Singles (1992)

YES!  Another Gen. X classic.  Have always liked this flick and even saw it in the theaters when it first came out.

There is a lot of filler in 'Singles', but there is also a lot of particularistic awesome-ness to be enjoyed.  Thanks to the innovations of big screen televisions and DVDs most of these 'small things' can be fully viewed now without being missed!

O.k. so lets get the one major thing that is wrong with this flick out of the way before moving on... that is the entirety of the A-plot with Linda Powell and Steve Dunn.  As Troy Dyer from 'Reality Bites' would probably describe them, they are "yuppie cheese-heads!"

Alright but the B-plot with Janet and Cliff is awesome!  There are many people out there (on the internet) that hate Cliff for some reason, but come on at least he is trying to be creative and stuff!  I give him some credit for that!

Then there is Janet.  She is this totally cool down to earth '90s Alterna-girl/ dream-girl!  I love her style!  It was great when chicks used to be like this!

If only chicks now-a-days would wear more grungey and less well... slutty clothes!  Sadly the glut of Pop Tarts (Britney, Christina...)  have had a negative effect on the Millenials

Now for the bestest parts of the flick... all the musicians who had cameos!  There is no other flick that has Alice in Chains and Soundgarden in it performing!  THIS IS FRICKING AWESOME!  And they were recorded playing live!  No studio over-dubs!  This flick is for real!

Also Pearl Jam has a bit part playing the role of the legendary band 'Citizen Dick'!

Thanks to the internet there is now all this cool stuff from the movie out there like this Citizen Dick poster and even their single 'Touch Me I'm Dick' is now out there!  Hell I have a MP3 copy of it now!

It is totally bad ass how all this stuff is out there now, that until like a year or two ago I didn't even know existed till I started searching for stuff on the web.  Singles Forever!

Reality Bites (1994)

Hell ya' one of the few films that actually accurately captures the Generation X zeitgeist!  Cynicism and sarcasm abound!

This flick is great and even today holds up well because... the economy of 2013 stinks even worse then the economy of the early '90s!

Becoming a slacker like Troy Dyer is really the only hope!  Yes and this even ties in with 'Atlas Shrugged' if one wants to get all ideological.

Troy Dyer rules!  If you watch closely you will find he is not some liberal do-gooder:

"I am not under any orders to make the World a better place."

Also in that one scene in the coffee shop (after Lelaina has all those horrible job interviews) one can see that he is reading Marin Heideggers 'Being and Time'.  Heidegger... not exactly Left-wing!

Also Troy has an awesome band!  'Hey, Thats My Bike' rocks!

Lelaina is cool too.  She wants to like do stuff, and not just be some pop-tart like Britney, Christina, or the Kardashian sisters who would soon come to curse our culture after the glorious '90s. Lelaina is totally cute and crush-able and also not all high maintenance whilst wearing ridiculous out-fits.

The soundtrack is good!  I don't think there is any other soundtrack out there that has Dinosaur Jr. on it and the Juliana Hatfield Three!  YES!

'Reality Bites' is a precious gem to behold!  One of the few rare flicks that is actually geared for Generation X (there is like, what four or five total?)  Glad I watched my copy!