Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 The biggest bump in JWFan history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Guh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Say what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 The biggest bump in JWFan history?"A beumb! Did you order one?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Drax started this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 It was the earliest thread on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desplat13 1 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I'm...confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Good... Good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 SING!!!! My angle of music, sing!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 I remember making a thread about the Phantom of the Opera circa 2004.But that's what I'm tryin' to tell ya, kids, it's been totally blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Destroyed...how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 this face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing,a mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing,Pity comes to late, turn around and face your fate,an eternity of this, before your eyes, Pitiful creature of darknesswhat kind of life have you known, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 It's on again at the Lyric Theatre at the Star City Casino in Sydney. I'll have to see it again after 12 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Apparently, Lloyd Webber is writing a sequel to it. Although I am a hugggeee Webber fan I have to say ;) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 It's quite absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Considering he hasn't had a hit since Phantom I'm not surprised he's stooping to write a sequel. I'm sure it'll be bloody awful music with bloody awful Sarah Brightman screeching over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I doubt it - they're divorced, thank God! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 It's quite absurd.Sounds awesome! Sounds like "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Jason Takes Manhattan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I believe the sequel musical is not following the novel The Phantom in Manhattan too closely. And the title of it will be Phantom: Once Upon Another Time, apparently. I'm definitely interested in seeing how this turns out; it could well be a disaster, but if it even borders on the brilliance of the original, I'll be a happy campber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Considering he hasn't had a hit since Phantom I'm not surprised he's stooping to write a sequel. I'm sure it'll be bloody awful music with bloody awful Sarah Brightman screeching over the top.Is that true? I thought quite a few of his shows had been successful (financially, that is). Though I'm not exactly looking forward to this sequel. I'm not even sure if I like the original that much. It certainly has some great moments, but I'm not sure that it's a great show at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Hey, this is very good news. At last, that small fibre of reputation still attached to Lloyd Webber's name will be disintegrated and he will be revealed as the greedy hack who looks like a train wreck that he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Considering he hasn't had a hit since Phantom I'm not surprised he's stooping to write a sequel. I'm sure it'll be bloody awful music with bloody awful Sarah Brightman screeching over the top.yeah actually he has.But he's like John Williams all his great works are in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Hey, this is very good news. At last, that small fibre of reputation still attached to Lloyd Webber's name will be disintegrated and he will be revealed as the greedy hack who looks like a train wreck that he is.Not a Lloyd Webber fan, then? I think those "search for a star" reality TV shows he did might have already done that.I love Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Tell Me on a Sunday, and some of his other stuff. I hate Joseph and most of Cats (especially Cats because of how he butchered some of those great poems). I should hate Aspects of Love as well, but I don't, because Michael Ball was in it. As I said I haven't made my mind up about Phantom, though there are definitely parts that I like.I'll probably see his new show, though, I have no idea why since it's almost certainly going to be rubbish. Wonder if he'll cast it by reality TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Anyone have a chandelier we could drop on this Phantom sequel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 What? People doesn'tlke it?Phantom is amazing....but I hate all the other musicals Andrew has made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattris 416 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Is anyone familiar with Drum Corps International? In 1989, the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps won the world championships with a powerful and moving Phantom of the Opera production. Certainly one of the best DCI shows ever, and I highly recommend experiencing the best of DCI. Web streams and DVDs are available. Better yet, you can see the drum corps competitions live.Check out the dci website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Is anyone familiar with Drum Corps International? In 1989, the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps won the world championships with a powerful and moving Phantom of the Opera show. Certainly one of the best shows ever, and I highly recommend experiencing the best of DCI. Web streams and DVDs are available. Better yet, you can see the drum corps competitions live.Check out the dci website.I am!!! That was a great show - one of those change the way we think about drum corp shows. I liked the way they marched that one hole in the drill to represent the Phantom. Totally cool...Phantom of the Opera is a great musical, but the concept of a sequel to it should be hung with a Punjab Lasso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hey, this is very good news. At last, that small fibre of reputation still attached to Lloyd Webber's name will be disintegrated and he will be revealed as the greedy hack who looks like a train wreck that he is.Not a Lloyd Webber fan, then? I think those "search for a star" reality TV shows he did might have already done that.I love Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Tell Me on a Sunday, and some of his other stuff. I hate Joseph and most of Cats (especially Cats because of how he butchered some of those great poems). I should hate Aspects of Love as well, but I don't, because Michael Ball was in it. As I said I haven't made my mind up about Phantom, though there are definitely parts that I like.No, I agree with you (except for Tell Me on a Sunday, which I've never heard). I think Aspects of Love is a cute little score with horrendous lyrics but it's not without its charm. I even find redeeming qualities in Sunset Boulevard, although it was the least creative adaptation one could possibly do (one wonders what Stephen Sondheim's approach was, as he wrote a few songs before humbly giving up). But Cats, Jeeves, Woman in White... are insulting in their simplicity, their corniness, their lack of originality and their utter disrespect for the value of creative innovation. He wrote them clearly with the mind of an entrepreneur, not an artist.And don't get me started on Phantom. Pompous, tacky, pedantic; retarded characters who get zero development, an uneven plot, an insultingly sentimental tone that insists to get itself seriously... And then they just slap a tragic tone to it and let that justify everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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