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[Racetrack]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 1:00am

I agree. I haven't seen all of the special features. No time to do so. I watched the deleted scenes recently. Those were fun especially the one that was cut where Nash was developing his new game after loosing at Go. Very interesting.

Anyway yeah I agree having the protagonist die in the end and everything wouldn't have been appealing to audiences. Still like the stage version better than the movie for a number of reasons.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 1:05am

Actually for Little Shop of Horrors, they DID film it with the stage ending, but they showed it to preview audiences and they HATED it.
Frank Oz had to gather up cast members six months later to reshoot it, and in fact, the final scene with the urchins as bridesmaids, you'll notice you only see two of their faces and then in pans down the last lady's leg to show the new plant. Well that last lady wasn't an urchin, she was one of the grips' girlfriend in a costume.
They actually released a DVD with the original DVD as a special feature but it turns out they didn't have the rights so it had to be recalled. e
Bay always has them though
Little Shop Alternate Ending Edition Updated On: 1/23/05 at 01:05 AM

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 2:29am

I agree, the special features for A Beautiful Mind are well worth watching. I especially liked the small documentray they had about the aging process and how they portrayed it. They really did an amazing job on that, it didn't even look like Russel Crowe in the end but he didn't look "fake." You couldn't tell that it was prosthetics. Anthony, just out of curiosity, while watching that I noticed that they used the aging process on you but I don't remember seeing it in the actual film. Though obviously it was done at some point since they had footage. How was that? Must have been kind of wierd to basically see what you would look like 30 or 40 years.

I saw the original movie version of LSoH with Rick Moranis and, maybe I'm biased, but I liked the stage production better then the movie. Sad that Seymour gets eaten by the plant but I actually think its a more interesting ending then the typical happily ever after. But how the heck did they portray Seymour getting believably eaten by a giant puppet plant for the play??? Maybe its just because I haven't seen it, but I have a hard time imagining how that worked. Could someone explain that to me please?
Thanks!
-Mika

[LaeloftheLakes]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 2:46am

Honey, that plant onstage is BIG! Just the trap part of it is something like six feet tall at its biggest. It has the capability to hover over perhaps ten rows of the audience frighteningly. More than big enough for Seymour to climb inside (to kill it) and get swallowed.

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 2:52am

Haha niiiice. I really wish I could have seen that! The only visuals I have seen are a few article pictures where Audrey 2 is only a few feet tall. I didn't realize it got so big near the end. Though I was thinking, isn't the Audrey 2 supposed to be a girl? Well as far as plants go anyways, but it is named after Audrey after all. But the voice of Audrey 2 is really really deep and powerful. Don't get me wrong, I loved the singing he did (especially in Get it/Feed Me) but it's kind of funny to think about.

[Mimi Imfurst]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 5:18am

Hey Rappo-

whats your favorite cocktail?

if you find out anything about carol channing, what would you want to know?

[TragicFlaw]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:00pm

I figure that somebody here will be able to answer this! Forgive me for being confused, but I had been under the impression that Jonathan Larson had HIV himself, and had died from that. Recently, though, I was reading the book on Rent and realized that no, he died from an aneurism. Did he have HIV himself or not?

[Racetrack]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:01pm

To my knowlege no he didn't have HIV.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:01pm

He died from an aneurism or a brain hemorrhage, I believe. I'm not sure of the difference, or of which. I don't think he had HIV himself, but I could be wrong.

[TGIF]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:06pm

Nope he did not have it himself, however he did know alot of people who did have it. I think this is why the character Jonathan in Tick, Tick,...BOOM! Did not have it, while Michael did. It was a show based on his life. Also, Mark in RENT, which people say is the most like Jonathan, also wasn't HIV+.

[Justice]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:06pm

It was a chest anuerism.
He had been to two hospitals that told him they were something other than what they were. (This could be due to the fact that he had no insurance, but that is speculation). One doctor told him he had bronchitus. So, he went home thinking everything was fine. Later, he was found, dead. Before he could ever see the opening of this show - something he had worked for for a very long time. It's quite a sad story - but, what's better about it, is that through his work, he has touched so many lives.

[Racetrack]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:07pm

I think what he died of what's called an aortic aneurism.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:07pm

Duh. I totally overlooked tTB, TGIF.

[Racetrack]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 6:08pm

Well said Justice and I completely agree.

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 7:30pm

Yeah he did not have HIV to the best of my knowledge. I just got the RENT book and have been reading through it and as far as I can gather, what everyone has been saying is accurate.

[benjamingullett]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 8:31pm

I know that you would rather it not be said, however, entirely going against your request...

Thanks you Anthony.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/23/05 at 10:57pm

"I think what he died of what's called an aortic aneurism.

Aortic dissection. I discovered this article last night while I was searching for something completely different. God, I was such a loser- I actually started to cry just reading this. I'd heard the story so many times before, but just the fact that they're trying to raise awareness it because HE was left undiagnosed touched me.
Marfan's Syndrome

[LoudIrishGirl]

Posted: 1/24/05 at 12:09am

"God, I was such a loser- I actually started to cry just reading this."

Orange, you are definitly not a loser! What happened to Jonothan was so sad and terrible, and that he had been misdiagnosed makes it that much worse. I think it is a great honor that they would use his experiences as an example, as it shows the true influence he (through RENT, etc.) has had on so many peoples lives.

Thanks for the link!

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 1/24/05 at 12:14am

Thanks for the link orangeskittles! That was a really moving article. I feel like crying now because I just finished watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and it was so moving and sad (in a happy way.) They do the most amazing things for the people who truly deserve it and it is such a good show (none of that reality TV crap where they pay girls to get in cat fights and guys treat women like sex objects) and it always makes me cry. sorry, off the subject I know, but I felt like sharing.

[Popular]

Posted: 1/24/05 at 6:54pm

I can't even imagine how shocked everyone must've been - that's so tragic! Not to sound corny, but he is definitely still getting his message across. He will live through his music for a LONG time.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 1/24/05 at 7:50pm

Just a reminder to everyone, tomorrow marks the aniversary of Jonathan Larson's death
I don't know how religious everyone is, but please keep his memory in your thoughts

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 1/24/05 at 8:13pm

cheers broadwaystar2b! Not that religious myself, but its a nice thought all the same.

Alright this is question for not only Anthony but anyone else who wants to add in. So I was just flipping channels today and does anyone else agree with me that TV in general is going downhill at an amazingly rapid pace? I mean we have all these shows like The Real World, Battle of the Sexes, the Surreal Life, The Bachelor etc etc. It seems like all the world cares about watching nowadays is either tacky and cheap sex, drinking or fighting. That and its basically promoting the idea that drinking and partying like animals is cool as all hell and that sex is as casual as a handshake. Honestly, who acts like that in real life and considering the people who watch it are mostly teenagers.....It's pretty sad. In my opinion the only good shows left are CSI (original) and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Though I did see a documentary on TLC about the jurastic things humans will do to themselves. It was called the Human Canvas. Pretty interesting stuff.

[CrAzIaBoUtReNt]

Posted: 1/24/05 at 8:45pm

What's up Anthony? About the Rent rating. I think there might be a possible chance that Rent could be rated PG-13. If you saw Meet the Fockers, you would understand. Much of the material in Rent is in Meet the Fockers, and it was PG-13. Oh well. It is what it is. I can't change it. But if you get a chance, see Meet the Fockers. It's hilarious!!!

I hope you are enjoying yourself in SF!!

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 1/24/05 at 9:57pm

Dreamcatcher, I agree with you entirely about there being mass quantity of tv but very little quality.
And even on tamer shows like Friends, I think it's really disrespectful the way sex lives are shown on television.
And I do think it's making a negative effect on younger people. I know that sadly, at my school, it's not the high school but the MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS who have the drug issues and STDs.
It's really a pathetic statement to today's society, that commercials with women dropping their towels no longer shocks us.

[loudasthehelliwant]

Posted: 1/24/05 at 10:08pm

My 6th grader neighbor had to go through hardcore sex ed this year (with information about contraceptives and everything) because kids in her grade were making out in the hallways...