Musical from the Black Lagoon
I heard about this last year, but completely forgot about it. Perhaps I'd hoped it was nothing more than a bad dream. But unfortunately, it's real and it's happening.
The debut of "Creature From The Black Lagoon- A Ragin' Rockin' Show!" is set for July 1. Yes, a musical version of the Creature From The Black Lagoon. A "hip, musical stage adaptation". God help us all..
Evidently, in this version, the Gill Man is 25 feet tall, has long, flowing hair and can sing underwater.
So, whatever franchise you love that's been ruined by a horrible Hollywood movie, just be thankful they didn't do this to it.
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18 comments postedOh my god.
Its like when they made a broadway musical out of Xanadu!
Well, ok, maybe its not the same...
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CollectionDX Admin
Absolutely kick ass.
I can see this causing the old-schooler's panties to knot up, but I for one think this could be totally awesome.
C'mon guys, start planning now to figure out how we're gonna get Nekrodave fooled into attending this. Pretend we're going to a Creature Double Feature? Blindfold? BwaHaha! Machinations, ahoy!
Amazing. I must admit, I'm morbidly curious...
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Sanjeev
I hope someone gets some video online,since I doubt I'll ever be at Universal.
As far as purists being offended,I love CFTBL too,but you've gotta have a sense of humor.
I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm offended by this. Or if I am, the only thing that offends me is that for year..YEARS... there was talk of a Creature re-make but it could never get off the ground. But for some reason a musical gets green-lighted and produced pretty quickly. I don't get it. And a 25ft Creature? I really don't like that.
But if someone wanted to buy me tickets and fly me out to see it, I'd go. I'd go if it came to Boston. A buddy of mine is a major Creature fanatic and I think he's gonna go so I look forward to his thoughts on it.
"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High
Anybody who defends this is not my friend anymore.
"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High
^ I get the impression it's just one of those stage shows at the Universal theme park,not an actual musical that would go on tour.
Are you saying you're upset they never did the remake? Everything I had heard about it just made it seem like it would be terrible,and the Mummy didn't really inspire confidance in Universal monster remakes for me.
I certainly was interested in seeing what they did with it, yeah. I can't stand those new Mummy movies, but most other Universal remakes I've been ok with. From Frankenstein to Jekyll and Hyde and Dracula.. Hell, I even remember liking Memoirs of an Invisible Man! The new Wolf Man looks like it might have promise too. So I think the Mummy was an exception. (Van Helsing never happened....). Oh, the Argento Phantom was among the worst movies ever, too..
"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High
Y'know.. although I don't approve of a 25ft Creature, evidently the Japanese picture him even bigger than that...
"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High
You sure that's not supposed to be one of Ultraman's many nemeses, Ragon??? ;)
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Sanjeev
Looks more like the Creature to me. And I don't see Ragon's name written anywhere. I'm gonna go with giant Gill Man still.
"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High
That Japanese poster brings a tear to my eye. Where'd you find that magazine?
My friend who loves the Creature sent me the image.
"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High
I'm 99% sure that's not supposed to be Ragon.
On a side note,I absolutely hate Ragon after playing that SD sidescroller Ultraman arcade game.
Heh...all I can make out from that post is "SD sidescroller Ultraman arcade game". The rest is an irrelevant blur! ;)
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Sanjeev