Based off the musical. In a lot of places I like the original cast recording more than the original album. I think they should make a new Tommy movie that is truer to the musical than this movie was. (Yes, I'm aware the musical came after the movie)
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The original performance wasn't, but there are full performances of it on youtube.
shareYes, I want a new film based on the Broadway show -- not a literal rendering but using the stage script and concept as a starting point.
Calling Julie Taymor!
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Let's just leave things as they are shall we?
The Long Walk stops every year, just once.
They might make a fantastic job of a remake (a la Evita, made donkey's after its 70's heyday). Or they might really muck it up - sanitise the second quarter or just oversimplify the story.
Tricky one but I'd stick with leaving it as it is, personally.
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Free your mind and the rest will follow
Tommy was only ever meant to be enjoyed the Tommy way. Turn off the lights, listen intently, and let the music create images in your head.
...Or, you know, watching The Who perform it live in their early '70s prime, but that's pretty hard to do these days without a time machine of some sort.
...Or, you know, watching The Who perform it live in their early '70s prime, but that's pretty hard to do these days without a time machine of some sort. - StarskyandChinaHutch
What if it were re-interpreted as a new Star Wars Trilogy, designed to deliberately scrap Episodes I - III and start anew? "It's a boy, Mrs. [Sky]Walker. It's a boy!" And then the whole trilogy is about Anakin and his mother's desperate struggles to control his mysterious powers. Think many trips to quacks like the acid queen, or the hawker...then she takes him to reputable "doctors" (the Jedi) and explain that he is simply using the force, and that - given his remarkable talent and lack of self-control - they refuse service (like the doctor from the album who says he cannot help Mrs. Walker's boy). His rise, his followers, his crush (Sally Simpson?), his followers turning on him/him turning on his followers...Anyone else see this being a real thing?
shareAnd, of course, the whole mystery surrounding that traumatic experience in his childhood regarding his father/step father, which made Tommy blind/exposed Anakin's powers.
shareno please no, dont ruin it
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