FReeper Canteen ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!! ~ 01 January 2024

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

Troops, Veterans, Families, Allies, and FRiends.....

The FReeper Canteen Presents.....

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!!

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

May Light always surround you;
Hope kindle and rebound you.
May your Hurts turn to Healing;
Your Heart embrace Feeling.
May Wounds become Wisdom;
Every Kindness a Prism.
May Laughter infect you;
Your Passion resurrect you.
May Goodness inspire
your Deepest Desires.
Through all that you Reach For,
May your arms Never Tire.”
-D. Simone

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[Publius]

”THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE!”
THE ACADEMY AWARDS FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL SONG: THE 2000s

The election that dragged on forever. 9/11. War! Patriotism returns with a bang. The Middle East. Obama. The Great Recession.

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2000 – Wonder Boys: “Things Have Changed,” by Bob Dylan

This film was a financial flop, not once but twice, in two separate releases. Despite this, it received a number of award nominations.

The song marked a change of style for Dylan.

Bob Dylan: “Things Have Changed”

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2001 – Monsters, Inc.: “If I Didn’t Have You,” by Randy Newman

Having lost one animation team to DreamWorks, Disney teamed with Pixar to create one of the funniest animated films ever made. John Goodman and Billy Crystal were hilarious in their roles. Goodman plays his role in a deadpan manner, like an old NFL linebacker.

John Goodman & Billy Crystal: “If I Didn’t Have You”

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2002 – 8 Mile: “Lose Yourself,” by Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto

It’s a sort of biopic of Marshall Mathers, and I suppose it was inevitable that there would be a rap and hip-hop musical someday. I just hoped I wouldn’t live long enough to witness it.

Eminem: “Lose Yourself”

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2003 – The Return of the King: “Into the West,” by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh

It wrapped up Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and was both an artistic and financial success. The extended version, showing Frodo’s and Sam’s trip through Mordor, is even better. Had Peter Jackson stopped there are not turned “The Hobbit” into a bloated whale of a trilogy, the Tolkien estate wouldn’t have thrown him off further efforts to bring Middle Earth to life.

Annie Lennox: “Into the West”

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2004 – The Motorcycle Diaries: “Al otro lado del rio,” by Jorge Drexler

Think of it as “Young Che,” much as “Smallville” was about young Superman or “Gotham” about young Batman. It’s about Ernesto Guevara’s motorcycle trip through Argentina, where he witnessed the harsh lives of the nation’s peasants. The viewer sees what turned young Ernesto into Che Guevara – deified by college students everywhere – and Hollywood limousine liberals.

Jorge Drexler: “Al otro lado del rio”

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2005 – Hustle & Flow: “It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp,” by Frayser Boy, Juicy J & DJ Paul

It’s about a Memphis pimp and drug dealer who is an aspiring rapper. Sounds like a police blotter entry. Enough said. We’ve come a long way from Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Henry Mancini. Hollywood signals its virtue.

Terence Howard & Taraji Henson: “It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp”

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2006 – An Inconvenient Truth: “I Need to Wake Up,” by Melissa Etheridge

It’s a documentary about manmade global warming and Al Gore, all intended to boost a 2008 presidential campaign – which was pre-empted by Obama. This was just more Hollywood virtue signaling.

Melissa Etheridge: “I Need to Wake Up”

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2007 – Once: “Falling Slowly,” by Glen Mansard & Marketa Irglova

An Irish musical? Yes! This unconventional film was produced on a shoestring budget and became a surprise hit.

Glen Mansard & Marketa Irglova: “Falling Slowly”

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2008 – Slumdog Millionaire: “Jai Ho,” by AR Ranman & Guizar

Bollywood comes to Hollywood. It took a while for this British-Indian entry to catch on with the public, but like “It Happened One Night” and “The Graduate,” when it caught on, it took off with a vengeance and became a massive hit.

Yes, MTV has conquered India.

Tanvi Shah: “Jai Ho”

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2009 – Crazy Heart: “The Weary Kind,” by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett

An alcoholic country singer meets a young journalist and turns his life around. It started out as a direct-to-video entry from Country Music Television that was acquired by Paramount for home release, but Fox bought it for theatrical release. It became a critical and financial success.

Ryan Bingham: “The Weary Kind”

[radu]

I’m not watching his stream. You know I can’t stand him.

[caww]

[luvie]

Oh! I thought you said you were. LOL! He’s in his tux and we’re having fun with different backgrounds. And just chilling.

[radu]

Nope. I said I knew YOU were. You know what a goober I think he is. LOL

[luvie]

Ah. I read it all wrong. LOL! Yeah, he can be a goober, but I like him anyhow.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Gotta love cats, eh?
Never know if they love you or want to hang you!
Good luck with your skunk!!
LOL

[E.G.C.]

Happy New Year and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

Yesterday at Comanche Lake:

[Publius]

”THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE!”
THE ACADEMY AWARDS FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL SONG: THE 2010s

Obama. Trump. COVID. Gay marriage. Transgenderism.

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2010 – Toy Story 3: “We Belong Together,” by Randy Newman

This was the third entry in the Pixar and Disney collaboration, and all three entries were wonderful.

Randy Newman: “We Belong Together”

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2011 – The Muppets: “Man or Muppet,” by Bret McKenzie

Jim Henson’s death did not end the Muppets’ reign. They continued to make money, this time for Disney.

Jason Segel, Peter Linz, Bill Barretta & Jim Parsons: “Man or Muppet”

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2012 – Skyfall: “Skyfall,” by Adele & Paul Epworth

Another James Bond flick. Over the years I get them all confused.

Adele: “Skyfall”

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2013 – Frozen: “Let It Go,” by Kirsten Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez

Hans Christian Andersen by way of Disney, and it made billions for the studio.

Demi Lovato: “Let It Go”

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2014 – Selma: “Glory,” by Common, John Legend & Rhymefest

A great film about a tumultuous period of American history, even with its occasional historical inaccuracies.

Common & John Legend: “Glory”

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2015 – Spectre: “Writing’s on the Wall,” by Jimmy Napes & Sam Smith

Yet another James Bond flick.

Sam Smith: “Writing’s on the Wall”

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2016 – La La Land: “City of Stars,” by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasak & Justin Paul

For once, a great Hollywood musical, and it addresses the failure of hopes and dreams in Tinseltown. I had badly underestimated Ryan Gosling’s talent. He’s very good at what he does.

Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone: “City of Stars”

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2017 – Coco: “Remember Me,” by Kirsten Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez

This all-Latino effort from Pixar and Disney was a massive success, exploring Mexico’s interesting admixture of Catholicism and the ancient Aztec faith.

Gael Garcia Bernal: “Remember Me”

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2018 – A Star is Born: “Shallow,” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt

This old chestnut never dies but comes back again and again with every new generation. Once again, it’s about country music with a mixture of genres. There is something musically for everybody.

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper: “Shallow”

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2019 – Rocketman: “Love Me Again,” by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

This is a musical biopic of Elton John. Once again he is united with his old lyricist for this effort. This was the first film from a major studio to feature an explicit male gay sex scene – which is why I’m glad I never saw the movie.

Elton John & Taron Egerton: “Love Me Again”

[luvie]

Happy New Year to you and ol' Gizmo!

[luvie]

“Shallow” Perfect descriptions of the 2010s. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Central Time Zone!!

Thanks, unique, for the countdown to the new year.

[radu]

He’s all yours. LOL He rubs my nerves raw, being such an idiot at times.

[radu]

Just stepped into ‘24. Watched the music note drop in Nashville and went back to the movie I’ve been watching. LOL

Got to see a few fireworks being shot off up there around Anchorage and hear others that can’t be seen from the cam’s location.

[Publius]

”THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE!”
THE ACADEMY AWARDS FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL SONG: THE 2020s

Stolen and rigged elections. Biden. Q. Black Lives Matter. Antifa. Transgenderism run amok. Virtue signaling. And that’s just the first few years.

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2020 – Judas and the Black Messiah: “Fight for You,” by D’Mile, HER & Tiara Thomas

It’s the story of Chicago’s black leader Fred Hampton and how he was murdered by the police and FBI. The FBI lost a civil suit in this case and had to pay substantial damages to Hampton’s family.

HER: “Fight for You”

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2021 – No Time to Die: “No Time to Die,” by Billie Ellish & Finneas O’Connell

James Bond again.

Billie Ellish: “No Time to Die”

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2022 – RRR: “Naatu Naatu,” by MM Keeravani & Chandrabose

Bollywood again comes to Hollywood, this time a historical epic of the Raj. There is nothing like Indian MTV.

Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava: “Naatu Naatu”

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Who knows what the rest of the decade will bring? I’m not sure I want to know.

[luvie]

...from Central Time Zone to Everyone!

[luvie]

It’s all downhill from the 80s. LOL!

[luvie]

Sometimes I have to bite my tongue, but he does do good news stories...and more in-depth than the TV news channels.

[Publius]

Pretty much, although the Disney entries in the 90s were pretty decent.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Happy New Year!!!
(Sorry I’m late, I got interested in a movie!)