cptgaio

I listened to it a long, long time ago... I need to dust it off...

it has never been overrated, it's there that (in my opinion) you're wrong.

5 and that's it. A review whose meaning I don’t understand, so I won’t rate it.

I stopped at the beginning of the review because I still have to listen to the album, and I prefer to read your critique with a well-informed perspective. I don’t really agree with the discussion about Manson as a character and especially the criticism of Reznor; however, to each their own…

Of course they listened to them, but honestly, I don’t find influences in the early Maiden music from Judas albums of those years, aside from the common characteristic of "playing fast and dirty," which you must agree is minimal as a variable... You’d have to find 5000 bands to attribute influences to this or that, unless you do what’s fashionable now and declare to have drawn inspiration from someone so far removed from oneself (and perhaps niche) that it’s a miracle, the first example that comes to mind is Tool when they talk about the Pixies, even a deaf person can tell that the true Tool influences (pardon my terminology) are the stoner sounds, in the vein of Kyuss, so to speak, and above all that greatly underestimated band that Therapy were (and I say this with all the love possible for Tool). Anyway, I don’t think this is the case for those great bands that have been (and still are) Maiden and Judas, because they existed in times less prone to these showbiz tricks; it’s simply normal that in such a truly prolific scene like hard rock in those years there were thousands of mutual influences and that they all somewhat knew each other, but honestly, I don’t find anything noticeably different between the music of Maiden and Judas from that period. Over the years, a certain uniformity has been felt, but that's a flaw of contemporary music in general. The only thing (technical, not personal, because I’d have to explain too much) that makes me prefer Maiden to Judas is that their evolution took place within their own system (and for many this may be a flaw) whereas Judas have revealed themselves a bit too indulgent towards styles that aren’t theirs (and this for many can be a merit). Bye!

@Isi: Vercingetorix would have been nice, if the Latin proverb Nomen Omen is true, he would have had a glorious future as a warrior ahead of him...

I remember the movie...brrrr...far from trash...but she was sooooooo gorgeous...

I like it.

I repeat, it's a matter of individual sensitivities; I didn’t say that the more recent Simpsons are overly politically correct, but they are definitely more so compared to the early seasons. As an example, I always bring up the change in Lisa's character, who has transformed from a little demon into a champion of lost causes, and many other characters have followed suit. These are small things, but they have a significant impact on the story.
Then, when it comes to what is more stimulating, it's very personal. As for the quotes, they are definitely done very well, but a work shouldn't be evaluated based on how much and what it quotes, but rather if it does so in an original way. Both series did this, although South Park certainly did it in a more crude manner. Bye!

In my opinion, comparing The Simpsons and South Park is not very fair, as they come from opposite experiences (even though they share a common ground in critiquing American clichés) both conceptually and graphically. It will be hard to establish which of the two is better, as it ultimately comes down to personal sensitivities. To my mind, the early Simpsons were irresistible (at least until seasons 4-5), but it must be said that the animation in the first two seasons was really questionable (and it wasn't intentional like in South Park). It later improved, but also started to align more with other shows, and particularly over the years there has been a noticeable shift in direction regarding the concept. The sharply sarcastic tones (I don't know if you remember how mean Lisa was in the early seasons, for example) were replaced by a much softer irony and, let me say, a fundamental goodness that the creators of South Park have been careful to avoid, remaining consistently (and often annoyingly) aggressively sarcastic. That said, as I've already noted, these observations vary greatly depending on who is watching, leading some to prefer one over the other. I have never taken a definitive "side" because I consider them almost opposing experiences, and therefore I watch both with interest, without getting overwhelmed by enthusiasm, since I am definitely pro-Japanese, at least when it comes to cartoons... So any comparison, in my view, is not particularly meaningful...