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Agreed. Winona Ryder attempting comedy was so cringe.
The "Soul Train" bit was also beaten to death. It was funny for 30 seconds. Then it kept going. And going. Until it was no longer funny.
It didn't even have much nostalgia.
Yep. Just watched it and am shocked that it got a 7/10 on iMDB. I can't believe Tim Burton had anything to do with this mess.
He should've starred in more!
It was not possible for 20,000 to show up as the charity event was held inside of a music store inside a mall with limited space and (to my knowledge) the event hadn't been heavily advertised. I found out about it totally by accident. I was eating with friends at a restaurant in the same mall when I mentioned to them that I'd heard Michael Jackson was in town that weekend. The waitress just happened to overhear me at that moment and she said, "He's downstairs right now." I said, "Whut?" She said, "Yea he's downstairs at the music store doing a charity event." I've never abandoned my friends so fast.
I made it down there just in time thanks to MJ's being late. The space outside of the music store was completely packed full of people, many of whom were standing on crates or sitting on each other's shoulders to try and get a view of MJ through the store's glass windows. There were people up on the second floor of the mall looking down as well. At one point MJ was nice enough to come out of the store and greet all of us "poors" who didn't have the $5k to get inside. This was the scene when he came out of the store:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaJOOcYhiK4
As you can see, no one seems the least bit bothered by the SA allegations against him or the fact that his music was "a relic."
MJ returned the next day for a second appearance and that one was even crazier than the first, as people now knew about the event from his appearance the night prior. I skipped work in order to go. I dickered with one of the charity guys and got him down to $2k in order to "possibly" meet MJ (that's where that $2k number came from in my earlier post). That was a lot of money to me though--especially when they wouldn't even guarantee I'd get to meet him--and I knew from the first night that MJ was likely going to come out of the store to greet us anyway, and sure enough he did. For some reason there's no video footage online of that second day but I took many photos.
>>And why the He(*&^&^ would MJ be charging 2 grand for a pic? I have doubts on that story.
As I thought I'd stated quite clearly, it was for charity. And you're right--it wasn't two grand. It was five grand. Here you go:
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2003/oct/27/vegasbeat----timothy-mcdarrah-jackson-not-off-the-/
As they say: You can't argue with stupid!
Evidently you completely missed the point of my post. YOU were providing anecdotal evidence about the Rolling Stones while shooting down my points as being anecdotal. Try re-reading. And if you think kids today know who the Rolling Stones are then you're delusional. Bye.
>Never once heard a Michael Jackson song in a movie. In fact I never hear them anywhere now.
Anecdotal! And do you have any idea how expensive it would be to license an MJ song for a movie? Clearly prohibitively expensive. There are many artists/labels/estates/catalog owners who don't want their songs being used in movies or who ask exorbitantly high prices making it unfeasible. GTA Vice City even removed Billy Jean from its soundtrack in later releases due to "licensing complexities."
And I can't even name a single Rolling Stones song. No clue! So much for cultural impact.
Meanwhile no matter where MJ traveled in this world, people recognized him and went berserk. Didn't matter which city or country. I can't imagine the same is true for the Rolling Stones, or any other human being for that matter.
>Wow he was that poor that he had people lining up for photos for cash like they do at nerd conventions?
It was a charity event. The money was for charity :)
And I wouldn't even know a Rolling Stone member if I tripped over one in the street. I literally have no idea what they look like. Not even remotely on the same level of fame.
Someone with late stage AIDS doesn't sign on to do a 50-city tour.
Nobody cared about his music in 2000? I saw him at an appearance in Las Vegas in 2003 and it was complete & utter pandemonium unlike anything I'd ever seen before--or since. They were charging $2,000 just to have a photo taken with him. I was standing next to a woman whose two friends had dragged her there with them...she was complaining the entire time because MJ was late and she didn't want to be there. When he finally arrived, the place completely erupted and that same woman screamed out, "OMG--I DON'T EVEN LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON AND I'M SHAKING!!!" I think that pretty much sums up his level of fame right there.
Weird...I was listening to Smooth Criminal just as this thread got bumped & showed up on the homepage!
Just glad he's back in Canada.
Mmm, I'll check it out! Thanks!
Of course she's a ho. There's a 0% chance she was in the US doing anything *other* than prostituting when she met Trump.
I couldn't believe the movie was trying to sell Lester as 42 years old! With those deep facial creases??
Edit: I just Google'd it and OMFG, Kevin Spacey was only 39 when he filmed this movie! I've never in my life seen a 39yo with lines that deep around his or her mouth! Absolutely unbelievable. I'm feeling pretty good about my wrinkle-free self right about now (and I'm older than Lester Burnham was, FML).
She looks like a fetus to me.