10 Things That Would Have Made Spiderman 2 Much Better

1. Kirsten Dunst could have talked more than she screamed.
2. It could have been less predictable. Was anybody really surprised Peter Parker couldn't stop being Spiderman?
3. Yes, it's fun to have people talk about one thing when the audience really knows they're talking about something else, but don't overdo it.
4. Careful what you allude to: it took me most of the movie to remember the Green Goblin wasn't the Joker.
5. Enough with the speechifying! I don't need to learn life lessons from Aunt May, college professors, Mary Jane, Peter Parker and even Doc Oc.
6. Poetry? Get real.
7. Doc Oc didn't seem very evil. Did he actually kill anyone, or would that have ruined the PG rating?
8. Everything having to do with the landlord and his daughter could have been eliminated in the interest of time and streamlining the plot.
9. Mary Jane should have left her wedding and got to Peter's apartment to find him screwing his landlord's daughter.
10. Water probably doesn't stop fusion. Even Hudson River water.
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  Swoon 056 - July 26, 2004

Matthew Dekay and Akatishia - Time to Think (Rewind mix)
Vibe Residents - Rulers Anthem
Victor Magan and Logartho - Feel Good
Paranoid Jack - Hollywood (Main Pass and the Bass Man Guitar Dub) (Aquarius)
Audio Soul Project - Community (Kosmas Epsilon mix)
Dr. Kucho - La Ira de Dios
Dimas and Martinez - Percussive Beats (Dream Drums mix)
Ozgur Can - Tangerine
Jose Zamora - Lochness (Dousk Zulu mix)
Benz and MD - Schonesoleil
Moshic and Zeidan - Nightstalker (Bedrock)
White Room - Strapped (Bedrock)
Jimmy van M - Sanctuary (Bedrock)
Underworld - Jumbo (Francois K and Rob Rives mix) (Junior)
Breeder - New York FM (Van Bellen mix) (Buffalo)
Bedrock - Emerald (Charlie May mix) (Bedrock)
Bedrock - Voices (Slacker mix) (Bedrock)
Faithless - No Roots (BMG)
Faithless - Swingers (BMG)
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  Swoon 055 - July 19, 2004 - Guitar Interrupt

Manual - Summer Haze (Morr)
Telefon Tel Aviv - At the Edge of the World You Will Still Heal (Hefty)
Animal Collective - The Softest Voice (Fat Cat)
FSOL - A Study of Six Guitars (Astralwerks)
FSOL - Snake Hips (Astralwerks)
B. Fleischmann - Guided By Beats (Morr)
To Rococo Rot - Feld (Domino)
Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter (Playhouse)
Murcof - Ulysses (Fax mix) (Leaf)
The Album Leaf - Streamside (Sub Pop)
Thee Silver Mountain Reveries - Pretty Little Lightning Paw (Constellation)
Mono - 16.12 (Rykodisc)
Tortoise - The Lithium Stiffs (Thrill Jockey)
Martini Bros. - Ultrastar (Poker Flat)
Ulrich Schnauss - Between Us and Them (City Centre Offices)
New Order - Ultraviolence (Qwest)
Ministry - Worthless (EMI)
Limp - Souvlaki Space Station (Morr)
Slowdive - Some Velvet Morning (EMI)
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  Swoon 054 - July 12, 2004

Orbital - Nothing Left (ffrr)
Steiger - Postcards from the Edge (Bedrock)
Benz and MD vs. Ebrius - Sound84
Michael Burns - Forward
Ernest St. Laurent - Do Ya Dub
Johannes Heil - Paranoid Dancer (Alexander Kowalski mix) (Kanzleramt)
Fabrice Lig - Meli Maalox (Playhouse)
Commercial Breakup - Superman (Wighnomy Bros. mix) (Ladomat)
Akufen - Tournee 4 (Musique Risquee)
Society London - SPQR
Spektrum - Freakbox (Losoul mix) (Playhouse)
Air Liquide - Geisterzug (Harvest)
Dave Clarke - What Was Her Name? (Skint)
T. Raumschmiere - Zartbitter (Mute)
Robag Wruhme - Hugendubel (Musik Krause)
To Rococo Rot - Dahlem (Domino)
Animal Collective - Good Loving Outside (Fat Cat)
Icarus - Gnog (Leaf)
Murcof - Una (Leaf)
Mono - Mere Your Pathetique Light (Rykodisc)
Arovane - Goodbye Forever (City Centre Offices)
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  Swoon 053 - July 5, 2004

LFO - Freak (Warp)
Beaumont Hannant - SC931 (GPR)
Air Liquide - MP3 (Sm:)e)
Aphex Twin - Start As You Mean To Go On (Warp)
Kibu - No Nation (Rising High)
Purform - The Game (Orange)
Purform - Desire (Orange)
Underground Resistance - Mi Raza (UR)
X-Press 2 - The Ending (Skint)
Crackhaus - Akufen's Morning Dump in the Bush of God (Musique Risquee)
Boards of Canada - Chinook (Skam)
Richard Devine - Kepter (Warp)
Roger van Lunteren - Path (Heimelektro)
Robag Wruhme - Fittickklopfer (Musik Krause)
Robin Judge - Lightning (Noise Factory)
To Rococo Rot - Tal (Domino)
Arovane - Instant Gods Out of the Box (City Centre Offices)
Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby - Glimmer (Bedrock mix) (Concord)
Sly and Robbie Meet the Mad Professor - Freedom Illusion (EMI)  ¶ 9:35 AM 0 Comments Links to this post