a. Clue, the movie, the sequel! The press slogan is that Clue will be "a global thriller and transmedia event that uses deductive reasoning as its storytelling engine." So basically, it's going from a board game to a super-campy comedy with a crackerjack cast of weirdos (here's looking at you, Madeline Kahn) to another Jason Bourne movie. How global can Clue get? It all takes place in a house! When I play with Lauren and Amy, we always add in the bathroom for fun, but that's as far as I see it stretching. Let's not even talk about the updated board game, which decides those swanky '30s dinner parties just aren't that cool. The revolver has become a shotgun. Will the movie amp it up to bazookas?
b. Musicals based on action/superhero movies:
Spiderman, the musical, will open on Broadway February 2010. (Please let them sing
"Spiderpig" at some point! "Can he fly? / No, he can't.")
Star Wars: A Musical Journey premieres in London in April. (Hit song suggestions: "The
Moment, This Is," Yoda's big showstopper. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Frozen"
when Han busts out of carbonite. When Darth Vader battles his demons at the end of
Jedi, he'll fly up into the air and sing "Defying Palpatine.")
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As much as I love the Disney musicals, and think they started out innocently enough with Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, I wonder if they aren't partially responsible for some of these more pop culture things being turned into musicals. Blah.
By the way, has that Shrek musical started yet? Any word on whether its any good at all?
I don't know, I would love a singing Darth Vader. Maybe your problem is you are too classy to have fun.
Your song suggestions for the Star Wars musical are f-ing hysterical. How about "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Armadia-class Thrustship" or "Luck Be a Wookie Tonight"?
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