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I'm really enjoying this (and the previous) LP. I used to game on a Mac, but I've since moved to Linux because I hate myself and never want to have any chance to play the games everyone spends years being excited about. Thanks for doing a hilarious job of traipsing through the Mass Effect universe.
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SubponticatePoster posted:And ELO definitely had a disco-ish phase; see the soundtrack for Xanadu, which was riding the dying gasp of the style. It was just disco on roller skates. Xanadu is one of the best bad movies of all time. Olivia Newton-John as a roller-skating Terpischore? Swann from The Warriors as an rear end in a top hat LP cover art enlargement specialist? Gene Kelly being a better dancer than Ms. Newton-John, in his eighties? Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones (Ozone from Breakin') showing up to dance in the finale, which features a swing band and a new wave band playing at the same time? Yes, all these things, and more. And ELO definitely dipped into disco before shuffling along into the terminal, contractually-obligated, prog-pop period. In addition to the Xanadu soundtrack, it's right there as a vile pun in the title of 1979's "Discovery" 
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SubponticatePoster posted:I agree with everything in this post. I own Xanadu on DVD. I've heard it described as "so bad it's mesmerizing" and I concur (I've also heard it called "the movie that killed Gene Kelley"). I once watched it while on acid and it didn't really seem any different than when I watched it sober; it's that kind of movie. Also during the big finale one of the skaters loving biffs it right in front of ONJ and she didn't miss a beat, gotta give her props for that since there's no way she didn't see it. I swear I'll shut up about musicals from the twilight of disco after this, but if you haven't already, you owe it to yourself to watch the Village People's "Can't Stop The Music". Rollerskating pre-Police Academy Steve Gutenberg in tight white jeans. Bruce Jenner in cutoffs and a crop-top. The "YMCA" sequence, which is more homoerotic than actual gay porn. The biker's a capella rendition of "Danny Boy". The deeply bizarre, "darkly erotic", Halston-styled Milkshake sequence (sung by the construction worker). The finale which is just the chorus of one song for 17 minutes while an endless glitter rain falls, because I guess no one could come up with an actual ending, what with all the cocaine. It's hilarious and amazing, but not as good as Xanadu. mdxi fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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Thanks so much for these LPs, SP. I'm a Linux nerd, and didn't have a console between the PS2 and the release of the new PS4s, so the ME series is one I didn't get to play first-hand. Also, my wife overheard me watching one of the mid ME1 episodes, and (correctly) thought you were hilarious. Since then we watch them together and chortle delightedly as you Enjoy your trip; you deserve it. We'll be looking forward to ME3!
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