Grease Live! Official Thread — Page 28

Was 3/8 the originally planned DVD release date ? That's the date listed now on various sites

It was but I believe they are moving the date up. I think the digital HD version will be available for download/viewing as early as this Tuesday.

CarlosAlberto said: "It was but I believe they are moving the date up. I think the digital HD version will be available for download/viewing as early as this Tuesday.

Awesome ---- read that it should be "on demand" today too --- ( at least with Optimum)

this is what I saw--- they are usually reliable, but earlier works !!!

http://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/7837/grease-live

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I really hope they go for Dreamgirls next. There are many opportunities to use a live audience (the whole opening sequence, the title song, etc.), plus go in and out of a theatrical setting, mixed with backstage, mixed with other interior sets.

With the same technical team as with Grease Live, it could be incredible.

And they can add back in all the music they cut from the film!

i really don't think people understand how much of a technical achievement this was. you have NEVER had a live broadcast of this magnitude and size, with those kinds of production values, executed as well as last night's in the history of broadcast television. an incredibly bold statement but one I am extremely comfortable making. this was not your father's live broadcast; you had cameramen SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING on wires in the gym scene. it is clear to me that Fox decided to go all out and throw a crap load of money at the production and technical aspect. while the performances are nice to recognize and acknowledge, the accomplishment here is on the other side of the camera.... without a doubt.

I fully expect Thomas Kail to add a Tony (for Hamilton) and an Emmy (for Grease Live) to his mantel this year.

newintown: "...was strictly for children, well - the movie was the same way"

Yes, the movie version of GREASE was a G-rated kiddie fest. Let's see Kenickie tells one of his friends to "eat meat". Sonny suggests a gang bang with Rizzo. Rizzo asks Danny if he's going to flog his log. Danny tells Kenickie sloppy seconds ain't his style. Danny tells Rizzo to bite the weeny while Rizzo replies with relish. Rizzo and Kenickie are seen trying to have sex in the back seat, he takes out a condom which breaks and she tells him to hell with it and has sex with him anyway leading to a pregnancy scare. Danny sings a song with the following lyrical content: "Pussy Wagon" "I'm gonna get off my rocks" "You know that ain't no sh*t...We'll be getting lots of t*t", "The chicks'll cream" and then takes a roll of Saran Wrap and rubs it on his crotch....and there's more, but you get the jist of where I'm going with this.

Yes, GREASE is G-rated family entertainment!

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 08:22 AM

I thought Aaron looked really old (for a teenager) compared to the rest of the cast. Vanessa was really great ..she was the best part of this show...what is with all the overacting..The girls who played Marty and Patty Simcox really were awful , overacting and amateurish ..like high school production acting at its worst. The review compared Aaron to John Travolta and gave Aaron the upper edge ...which I cant disagree with more ...Grease was Travoltas best movie...his dancing and singing never worked as well...Aaron basically seemed to be trying to imitate him and it wasn't working..>Aaron is great and I do like him but a 32 year old danny on stage can get by but so close up...no

The production was admirable, all the technical aspects were very well handled, even though they still seem to have issues with sound mixing -- the vocals just disappear into a general mush. The leads were rather flat, I thought -- it just felt like there was zero chemistry at all between Tveit and whatshername as Sandy. Tveit was particularly disappointing in his near total woodenness. Whatsername as Rizzo only came alive at the very end, with her splendid "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" -- otherwise she was just a one-dimensional skank bitch.

There were some glimmers though. Ms. Gasteyer was good fun, and I did like the subplot of the heavy girl who keeps trying to diet despite the pursuit of the T-Bird who likes her that way -- her real joy during the dance number and her palpable delight at a snowcone full of Red Dye #2 were the comic highlights of the excruciatingly drawnout evening.

Roscoe said: "The production was admirable, all the technical aspects were very well handled, even though they still seem to have issues with sound mixing -- the vocals just disappear into a general mush. The leads were rather flat, I thought -- it just felt like there was zero chemistry at all between Tveit and whatshername as Sandy. Tveit was particularly disappointing in his near total woodenness. Whatsername as Rizzo only came alive at the very end, with her splendid "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" -- otherwise she was just a one-dimensional skank bitch.

There were some glimmers though. Ms. Gasteyer was good fun, and I did like the subplot of the heavy girl who keeps trying to diet despite the pursuit of the T-Bird who likes her that way -- her real joy during the dance number and her palpable delight at a snowcone full of Red Dye #2 were the comic highlights of the excruciatingly drawnout evening.

You do realize that "whatsername" aka Vanessa Hudgens dad died the day before the broadcast.

THE NY Times on GREASE.

Perfect!

I'm amazed by all of the big praise for this production. It was fine. I enjoyed some of it. Hudgens was terrific and I was so pleasantly surprised by Ms. Jepsen. I thought she was utterly charming, even if that song was terrible and out of place, she was very good. I kept pleading for Ms. Palmer to calm the eff down. She was trying way too hard. Overacting and mugging awards for her and the woman who played Blanche. Gasteyer was the other highlight. Ms. Hough was better than I expected, but I wasn't expecting much. Mr. Tveit has a lovely voice.

I understand that this was a huge production, so I'll give Mr. Kail credit for that, but I felt like many scenes, especially the early ones, were odd and stilted. Perhaps it's the book, but I've enjoyed productions with the same book.

For me, if Ms. Hudgens wasn't on the screen I was kind of bored. I'm glad I didn't know of her tragedy before. I don't know how she got through "Worse Things I Could Do"! I almost wish I had seen "Gigi"!