They got increasingly more over the top when he donned the hockey mask.

Yeah fortunately they had the good sense to tone it down a little bit when they genetically recreated him in the year 2300 and sent him into outerspace to stalk space marines.

I did like when one of the said marines had ...

The stuff I did when I was 18 and under is kind of embarrassing.
The later stuff, I actually enjoy.

Yeah i feel the same. For myself, although musically it sucks, i guess it was an exciting time and we all felt motivated to be making music. it sounds pretty lame... lol.
Managed to play once ...

I never really believed the invasion was meant to serve the stated purpose... instead i think they wanted to 'balkanize' Iraq. Now that it is on the cards, they may score a victory out of an otherwise public defeat and be happy with it. It may be a problem to have goals that don't match the publicly ...