Bohemian Rhapsody - 2nd trailer

[QUOTE] [b]emrabt wrote:[/b]

[quote]Maybe Deacon will be there for comic relief.[/quote]

I know you were joking but i think this is exactly going to be John's purpose in the film, i suspect Roger will be comic relief too. From the trailer it looks like their roles are going to be along the lines of the ghostbusters Characterisations in the Real Ghostbusters cartoon from the 80's.

Every good idea will be suggested by Brian, like Egon.
Freddie will be the sarcastic joker like Peter
Roger will be Ray, the one full of engery and so on.
John will be winston, underwriten.[/QUOTE]

Will Norman Sheffield be the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?

[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]

Puh difficult one. I guess Brian had too much of a say. Freddie with moustache in 1977? Crowdsurfing? FBG in 1974? '39 on their first tour? Aids diagnosis before Live Aid? Reunion in 1985 ??? Too many history changes for my taste. And Rami could have at least worked out a bit more. He has no muscles. Freddie was way more muscular. His speaking voice is too deep as well. I guess Brian was involved too much. Sure he is bringing the WWRY part in it and it is no coincidence that the "mistakes" happen with Brians songs (FBG/39). He still was and is the DIva of Queen.[/QUOTE]

You have summed all my thoughts up here runner including on Brian's songs.

I'll add that I think most of the scenes look like a tv movie.

I had hoped to get insights into things we didn't know so well. Do you think it is Fred's first meeting with Brian and Roger they are trying to convey? 'Our singer has just left?' I thought they knew each other long before that.

It looks like the recordings of Bo Rhap and WWRY are being played for laughs.

We'll see.

The strangest thing of all is that I am agreeing with runner-70! Maybe the movie has brought about some good!

Dare I ask? Is the actor doing his own singing? Please tell me, "no, dumbass!"

It is a mixture between marc martel (the only guy that is able to carry a queen tune) and Freddie himself. It speaks also volumes that the Brian May guy seems to be the best actor of the movie. Seems this is more of a Brian movie than a supposed Freddie movie. As Far as I can see they let his solo career shine in a bad light as well- ok Mr Bad Guy was no big hit but there was never a Queen Reunion in 1985 as they were touring Japan and Australie/NZL at the time too. All poits to the fact that Brian and ROger are seen as Freddies saviour.....
Wonder if John Deacon named at all....

@voice of Reason. Agreeing with me is the first sign that you are on the right track. :)

I dunno if it's the breakdown link above, but I watch one where they focus on Prenter appearing through a door in a club like a bad guy. Very Sith-like. I couldn't help but think it was actually Jim H.

no South America footage...

If Brian wanted it as the Brian May story he would have named the movie We Will Rock You...no? I did notice some things that make me nervous that runner 70 is on too something....the scene where Brian say's too Freddie we need too experiment, when I saw that I admit I was thinking is Brian gonna try and take the main credit for Queens experiments in the studio? when Freddie was already writing the "out there" stuff like Fairy King and Black Queen. Hopefully I read It wrong, and Runner 70 is wrong.

Hm we'll see but regarding Queen I was seldom wrong ;)

Ok, I'll speculate away... I think Fred and Brian will be portrayed as equals, driving the band's creativity with the odd genius moment by Fred that takes it to the next level.
I don't think Roger will be comic relief alone (he will be) but he'll be Freddie's more loyal friend and will have some dramatic moments. Doesn't Ben Hardy have soap opera background? There's a couple of moments in the trailer that suggest that to me: him looking dramatically at the camera before the 'what if I don't have time' like and him telling Freddie he's a legend at the end.

John will surely be the stereotypical 'quiet one' and will be mostly fit comic relief.. still, I think he will be given a couple of moments to flesh him out a bit, most likely, at some point speaking up while negotiating a contract or something about the band's finances AND him being most affected by Freddie's diagnosis. You can see him with a very distraught expression in the last shot of the trailer.

[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]

If Brian wanted it as the Brian May story he would have named the movie We Will Rock You...no? I did notice some things that make me nervous that runner 70 is on too something....the scene where Brian say's too Freddie we need too experiment, when I saw that I admit I was thinking is Brian gonna try and take the main credit for Queens experiments in the studio? when Freddie was already writing the "out there" stuff like Fairy King and Black Queen. Hopefully I read It wrong, and Runner 70 is wrong. [/QUOTE]

I don't believe that Brian was "out there" until A Night at the Opera.

I hope they haven't made out that Queen became a bit of a flop after The Game as that's the way America tends to see Queen. Their sales grew outside of North America throughout the 80s. I can imagine they'd made out that Hot Space sent them into freefall, and The Works barely gets a mention, or they carry on making out that Queen were going downhill popularity-wise (when really, that album did pretty good).

I think they will make Hot Space a flop of course, then almost breaking up, waning popularity, then Live Aid brought them back. Not sure how The Works will play into it. Maybe it will show The Works as a Moderate failure when first released the after Live Aid It started off the charts.

That's the thing, as I said, The Works did well, and Radio Gaga did exceptionally well. It's been made out over the years, and especially in recent years, that Queen wasn't particularly popular during The Works period, but internal conflicts aside, they were doing fine

Indeed - The Works spawned big hit singles in the UK and Europe - they weren’t the washed up 70s rock band by Live Aid which is likely being portrayed by a US focussed film, but a regular ‘pop’ chart presence at that point.

The equivalent would be a UK centric film about Kiss or Journey, where they have no hit singles until later in their career due to being featured in a film or tv show, and only a couple of talked about albums, just because in the UK they were pretty much unheard of.