Today, all I want to do is watch 7 hours of drive-in intermission shorts!

Oh yes! Escapism at its finest. Given my medical status (THREE appointments with specialists in the next few months, not to mention multiple lab visits - can't I just leave them a pint of my blood and be done with it??), I need a distraction, and these jerky old things work perfectly. Surrealism at its finest! I never went to too many drive-in movies, and now they're pretty much obsolete (though there was talk of reviving them during the pandemic). You could eat, talk, and (best of all) smoke in the comfort of your own car, with the dog slobbering all over you, the baby crying, the kids whining for snacks, etc. etc. The movie was the least of it.

I see a lot of nostalgia in the YouTube comments sections, as if the '80s and '90s were a kind of paradise (though everyone griped about it back then, and were nostalgic for the '50s and '60s). It's a kind of yearning for a simpler time, which of course it wasn't. Just different. But I never go to ANY movies now, as all I see is the 55th iteration of Superman (GOD not again!) and other stupid, soulless, mass-produced superhero and gaming movies. I used to go to a movie a week back in the '90s, and I'd say 80% of them were watchable, and even if they weren't, I'd get an extra-large popcorn with extra "golden topping", and just stuff my face. Such bliss!