Goldies Parade the website – was launched in 1998, back when Newpower Soul was Prince’s latest album, and when Excite was a bigger search engine than Google, and Facebook not even a concept. The most well-known songs from GoldNigga are 2gether, which was also released on the much overlooked 1-800 New Funk compilation CD, and of course the fantastic – Johnny. This website is named in honour of that little known album and to draw credit to Prince’s full released discography. The wife and I opted to bolt before the crush of teenybopper exodus so we missed it, dammit to hell! I guess I'll just have to see it again.Goldie’s Parade the song – is the eighth track on the NPG’s GoldNigga album. Post-script: Rambling Morsel tells me that there is even more nifty stuff after the credits. So brave the throngs and see X3 this weekend, effendi! X-celsior! The final scene is one of great, somber pathos, but then, a split-second before the credits pop up, something happens that had this faded fanboy rising out of his seat in unabashed nerdly jubilation. Lastly, I must add that if you’re one of those hasty hotpants who bolts from his seat at the first whiff of denouement, with X3 you’d better settle yer hash for just a few minutes more. They could've at least gotten Nightcrawler in there again. As for the complaint I've read about cramming in too many characters this time out, I say cram away! Every mutant cameo, reference or stock line (see post title) got at least some measure of appreciative reaction from the audience, and I sure enjoyed the hell out of them. Donna thought the others were great without knowing anything about the X-Men beforehand, and she loved this one too, but there's not much in the way of back story, with flashbacks mostly predating the earlier flicks. (Oops, um, spoiler alert? Ah, forget it.) BTW, if you're dragging a non-fan along, they'll definitely need to see the previous films first. Again, I can’t say how closely it follows the original arc, as my memory gets fuzzy after Jean Grey returns as the Phoenix. Lots of mutants meet their demise-one way or another-in this supposedly final outing. (I won’t describe the scene for fear of catching spoiler flak.) Maybe you would have to be a teen to appreciate it anyway, for Donna and I beat the median age in the theater by a solid score. There was one hearty inadvertent laugh from the crowd, but I didn’t quite decipher the reason. I will say that his flying veers perilously between angelic and seagull-like, bringing the audience to the verge of unintended laughter. Likewise, I wouldn’t bother to claim that Angel is underdeveloped or underused in X3, cos I barely recall him at all from the comics. Therefore, I can’t really quibble if Colossus isn’t portrayed with a Russian accent, as I can’t remember if he actually had one back in the day. An ardent fan as a kid, I later lost interest but never fondness for the Marvels of my youth. I must say that I may be the ideal audience for this series. Oh baby I hear Big Blue a'callin', tossed Just when you think he’s going to stand there in an ill-fitting suit sounding like Frasier Crane for the whole movie, Beast throws down, swings around and seriously pounds some mutinous mutant ass. If you are worried about the casting of Kelsey Grammer as Hank McCoy, you needn’t be. I had my doubts, I admit, but Brett Ratner takes the helm competently (if not always with the greatest inspiration). Last night, I caught the midnight show of X-Men: The Last Stand and I’m as giddy as the Impossible Man on whippets to report that it is every bit the fanboy spooge target I had hoped it would be.
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