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more about #spidermanthemusical more comments → noamjamski: The best thing about this play is SEBASTIAN BACH is actively petitioning to be in it. I guess Spider Man already throws the horns in the comics when ... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Turn off the dork is more like it. more » Moff: I am reposting this comment since it wasn't supposed to be nested below and the link fell out: It's also a lyric from a song he wrote not quite ten y... more » ManchuCandidate: Sweet Jeebus in the name of love Bono please just go Bono's silly to justify One man to kill this show In the name of love Please stop in the name of... more » Plague: I'll say it. Bono is a tool. more » Alexis: So by ridiculous you mean EFFING AMAZING, right? I am going to see this, and I will enjoy it. I am not being sarcastic. more » Lassus: I'm a little curious how an Alan Cumming casting is seen as something ridiculous, though. It was specifically his role in Cabaret that led to his care... more » Sproing: The pedigree behind this reminds me of Paul Simon's The Capeman, and I'm predicting similar poor returns. more » Davio: This was a shameless plug for a band you love Tarkin... But I love U2 as well, so carry on! March the 3rd isn't it?... more » Klebert L. Hall: I think U2 is well past their prime, but they haven't become the Rolling Stones, yet. I don't see any reason to mock people for liking them, but I don... more » Jeff Nau: I know! So many people loathe U2 for helping people who aren't white. Where do you live, in Capetown? Are you fucking kidding me? Ive met more haters... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Well done, you almost made me second guess my loathing of U2. Almost. more » QuinellaPulvillus: It could have been a slip of the fingers, but Annys is right--How the hell does a self-proclaimed U2 fan--as big as this man claims to be--manage to g... more » Harrison_Bergeron: The fact that Bono makes hundreds of millions of dollars while preaching his ass off about his cause of the week and telling everyone that tax payers ... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: This is kinda proving that U2 was SF's finest band. Back in the 90's. I've been an SF fan since Original Trek was new, and if you'd asked me to name S... more » -
#spiderman
And You Thought The Spider-Man Musical Couldn't Get More Ridiculous
U2-scored Spider-Man musical Turn Off The Dark is reportedly courting Alan Cumming as the Green Goblin. Cummings wants $15,000 and two virgins per week. That's okay; director Julie Taymor's "unfamiliar with the word 'budget.'" -
#jivetarkin
The Future Needs a Big Kiss: U2 Are Science Fiction's Finest Band
In a crowd of Trekkies, gamers, cosplayers, and people who think The Dark Knight deserves an Oscar, there's not much you can say to incur loss of dignity. "I'm a U2 fan" might work, though. More » -
#spideymusical
The Edge Spills The Musical Secrets Behind Spider-Man's Broadway Debut
Will we ever see the web-slinging wonder underneath the bright Broadway lights? U2's The Edge seems to think the Spider-Man musical could open in just a year, and he shares more details on its sound. -
#morningspoilers
Torchwood Revelations, And Spider-Man's Musical Foe
Spoilers are the fastest moving kind of news. Today: the Spider-Man musical gets a villain. Torchwood gets a synopsis, of sorts. Lost set pics! Plus spoilers for Dollhouse, Fringe, BSG, Doctor Who and Smallville. More » -
