a fantastic song...used well in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood".Shirley wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 5:40 pm Yeah, I hate that song too. Otherwise, I can take or leave Seger. Never did anything for me. But that song has always pissed me off. And of course, "Like a Rock" was also forever ruined by those truck commercials. I do like "Hollywood Nights" and "Turn the Page" though.
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Great movie...hated the ending though.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 10:55 amEasily my favorite movie of the last 15 years.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 10:53 am"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" is a fantastic song...used well in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood".Shirley wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 5:40 pm Yeah, I hate that song too. Otherwise, I can take or leave Seger. Never did anything for me. But that song has always pissed me off. And of course, "Like a Rock" was also forever ruined by those truck commercials. I do like "Hollywood Nights" and "Turn the Page" though.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 11:03 amGreat movie...hated the ending though.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 10:55 amEasily my favorite movie of the last 15 years.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 10:53 am"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" is a fantastic song...used well in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood".Shirley wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 5:40 pm Yeah, I hate that song too. Otherwise, I can take or leave Seger. Never did anything for me. But that song has always pissed me off. And of course, "Like a Rock" was also forever ruined by those truck commercials. I do like "Hollywood Nights" and "Turn the Page" though.
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Night Moves stayed in my car's 8-track player unmoved for a month, when it was a new album.
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I totally agree with the concept, but for me that's not Seger. That's Led Zeppelin.P.D.X. wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 10:50 am A friend and I were talking the other day about how it would be nice if there was a 'quota' you could reach in your life of unintentionally-heard musical artists, and once reached you'd never have to hear them again. Seger is the poster child for that movement for me. Not totally unpleasant, just blends into the unremarkable mush of the collective consciousness.
(Okay, fine, for single-spaced typing on a message board, one space is enough.)
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And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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I feel like the Brat Pack doc kinda sucked? The value was in semi-famous guy got his more famous old coworkers to participate but nothing ever happened?
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Yeah we haven’t watched it but we saw some friends tonight who said it was pretty awful.
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