RHPS on FOX

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B.H. Facials: May 9, 2011; "Getting teased is part of growing up. It's no big deal. Just tell yourself, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but a .44 Magnum will tear that bully a new asshole!'"

I had no idea Tim Curry had had a stroke until I started watching this.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:26

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 00:10

Vanderdeath: Oct 1, 2005; I will confess,
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.

B.H. Facials posted:

I had no idea Tim Curry had had a stroke until I started watching this.

Yeah, it's hard to see him like that. :smith:

Also, everyone in this production is almost too sexy which is a weird complaint but Riff-Raff looks like model that's dressed down for Halloween. :goonsay:

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:29

B.H. Facials: May 9, 2011; "Getting teased is part of growing up. It's no big deal. Just tell yourself, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but a .44 Magnum will tear that bully a new asshole!'"

I'm not hating it yet, but yeah, the actors and actresses are too sexy for this production.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:31

Vanderdeath: Oct 1, 2005; I will confess,
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.

It was cool of them to clone Dolph Lundgren as Rocky

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:38

B.H. Facials: May 9, 2011; "Getting teased is part of growing up. It's no big deal. Just tell yourself, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but a .44 Magnum will tear that bully a new asshole!'"

Lol.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:40

Boxman: Sep 27, 2004; Big fan of

I'm watching this but I feel like I don't know RHPS well enough to meaningfully contribute. I am enjoying it. :geno:

I will say I was thrown by sexy riff raff though.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:44

Erghh: Sep 24, 2007; "Let him speak!"

Tuned into this to see Tim Curry...you can still see the spark. :unsmith:

Show's not really doing anything wrong it just lacks the passion?/spirit?/oomph? of the original. It's very hollywood.

Also lol they gave rocky regular pants.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:48

B.H. Facials: May 9, 2011; "Getting teased is part of growing up. It's no big deal. Just tell yourself, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but a .44 Magnum will tear that bully a new asshole!'"

They've managed to really downplay a lot of the sexual innuendo. Not surprised honestly.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:48

C-Euro: Mar 20, 2010; Soiled Meat

Vanderdeath posted:

It was cool of them to clone Dolph Lundgren as Rocky

I get early Val Kilmer but yeah same vibe.

Only seen Rocky Horror once but had a lot of fun, forgot this was on tonight so I missed the first 30 minutes which has the best songs

# ? Oct 21, 2016 01:49

B.H. Facials: May 9, 2011; "Getting teased is part of growing up. It's no big deal. Just tell yourself, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but a .44 Magnum will tear that bully a new asshole!'"

The actress playing Janet is totally my jam! :pervert:

# ? Oct 21, 2016 02:00

Erghh: Sep 24, 2007; "Let him speak!"

B.H. Facials posted:

The actress playing Janet is totally my jam!

Yeah, will accept in lieu of younger Susan Sarandon.

Has this show been...Disney-fied? :ohdear:

# ? Oct 21, 2016 02:17

Boxman: Sep 27, 2004; Big fan of

Brad and Janet are former Nick/Disney kids, right? That's a fun bit of meta-casting.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 02:18

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

They're relying almost entirely on familiarity with the movie, reminds me of the Abrams Star Trek movies which assumed broad familiarity with the characters. I wish they'd done more of their own thing, you're allowed, it's a long-running play!

As is, it just feels disposable and forgettable.

Ben Vareen is fantastic, though. Of course. Wish everyone was rolling with it like that.

After The War fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Oct 21, 2016

# ? Oct 21, 2016 02:40

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Boxman posted:

I will say I was thrown by sexy riff raff though.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 05:45

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

Why didn't they just make the second sequel?

# ? Oct 21, 2016 17:08

joebuddah: Jan 30, 2005

I only caught part of it. I was surprised how toned down the sexual stuff was. If the original movie was made today it would be pg-13. They get away with more on primetime tv than what was in the old movie.

This version didn't have the same feel.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 17:47

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

GF and I were discussing afterwards, and it occurred to us that having model-pretty people singing perfectly kind of... defeats the purpose of something created by and for "freaks" trying to accept themselves for who they are.

:smith:

Also that they should have just done it as a live stage presentation and not tried to mix theatre and film.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 18:18

Erghh: Sep 24, 2007; "Let him speak!"

After The War posted:

GF and I were discussing afterwards, and it occurred to us that having model-pretty people singing perfectly kind of... defeats the purpose of something created by and for "freaks" trying to accept themselves for who they are.

Yeah, this. Being rough around the edges is what makes RH what it is. It's that whole outsider, alternative, shoestring scene that kept it alive and made the late showings a legend.

Making it all slick and glossy kinda cost it something. No one even smeared their make-up...

# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:14

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

All that said, I kinda loved Frank/Rocky's death pose as Creation of Adam.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:22

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

The whole "cut over to the theater watching it and doing the quirky cues" thing really... seems pandering to me.

Like some writers at Fox are saying, "hey, kids! We totally know you guys do this! We get it, we're hip!"

# ? Oct 21, 2016 20:07

Vanderdeath: Oct 1, 2005; I will confess,
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.

After The War posted:

GF and I were discussing afterwards, and it occurred to us that having model-pretty people singing perfectly kind of... defeats the purpose of something created by and for "freaks" trying to accept themselves for who they are.

Also that they should have just done it as a live stage presentation and not tried to mix theatre and film.

Yeah, I came to a similar conclusion. Tim Curry was sexy as Frank N. Furter because he was a normal looking dude loving rocking that lingerie. That's why there was a "shock value to it. Laverne Cox is already an attractive lady so it takes away from that aspect other than the foreknowledge that she used to be a man.

It was an okayish production and Ben Vereen owned the hell out of his part. He was the highlight of the show to me.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 21:48

1000 Brown M and Ms: Oct 22, 2008; F:\DL>quickfli 4-clowns.fli

Erghh posted:

Yeah, this. Being rough around the edges is what makes RH what it is. It's that whole outsider, alternative, shoestring scene that kept it alive and made the late showings a legend.

Making it all slick and glossy kinda cost it something. No one even smeared their make-up...

Totally agree. It was a bit too clean and perfect for me. The castle in the original is very dirty and run-down, but this one isn't and it doesn't feel right. Not terrible as far as remakes go, but it's definitely missing something compared to the original.

BTW, am I right in thinking that the Criminologist's assistant is Columbia from the original?

# ? Oct 24, 2016 13:45

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

1000 Brown M and Ms posted:

BTW, am I right in thinking that the Criminologist's assistant is Columbia from the original?

Nah,

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247720/?ref_=tt_cl_i12

# ? Oct 24, 2016 14:00

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

Laverne was good but everything else was kinda meh and the original looking so cheap was part of what made it good. This was like a rich school production of RHPS

# ? Oct 24, 2016 18:13

EL BROMANCE: Jun 10, 2006; COWABUNGA DUDES!
🥷🐢😬

Kenny Ortega is the guy behind all the High School Musical movies. He does a good job with that style, but was completely the wrong choice for this. Every decision they made was wrong, what a waste of time.

# ? Oct 24, 2016 18:16

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

The woman who played Columbia nailed it and Tim Curry actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting for someone who's had a stroke and actually the guy who played Brad did some good poo poo but ultimately ehhhhhhhhhhhh

# ? Oct 24, 2016 18:24

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Brad's floorshow was great.

# ? Oct 24, 2016 22:21

Erghh: Sep 24, 2007; "Let him speak!"

Oh it did have its moments here and there, like Creator/Adam one up-thread.

One review called it the "Glee-ification" of RH and idk...I get that.

# ? Oct 24, 2016 23:29

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Erghh posted:

One review called it the "Glee-ification" of RH and idk...I get that.

Nah, it wasn't nearly gay enough to be called that.

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CountFosco: Jan 9, 2012; Welcome back to the Liturgigoon thread, friend.

Yes, please, I want to witness money-grubbing tv executives shamelessly pillage a cultural masterpiece for base profit, where do I sign up???

# ? Dec 13, 2016 23:09

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