The Most Outdated Rant of All Time...

was actually the rant that never was.

Actually, the most outdated rant of all time is a kid at work with Asperger's a few years back who had a rant about Ghostbusters II . He saw it as a serious monster movie, not as a crappy sequel, so I got an earful about all the flaws with Ghostbusters II and stopped the kid short of contrasting it to Alien. I wish it was "the rant that never was" because I was there. I had to listen to it.

But here is "the rant that never was." It has to do with the Men In Black and Will Smith's single that went with the movie (cleverly titled, "Men In Black"). For some reason I woke up this morning with the song stuck in my head, and have always been annoyed by the lines...

Here come the Men in Black
Galaxy defenders
Here come the Men in Black
The one's that you'll remember

I was annoyed because a) "galaxy defenders" sounds awkward, and b) a huge premise of the movie was that you DON'T remember the Men in Black. They make a point of making you forget all about them. This lyric has annoyed my for the lasst, what, nine years.

So I thought I'd blog about it and get it off my chest. So I went to a lyric website just now to cut and paste the lyrics, and here's what I found....

Here come the men in black men in black
Galaxy defenders oho oho oho
Here come the men in black men in black
They won't let you remember

Oops. Well written Mr. Smith. Sorry I wasn't listening closely. Now that I know better, your song is freaking modern day Shakespeare.