Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals- Page 2

[jwsel]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:48am

JulesReverie:

I can almost hear the Wagnerian crescendos during Darth Vader's solo.

I just saw a promo for the new Dukes of Hazzard movie and think I now have a new number one film I'd never want to see in a Broadway musical. I'm just imagining lot's of line dancing and choreographed bar brawls.

If we expanded this to TV, the list could grow exponentially larger. Anyone up for A-Team: The Musical? (Maybe Michel Bell could play Mr. T.)

[JulesReverie]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:54am

jwsel:
Dukes of Hazard *cringes*

TV, A-team LMFAO!

Or how about Cartoons and Animes, 1# on that list is Speed Racer for sure

[jam_man]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 2:00am

How about Dragon Ball: Z: The Musical?

Over half of it is just Goku and his enemy standing around singing, "You're no match for me - I've trained for 12 years just for you!"

And of course, Goku's 11 O'Clock number, "Super Sayine Time!"

(maybe an animi person can correct my spelling)

[Derech2]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 2:16am

Lord of the Rings should never be turned into a musical. Hobbit should not be turned into a musical. Anything J.R.R. Tolkien wrote should not be turned into a musical. Don't play with a perfect masterpiece.

Harry Potter.

Moulin Rouge (well, should not be turned into a show).

About 99% of movies should not be turned into musicals.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 6:23am

Ishtar
Howard The Duck
Hudson Hawk
The Thing
Dawn of the Dead

[Forester]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 8:01am

Battlefield: Earth
slasher flicks (ie Nightmare on Elm St and Friday the 13th series)

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 9:00am

Has anyone seen Myra Breckinridge ..... if they have they will understand why it shouldn't be on stage....accept i probally wouold pee with laughter and see it if it did come out

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 9:19am

i think EVERYTHING should be a musical.. but i'll go out on a limb and say Das Boot --although i can hear the strains of the "Submergence Waltz" as i type...

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[peach]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 10:51am

Movies that should *not* be made into musicals...but I somehow I wouldn't be completely surprised if they were...

Boogie Nights
The Notebook
Punch Drunk Love
Passion of the Christ (Bible stories make for popular musicals...but this would be just awful)

[buskeat]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 10:56am

There was actually a show called "Jedi! The Musical" in Chicago about eight years ago and ran until Lucas sent a cease-and-desist letter.

Really, I think any movie could be made into a good musical, as long as they know what to do with it. I don't know, who'd've thunk Pygmalion or Anna and the King of Siam could be musicalized?

However, there's no way a musical should be made of Andy Warhol's Empire.

Rob

[jam_man]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 10:57am

Me and my friends sometimes kid about writing "The Passion of the Christ: The Musical!" But you're right - it'd be almost as bad as the actual movie, though that's another topic for another thread.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:01am

Aw, come on, JulesReverie, give Howard the Duck a chance! Pure genius! And it'll be good for the kiddies!

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:04am

Imagine working on "Passion of the Christ: THE MUSICAL!" Wow. Imagine being Jesus in that one - talk about typecasting, you'd never work again. Never.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:11am

Rosie O'Donnell Presents "WHIP IT! PASSION OF THE CHRIST-- THE MUSICAL"

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:22am

"7)Gone with the Wind (Did you see Irreconcilable Differences?)" ~ TennesseeTwang

I love you SO much for mentioning that movie! "Dottie I need a TAB! This isn't cold! Get me a cold Tab!"

Didn't Leslie Ann Warren play Scarlett in the musical version of GWTW? I actually heard that it was a very promising show and had a great score. Anyone have the Japanese recording of it?

[mominator]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:37am

Jaws
Amityville Horror
1941
Van Helsing (no matter how good looking Hugh is!)

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 12:43pm

Audition

[worrell4077]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:09pm

Ghostbusters-nothing musical should happen to it(there has already been a tragic Ghostbusters street show with music and Beetlejuice involved at Universal Orlando that just closed).
Beetlejuice
Jaws
Psycho
The Birds
And Now For Something Completely Different-no real story or plot
Meaning Of Life-still no real story or plot
Constantine
The Mask or Son of the Mask
War of the Worlds
King Kong
Anchorman
Police Academy
Star Wars
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"And Now For Something Completely Different."
-John Cleese

[grizzabella]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:14pm

Oh, there are so many that should never see the lights of Broadway - or anywhere else. I second (or third) Casablanca, any Star Wars, any Star Trek (dancing Klingons!Please NO!), anything that starred Johnny Depp or Al Pacino, any westerns (please, no REAL horse-operas), "Saving Private Ryan", or other war movies, definitely not "The Passion of the Christ". That's all the horrific ideas I can take for the moment.
Oh wait a minute: AI, ET, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Blob. I'll stop now.

[chess12]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:14pm

Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs

[RaininSmilies]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:55pm

I agree that Harry Potter should never be made into a musical or Lord of the Rings (but it's too late for this one).

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 4:01pm

Gone with the Wind. Oh, wait...

If Sondheim wrote the music, Mulholland Drive would make an interesting musical.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 4:49pm

There are two movies that I just don't think would make it on Broadway. The first is Jaws. Can you just see the opening number with the chorus dressed in swimsuits singing Foot Foot Footsie.......Goodbye. Now the other one the other one is MArch Of The Penguins. Something tells me that all these penguins would be running all over the theater.

Updated On: 8/2/05 at 04:49 PM