• ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    That they hid it was a musical is my issue. Did no one learn from the Mean Girls musical? If people get to the show and are surprised with a genre they aren’t expecting, of course the film will suffer. Additionally, people who like musicals aren’t going to attend since they aren’t being advertised to

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      5 hours ago

      Unexpected genre also killed Brutal Legend. The commercials advertised it as an action-adventure game, but it’s actually an RTS. Action-adventure fans hated it, and RTS fans had no idea it was an RTS until it showed up on Steam four years later.

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      6 hours ago

      That explains why all the scenes in the trailer were of people singing and dancing. Welp I dont care for most musicals. Especially The Sound of Music. Hate that film.

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        6 hours ago

        Especially The Sound of Music. Hate that film.

        Everyone is entitled to their own (wrong) opinions.

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    5 hours ago

    As somebody who hated that the first movie was so popular, I have the biggest grin on my face right now

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      54 minutes ago

      Seriously, after the first film this is as far from what you’d expect, and want from a sequel.

      I’ll definitely pass on this as well.

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      1 hour ago

      With Lady Gaga, no less. They added a music person for the musical.

      It seems that the suits have misunderstood their target audience get again.

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      I have a feeling this was done on purpose… The regime didn’t like how the first movie resoanted a little too much with the plebs for their comfort.

      So they made a movie to alienate the core audience. But that’s just some tinfoil.

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        6 hours ago

        First film was a great film if it were new IP, but a shit joker batman film. The second film was always likely to be shit, because they were always going for abstract and avant garde artistry without a clear connection to the underlying and far stronger story and IP people are expecting. I’m sure it’s a beautiful film and musical, but it’s dog shit attached to joker.

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          2 hours ago

          The thing is, the first one wasn’t a new IP. I was literally The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver smashed together.

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      1 day ago

      The only good musicals (where people start singing for no reason) that I actually love are Blues Brothers and Monty Python’s Holly Grail.

      I’d watch it if it was a heavy dark drama. A musical? I think not.

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      1 day ago

      have to agree. i was kinda looking forward to it… but a musical? gad. no. the worst episodes of my favorite shows are when they thought it would be cute to make them musicals.

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        53 minutes ago

        Imo the scrubs episode where the patient views the world as a musical is pretty good, but you’re right it’s far from being one of the best episodes.

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          23 hours ago

          if youre referring to the nightman; i would argue that they put on a musical within the show. the episode itself was not a musical.

          the other episode that is a musical is not one i particularly enjoy