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« Reply #30 on: November 29, 2010, 09:20:03 AM » |
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Not to beat the same old drum, but the next-to-last Smodcast (#146) has some ridiculously funny stuff on the Spiderman musical. Worth listening to if you're not a regular listener.
Thanks, I'll check that out. |
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« Reply #31 on: November 29, 2010, 03:22:56 PM » |
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As bad as Batman Forever may be, that song rocks. And U2 rocks.
That's the one and only U2 song I have in my iTunes library. |
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« Reply #32 on: November 29, 2010, 03:30:23 PM » |
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« Reply #33 on: November 29, 2010, 03:31:27 PM » |
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I want to see this so bad. That "Boy who fell from the Sky" song is perfectly dumb.
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« Reply #34 on: November 30, 2010, 06:46:58 AM » |
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Not to beat the same old drum, but the next-to-last Smodcast (#146) has some ridiculously funny stuff on the Spiderman musical. Worth listening to if you're not a regular listener.
I have to listen to the Richard Kelly one first, so spoil it for me -- are they just riffing on what's publicly known or does he also have inside scoop stuff to make fun of? |
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« Reply #35 on: November 30, 2010, 07:09:20 AM » |
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That Richard Kelly podcast is great. Until it motivated me to watch The Box. Then I was confused as hell.
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« Reply #36 on: November 30, 2010, 07:14:12 AM » |
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I have to listen to the Richard Kelly one first, so spoil it for me -- are they just riffing on what's publicly known or does he also have inside scoop stuff to make fun of?
They're basically just riffing on the pictures they saw in a fashion magazine; Vogue, I think - and coming up with their own spin on a Spiderman musical. |
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sean
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« Reply #37 on: November 30, 2010, 07:15:18 AM » |
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Then I still want to hit the Richard Kelly one first -- but that gives me something to put next in line.
Hayner - i think the trick to enjoying 'Southland Tales' or 'The Box' at all is to not get caught up in the nonsensical plots. Both of them have some very interesting things buried amid a lot of baffling choices. I can't say that they add up to remotely good movies, but both of them do so much very well (albeit to no particular purpose) that I have nothing but good will towards them.
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« Reply #38 on: November 30, 2010, 07:21:51 AM » |
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I actually really enjoyed Southland Tales the one time I watched it. I've been meaning to give it another spin and after hearing the podcasts it intrigued me enough to gold off until I pick up the graphic novel first.
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sean
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« Reply #39 on: November 30, 2010, 07:27:44 AM » |
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I will say 'Southland Tales' has a lot more going for it -- it's an extra dimension in every direction (bad, but also good), compared to 'The Box'.
That said, it's a real stretch to say that the comics make the thing make more sense. Granted, I didn't read them beginning to end, but I did flip through the trade in a store and, as far as I saw, it's just explaining things the movie already told you. Like, for instance, one issue is everything that happened in the desert. So instead of going the whole movie not knowing why there's two Seann William Scotts, and then it explains it at the end, you go the whole movie knowing why, and then they explain it at the end. It didn't seem like it added anything at all. I haven't watched the Donnie Darko director's cut, but from what everybody says, it sounds exactly the same as that -- the added stuff is just explaining everything and underlining ever explanation. The thing is, the reason the movie is nonsense is NOT that it actually makes no sense. I felt like the explanations were clear enough that, if you're trying to understand what's happening, it's all there in the movie. The problem is making the audience care about six hours worth of exposition crammed into an hour worth of screentime (factoring in that at least half the movie has nothing to do with over-explaining exposition, I mean).
Man, I really want to watch it again. I'm gonna have to check the $5 DVD stores...
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« Reply #40 on: March 10, 2011, 08:52:19 PM » |
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http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/03/details-surface-of-sweeping-changes-to-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark/Rumors are now surfacing about the major changes that will be affecting the show. Among them is the reduction/deletion of the character Arachne. I haven't seen the show, but I'm sure its good riddance to bad rubbish. A few years ago when the character was announced (yes, it has been YEARS), I knew it would amount to nothing but trouble. I do wish I could have seen her musical number all about her shoes, though. Mr. Lynch, was it as bad as they say?
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« Reply #41 on: March 10, 2011, 08:54:20 PM » |
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She was the best singer in the play, and kinda drove the entire play, so WOW they have a lot of work to do.
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« Reply #42 on: March 10, 2011, 11:39:12 PM » |
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Honestly, Taymor was the only thing that made me have any interest in this show. It's weird to witness in my lifetime a Broadway "cautionary tale." Like, every Broadway failure I've ever read about has been like "Man, I wonder what *that* was like." But this is epic.
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« Reply #43 on: March 10, 2011, 11:42:50 PM » |
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Really? No interest in a SPIDER-MAN musical? It could be so cool.
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« Reply #44 on: March 10, 2011, 11:44:40 PM » |
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Honestly, Taymor was the only thing that made me have any interest in this show. It's weird to witness in my lifetime a Broadway "cautionary tale." Like, every Broadway failure I've ever read about has been like "Man, I wonder what *that* was like." But this is epic.
Lynch has seen the two benchmarks. People used to say "Not since Carrie..." and now they'll say "Not since Spiderman..." I guess I should check Spiderman out at some point. But I gotta see Book of Mormon first. |
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