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Sadly the idea of making a Freddie Mercury biopic seems to have been abandoned (at least I haven't heard any news on the subject in, like, two and a half years), but after "Mamma Mia's" success a similar production about Queen wouldn't be a surprise. What do you think?[/QUOTE]
i hope its abandoned because there is a very small chance that they would make it justice, specially if that idiot johnny depp were to play freddie, hope the idea is abandoned.
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Maybe you could play him instead. You're a talented musician and you actually look a bit like Freddie; it wouldn't surprise me if you were also a great actor.
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QUEEN following after the format of Abba for a fucking movie??!! SAY IT'S NOT TRUE (pun intended)!!!! Abba is a sorry group of half rate fag-hag disco music written for the times. Across the Universe was heresy IMO as well...John & George were rolling over in their grave over that. Some of the interpretations of the songs were cool, but that's about all you can say. Queen should do a band biopic, a Freddie biopic...or NOTHING at all with the movies. Fuck Abba...aren't they from Sweden?
At that rate, they're still better than Treasure Moment.
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I loved Across the Universe. I thought it was fantastic. And I'm a HUGE Beatles fan.
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I'm sorry I wasn't clear about a couple of things. I don't think Across The Universe was a bad movie, but I do think it was heresy to the legacy of the Fab Four. Frankly I'm as keen on Broadway Musicals as Roger is...I'm probably more prejudiced. I was over-exposed to them as a kid.
The only musical made into a movie that I was actually keen on is Phantom Of The Opera, well maybe it's what the movie was watching...hehe. It was her idea dammit!!
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Well, I've never seen a Brodway musical nor anything like that.
But why would it be heresy to The Beatles legacy?, I think it's a homage...
[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
QUEEN following after the format of Abba for a fucking movie??!! SAY IT'S NOT TRUE (pun intended)!!!! Abba is a sorry group of half rate fag-hag disco music written for the times. Across the Universe was heresy IMO as well...John & George were rolling over in their grave over that. Some of the interpretations of the songs were cool, but that's about all you can say. Queen should do a band biopic, a Freddie biopic...or NOTHING at all with the movies. Fuck Abba...aren't they from Sweden?
At that rate, they're still better than Treasure Moment.
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I loved Across the Universe. I thought it was fantastic. And I'm a HUGE Beatles fan.
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I'm sorry I wasn't clear about a couple of things. I don't think Across The Universe was a bad movie, but I do think it was heresy to the legacy of the Fab Four. Frankly I'm as keen on Broadway Musicals as Roger is...I'm probably more prejudiced. I was over-exposed to them as a kid.
The only musical made into a movie that I was actually keen on is Phantom Of The Opera, well maybe it's what the movie was watching...hehe. It was her idea dammit!!
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Well, I've never seen a Brodway musical nor anything like that.
But why would it be heresy to The Beatles legacy?, I think it's a homage...
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[b]Treasure Moment wrote: [/b]
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[b]k-m wrote: [/b]
Sadly the idea of making a Freddie Mercury biopic seems to have been abandoned (at least I haven't heard any news on the subject in, like, two and a half years), but after "Mamma Mia's" success a similar production about Queen wouldn't be a surprise. What do you think?
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i hope its abandoned because there is a very small chance that they would make it justice, specially if that idiot johnny depp were to play freddie, hope the idea is abandoned.
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Johnny Depp is a great actor. I think he would be great. Though I can think of others who would be great... I guess it would depend on what time period they would want to represent...
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[b]k-m wrote: [/b]
Sadly the idea of making a Freddie Mercury biopic seems to have been abandoned (at least I haven't heard any news on the subject in, like, two and a half years), but after "Mamma Mia's" success a similar production about Queen wouldn't be a surprise. What do you think?
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i hope its abandoned because there is a very small chance that they would make it justice, specially if that idiot johnny depp were to play freddie, hope the idea is abandoned.
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Johnny Depp is a great actor. I think he would be great. Though I can think of others who would be great... I guess it would depend on what time period they would want to represent...
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
QUEEN following after the format of Abba for a fucking movie??!! SAY IT'S NOT TRUE (pun intended)!!!! Abba is a sorry group of half rate fag-hag disco music written for the times. Across the Universe was heresy IMO as well...John & George were rolling over in their grave over that. Some of the interpretations of the songs were cool, but that's about all you can say. Queen should do a band biopic, a Freddie biopic...or NOTHING at all with the movies. Fuck Abba...aren't they from Sweden?
At that rate, they're still better than Treasure Moment.
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I loved Across the Universe. I thought it was fantastic. And I'm a HUGE Beatles fan.
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I'm sorry I wasn't clear about a couple of things. I don't think Across The Universe was a bad movie, but I do think it was heresy to the legacy of the Fab Four. Frankly I'm as keen on Broadway Musicals as Roger is...I'm probably more prejudiced. I was over-exposed to them as a kid.
The only musical made into a movie that I was actually keen on is Phantom Of The Opera, well maybe it's what the movie was watching...hehe. It was her idea dammit!!
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Well, I've never seen a Brodway musical nor anything like that.
But why would it be heresy to The Beatles legacy?, I think it's a homage...
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I guess I'm just a purist in the sense that, I don't believe their music was ever meant to be put into that format. I don't believe for a second that George or John would've gone for it...the act in and of itself to me is selling out, because it was all about the money. And God knows Yoko Ono isn't stupid enough to turn away another royalty cheque, and neither is Macca.
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
QUEEN following after the format of Abba for a fucking movie??!! SAY IT'S NOT TRUE (pun intended)!!!! Abba is a sorry group of half rate fag-hag disco music written for the times. Across the Universe was heresy IMO as well...John & George were rolling over in their grave over that. Some of the interpretations of the songs were cool, but that's about all you can say. Queen should do a band biopic, a Freddie biopic...or NOTHING at all with the movies. Fuck Abba...aren't they from Sweden?
At that rate, they're still better than Treasure Moment.
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I loved Across the Universe. I thought it was fantastic. And I'm a HUGE Beatles fan.
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I'm sorry I wasn't clear about a couple of things. I don't think Across The Universe was a bad movie, but I do think it was heresy to the legacy of the Fab Four. Frankly I'm as keen on Broadway Musicals as Roger is...I'm probably more prejudiced. I was over-exposed to them as a kid.
The only musical made into a movie that I was actually keen on is Phantom Of The Opera, well maybe it's what the movie was watching...hehe. It was her idea dammit!!
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Well, I've never seen a Brodway musical nor anything like that.
But why would it be heresy to The Beatles legacy?, I think it's a homage...
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I guess I'm just a purist in the sense that, I don't believe their music was ever meant to be put into that format. I don't believe for a second that George or John would've gone for it...the act in and of itself to me is selling out, because it was all about the money. And God knows Yoko Ono isn't stupid enough to turn away another royalty cheque, and neither is Macca.
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
QUEEN following after the format of Abba for a fucking movie??!! SAY IT'S NOT TRUE (pun intended)!!!! Abba is a sorry group of half rate fag-hag disco music written for the times. Across the Universe was heresy IMO as well...John & George were rolling over in their grave over that. Some of the interpretations of the songs were cool, but that's about all you can say. Queen should do a band biopic, a Freddie biopic...or NOTHING at all with the movies. Fuck Abba...aren't they from Sweden?
At that rate, they're still better than Treasure Moment.
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I loved Across the Universe. I thought it was fantastic. And I'm a HUGE Beatles fan.
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Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
QUEEN following after the format of Abba for a fucking movie??!! SAY IT'S NOT TRUE (pun intended)!!!! Abba is a sorry group of half rate fag-hag disco music written for the times. Across the Universe was heresy IMO as well...John & George were rolling over in their grave over that. Some of the interpretations of the songs were cool, but that's about all you can say. Queen should do a band biopic, a Freddie biopic...or NOTHING at all with the movies. Fuck Abba...aren't they from Sweden?
At that rate, they're still better than Treasure Moment.
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I loved Across the Universe. I thought it was fantastic. And I'm a HUGE Beatles fan.
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Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi!!!. I think the plot was very good. It was such a sweet film, while at the same time being serious about many things... Some of the covers are indeed fantastic. I especially like I Want to Hold your Hand, which is sadly very short in the movie... I think it's probably better in a way than the original (but of course, the original is the original). I also think it's great how they used I Want You (she's so heavy), visually and conceptually. The way they used Revolution expresses very well the idea of the song.
I agree that is great propaganda for the band.
[b]April wrote: [/b]
Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi!!!. I think the plot was very good. It was such a sweet film, while at the same time being serious about many things... Some of the covers are indeed fantastic. I especially like I Want to Hold your Hand, which is sadly very short in the movie... I think it's probably better in a way than the original (but of course, the original is the original). I also think it's great how they used I Want You (she's so heavy), visually and conceptually. The way they used Revolution expresses very well the idea of the song.
I agree that is great propaganda for the band.
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
I guess I'm just a purist in the sense that, I don't believe their music was ever meant to be put into that format. I don't believe for a second that George or John would've gone for it...the act in and of itself to me is selling out, because it was all about the money. And God knows Yoko Ono isn't stupid enough to turn away another royalty cheque, and neither is Macca.
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Are you a Beatles fan?, in any case not much of a Paul fan, it seems :). I doubt Paul would have been more likely to like it than John or George...
It cannot be selling out because they didn't need Paul's or Yoko's permission to do it. At least I don't think they did.
I certainly don't think it was all about the money. If it would have been, then the resul would have been a bad or mediocre film, and it isn't. It's clear to me that there's emotional commitment on the part of the people who made the film. They cared about what they were doing, they cared about the music.
[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
I guess I'm just a purist in the sense that, I don't believe their music was ever meant to be put into that format. I don't believe for a second that George or John would've gone for it...the act in and of itself to me is selling out, because it was all about the money. And God knows Yoko Ono isn't stupid enough to turn away another royalty cheque, and neither is Macca.
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Are you a Beatles fan?, in any case not much of a Paul fan, it seems :). I doubt Paul would have been more likely to like it than John or George...
It cannot be selling out because they didn't need Paul's or Yoko's permission to do it. At least I don't think they did.
I certainly don't think it was all about the money. If it would have been, then the resul would have been a bad or mediocre film, and it isn't. It's clear to me that there's emotional commitment on the part of the people who made the film. They cared about what they were doing, they cared about the music.
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi!!!. I think the plot was very good. It was such a sweet film, while at the same time being serious about many things... Some of the covers are indeed fantastic. I especially like I Want to Hold your Hand, which is sadly very short in the movie... I think it's probably better in a way than the original (but of course, the original is the original). I also think it's great how they used I Want You (she's so heavy), visually and conceptually. The way they used Revolution expresses very well the idea of the song.
I agree that is great propaganda for the band.
Yes, I agree that there are many perfect songs. The ones you mentioned are very good. I also like It Won`t Be Long, which is so full of energy and expectation, I like Dear Prudence and the sky all around, I like Let It Be and the guy, I like Happiness Is a Warm Gun, but it`s my favourite song anyway! I like the way Bono performed I Am the Walrus. Oh, I can`t stop! Help me!..hanks for sharing emotions and ideas, Crisstti!!![/QUOTE]
[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi!!!. I think the plot was very good. It was such a sweet film, while at the same time being serious about many things... Some of the covers are indeed fantastic. I especially like I Want to Hold your Hand, which is sadly very short in the movie... I think it's probably better in a way than the original (but of course, the original is the original). I also think it's great how they used I Want You (she's so heavy), visually and conceptually. The way they used Revolution expresses very well the idea of the song.
I agree that is great propaganda for the band.
Yes, I agree that there are many perfect songs. The ones you mentioned are very good. I also like It Won`t Be Long, which is so full of energy and expectation, I like Dear Prudence and the sky all around, I like Let It Be and the guy, I like Happiness Is a Warm Gun, but it`s my favourite song anyway! I like the way Bono performed I Am the Walrus. Oh, I can`t stop! Help me!..hanks for sharing emotions and ideas, Crisstti!!![/QUOTE]
I would be great to have a film about Queen and Freddie, but not a musical like Mama Mia or even Across the Universe. I don`t think such a musical about Queen will be a good movie. We already have a musical on in London called We Will Rock You. It is good as a propaganda of Queen`s songs, it`s nice to listen to the actors, to see them on stage, but the plot is trivial and even stupid, like a matinee (morning performance) for children. I wouldn`t like to see such a musical about Queen.
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi!!!. I think the plot was very good. It was such a sweet film, while at the same time being serious about many things... Some of the covers are indeed fantastic. I especially like I Want to Hold your Hand, which is sadly very short in the movie... I think it's probably better in a way than the original (but of course, the original is the original). I also think it's great how they used I Want You (she's so heavy), visually and conceptually. The way they used Revolution expresses very well the idea of the song.
I agree that is great propaganda for the band.
Yes, I agree that there are many perfect songs. The ones you mentioned are very good. I also like It Won`t Be Long, which is so full of energy and expectation, I like Dear Prudence and the sky all around, I like Let It Be and the guy, I like Happiness Is a Warm Gun, but it`s my favourite song anyway! I like the way Bono performed I Am the Walrus. Oh, I can`t stop! Help me!..hanks for sharing emotions and ideas, Crisstti!!![/QUOTE]
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Oh, it's been great talking about it with you!!!. I've only seen the film once, actually, so I don't remember it as well as you do :). But it's going to be on HBO soon.
It's funny, it's almost easier to talk here about The Beatles than in the Beatles forum I see, 'cos there it's all politics... :).
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi!!!. I think the plot was very good. It was such a sweet film, while at the same time being serious about many things... Some of the covers are indeed fantastic. I especially like I Want to Hold your Hand, which is sadly very short in the movie... I think it's probably better in a way than the original (but of course, the original is the original). I also think it's great how they used I Want You (she's so heavy), visually and conceptually. The way they used Revolution expresses very well the idea of the song.
I agree that is great propaganda for the band.
Yes, I agree that there are many perfect songs. The ones you mentioned are very good. I also like It Won`t Be Long, which is so full of energy and expectation, I like Dear Prudence and the sky all around, I like Let It Be and the guy, I like Happiness Is a Warm Gun, but it`s my favourite song anyway! I like the way Bono performed I Am the Walrus. Oh, I can`t stop! Help me!..hanks for sharing emotions and ideas, Crisstti!!![/QUOTE]
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Oh, it's been great talking about it with you!!!. I've only seen the film once, actually, so I don't remember it as well as you do :). But it's going to be on HBO soon.
It's funny, it's almost easier to talk here about The Beatles than in the Beatles forum I see, 'cos there it's all politics... :).
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
I guess I'm just a purist in the sense that, I don't believe their music was ever meant to be put into that format. I don't believe for a second that George or John would've gone for it...the act in and of itself to me is selling out, because it was all about the money. And God knows Yoko Ono isn't stupid enough to turn away another royalty cheque, and neither is Macca.
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Are you a Beatles fan?, in any case not much of a Paul fan, it seems :). I doubt Paul would have been more likely to like it than John or George...
It cannot be selling out because they didn't need Paul's or Yoko's permission to do it. At least I don't think they did.
I certainly don't think it was all about the money. If it would have been, then the resul would have been a bad or mediocre film, and it isn't. It's clear to me that there's emotional commitment on the part of the people who made the film. They cared about what they were doing, they cared about the music.
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Yeah, I was raised on the Beatles...my parents had me well indoctrinated into Sgt. Pepper's, Let It Be, & Abbey Road, before I even heard Queen's music. So you could say I'm a fan. I like their later stuff (the music they recorded after they started using drugs) especially. I actually like Paul...George is my fav, where John is my least favourite. I think the money had a lot to do with it (they're already a household name, their market will likely NEVER die), if Paul, Yoko, & Ringo can stop iTunes from selling The Beatles catalog of music on iTunes, then they certainly must have enough control over the music that if they wanted to stop it, they would have. So again, it was VERY much about the money. There are so many devout Beatles fans, that the studio/writers/crew would be expected to deliver and do them justice (which should be the case anyways...it's the Beatles for God's sake!). So they made it a pseudo-psychadelic broadway, historical, story-like movie, with all the cliche's and all the hits. It was a clever movie, and I did like it (for being a musical). I just wasn't CRAZY about it. The best rendition from that movie IMO is "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." They made it like a Freddie King blues number.
[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
I guess I'm just a purist in the sense that, I don't believe their music was ever meant to be put into that format. I don't believe for a second that George or John would've gone for it...the act in and of itself to me is selling out, because it was all about the money. And God knows Yoko Ono isn't stupid enough to turn away another royalty cheque, and neither is Macca.
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Are you a Beatles fan?, in any case not much of a Paul fan, it seems :). I doubt Paul would have been more likely to like it than John or George...
It cannot be selling out because they didn't need Paul's or Yoko's permission to do it. At least I don't think they did.
I certainly don't think it was all about the money. If it would have been, then the resul would have been a bad or mediocre film, and it isn't. It's clear to me that there's emotional commitment on the part of the people who made the film. They cared about what they were doing, they cared about the music.
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Yeah, I was raised on the Beatles...my parents had me well indoctrinated into Sgt. Pepper's, Let It Be, & Abbey Road, before I even heard Queen's music. So you could say I'm a fan. I like their later stuff (the music they recorded after they started using drugs) especially. I actually like Paul...George is my fav, where John is my least favourite. I think the money had a lot to do with it (they're already a household name, their market will likely NEVER die), if Paul, Yoko, & Ringo can stop iTunes from selling The Beatles catalog of music on iTunes, then they certainly must have enough control over the music that if they wanted to stop it, they would have. So again, it was VERY much about the money. There are so many devout Beatles fans, that the studio/writers/crew would be expected to deliver and do them justice (which should be the case anyways...it's the Beatles for God's sake!). So they made it a pseudo-psychadelic broadway, historical, story-like movie, with all the cliche's and all the hits. It was a clever movie, and I did like it (for being a musical). I just wasn't CRAZY about it. The best rendition from that movie IMO is "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." They made it like a Freddie King blues number.
The dispute with itunes and the surviving Beatles is all about the lawsuit years ago...
Apple Computer vs. Apple Corps
ROUND 1: In 1978, Apple Corps, the Beatles-founded holding company and owner of their record label, Apple Records, filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement. The suit was settled in 1981 for US$80,000.As a condition of the settlement, Apple Computer agreed not to enter the music business, and Apple Corps agreed not to enter the computer business.
Winner: Beatles
ROUND 2: In 1986, Apple Computer added MIDI and the advanced 5503 sound chip from famous synthesizer maker Ensoniq into the Apple IIGS line. In 1989 this led Apple Corps to sue again, claiming violation of the 1981 settlement agreement. The outcome of this litigation effectively spelled the end of any further development of the highly profitable Apple II line… Steve Jobs’ “baby”.
Winner: Beatles
ROUND 3: In 1991, an Apple employee named Jim Reekes had included a sampled system sound called Chimes to the Macintosh operating system, but Apple’s legal department objected citing the agreement with Apple Corps. Reekes renamed the sound to sosumi, which he asserted was Japanese and Apple Computer agreed that it would not package, sell or distribute physical music materials, but it could “reproduce, run, play or otherwise deliver such content”.
Winner: Apple
ROUND 4: In September 2003, Apple Corps sued Apple Computer again, this time for breach of contract, in using the Apple logo in the creation and operation of Apple Computer’s iTunes Music Store. The Judge held Apple Computer’s use was covered. Despite the decision, plans have been announced by Neil Aspinall to completely remaster and release the entire Beatles catalogue on unspecified online music services.
Winner: Apple
Special “pouty-face” award to: Neil Aspinall
ROUND 5: January 2007 Macworld conference, Steve Jobs features Beatles content heavily in his keynote presentation and demonstration of the iPhone. Speculation abounds that the much anticipated music of the Beatles will finally be coming to the iTunes Store.
Winner: Everyone
Paul McCartney revealed in Rolling Stone Magazine that their catalog would be released in the first quarter of 2008, although as of yet, no Beatles
(much of this info comes from Tom Hormby's Orchard)
Apple Computer vs. Apple Corps
ROUND 1: In 1978, Apple Corps, the Beatles-founded holding company and owner of their record label, Apple Records, filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement. The suit was settled in 1981 for US$80,000.As a condition of the settlement, Apple Computer agreed not to enter the music business, and Apple Corps agreed not to enter the computer business.
Winner: Beatles
ROUND 2: In 1986, Apple Computer added MIDI and the advanced 5503 sound chip from famous synthesizer maker Ensoniq into the Apple IIGS line. In 1989 this led Apple Corps to sue again, claiming violation of the 1981 settlement agreement. The outcome of this litigation effectively spelled the end of any further development of the highly profitable Apple II line… Steve Jobs’ “baby”.
Winner: Beatles
ROUND 3: In 1991, an Apple employee named Jim Reekes had included a sampled system sound called Chimes to the Macintosh operating system, but Apple’s legal department objected citing the agreement with Apple Corps. Reekes renamed the sound to sosumi, which he asserted was Japanese and Apple Computer agreed that it would not package, sell or distribute physical music materials, but it could “reproduce, run, play or otherwise deliver such content”.
Winner: Apple
ROUND 4: In September 2003, Apple Corps sued Apple Computer again, this time for breach of contract, in using the Apple logo in the creation and operation of Apple Computer’s iTunes Music Store. The Judge held Apple Computer’s use was covered. Despite the decision, plans have been announced by Neil Aspinall to completely remaster and release the entire Beatles catalogue on unspecified online music services.
Winner: Apple
Special “pouty-face” award to: Neil Aspinall
ROUND 5: January 2007 Macworld conference, Steve Jobs features Beatles content heavily in his keynote presentation and demonstration of the iPhone. Speculation abounds that the much anticipated music of the Beatles will finally be coming to the iTunes Store.
Winner: Everyone
Paul McCartney revealed in Rolling Stone Magazine that their catalog would be released in the first quarter of 2008, although as of yet, no Beatles
(much of this info comes from Tom Hormby's Orchard)
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
Yeah, I was raised on the Beatles...my parents had me well indoctrinated into Sgt. Pepper's, Let It Be, & Abbey Road, before I even heard Queen's music. So you could say I'm a fan. I like their later stuff (the music they recorded after they started using drugs) especially. I actually like Paul...George is my fav, where John is my least favourite. I think the money had a lot to do with it (they're already a household name, their market will likely NEVER die), if Paul, Yoko, & Ringo can stop iTunes from selling The Beatles catalog of music on iTunes, then they certainly must have enough control over the music that if they wanted to stop it, they would have. So again, it was VERY much about the money. There are so many devout Beatles fans, that the studio/writers/crew would be expected to deliver and do them justice (which should be the case anyways...it's the Beatles for God's sake!). So they made it a pseudo-psychadelic broadway, historical, story-like movie, with all the cliche's and all the hits. It was a clever movie, and I did like it (for being a musical). I just wasn't CRAZY about it. The best rendition from that movie IMO is "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." They made it like a Freddie King blues number.
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But it wouln't be the same, would it?, since the music in the film is covers, no originals.
[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
Yeah, I was raised on the Beatles...my parents had me well indoctrinated into Sgt. Pepper's, Let It Be, & Abbey Road, before I even heard Queen's music. So you could say I'm a fan. I like their later stuff (the music they recorded after they started using drugs) especially. I actually like Paul...George is my fav, where John is my least favourite. I think the money had a lot to do with it (they're already a household name, their market will likely NEVER die), if Paul, Yoko, & Ringo can stop iTunes from selling The Beatles catalog of music on iTunes, then they certainly must have enough control over the music that if they wanted to stop it, they would have. So again, it was VERY much about the money. There are so many devout Beatles fans, that the studio/writers/crew would be expected to deliver and do them justice (which should be the case anyways...it's the Beatles for God's sake!). So they made it a pseudo-psychadelic broadway, historical, story-like movie, with all the cliche's and all the hits. It was a clever movie, and I did like it (for being a musical). I just wasn't CRAZY about it. The best rendition from that movie IMO is "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." They made it like a Freddie King blues number.
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But it wouln't be the same, would it?, since the music in the film is covers, no originals.
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi!!!. I think the plot was very good. It was such a sweet film, while at the same time being serious about many things... Some of the covers are indeed fantastic. I especially like I Want to Hold your Hand, which is sadly very short in the movie... I think it's probably better in a way than the original (but of course, the original is the original). I also think it's great how they used I Want You (she's so heavy), visually and conceptually. The way they used Revolution expresses very well the idea of the song.
I agree that is great propaganda for the band.
Yes, I agree that there are many perfect songs. The ones you mentioned are very good. I also like It Won`t Be Long, which is so full of energy and expectation, I like Dear Prudence and the sky all around, I like Let It Be and the guy, I like Happiness Is a Warm Gun, but it`s my favourite song anyway! I like the way Bono performed I Am the Walrus. Oh, I can`t stop! Help me!..hanks for sharing emotions and ideas, Crisstti!!![/QUOTE]
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Oh, it's been great talking about it with you!!!. I've only seen the film once, actually, so I don't remember it as well as you do :). But it's going to be on HBO soon.
It's funny, it's almost easier to talk here about The Beatles than in the Beatles forum I see,[b] 'cos there it's all politics... :).[/b]
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Yes, you are right. That`s why I like this forum very much, [b]it is very democratic and people feel free[/b]. Though sometimes the posters start using dirty language but then you can just stay away for some time or go to another thread. On the whole all the guys, and there are mostly guys, are great. I don`t know about you, whether you`re a he or she.
And yes, some forums seem to be made for all those numerous moderators whose aim is to keep others away and to enjoy speaking to themselves or to attack together their victim. There are more moderators than posters in some forums.
[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
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[b]Crisstti wrote: [/b]
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
Hi, Beatles Fan!!! So am I!!! I love Across The Universe. The film is good and most covers are good, some are fantastic. I also liked the actors. Besides I believe that the plot is not bad either, much-much better than Mamma Mia, which is absolutely perverted and stupid. I know that Macca was shown the movie beforehand and it wasn`t that he loved the film but he didn`t see anything bad in it, he thought it was ok. Why not make such a movie, it is kind of propaganda of The Beatles songs, more young people got to know the band maybe.
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Hi!!!. I think the plot was very good. It was such a sweet film, while at the same time being serious about many things... Some of the covers are indeed fantastic. I especially like I Want to Hold your Hand, which is sadly very short in the movie... I think it's probably better in a way than the original (but of course, the original is the original). I also think it's great how they used I Want You (she's so heavy), visually and conceptually. The way they used Revolution expresses very well the idea of the song.
I agree that is great propaganda for the band.
Yes, I agree that there are many perfect songs. The ones you mentioned are very good. I also like It Won`t Be Long, which is so full of energy and expectation, I like Dear Prudence and the sky all around, I like Let It Be and the guy, I like Happiness Is a Warm Gun, but it`s my favourite song anyway! I like the way Bono performed I Am the Walrus. Oh, I can`t stop! Help me!..hanks for sharing emotions and ideas, Crisstti!!![/QUOTE]
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Oh, it's been great talking about it with you!!!. I've only seen the film once, actually, so I don't remember it as well as you do :). But it's going to be on HBO soon.
It's funny, it's almost easier to talk here about The Beatles than in the Beatles forum I see,[b] 'cos there it's all politics... :).[/b]
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Yes, you are right. That`s why I like this forum very much, [b]it is very democratic and people feel free[/b]. Though sometimes the posters start using dirty language but then you can just stay away for some time or go to another thread. On the whole all the guys, and there are mostly guys, are great. I don`t know about you, whether you`re a he or she.
And yes, some forums seem to be made for all those numerous moderators whose aim is to keep others away and to enjoy speaking to themselves or to attack together their victim. There are more moderators than posters in some forums.