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Not really. There isn't a wasted moment in it.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Let's make this easier - what musicals do you like Kabbes? Not liking Singing In The Rain is...individual to say the very least. It's a masterpiece of it's genre.
The plot is one big wasted moment. Sorry, but there it is.
West Side Story. Moulin Rouge. Going more old-school, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Or to give it its full title, Gentlemen Perforate Blondes.
I apologise for such unenlightened thinking of not wanting to watch something that is just a little bit turgid, awkward and dull.Kabbes' understanding of the genre is sorely lacking.He'll start banging on about songs advancing the plot again in a minute, as if such empty formalism enlightened anyone.
You were too slow. I had already edited. So nyah.
The evidence speaks for itself.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
If it fails to do any of those things its just a rubbish musical then (or a very very early one, which might well be the same thing). Too many of the songs were only average (tara's really began to grate around the third reprise) and whilst it was amusing to watch Giles sing, it wasn't that great outside of the entire series. We've often shown it to non-fans, and it hasn't impressed them half as much as Hush or some of te other talky episodes. It's a Buffy fans musical, not musical fans musical.
you have no taste at all then.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Band of Brothers, The Wire and Six Feet Under should all be higher. Especially Band of Brothers. Amazing series. Can't wait for Pacific!
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
cos there's nothing to jerk off to??
The world has moved on, to be honest. Few films of any genre from 50 years ago still cut it. The ones that do are still amongst the best films to watch, of course -- a masterpiece can be totally timeless. But most stories are of their time and at best seem quaint when taken out of their context.
Musicals of all the genres have aged particularly badly and Sondheim's in particular really haven't lasted well. All IMO, of course.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Ah yes, I remember that afternoon of edification about musicals now...
I watched the Buffy musical and was embarrassed on behalf of the musical genre. It was clearly written by someone with a copy of Musicals For Dummies propped open on his desk. Oh, here's the Setting the Scene song. Here's the People Articulating Their Feelings number. No amount of knowing self-awareness can disguise the fact that it was a musical written by someone who didn't understand musicals.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Yeah kabbes, you should probably take this bisnis to the Glee thread...
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
The best sort of msucial then.
I'll never know what Glee is like because the trailers make it look so unremittingly awful that I'll steer very far clear of it indeed.
Yeah - what the FUCK! That shit-list should br taken out fuckin' shot. Where the fuck is Indianapolis Jones?
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
How do You Want Me? Was great, Dylan Moran and the late Charlotte Coleman, although I though it was more of a comedy than a drama.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
It's resting and looking creaky.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Not a big fan of GBH - right wing toss really - great lead perf though.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I did enjoy it, but 16th????? Come on...
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
Hill Street Blues, was and remains, head and shoulders above any other 'cop' series produced before or since frankly. They all owe their existence effectively to HSB. That it's at a lowly 33 is a travesty.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Playschool is better than 24.Sorry but Brookside better than 24??!
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Had forgotten about A very Peculiar Practice. Very funny. And the Monocled Mutineer. May the great, big world keep turning...
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