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Did anyone catch the broadcast today?
What were your thoughts?
I'm heading out there this Saturday, so I wanted to get a feel for things first...

I’m putting my hand up for anyone holding tickets they can no longer use. I need two for either tomorrow or Saturday—honestly, I don't care which. If someone happens to have just one, I'll take that too. If you're looking to flake on someone, I'll gladly step in and take them off your hands instead. 🙂 Thanos.

I watched this about six months ago. Is it actually worth the watch? 😉
The movie is honestly great. Some people went in expecting some deep dive encyclopedia on the New Wave and ended up feeling "disappointed"—which feels like a huge stretch when you consider how much time has passed and how little footage from that era actually survived. Mirkovic didn't intend for it to be a textbook. It’s definitely worth seeing. It's a really nice "blast to the past" that captures the vibe of how things used to operate back then.

ruggedmarlin15

Picked up a book yesterday that serves as a killer reminder of a different era. The first chapter is literally titled "THIS IS NOT A ROCK ENCYCLOPEDIA," so don't go in expecting some epic saga about the New Wave... though it does dive into plenty of other stuff, like stories about The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, and those old underground indie scenes...

Caught this over the summer in Napa... but I’ve already posted about the soundtrack since there's already a thread going about that movie.

I actually got caught up in the "New Wave," and then—as if that wasn't enough—the movie actually came out too 😕

Oh, how cruel the fates can be 😁

I can hardly wait, I truly can't wait... 🙏

I just watched it tonight... though I definitely made a rookie mistake by catching it at Times Square because I was trying to dodge the crowds at the Student Union. Big mistake. You really need to see this film at the Student Union; the sound system at Times Square is way too high-end for footage recorded twenty years ago.

I liked the film. I wasn't expecting some exhaustive encyclopedia on the New Wave era, mostly because I lived through it myself. That was my youth—high school and the start of college. My high school was perfectly situated, right halfway between The Village and the Student Union 😉... seeing it again just reminded me of what a great time that was. 🙂

Back then, I felt like the whole world was mine for the taking; I just had to reach out and grab it. I honestly wonder if today's younger generations ever get that same feeling while they're growing up... or if there were just better vibes in the air back then. 🙂

I caught a movie last night at the Student Union and honestly, I loved every single second of it. If only it had been longer! We actually got to hear a speech from Jergović before the screening started—really great move, I'm a big fan 👍 though Miller mentioned at the end that the whole thing leaned too hard into being overly sentimental. Personally, I didn't find it pathetic at all; it’s just genuinely fun, both for the kids back then and for the younger crowd today. The photos they displayed up at the Student Union were such a cool touch, too. The movie shows those same people as they are now, and it's wild how some of them are totally unrecognizable, while others haven't changed a bit 🙂

granitebadger25 said:Back then, I honestly felt like the whole world was just sitting there waiting for me to grab it... I wonder if kids growing up today ever get that feeling, or if we just had better vibes floating around back then 🙂

In the meantime, we’ve gone through a total civilizational reset... we basically did a full 360, because now Washington, D.C. is a city where kids just party to bad country music, whereas twenty-five years ago, the entire world felt like ours... now, it belongs to them. 😢

.... but whatever, we definitely had more fun 😎

storytelj said:Whatever. It doesn't matter. We had more fun anyway. 😎

I agree, though perhaps those folks from the '68 movement were the ones talking like that during the New Wave era. 😉
Even today’s kids are obsessed with this new wave; they’re all out there losing their minds over Adele. They act like they know more than I do about when the legendary shows actually went down at Studio 54. 😉 ... but they're missing the atmosphere that made it all happen.

Watching this movie reminded me that we were incredibly lucky kids back then. We had no idea what was coming our way. Washington, D.C. was finally starting to wake up, and you could actually feel this sense of momentum and pure enthusiasm in the air.

Honestly, I actually appreciate that the movie didn't try to be some walking encyclopedia of the New Wave. Instead, it focused on capturing the actual vibe... I was genuinely impressed seeing all those vintage Fiats and hair straighteners out on the streets.
The long lines for coffee and laundry detergent, the rolling blackouts, those catastrophic reports about the national debt, the skyrocketing inflation... if you look at it objectively, the entire system was collapsing right under our feet. Yet, we didn't even realize it. It was like we were all living in some kind of parallel universe.
The New York Times published an article today where Smith claims that this recent wave was nothing more than a pipe dream...
It’s a beautiful thing when you still have the capacity to dream in your youth. 🙂

People have actually been debating that movie over on Rolling Stone for quite a while now.

You probably haven't seen the movie yet. It just premiered a few days ago, maybe even sooner... anyway... I was reading about him in The New York Times recently and decided I had to catch it in theaters as soon as it dropped.

It’s my kind of music. If Miller actually managed to capture the vibe of that era on screen, then he’s got my vote.
The big question is whether he actually had enough material to work with, and if he’s even got the touch for this kind of thing.
I'm pretty sure the soundtrack is going to be killer, though.

I feel like things were better back in the day. Nowadays, when I go to a concert, there’s none of that hype, none of that feeling of waiting for a spectacle... that sense of being on the edge of your seat waiting for it to start.

If you've seen it, don't give away the plot. Just give me a rating—was it good or not?

Terry Cox81 said:You wouldn't have been able to catch that movie yet, since the premiere was just a few days ago (unless I'm mistaken

😵 😵

and there have already been a million different threads about it...☕

If I remember correctly, the premiere happened about seven months ago in San Francisco. After that, they showed it in Napa Valley, too. This is actually the first time it’s playing here in NYC.

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goldberry said:😵 😵

and there've probably been a million threads about this already.....☕

.....wasn't really keeping up, sorry....

I just finished watching this movie and you absolutely HAVE to see it! Honestly, if we can't make good feature films, at least we know how to produce top-tier documentaries.
If anyone is expecting a musical-heavy experience, you might be a little disappointed. That said, the film perfectly captures what it was like being young back when nobody really cared about our generation and everything revolved around the Cold War era. Since parts of this are autobiographical, I think Isaac did a brilliant job making the subject matter resonate with everyone, not just himself. (Keep an eye out for the moment he almost sits on that guy—so awkward! Poor guy)

I haven't watched the film yet, but I definitely plan to.

Regarding how things used to be better... 😕
It’s not always true that the past was superior to the present. That's just human nature.

silentpilot6 said:Regarding how much better things used to be...😕
It’s not always true that the past was superior—sometimes it’s actually better now. That's just how people work; it's built into our DNA to be nostalgic for no reason...

Oh, come on, what is your problem?
Of course it was a better time... though, admittedly, I was only watching the highlights of those years from a few years older than myself... back then.
Even today, I have punks asking me, "Why wasn't I born back then? Just a few years earlier, just a tiny bit..." 😢

So, maybe you actually prefer what we have today?
Like some sort of flying saucer—you could probably win someone over just by sticking your tongue out at it... 😉 🤣

Man, this movie is absolute gold. I caught it on MTV the other day—seriously, do yourself a favor and watch it. It’s... well, it’s super personal, if you know what I mean. Just really hits home.

silentpilot6 said:Man, looking back at how much better things used to be... honestly, it’s kind of wild. Everything feels so different now—everything just feels watered down, you know? Like we traded all that actual soul and grit for something shiny and mass-produced. I miss when things had some teeth. It’s like everything went from being real to just being... whatever. Just a total bummer if you ask me.😕
It’s always that same old story—"everything was better back then." Honestly, we say it all the time. I guess it’s just hardwired into our DNA or something. We're basically programmed to be nostalgic.

boldeagle3 said:Of course it was a better vibe... honestly, even today I still get punks coming up to me like, "Man, why wasn't I born back then? Just a few years earlier, just a tiny bit sooner," you know?

Maybe you’re actually vibing more with how things are looking today?
A flying squad—you know, like when you just catch 'em off guard with a quick move? Total game changer.

Yeah, that’s how the whole conversation usually goes—people start rambling about the "good old days" or some "golden era" nonsense—and then, suddenly, everything else just starts looking like a downhill slide.

Listen, you really gotta be careful about who you listen to when they start talking about "the good old days" of pop culture. Some people are just—let’s call it what it is—stuck in a nostalgia loop because those were their glory days, or maybe they just feel like they missed out on some massive cultural shift. Then you’ve got the others who might actually have a point about how certain eras just exploded overnight—like that brief, insane musical peak where everything felt huge before it kind of just... bled out everywhere. I'm not trying to get all deep and lecture anyone here—definitely not the vibe right now—but seriously, just go watch the movie and enjoy the damn thing.

I’m not particularly fond of how things are today, but I suppose the real issue is that it resonates more with the younger crowd—specifically high schoolers and those in their early twenties. 😁 To the students: If I were to apply the Thompson-Law to them...👎 Now they’re probably enjoying a better shave, but I expect they'll be complaining again soon, asking, "Where did that golden era go, back when we used to sing about Wind from the Dinar?"
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For me, the most incredible era was the rise of the Techno movement in America. It was roughly between 1993 and 1995. I was a Happy child back then. 😁 There isn't a single soul on this planet who could convince me that there was ever a better era for intelligence than this one.
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