QueenZone discussion #1461465

emrabt wrote: It's Channel 5 bad look at the website linked to in the first post.

cmsdrums wrote: Without the dire and completely unnecessary reconstructions there are some 'credible' talking heads (Ratty, David Wigg, Peter Straker etc...), but the acted sequences are just the fucking pits.

Kuijpy wrote: Only 2 secs new footage of I want it all, or am i wrong?

Supersonic_Man89 wrote: Thoughts as i watched it: Why is it implied that before any performance, all Freddie fucking does is go 'Day-oh!' How often does Freddie wear his bloody Live Aid outfit and jeans? It's like he didn't have anything else to wear? It's 1985...so he wore that all year round did he? Darling, Darling, Darling....jesus, such a cartoony character.

Kuijpy wrote: Only 2 secs new footage of I want it all, or am i wrong?

The Kurgan wrote:

Kuijpy wrote: Only 2 secs new footage of I want it all, or am i wrong?

YourValentine wrote: You can watch it here link

Supersonic_Man89 wrote: Thoughts as i watched it: Why is Freddie calling him Peter, he would have called him Pheobe. Why is it implied that before any performance, all Freddie fucking does is go 'Day-oh!' Whoever cast Roger Taylor is a bloody fool. I mean...nothing, nothing like the bloke. Such shit script and dialogue "There you are Mary"....why would you say your friend's name in a nightclub like that? Freddie smoking in 1975? Really poor research. At least research how Freddie broke the news to Mary...Mary and David Wigg have said in interviews more than less how it went - and not like that. What is that 1979 haircut?? Why cast somebody who doesn't look a thing like Paul Prenter...and then get him to introduce Freddie to a new lover...who does actually fucking look loads like Paul Prenter?!?! How often does Freddie wear his bloody Live Aid outfit and jeans? It's like he didn't have anything else to wear? It's 1985...so he wore that all year round did he? Darling, Darling, Darling....jesus, such a cartoony character. Bullshit Knebworth theory...Freddie's voice didn't wane because of Aids. Even the crackpots on this forum haven't suggested that. Peter Freestone has stated that Freddie was never diagnosed with HIV, but instead was told he had AIDs. So what's this period of time where apparently he knew he was HIV positive all about? Where have they got this info? Another reveal of news...another incorrect portrayal. Live performance of Barcelona did the narrator just describe that as. "He's singing well"...no, he's miming well. Doesn't seem on death's door 24 hours before he dies...seems fed up and playing with his ring. Rubbish directing.

vin221 wrote: I noted two new points in this programme that I wasn't aware of before: 1) Freddie cutting himself shaving and shouting at Valentin to "get out" of the bathroom in Munich (implying he may have been aware he was infected in 85' (or was it 84?)). Anyone else have a comment/other source on this? 2) Prenter giving Freddie poppers before his cake came out at his 39th birthday at Hendersen's, rendering him temporarily blind/starry eyed. I always wondered why, in the footage, Prenter is holding onto Freddie's arm as if he couldn't stand up. Seemed a bit odd, but now we know why.

vin221 wrote: I noted two new points in this programme that I wasn't aware of before: 1) Freddie cutting himself shaving and shouting at Valentin to "get out" of the bathroom in Munich (implying he may have been aware he was infected in 85' (or was it 84?)). Anyone else have a comment/other source on this? 2) Prenter giving Freddie poppers before his cake came out at his 39th birthday at Hendersen's, rendering him temporarily blind/starry eyed. I always wondered why, in the footage, Prenter is holding onto Freddie's arm as if he couldn't stand up. Seemed a bit odd, but now we know why.

Costa86 wrote: Incidentally, Jones wrote this article last week in the Express, on the occasion of Freddie's 25th death anniversary: link.

Ken8 wrote:

Costa86 wrote: Incidentally, Jones wrote this article last week in the Express, on the occasion of Freddie's 25th death anniversary: link.

Thanks "Brian May on Strictly and Queen hits deployed on TV ads for budget sofas and nappies would have made him squirm. As would the sight of endless ageing bands slogging their guts out on comeback tours. As would juke box musicals. Freddie loved life yet managed to depart with dignity and grace. There’s much to be said for it." Couldn't agree more

cmsdrums wrote: Jones makes me sick: She says: "Never admitted, until the final moment, that he was infected with HIV and dying of Aids." ADMITTED?? There's nothing to "admit".....never disclosed maybe, or stated, or mentioned, or announced...but NOT "admitted", as if it were something to be ashamed or guilty of. She really gets paid to write professionally yet she has no grasp of language?

Costa86 wrote: From Lesley-Ann Jones' Wikipedia article (link: "She hosts writing workshops for those stupid enough, such as the Open University, hotels in Cornwall, England, Margarita Retreat in the Algarve, Portugal and Micklethwaite". This is the same person who was charging £40 a pop I believe, a year or so ago, for people to take a ride on the London Eye with her while she told stories about Freddie... link. I did enjoy her book though. It was respectful and it showed she thought very highly of Freddie. As an aside, did anyone notice that Peter Freestone was selling tickets for almost AUD 400 (that's more than £230 / almost $300) in September 2016 in Australia for people to have dinner with him while they talked about Freddie (and a t-shirts and a book or something thrown in)?

Chinwonder2 wrote: For anyone who would like to download it (I dunno why, it's horrible) here you go! https://mega.nz/#!J0VThZBb!Owqpm6jGVnwWufQdTClmdmIxZAGO6q_bAfxM2sTbv9I -Chin

Chopin1995 wrote: Check out Brian's reaction on that drama: link

matt z wrote: Freddie also loved wealth. ... if not wealth, let's call it "financial comfort". I doubt she's qualified to make that judgement for a dead man. It DOES make for showing her disgust, and perspective. If Freddie earned cash by sitting on his ass, who's to say he wouldn't have volunteered songs for the more risque products? don't stop me now would feature in viagra, that's "for sure" ;-) it's opinionated holier than thou-ism-ing. (*as if that's a word) I don't mind the commercials, but I DO think he would've preferred to make his own musical instead of the rehashed plot and moronic play that is WWRY. about the money ... we're talking about the man who dodgingly referred to his music as "disposable pop"... truth or humility, I think he would've cashed in.

Sunshine wrote: I have seen it and I think it was a brave attempt. The visual detailing was at times very correct and precise. The way Freddie was drinking tea in bed for example and Freddie's clothing,

Ken8 wrote:

matt z wrote: Freddie also loved wealth. ... if not wealth, let's call it "financial comfort". I doubt she's qualified to make that judgement for a dead man. It DOES make for showing her disgust, and perspective. If Freddie earned cash by sitting on his ass, who's to say he wouldn't have volunteered songs for the more risque products? don't stop me now would feature in viagra, that's "for sure" ;-) it's opinionated holier than thou-ism-ing. (*as if that's a word) I don't mind the commercials, but I DO think he would've preferred to make his own musical instead of the rehashed plot and moronic play that is WWRY. about the money ... we're talking about the man who dodgingly referred to his music as "disposable pop"... truth or humility, I think he would've cashed in.

"I doubt she's qualified to make that judgement for a dead man." But you do? At least she knew the great man. You ever meet him? Your argument is based on a hypothetical "what if" as opposed to the reality of what they've done to the Queen brand name in his absence. Freddie did say "We're a rock band, not a Broadway musical", but I agree with you on one thing, WWRY is moronic. One thing is clear though, it's obvious I think Fred was/could have been more of a class act than you do "Seduce you with his money-make machine Cross-collateralize, (big-time money, money) Reduce you to a muzak-fake machine Then the last goodbye It's a rip-off" I wonder who wrote that?

AlbaNo1 wrote: I think Freddie would have taken the easy money for the most part and maybe done something more interesting and creative every few years. Or maybe even have retired.

Holly2003 wrote: You all have no taste. It was brilliant. I particularly liked the guy who played Brian May, despite looking to be about 5 foot 7 inches tall. I also wasn't aware Brian played an Epiphone Les Paul with Bigsby tremolo system at Live Aid. Glad they set the record straight on that one.

The Fonz wrote:

Chinwonder2 wrote: For anyone who would like to download it (I dunno why, it's horrible) here you go! https://mega.nz/#!J0VThZBb!Owqpm6jGVnwWufQdTClmdmIxZAGO6q_bAfxM2sTbv9I -Chin

Thanks mate, much appreciated. The Fonz

Mr.Michael wrote: This really wasn't that bad. YES IT WAS -Why is Freddie constantly going "Deedoh, Deedoh" backstage? VOCAL WARM UPS --Freddies Live Aid-jeans were funny. NO THEY WEREN'T The only jeans he wore? NO My favourite parts of the biopic was when Freddie was concerned. -When he and Jim saw that Rock Hudson had died Freddie looked very concerned in front of the TV. His anxious looks towards Jim were brilliant. -Freddie was very nervous in the doctor's office. You could say he looked extremely concerned. -When he saw the first KS on his shoulder and washes his hands because it's bleeding. He's not really concerned, he's actually panicking. -The last show in Knebworth. Freddie is feeling it and he's looking quite concerned in the mirror before the show and after the show he's tired and apparently still a bit concerned. -His friend from New York comes to visit him and tells about his own illness. While Freddie listens and comforts him he looks pretty concerned. YOU DO REALISE THOSE SCENARIOS (CERTAINLY THE REACTIONS BY FREDDIE) ARE ALL MADE UP/SUPPOSED/POETIC LICENCE?? .

Laeli wrote: meh, hopefully the real Queen film won't be half as bad