It has been a few weeks since I saw Friendship, and now that the layer of uncomfortable cringeness has been washed away from my skin, there is something I feel like I have to discuss about one of the best A24 movies in some time. No, it doesn’t have to do with Tim Robinson or Paul Rudd’s gonzo performances, that absurd Subway scene, or the fact that this 2025 movie led to a minor meltdown.
Instead, it’s more to do with the overwhelming feeling of nostalgia that came over me during a couple of scenes. Specifically, it uncovered a long-forgotten millennial memory of mine that involves Dragon Ball Z and Slipknot. Your eyes aren’t fooling you… I said Dragon Ball Z and Slipknot. As crazy as this all sounds, it’s not some bit from I Think You Should Leave, but it is a ridiculous story.
Friendship Features Slipknot’s ‘Wait And Bleed’ A Couple Of Times, And It Took Me Back
Paul Rudd) are hanging out. Like the awkward Craig, I, too, was blown away by hearing this track back in the day. Hearing that song after all these years took me back to being that sixth grader all over again.
remember all those ridiculously long sequences?) set to Korn’s “Falling Away from Me,” and so much more. But the one that came to mind after watching Friendship was a long-forgotten DBZ AMV set to Slipknot’s “Wait and Bleed.”
All of a sudden, I was flooded with memories of downloading this two-and-a-half-minute video on LimeWire or Kazaa back in middle school. Mind you, this wasn’t with broadband or high-speed internet, but instead a tried-and-true 56k modem, meaning it took many hours to watch the clip in full. Simpler times!
best animated shows of all time. I don’t know how the late Akira Toriyama would feel about this, but he’d probably get a chuckle out of this odd connection. I have to admit, it’s wild what triggers a nostalgia trip like this. And I didn’t even have to lick any toads to experience it.
So, there’s that… my strange experience of remembering an absurdly pixelated video that I spent hours downloading, which probably put my parents on some list with our internet provider a quarter-century ago. Good times!