Rocky Horror Picture Show. And Merlin, natch.

[firthgal]

So... Rocky Horror was... erm... I can't even think of a term to describe my feelings on this film. I'm not big on musical films, and yet I am a huge fan of inappropriately placed musical numbers in my TV shows. Anyway, I didn't particularly like this film, but I didn't particularly dislike it either. I just don't know. I generally like my films to have a plot, and this film was so freaking random that I have no clue what it was about. And when I watch a musical, I generally like the musical numbers to progress the story rather than just be there to be there. So... there were parts that I really liked, and parts that were terrible. Like that Time Warp song, good lord do I hate that song. But see, I think that's one that I'd love if I was watching the stage show rather than the film. So I don't know. And, Anthony Stewart Head ruined me for the film, because I kept comparing Tim Curry to ASH and saying, "He's just not as sexy. Isn't he supposed to be creepy and sexually irresistible? The way he's singing that line doesn't do things to me like it does when ASH sings it." So, that stupid voice in my head was annoying. I did enjoy Tim Curry, I just kept imagining how much BETTER Anthony Head would be. I am a sad, sad individual. Anyway, this movie was ridiculously random and it was like some crazy drug-induced hallucination. I just... I don't know. It was weird. Not really my thing. And probably something more enjoyable to watch when it's live (which is how I feel about almost all musicals). And, I only dug a few of the songs. Sweet Transvestite, Wise Up Janet Weiss, and that Eddie didn't like his teddy song (can't remember the name). Also, I adored Dr. Scott. A lot. He was definitely my favorite character. Also, Riff Raff and his sister simultaneously amused me and grossed me out quite a bit, much like Amber and Luigi did in Repo!, only the incest was much more explicit in Rocky Horror. Aside from the humorous incest angle and some of the wardrobe choices, I don't exactly get why people compare Rocky Horror and Repo!, some even going so far as to say that Repo! is a rip-off of Rocky Horror. First off, Repo! is very plot-driven, whereas Rocky Horror barely has a plot (if any). Rocky Horror takes place in a world we know and then throws in some strangeness, Repo! takes place in the future and takes on its own world, which makes the fact that they sing absolutely everything a little bit easier to believe, you just get lost in that world. Rocky Horror is half talking half singing, Repo! is almost entirely singing. One's about alien transvestites while the other is about organ repossession and how love can either turn you into a monster or redeem your broken soul. Now, they do both focus on corruption and the metaphorical creation of a monster. But anyway, completely different movies through and through. Rocky Horror is much more comical and random, whereas Repo! is mostly over-dramatics that doesn't take itself too seriously. You see the corruption progress throughout Rocky Horror, whereas in Repo! the corrupted hero has already embraced his dark side and in fact finds a twisted comfort in being a legal assassin. The characters in Rocky Horror are all caricatures while Repo! has the complexity of Nathan and (to a lesser extent) Rotti (the Largo children are all pretty much caricatures though, and I think a lot of the Rocky Horror similarities come from their scenes). Anyway, different movies. Repo! is NOT a rip off of Rocky Horror. The music isn't even similar.

Er... in short, the only musical films I enjoy are My Fair Lady and Repo! The Genetic Opera. And animated Disney movies from the 90's to the present.

Anywho, this Merlin/Arthur vid by solanyxe rocks my world (I particularly love that they included Uther's reactions):



HEE! I love it. Also, I quite love this general Merlin vid, I just get annoyed by the GIGANTIC TEXT BOX that appears in the beginning. But otherwise, it makes me wicked excited for series 2, whenever it'll be shown (September, right? Please tell me September. Or earlier. Earlier would be even better):

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Dude, I so hope we get Morgana/Slash Dragon scenes in series 2, and then the dragon will be all, "Your destiny is Uther," and we can rename him the Inappropriate Love Dragon. Except he'd be saying stuff like, "Your destiny is to kill Uther," but we can just ignore the "to kill" part.