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lemmy.world

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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moist.catsweat.com

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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lemmy.world

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia did a fine musical. It's one of their best episodes.

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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

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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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lemmy.world

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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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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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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lemmy.world

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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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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I don't like old style musicals, but things like I Brother Where Art Thou are great.

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lemmy.world

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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Especially The Sound of Music. Hate that film.

Everyone is entitled to their own (wrong) opinions.

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lemmy.world

It was announced to be a musical when it was first greenlit.

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Sure, but I wasn't paying attention to that and I think a lot of people weren't either. The previews, while musical, seemed stylized and did not convey a strong sense that that is how the whole movie was going to be.

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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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It has its moments but I say it was just very overrated. I was worried about it because the first one came out at the height of violent incels idolizing the Joker. With that movie almost portraying him as a sympathetic villain I had concerns it may start to galvanize a few too many of those wackados

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