It hailed about 5 minutes before we left the theater last night. We walked outside and saw a half inch of white on the ground and were astounded. Then we got the lightning and, less than two seconds later, the thunder and realized that it was ice, not snow.
But still, it was *CRAZY*.
3 weeks ago
Brief review of A Working Man:
It's Stallone saying "Yeah, John Wick was pretty good... here's how *I* would have done it."
3 weeks ago
Thinking about this some more.
Back in the late 80s, Mom took us to see an off-Broadway Big River. It was amazing. They blew the roof off of the joint. We bought the Original Broadway Soundtrack and were stunned to discover that the soundtrack, while technically perfect, didn't have anywhere near the oomph that we had just seen. It was like the soundtrack was done at the dress rehearsal instead of in front of a live audience. It was skilled but there was no energy.
And so I wondered "is Big River somewhere?" and there's a youtube of a show in San Jose back in 1999.
This looks like it cost a buck and a half to do. They just set up a camera and zoomed in or panned out as appropriate.
In the current year, you wouldn't even have to zoom in. Just have a fixed 6K camera set up balcony level and zoom in on the footage as appropriate when you're editing it (*MINIMALLY* editing it). Just make sure the sound is synched and you've got yourself a record.
I mean, Big River isn't currently touring anywhere, as far as I can tell (it had a revival in 2004). I'm glad that we've got a copy of San Jose's 1999 Production... they should do that for a lot more stuff. Hooking up the camera, recording the sound, making sure it's synched, and minimal editing time... that can't cost *THAT* much.
You'd think that there'd be money in that sort of thing.
One (or three) fixed cameras, just showing the stage as if you were in the audience. I was sure that I remembered PBS doing Les Mis multiple times but I was remembering the Dream Cast Concert (which was 80% as good, really).
Hrm. BroadwayHD exists but it seems to only have a handful of plays at all (and there definitely are some Hollywood movies in there)...
I'm guessing that there is a very vocal contingent of purists doing what they can to keep the transient stage pure, I guess. Huh. They have HMS Pinafore.
3 weeks ago
Date Nite With Maribou was "Wicked". I'd never seen it, never seen the musical, never heard the soundtrack.
It was really good. I told Maribou that we could see Part II in the theater when it came out.
Seriously, if you like musicals/Oz at all, you should check this one out. It's on Peacock.
If you get a kitten, you will find yourself amazed at their destructive capabilities.
An older cat? (Like, defined as 5 or older?), those tend to have calmed down quite a bit (and doubly so for the female ones). A warm lap, a warm blanket, a houseape who is just doing some crochet work might get a swat or two but, hey, it's warm and let's go back to purring.
Good luck on the painting!
And it feels nice being able to run out of tp again.
It hailed about 5 minutes before we left the theater last night. We walked outside and saw a half inch of white on the ground and were astounded. Then we got the lightning and, less than two seconds later, the thunder and realized that it was ice, not snow.
But still, it was *CRAZY*.
Brief review of A Working Man:
It's Stallone saying "Yeah, John Wick was pretty good... here's how *I* would have done it."
Thinking about this some more.
Back in the late 80s, Mom took us to see an off-Broadway Big River. It was amazing. They blew the roof off of the joint. We bought the Original Broadway Soundtrack and were stunned to discover that the soundtrack, while technically perfect, didn't have anywhere near the oomph that we had just seen. It was like the soundtrack was done at the dress rehearsal instead of in front of a live audience. It was skilled but there was no energy.
And so I wondered "is Big River somewhere?" and there's a youtube of a show in San Jose back in 1999.
This looks like it cost a buck and a half to do. They just set up a camera and zoomed in or panned out as appropriate.
In the current year, you wouldn't even have to zoom in. Just have a fixed 6K camera set up balcony level and zoom in on the footage as appropriate when you're editing it (*MINIMALLY* editing it). Just make sure the sound is synched and you've got yourself a record.
I mean, Big River isn't currently touring anywhere, as far as I can tell (it had a revival in 2004). I'm glad that we've got a copy of San Jose's 1999 Production... they should do that for a lot more stuff. Hooking up the camera, recording the sound, making sure it's synched, and minimal editing time... that can't cost *THAT* much.
You'd think that there'd be money in that sort of thing.
One (or three) fixed cameras, just showing the stage as if you were in the audience. I was sure that I remembered PBS doing Les Mis multiple times but I was remembering the Dream Cast Concert (which was 80% as good, really).
Hrm. BroadwayHD exists but it seems to only have a handful of plays at all (and there definitely are some Hollywood movies in there)...
I'm guessing that there is a very vocal contingent of purists doing what they can to keep the transient stage pure, I guess. Huh. They have HMS Pinafore.
Date Nite With Maribou was "Wicked". I'd never seen it, never seen the musical, never heard the soundtrack.
It was really good. I told Maribou that we could see Part II in the theater when it came out.
Seriously, if you like musicals/Oz at all, you should check this one out. It's on Peacock.
If you get a kitten, you will find yourself amazed at their destructive capabilities.
An older cat? (Like, defined as 5 or older?), those tend to have calmed down quite a bit (and doubly so for the female ones). A warm lap, a warm blanket, a houseape who is just doing some crochet work might get a swat or two but, hey, it's warm and let's go back to purring.
Good luck on the painting!
And it feels nice being able to run out of tp again.
Don't let his looks fool you. He is evil.
"Can you do it without waking up without a taste of adhesive?"
"We have a problem."