Russ RJD

I was surprised to enjoy miniseries on an interpretation of the alternative culture in San Francisco from 60s forward. Even more surprised I had to fast forward the male/male sex scenes especially where guys open mouth kissing just major turn off for me, but the emotional interactions and gay male storylines were entertaining to me as we're the broad spectrum of sexual preferences and gender identities. Amazing human diversity and real about how far we've come in last 50 years. I don't think I'm homophobic but did have a real dislike in viewing the male male sex scenes. If you like that part, great, but for me it's like trying to make me like a horror show like Friday the 13, big turn off. I don't like horror although the Kill Bills movies were great, again, I fast forward though over the top gore (over the top being different for everyone) but I want to get to the best part dialogues then store lines. Tales from the City I believe was on point with old-school acceptance, and privileged millennials trying force beliefs onto others ir virtue signal, (I'm a better person than you because I support and stand up for minorities, Even when I'm not asked to) and that's what made it all the more believable, as there are good and not so good people in all walks of life. Gender, race, old, young, who are not discriminating or pushing it and believes in the other peoples' faces or spaces, because waving the rainbow flag doesn't make you a better person than someone who doesn't wave a rainbow flag. We all make judgments based on our life experiences which mold who we are and this limited series did a good job of showing a broad spectrum of people who have been grossly marginalized until recently, thanks to good respectful decent human beings for showing the good side of things or seeing the good side of things rather than judging others, and finding or focusing on the bad. If you're a little squeamish about the LGBTQ.... etc. whatever community, you might find this series enlightening or educational, at least, quite entertaining in my opinion. I recommend it.

Okay this movie is not for everyone, I made it to 59 without doing much more than the main character and I totally relate to the issues he had although I think my life much rosier but I know my younger years with alcoholic father took all my desire to try. Soo many things came soo easy that I saw it as, 'luck', not really, 'my efforts' that made my successes. I could never give myself credit for my successes because I felt like it came too easy. So this movie is happy ending as the dysfunctional main character at a very young age gets a chance to try and that is the dream... trying. Good movie, but, I think you might have to be a screw-up to relate to the, 'light', the main character finds at the end of his life's dark tunnel in time in his youth in this movie, not unlike many young people today who cannot believe in possibilities because their parents were such screw-ups. maybe things come so easy we expect instead of create, good luck to you young people and if I can learn something from this movie at 59, I think some other hopefully younger and smarter screw-ups might get a glimpse of what they do to sel-destruct rather than grab opportunity when its presented. Best message "spectacular now" is the ever ongoing moments of opportunity to change and be the better you you want to be.