This is topic " 'High School Musical' is unlike anything. No one can fully understand." in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
...so, how many months before Disney greenlights and starts casting High School Musical: The Next Generation? Despite the rather epic description Zac gives of the "legacy we leave on East High", I doubt Disney will let go of their most lucrative tween brand -that- easily. Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
I went to East High. I left a legacy of slouching around and reading paperback novels in class instead of participating and playing Rifts in the library at lunch time.
Disney should make a musical of that.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Oddly enough, Disney has the option to make a Rifts movie. Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
I'll never give up the rights to slouching around.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
TL! You fight for those rights! Never let the Man bring you down!
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
Next will be Middle School Musical, followed by Elementary School Musical and finally Pre-School Musical.
I would rather drill a hole in my head than watch them but my girls like them and they are pretty wholesome. I don't have to worry about them sneaking bad words into the movie and my girls aren't going to learn about teen pregnancy or anything so I just grin and put in ear plugs.
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
quote:TL! You fight for those rights! Never let the Man bring you down!
Thank you for your support, Evie.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Resist them by lip-synching a bubble gum pop tune! We're ALL in this TOGETHER! o/` Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
Can you fight for the right to slouch? Sounds contradictory.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
The only things I know about this series of movies is that they're popular, the girl had a scandal, and the guy played Young Simon in "Firefly."
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
The only thing tweens seem to like more is this "Hannah Montanna" chick.
Miley Cyrus' fans are CRAZED for the exclusive "concert movie".
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
The acting is hoooorrible in Hannah Montanna, but I didn't expect any more. Again though, it's clean.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
quote:the guy played Young Simon in "Firefly."
Really?!?! Woah! I'm going to have difficulty watching the series again.
But I guess we're all set if they do a "Firefly: The Early Years" musical.
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
Wait... Disney has the option for a Rifts movie and nobody else thinks that sounds insane!?
Maybe I'm thinking of a different Rifts than you. The bizarre, violent Role Playing Game set in a post-apocalyptic future? Filled with mutant characters and magic using characters and demon-worshipping characters and drug-using characters and insane characters? How could this possibly make a Disney movie?
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Remember how Disney's big summer hit of 2007 featured a tentacle-faced humanoid impaling a man's head from the inside-out?
Yeah.
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
I do remember that.
But Rifts seems worlds more horrifying and inappropriate than any of the Pirates movies. Maybe I'm wrong.
Hmm, on reflection, the Rifts world is so choked bizarre features, it would be very easy to edit out the more inappropriate ones. No people who improve their combat prowess by taking ludicrous amounts of intravenous drugs, for instance.
It still strikes me as odd, but I guess I can swallow the possibility of a Disney Rifts movie.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
...so, how many months before Disney greenlights and starts casting High School Musical: The Next Generation? Despite the rather epic description Zac gives of the "legacy we leave on East High", I doubt Disney will let go of their most lucrative tween brand -that- easily.
Are you kidding me? They'll drive this one until it runs out of gas! I went to the Greensboro Coliseum last year with my daughter and her friends. I've never experienced anything quite like this crazy love they have going on for High School Musical. It wasn't the best because Zac wasn't there, but Corbin Bleu more than made up for it. At least that's what the girls said.
I had a headache after the concert.
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote:This is going to be the farewell to the East High Wildcats for a while. Senior year, graduation, this movie is the climax, it’s the third act, this is the legacy that we leave on East High
Maybe I'm just used to Shakespeare, but when I hear "it's the third act" I expect two more.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by MidnightBlue: Maybe I'm just used to Shakespeare, but when I hear "it's the third act" I expect two more.
I would assume that Zac is referring to the first two HSM movies as the other "acts". Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_Frank: Hmm, on reflection, the Rifts world is so choked bizarre features, it would be very easy to edit out the more inappropriate ones. No people who improve their combat prowess by taking ludicrous amounts of intravenous drugs, for instance.
It still strikes me as odd, but I guess I can swallow the possibility of a Disney Rifts movie.
Also remember that Disney has established several more adult-oriented labels for their non-family friendly fare. Like Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, etc. If they decide to make a Rifts movie, they could easily release it under one of those.
Posted by adfectio (Member # 11070) on :
quote:Originally posted by Chris Bridges: The only things I know about this series of movies is that they're popular, the girl had a scandal, and the guy played Young Simon in "Firefly."
I'm not sure how I feel about this. My nieces have absolutely killed any desire to watch this, but I now have respect for the main character.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
It was a bit part from when he was younger. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in it.
High School Musical is absolutely perfectly targeted. The songs are catchy (I've seen it, and though I loathe the actual lyrics, they stuck in my head for days afterwards), and utterly devoid of any kind of, what's it called...quality. So kids love it, and force their parents to pay for all different sorts of format for it, and it works perfectly.
The singing ain't half bad though, I'll give them credit for that. As a musical, I'd say it's mediocre, and if the lyrics were better I'd probably give it a lot more credit, but it's not completely devoid of talent.
Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
This film is of limited appeal to me.
Just about the best musical set in (and around) a high school has to be Hairspray...
* The original John Waters version, not that I didn't thoroughly enjoy the remake.
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat:
quote:Originally posted by MidnightBlue: Maybe I'm just used to Shakespeare, but when I hear "it's the third act" I expect two more.
I would assume that Zac is referring to the first two HSM movies as the other "acts".
And Shakespeare's plays have 5 acts. Thus the "two more". Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
quote:Originally posted by anti_maven: Just about the best musical set in (and around) a high school has to be Hairspray...
It has to be Grease for me.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick: And Shakespeare's plays have 5 acts. Thus the "two more".
Zac said the HSM franchise was equivalent to a Shakespeare play in structure?
Wow, he's out of it. Posted by Darth Petra (Member # 11464) on :
Ugh, I wouldn't want to leave that sort of legacy. REally, those movies are total crap.
I'm expecting "College Musical" some time soon. And if Zac thinks that it's equivilent to Shakespere, he'd got issues.
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat:
quote:Originally posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick: And Shakespeare's plays have 5 acts. Thus the "two more".
Zac said the HSM franchise was equivalent to a Shakespeare play in structure?
Wow, he's out of it.
No, he didn't, he just referred to the third HSM as the third act. One of the more common formats for plays (in particular, the format Shakespeare uses) is the five act play. That's what came into my mind when he made the comment.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I think I went to that East High also, if it's really the one in Salt Lake. Well, just for my senior year. It was before the reconstruction, but I thought I recognized it.
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
Yeah, it's the one in Salt Lake.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
TL, you stand up for your right to slouch...or not.
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