Laner

Netflix purposefully limits shows to 2 or 3 seasons; then refocuses their energies elsewhere, because new shows tend to make a bigger splash (i.e. brings in more subscriptions)  than season 4 or 5 of the big debut from a few years' back.

I'm actually OK with that.  There's a *lot* of TV series that had an interesting premise - maybe one or two seasons' worth of content - then they ran out of good ideas but kept trying to squeeze blood from the stone for another 5-6 seasons.

I thoroughly enjoyed Black Flag. But none of the more recent entries have grabbed me.

AS WELL IT SHOULD BE.

Michael Bolton's another. He had a handful of hard rock albums, rubbing elbows with Kiss and Ozzy. Then made a hard transition into pop/AC in '87.  I remember seeing one of his early videos pop up from time to time on Headbanger's Ball, which was always very weird.

Not exactly "hard" rock, but after several multiplatinum albums, Chicago were pretty much done in by disco and punk at end of the 70s. However they caught a second wind by shifting direction (largely thanks to David Foster and Peter Cetera) to a more pop/adult contemporary sound - if they didn't invent the power ballad, they certainly helped refine it and turn it into a surefire money maker.

Pretty certain 5200 games weren't shrinkwrapped at the factory either.

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 Are they worth checking out beyond this tune?

Nope. That was their hit.  They had more success as solo acts (well, Joan Jett and Lita Ford... not sure about the others)

Hope springs eternal...

I dunno; using the glove to reverse time seems like the most obvious solution.

Bah ba da, shoo be doo wah

Titanfall 2 was pre-acquisition. EA only had distribution rights at the time, and they sent it out to die.

If they weren't owned by EA, I would have much more confidence in the final product. As for now, it's very much wait-and-see

Kickass

I haven't seen the movie, but if she sweeps in and saves the day where the rest of the heroes could not (with no mention of her prior to Infinity War), that's some pretty egregious deus ex machina.

An actual cassette copy of it? At one point that was worth a lot of cash. Not sure if that's still the case, though.

Two thoughts: 1. the dead can't defend themselves. 2. if you're going to stop playing artists' music for questionable behavior/allegations, let's at least be consistent across the board. Which would leave very little pop music unscathed.

The one they should really ban is "Last Christmas." Because it's not a Christmas song. You could substitute any holiday and the song would not change in any fundamental way.

I had fond memories of playing it back in the day. Finally got a chance to revisit the real deal last year - can't say I particularly enjoyed it. It's not good Pac-Man, nor is it good pinball. /shrug

"lotta" is not a word.

It's a bit slow for disco, but it's definitely disco-adjacent.

Can't say I've ever heard Toto described as "lazy" before. Steve Lukather (guitar) and Jeff Pocaro (drums) are considered two of the greatest of all time, for good reason.

Shouldn't be a problem. One of the channels I manage regularly posts virtually identical videos, with the audio track changed for multiple languages. Never had an issue.

"ha ha!"