"...didn't Oliver Stone already spend too much time engaging us in a discussion about the Doors' legacy?"
Well, no. He didn't spend any time doing that, actually. His 1991 movie's title notwithstanding, Stone spent most of its 2 hours fixated on the band's lead singer and his chemical and interpersonal excesses, with little acknowledgment there were three other members of the group. If the band has any legacy, it is that it was arguably the first group to approach the traditional rock themes of love, sex, and teenage rebellion with lyrics inspired by the Romantic poets. [*Dylan was one guy - not a band.] That they did so without a bass player makes it all the more remarkable. Stone blew an opportunity by missing this point completely, engaging the audience not in a discussion of The Doors' legacy, but in whether we could buy Kyle MacLachlan as Ray Manzarek. (we can't)
Jim influenced my art my entire life with his macabre and surreal lyrics and poetry. You can see my portrait of the Lizard King I created in memoriam recently on the 40th anniversary of his death. It's on my artist's blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/07/celebration-of-lizard-king-jim-morrison.html
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