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[MagnaderAlpha]

Yeah, this shit is waaaaaaaaay to Glee.

Is it as bad as the Glee version? One thing I never cared for Glee was the showboating/oversinging of songs. That seemed to become a mainstream trend with younger pop singers after Whitney and Mariah hit the scene and continues on to this day with all the young, hip pop singers out there.

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

Yeah, this shit is waaaaaaaaay to Glee.

Agreed. Its too clean, too teen friendly, and overproduced, but it is on FOX after all... Original was unclean gritty, crazy, sexual and rated R.

 

[BahamutPT]

Is Victoria Justice even capable of showing an emotion adequate to what she's supposed to be feeling? She's so wooden.

 

[Victory Red]

Is Victoria Justice even capable of showing an emotion adequate to what she's supposed to be feeling? She's so wooden.

She's so hot

 

[Toth]

I see a lot of the scenes and musical arrangements are based on the stage version and not the movie. The opening is very true to the stage musical.

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

Is Victoria Justice even capable of showing an emotion adequate to what she's supposed to be feeling? She's so wooden.

I think not, I find her absolutely boring and unpleasent to look at in this role.

 

[BahamutPT]

That meatloaf line was clever. The delivery ruined it.

 

[LionPride]

I may not enjoy RHPS, but even I can see that this is riding the struggle bus a bit too much

 

[JSevere]

Checking this out and I dig the soundtrack. Never saw the original movie but I guess I should if everyone's saying it's better.

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

Checking this out and I dig the soundtrack. Never saw the original movie but I guess I should if everyone's saying it's better.

I mean if you're looking to experience a RHPS that's less "teen-oriented and glee-ish" then yeah the original theatrical version is good.

 

[kitchenmotors]

Checking this out and I dig the soundtrack. Never saw the original movie but I guess I should if everyone's saying it's better.

The original is so much better. The musical arrangements here are really lacking that elusive ingredient, that spark that is the breath of life.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

This is atrocious.

 

[DrStiles]

The original is so much better. The musical arrangements here are really lacking that elusive ingredient, that spark that is the breath of life.

Agreed. This whole version has been sanitized

 

[kunonabi]

Is Victoria Justice even capable of showing an emotion adequate to what she's supposed to be feeling? She's so wooden.

She's typically the worst part of anything she's in. She got outclassed by every other cast member on her own show despite the writers bending over backwards for her.

 

[Violence Jack]

This is terrible. It's like they're trying too hard, yet somehow lacking the energy of the original cast. So far Tim Curry was the best part.

 

[Mattamus-Prime]

I'm a little behind since I started it over on Vue to watch from the beginning, but did they gloss over or change the eating Eddie part?

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

I'm a little behind since I started it over on Vue to watch from the beginning, but did they gloss over or change the eating Eddie part?

I mean it's there with a clever line but so so obviously tame just like everything else.

 

[kitchenmotors]

Why was Brad twerking

 

[jstripes]

Nah. Not watching. The original is perfection in my mind.

(I hold no grudge against them trying, though. If people connect with it, that's awesome.)

 

[Mattamus-Prime]

I mean it's there with a clever line but so so obviously tame just like everything else.

Yea, I caught the Meatloaf line, but they don't explicitly state it.

 

[DrForester]

I wanted to watch this, I thought it was next Thursday for some reason.

 

[SchrodingerC]

Oof, this is not great, at all. Feels like I'm watching Glee, a feeling that should never be experienced when watching RHPS.

 

[Kurdel]

I had 0 hopes for this, will still watch out of morbid curiosity and Adam Lambert

 

[FrsDvl]

Thanks for these impressions. I'm dreading that I'm going to be stuck watching this later.

 

[Kor of Memory]

I'm actually okay with the Janet chick but the brad and Rocky characters seem terrible.

Magenta totally botched the "dinner is prepared" line.

I'm actually enjoying most of the new costumes and such, but so many lines are falling flat.

 

[Epcott]

In my mind I dream of a Rocky Horror Picture Show anime movie with designs by Ayami Kojima and a soundtrack by Queen.

Well at least I got to see Tim Curry and hear him sing again

Feels like Fox castrated this a bit from what I saw.

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

Oh boy. This didn't do it for me. Laverne was sexy and fierce IMO I watched for her, but the overall experience had many short comings and just didn't live up to the cult classic.

 

[Alienfan]

This is pretty bad.

So like the original?

 

[Toth]

It was okay overall. Again, too much use of the stage version of the songs which are too slow in some places. I did not like Laverne but I found making Frank a woman just didn't work. She was not threatening or vicious like the role requires. Her "I'm Going Home' was just terrible. How was she a transvestite if she's a woman that dresses in fishnets? Has anyone seen a female Frank work?

Oh and Tim

 

[Pilgrimzero]

It was okay overall. Again, too much use of the stage version of the songs which are too slow in some places. I did not like Laverne but I found making Frank a woman just didn't work. She was not threatening or vicious like the role requires. Her "I'm Going Home' was just terrible. How was she a transvestite if she's a woman that dresses in fishnets? Has anyone seen a female Frank work?

Oh and Tim

Laverne is a trans-woman.

 

[zeemumu]

The original is on right now so I'm jumping back and forth between them.

I can't unsee Dorian Gray

 

[FullMetaltech]

Laverne is a trans-woman.

Huge difference from the original though.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Im enjoying this so far on the west coast.... except Magenta, who is terrible.

 

[DrEvil]

This is .. weird.


They've ruined the time warp.

 

[Askani]

I'm glad I skipped it then. Sounds pretty terrible. If I feel like punishing myself I'll watch Shock Treatment later instead of this.

 

[Cartman86]

Eh it's fine. Justice is better than I thought she would be.

 

[Lucian Cat]

I can't unsee Dorian Gray

Yup. Pretty much the same hair too!

Only watched time warp on fb and went nope. And I'm a diehard fan of the original.

 

[StopMakingSense]

I dunno, I really enjoyed it. Was executed way better than I thought it would be.


Only thing I actively disliked was Magenta.

 

[TestMonkey]

I didn't think it could get worse than the Glee version but they did it. Changing Time Warp from a rock ballad to a soft rock was a criminal. There will only ever be one true Riff Raff.

 

[Wozzly]

Just finished it and incredibly disappointed. It was like an amateur presentation with people just trying to impersonate the old movie.

I did enjoy some of the songs being the stage rendition. Highlight was Hot Patootie and the Floor Show but it fails in comparison to the original. This remake or whatever is so forgetable.

The costumes were too out there. The time warp was visually good in some parts but it was a mess.

 

[Dandy Lyin]

I've been worried ever since I saw the Science Fiction/Double Feature trainwreck on Youtube.

 

[Alphahawk]

Eh it was ok, the original is better but there's not too much missing here. I think part of the charm of the original is how gothic the castle is, and the TV budget simply doesn't let that happen. For instance the intro to the "Sweet Transvestite" feels like Dr Frankenfurter truly catches Brad and Janet off guard in the original, but here it's obviously carefully choreographed. There's a similar situation when Frank chases Janet through the halls: in the original it feels like anything could happen that one wrong move could lead to her demise, but here it's Victoria Justice running from set to set.

It was probably the best you could do at such a budget, and I don't want to pooh pooh the thing to badly, because I think it's a worthwile time, but I've already seen the better version.

 

[Stop It]

On FOX.

Anyone watching?

I've went to watch the musical performed live and it was glorious.

How was this FOX version? Edit: Oh, not as good as it should have been it seems. Will try to get it watched to see how it compares.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

clips are up on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxBroadcasting/videos

oh dear

 

[Pizoxuat]

Eh it was ok, the original is better but there's not too much missing here. I think part of the charm of the original is how gothic the castle is, and the TV budget simply doesn't let that happen. For instance the intro to the "Sweet Transvestite" feels like Dr Frankenfurter truly catches Brad and Janet off guard in the original, but here it's obviously carefully choreographed. There's a similar situation when Frank chases Janet through the halls: in the original it feels like anything could happen that one wrong move could lead to her demise, but here it's Victoria Justice running from set to set.

It was probably the best you could do at such a budget, and I don't want to pooh pooh the thing to badly, because I think it's a worthwile time, but I've already seen the better version.

I agree with this. I actually liked the transformation of Brad and Janet alright in this version and I think both actors sold it, but overall the weaknesses overwhelmed the positives.

 

[-shadow-]

I thought the trailer was already absolutely dreadful. I can't imagine watching the whole thing. Well maybe except for the parts with Tim Curry.

clips are up on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxBroadcasting/videos

oh dear

I'm all for doing a new version, hell I freaking love Anthony Steward Head as Frank N. Furter. But this is just...

 

[Garrett Hawke]

I can't believe this isn't a Ryan Murphy production because it has his hallmarks all over it. -_-

 

[Faynwulf]

I didn't think it could be this bad. This might be a career killing move for some of the actors involved. I seriously can't believe Fox saw this and thought it was good enough.

 

[Stalactite]

The actress playing Columbia is so bad. Wow, it sounded like she was reading her lines drunk.

I thought she was blitzed out of her mind during most scenes. Zero energy and terrible delivery, especially during the transducer scene. Woof.

I love The Time Warp. What I just witnessed wasn't The Time Warp. That was just awful.

That's another thing, some of these song arrangements fell so flat. ... and yeah, that wasn't the Time Warp.

Is it as bad as the Glee version? One thing I never cared for Glee was the showboating/oversinging of songs.

The only thing I can remember about the Glee version is that they replaced 'transexual' with 'sin-sational' during Sweet Transvestite, other than that it was dull.

This was just mediocre/servicable with a few okay parts. Loved seeing Tim Curry, though...

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

Caught it last night(PST here, so later than others) and it was as bad as I predicted. Showboating and oversinging galore. I actually fell asleep right after "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" and woke up during the ending credits. LOL! "Hot Patootie", one of my favorites, was chainsaw-massacred by Adam Lambert (so sad, so much "Look at how much better I can do this song" type of showboating).