I really try to appreciate the effort when an artist tries something new; but I'll have to admit I also tend to be the person that "misses the old ____". Especially when it comes to music. I don't like it, but that's just how I am sometimes.
You don't sound pretentious at all, that's actually true; I guess we're just used to paying attention to the smallest details. Sometimes I even wish I wouldn't analyze things too much, but that's very rare, mostly I'm just grateful that I do :P
I was kind of expecting Quentin to create something like Ellis/Müntze's story with Fred/Shosanna when I first saw Basterds (her to seduce him to get closer to the Nazi officials, then for them to fall in love, then for him to find out the truth about her and not to give a damn and then for a tragic death...I knew better than to expect a happy ending from Tarantino) and I was a bit disappointed that it didn't happen but I can't complain. (Besides, KFAD satisfied me just as well).
Never saw the whole movie; I had to watch it in my Italian class and didn't speak much Italian at the time so I was confused out of my mind and probably fell asleep, no idea. I was never a fan of stockholm syndrome anyway, so I didn't care either.

I don't even know how it ended! I watched it at the beginning because my best friend was totally obsessed at the time and I always let him choose what to watch, but then I think Heroes came out sometime around then and I started watching that instead.

Oh then it must be him, it just has to.

I hope he doesn't have a thing for small feet cause tall people don't have small feet at all.

That's great! I can't wait to see it. And that must be exciting for you too, but you still have time, so don't stress out too much. I still can't believe they're shooting that Snow White movie. Or better yet I can't believe they chose Kristen Stewart as Snow White, but I'll watch Chris as anything because I'm a hypocrite like that).

You caught me, actually. I was planning on cheating by using manips and scenes from other movies that look like Fred, but I don't if it will work out. I hope so, and thanks for the idea (: