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    Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly

    It Ain't Over Until The Fat Spider Sings, Apparently

    Spider-Man Musical Hanging On A Single Strand?

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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    11/07/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly
    Has anyone heard this guy sing? He is terrible - listen to his Bohemian Rhapsody: [www.youtube.com] #spiderman
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    Image of Pijus Pijus
    11/07/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly
    A spider man musical? This is the second time ever I hear of it. The first time was on the web-tv-show-thing called Hate by Numbers, over at cracked.com.

    I feel abit underwhelmed by the idea. Then again, there was Dr.Horrible, it had a superhero, and the story was told by song. But Dr.Horrible was as much humorous as it was serious. I don't think a fully serious atempt would work out. #spiderman
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    franklinshepard promoted this comment Pijus was starred Pijus was unstarred
    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    11/07/09

    @Pijus: Because there's no such thing as a serious musical with over-the-top characters? It's a good thing no one told Stephen Sondheim that, or else we wouldn't have Sweeney Todd. #spiderman
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    Image of WestMantooth WestMantooth
    11/07/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly
    What's the point unless they are going to do the Clone Saga?

    "Anything you can do, I can do better" with Peter and Ben. Who wouldn't pay to see that?! #spiderman
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    Image of Franknbeans Franknbeans
    11/07/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly
    I have wondered for a long time who they thought their target audience was. I have a lot of varied friends and I do not think I know a single one that likes comic books and big budget musicals #spiderman
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    franklinshepard promoted this comment Franknbeans was starred Franknbeans was unstarred
    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    11/07/09

    @Franknbeans: So your friends would love this show if it were a small-budget musical? I could be wrong, but I don't believe the budget size will affect the quality of the show too much one way or another.

    I love comics and I LOVE musical theatre. The show fills me with dread not because I think the two shouldn't be mixed, but because the creators have not shown to me that they understand and respect the source material.

    Some of my favorite musicals were based on comics. #spiderman
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    Image of Franknbeans Franknbeans
    11/07/09

    @franklinshepard: regardless of budget size, the two do not seem to mix. What musical are you thinking of that is based on a comic book? #spiderman
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/07/09

    @franklinshepard: What you said. #spiderman
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    11/08/09

    @Franknbeans: Well, I love most of the score to It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (don't judge it based on the horrible TV movie version!) Admittedly, the other great comic musicals were based on comic strips rather than comic books, but there is an interesting R. Crumb musical. Great comic strip musicals include Lil' Abner, Annie, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, and Doonesbury.

    I would say that the only thing that concerns me about mixing musicals and comic books is that superhero comics are heavily based on action and battles, whereas musicals need to be more about plot and character. But I think it can be done, albeit carefully. #spiderman
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/07/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly
    This needs to succeed in order to start opening doors for my Nova musical. #spiderman
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    09/26/09

    In reply to It Ain't Over Until The Fat Spider Sings, Apparently
    That Spider-Man toy was in the small toy section of a local store I worked at. There wasn't 5 minutes I went without hearing it...
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    09/26/09

    In reply to It Ain't Over Until The Fat Spider Sings, Apparently
    That statement makes me think of the music that's always in the Spider-Man movie trailers, which I still can't decide is either a good or bad thing. That stuff always seemed a little...off, for Spider-Man.
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    Image of YamkaJibsheet YamkaJibsheet
    09/26/09

    In reply to It Ain't Over Until The Fat Spider Sings, Apparently
    well, he didn't say 'opera' he said 'operatic', which could describe a lot of U2's music in my opinion.
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    Elizabeth Weinbloom promoted this comment YamkaJibsheet was starred YamkaJibsheet was unstarred
    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    09/26/09

    @YamkaJibsheet: Agreed. And "operatic" for a Broadway person can mean anything from "Light in the Piazza" to RENT, depending what element you're referring to.
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    09/26/09

    @Elizabeth Weinbloom: If I had to guess, I would imagine that Bono is writing music akin to Chess, which many would describe as operatic.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/26/09

    @Elizabeth Weinbloom: "Tommy" is a rock opera. Two great tastes that go great together.

    That Super Bowl show U2 did was damn operatic.
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    09/26/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: @franklinshepard: Exactly. Plenty ways for this to go. No reason to assume Bono is planning to deliver La Traviata.
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    Image of InsidiousTuna InsidiousTuna
    09/26/09

    @Elizabeth Weinbloom: Admittedly, that would be kind of awesome.
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    Image of Whitworthian Whitworthian
    09/03/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Hanging On A Single Strand?
    News Flash: Apparently terrible idea turns out to be incredibly expensive terrible idea!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/02/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Hanging On A Single Strand?
    *snip*
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    Image of Dominus Astra Dominus Astra
    09/02/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Hanging On A Single Strand?
    I'm really curious about its target audience. I can't seem to reconcile "comic-book geeks" and "opera-going people." Is it really just me?
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    Lassus promoted this comment Dominus Astra was starred Dominus Astra was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    09/02/09

    @Dominus Astra: If it was an opera, I can see that, but it's a broadway musical, which aims for a huge mainstream audience.

    Now ME, I'd prefer an opera. But I'm that kind of geek.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09/02/09

    @Lassus: Yeah, except they're not calling it a musical. They're calling a - I'm not kidding - "circus rock-'n'-roll drama." Oh, and it apparently has little to do with the Raimi movies, which makes sense - why take anything from the most popular version of the character ever?
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    09/02/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Hanging On A Single Strand?
    Despite coffindodger's bizarre little rant, I would like to see this happen, primarily to see what the music is like.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    09/02/09

    @Lassus: Me too. I was thinking we'd get to hear it either way, as maybe they'd release the music to help mitigate the lost funds. But how likely is it there's an release-quality recording of anyone performing the songs at this point? Not. Very.
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    09/02/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Hanging On A Single Strand?
    We'll wait to see if they can out dance the Peter Parker dance scene in Spider-Man 3.

    Bit of advice to Bono... This time, when Peter does jazz hands, I better fucking see some spirit fingers or I'm walking out.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    09/02/09

    @se7a7n7: Peter Parker is Fosse!
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    09/02/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Hanging On A Single Strand?
    If 'save the day' is code for 'cast the script in concrete and chuck it off the Brooklyn Bridge', I'm all for it. Bonus points for turning the Times Square display board into the world's largest bugzapper.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/02/09

    In reply to Spider-Man Musical Hanging On A Single Strand?
    Nice one Bono. Does that mean it will be incredibly unwatchable and disapear up its own arse during the third act??!! Maybe we could get The Edge in t do all the music. Or at least one rift so we can copy and paste! Oh yeah....and who thinks the new 'Bono' Spiderman will give his spidey mask to the pope at the end of the act. I do! It will end world hunger and bring peace to the universe...includng Mars! Oh and if its going ahead......they MUST use those 3 costumes in the picture!
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    Edited by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) at 09/02/09 4:24 PM CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
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