SBC drops out of Freddie Film...

mpanska wrote:


People don't seem to realise that this film isn't only about Freddie being bisexual or his relationships, (that by the way are private and maybe Brian and Roger are trying to protect them) it's his whole life. I know Freddie said "don't make me boring", but I'm pretty sure this didn't involve showing his whole personal life.

Exactly. Freddie was always very private about his personal life. When he told Jim Beach not to make him boring, he was talking about his work. Definitely not about his personal life.

And who was it who said on this site a couple of years ago ?: "Mark my words, this film will never see the light of day"

noorie wrote:

mpanska wrote:

People don't seem to realise that this film isn't only about Freddie being bisexual or his relationships, (that by the way are private and maybe Brian and Roger are trying to protect them) it's his whole life. I know Freddie said "don't make me boring", but I'm pretty sure this didn't involve showing his whole personal life.

Exactly. Freddie was always very private about his personal life. When he told Jim Beach not to make him boring, he was talking about his work. Definitely not about his personal life.

Why do I get the feeling I am addressing one person here?

"People don't seem to realise that this film isn't only about Freddie being bisexual or his relationships"

Do you think we all want to see a gay porno flick or something?

"I know Freddie said "don't make me boring", but I'm pretty sure this didn't involve showing his whole personal life. "

A biographical film, or biopic (/'ba??p?k/; abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character’s real name is used.[1] They differ from films "based on a true story" or “historical films”in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives.

It is a well known fact that Freddie was far from "PG" in his life, and we are not just talking about sex and drugs here. A biopic with a PG rating will be a disservice to the man he was, and to those who watch it.

"Exactly. Freddie was always very private about his personal life. When he told Jim Beach not to make him boring, he was talking about his work. Definitely not about his personal life."

Again, you seem to be under the impression everybody wants to see a gay porno for some reason.

"Also to the people that are talking shit about Brian and Roger, they can simply fuck off. In the end, they have been a big part of Freddie's life and they know him better than we do."

So, B & R have the right to define Freddie because they knew him so well? As Freddie himself once said re Queen "We don't hang out together or anything like that, we have very different interests"

Of course B & R should provide information and stories to help the script, then they should fuck off and leave the people who know what they are doing at it. This film is never gonna happen, QP want to see a Disney type of Biopic. Which is not a true reflection of the man at all.

Freddie Mercury The Biopic (PG) my arse.....

It won't be too long before the production company, De Niro and Co. say so long lads.

Marknow wrote:
Freddie Mercury November 1991 "You can do what you want with my music," he said, "but don't make me boring."

Am I alone in starting to wish Jim Beach never even said that in the first place? It's getting to be a bad cliche, perhaps even more than that of a certain turd's unending postings about certain concerts.

inu-liger wrote:

Marknow wrote:
Freddie Mercury November 1991 "You can do what you want with my music," he said, "but don't make me boring."

Am I alone in starting to wish Jim Beach never even said that in the first place? It's getting to be a bad cliche, perhaps even more than that of a certain turd's unending postings about certain concerts.

No you're not. That half of a quote has been used to justify everything done in the name of Queen, and it will be continued to stifle any criticism towards anything Queen Productions does.
What fan would ever dare to go against the wishes of Freddie!!

We'd be better off if QP had gone by "the bigger the better. in everything" instead.

tero! 48531 wrote:
What fan would ever dare to go against the wishes of Freddie!!

We'd be better off if QP had gone by "the bigger the better. in everything" instead.

I actually agree with you absolutely 100% there!

"Never make me boring" was a fine quote, but you can see how quickly things go awry when the author is being represented by a guy who is completely out of touch with reality.

It loses some of the meaning, put it that way.

Johnny Depp has been mentioned in the press today as a replacement

plumrach wrote:
Johnny Depp has been mentioned in the press today as a replacement

He wouldn't touch it with a barge poll!!!

It's turning into a great big steaming pile of shite as some predicted it would. Stand by for the obligatory soapbox update "Biopic put on hold"

I'm glad we're not going to see "a sleazy R-rated tell all film"
I'm not convinced it would've been anyway - surely Queen Productions would want to use the film to promote the back catalogue and the Queen Extravaganza tours to as many people as possible - and the "tell all" bit - hasn't that already been done in various books and stuff?

If SBC was as devoted as he thinks he was then he would have respect for Brian and Roger and stop taking over the film with his ideas.
Brian and Rog knew Freddie better than anybody else so they have a right to turn down ridiculous ideas of barons.
Best to just drop the film completely and work on some new Queen project for the fans.

Money would be an issue and I know it's been mentioned before but Johnny Depp would be my choice.

Despite his age Depp is a chameleon and puts his heart into every role.

gerry wrote:

If SBC was as devoted as he thinks he was then he would have respect for Brian and Roger and stop taking over the film with his ideas.
Brian and Rog knew Freddie better than anybody else so they have a right to turn down ridiculous ideas of barons.

And how do we know which of these two parties would have made for the better movie? Do we have somewhere the script, and all the ideas of SBC that were rejected?

For all we know, SBC could have been pushing for this to be an actual biopic about Freddie, while Brian and Rog were interested in making it a recreation of the band's musical triumph.


The good thing is that if the movie does one day appear, and is nothing more than a "music documentary recorded with actors", at least we know who's responsible for the end result...

Let's hope SBC will soon star in a movie that tells the story of a flamboyant singer of a rock-band, who looks and acts like a certain singer. The character could be Fappy Uranus and his band King.

"Despite his age Depp is* a chameleon and puts his heart into every role"

*Used to be. I don't know what the fuck happened to him (I guess the Pirates movie paid for more coke than he knew how to snort).