u/DtheAussieBoye

It's Pitchfork discussion time yet again! Inspired by this comment, which got me thinking- given their influence on the music scene back in the day and how many albums they boosted, which albums weren't able to get a similar level of longevity?

And sure, most albums they gushed over probably didn't end up becoming a Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or a Merriweather Post Pavilion, but there's always the odd cases of albums that feel like they should have gotten that acclaim; such as their best album of 2003, or an album that was .4 off a perfect score. What are some of those?

Also, I'm using https://the-fork.vercel.app/ to see these ratings! In case you're unable to see Pitchfork's scores because of their stupid new subscription deal lol

Talking about the beef obviously made him look like a doofus, but ignoring it would have made him feel fake... what would have been the best direction possible for this thing?

Or covers that feel Pen-&-Pixel-esque..

WOLVERINE: Pretty self-explanatory. Garnered massive success during the 80s-00s to the point where he became the defacto main character of the X-Men despite being introduced a decade after they did. Became very annoying for a lot of people very quickly

THE MANDALORIAN: Again, self-explanatory if you've seen the last pic. It felt like a breath of fresh air directly after what could have been an avoidable low moment for the franchise, but it was quickly subject to the same amount of oversaturation a lot of other characters in Star Wars got in a fraction of the time. Now people are sick of him, and have been for a good few years now

LUCAS THE SPIDER: Honestly this could have been more a case of missing the moment, but I swear Lucas the Spider got so big so quickly that he quickly lost his initial charm. By the time he got his own TV show, it felt like his moment had long since passed and there was just no need for him anymore

(Bonus points if they're not a pedo or anything, and it's mostly to do with their musical output)

But yeah, honestly? I don't really care if MGK makes good music or not, I just want him to go away for good. Do you guys have anything like that? Do note that the more you don't give a shit (or outright don't like) the prospect of them making good music, the better!

I’m sure it was, but I’ve only really seen this happen in recent years. Were people in 2010 shocked to release how far long ago 1995 was? Or people in 1995 for 1980?

From Todd's video on "Crash" by the Human League:

"It's so dated, especially that particular synth sound. Euuurgh.. I know we've been living and breathing 80s nostalgia since, like, 2002- but that particular sound has never come back, and for good reason."

But, like... are there any songs where that synth (or anything similar) works? I think it works wonderfully in the chorus of Steve Winwood's "Higher Love", it really helps to make that song soar. Are there any other good examples?

Like, I don’t think a line has haunted me quite like this. Chance outright admitted The Big Day wasn’t good and that he wanted to move past it, but it’s clear he didn’t and probably never will. That shit will haunt him forever, and was basically the point where I knew for a damn fact his career was never going to get back to where it once was

Yes, the video is funny and Megamind 2 is genuinely pretty damn bad- sort of low hanging fruit even at the time, but I get it. Movie not good.

However, it's important to note that Schaff was exaggerating heavily- all the screaming and ranting was obviously done to make the review more entertaining, it's clear he wasn't THAT mad over the dumb low-budget Megamind sequel. The problem is that people who genuinely do get THAT mad started to emulate his behaviour without a single hint of irony.

Now you have a bunch of kids (and an equal amount of immature adults!) screaming about low-budget sequels and shit- and yeah they're usually bad, but getting THIS angry feels kind of over-the-top when you're not fucking around like Schaff does. It's made online movie criticism a lot less nuanced and a lot less fun tbh