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It's not her best song or even in her top 20. But it's still so much better then the sickness song. I am also interested in what the rest of the album has to offer. The video is good, but not... WOW Gaga is doing something revolutionary-good. It's just good. Like it, she has better videos again. I think she's gone into territory where her past material is so iconic that it's so hard to live pass it. Michael Jackson / Madonna type of curse... where people can't shake off the memory of your greatest hits. Overall I still give it a solid 6/10!

Me at the post office when my amazon package hasn't arrived on time.

Great analysis.

My reaction to these fake-clickbait videos when I see one -

Hardcore cringe.

Congrats to people who VOTED for THIS. People are now going to be paying from their own pocket for his LUNACY.

I approve this casting choice.

I was a huge Sarah Michelle Gellar fan in my early teens. I was obsessed with I know what you did last summer! I'm happy for her. I think Buffy has potential in 2025 to become a huge hit again. I would also hope that she has more than... recurring role in it. But that's just me.

Love it!

Birthdays, birthdays and then BTG! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

I forgot to say how much I loved this description. I instantly remembered it and have been occasionally going back to it during my day. So memorable.

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I've began accepting the fact that this beautiful project (now a reality) called "Beyond the Gates" will shine brightest and strongest... in moments when it's being surrounded by toxicity and trash. Even if God himself came and head-wrote the show... some particular people would find extreme faults or something to hate or ridicule. And I'm not talking about the normal constructive criticism or dislike of certain aspects (that is welcome and should not be repelled), but pre-directed, pre-planned, derogatory, passive-aggressive, all-kinds-of-phobic agenda that we've all seen and reacted to in this topic. Agenda whose main focus is to create a toxic atmosphere and distort the reality. To change the fact that... till now... the reaction to the show has been amazingly positive. And just like a stunning rose in midst of hideous weeds... becomes even more beautiful when she is being surrounded by ugliness... this obvious, transparent and quite laughable agenda will be just that... a boring weed you have to look at... sometimes... because it stands next to the rose.

I can only say this - when thе camera-spiel technique is used properly... with good direction... it can actually help the narrative. I gave "Dancer in the dark" as an example. It's not only the shakiness that disrupts me... it's the inappropriate moments when the camera is shaky and going from face to face while people are just casually talking. Or just moving from left to right on the same face. It's a technique that if you are going to use... you have to be very careful... because the end product MAY look like Guiding light. I've seen amazing movies that have camera-spiel (play of the camera) and I'm okay with it. But in Guiding Light it does not work.

And even more bizarre... why while they are talking about Josh in the woods (what better place to do that)... you hear the dialogue like it's shot in studio or a quiet room. There is not enough natural background noise and etc. Maybe that was some random mistake in that particular episode... but the whole thing looks not only ugly and sloppy, but sounds creepy. The silence in background while they are yelling at each other with crisp voices... is eerie. And one thing also... maybe it's just a pet peeve and personal taste of mine, but the constant camera shaking is unnerving. I can't focus on people's faces. The camera is constantly shaking from left to right in some pathetic attempt to give the scenes some energy... but it fails completely. It just doesn't look right. It's Lars Von Trier's "Dancer in the dark"... gone bad.

I also don't buy that it's all about budget. I've studied at Theatre and Film Academy and I've seen what people can do with nothing basically. If I show these clips to some of my colleagues they would laugh and ask me if this is something that got rejected to ENTER the Academy not even talking about finishing with this. There comes a point where you have to ask yourself... that if you need to lower the quality TO THAT level... of caricature... then you must accept it's OVER. This can be applied to so many things in life. Call me a perfectionist, but if I can't do something correctly or to a certain standard... I don't do it. That's just me. Again, I have no way of knowing the dynamics of how and why this happened and I don't want to trigger emotional fans's reaction. But I have to be honest... I see GL in it's final days and I get a gag-reflex at times. It's so ugly... it could work better at just turning it off and imagining it's a radio play.

As I've said it's an impression I have, not a fact and... All of this is very subjective. I'm sure some people believe GL was not the worst one. I'm just saying what I'm getting from all of you guys' answers. We could get into a discussion that can be 100 pages long, without picking our answers... and it won't be simplistic at all. LOL.

I miss this era of Gaga.