Hey Guys!!!!
Long time no see...
Just wanted to give an idea:
Before we approach this sad anniversary in 2019, there is a much more positive & happy MJ anniversary nearing. And this in 2018.
Michael would have turned 60 this year, August 29th 2018...
IMHO this is the anniversary the estate should concentrate on & release one or two things from it's vaults.
This would be a much better & happier occasion than marking his death.
A Boxset for his 60th Birthday, containing 4-5 CD's & 1-2 BluRay's with some new demos & outtakes, concerts & a documentary.
Plus another double feature for Halloween containing Thriller & Ghosts in Bluray/4K, including the Making Of's to both of them.
Also, I recall the MJOnlineTeam stated something about Thriller + Ghosts double feature in the works for theaters release by Halloween this year?
Off The Wall doc was great tho...
He should finish his trilogy with Thriller, and then let someone else do the others.
And what could be said about Thriller that we haven't heard a million times already? I'd be more interested in a documenatry about Dangerous or HIStory/BOTDF. And it doesn't have to be directed by Spike Lee. Someone else could do it
IMO, Off the Wall is the worst Estate project.
I agree. I would have bought it if they had included a Triumph tour show in full. Or even if Spike had shown a full song in his documentary.
Next Album Doc NEEDS Full concert footage packaged with it. Period. Bad 25s success was because it had a great doc + Bad tour DVD/CD and new unheared music material.
Off The Wall doc was...just a doc. Nothing new or valuable accept some HD concert snippets...no Destiny or Triumph concert packaged with it, no unreleased audio to get excited behind. Nothing. Estate simply didn't put as much thought or effort ($) in OTW.
NEXT Project, Thriller or (Hopefully, Dangerous and then History) I hope they look back at Bad25 and, replicate it!
It's not that hard estate...
A new album documentary means finding someone capable of taking the reigns and paying for the entirety of the project (i.e., any interviews conducted, remastering of old footage, any mechanical licenses that need be obtained).
A new concert would require the Estate to comb through the vaults and find a complete show that (a) is on film that can be upscaled to 1080p/4K, to avoid repeating the Wembley VHS controversy; and (b) features audio that is good enough to be released, to avoid repeating the Bucharest crowd noise controversy. If both of those cards play out in their favor, they still need to pay to have the show professionally upscaled and the audio to be digitally remastered.
I'll agree that the Estate has made some absurdly dumb decisions, but it's not always fair to shout "THEY WEREN'T EVEN TRYING" without considering precisely what they'd need to go through to get something done. At the end of the day, they're a business, and they wouldn't (and shouldn't) put large sums of money into something they don't think will sell. (Great as it was, Bad 25 and the Wembley concert DVD sold poorly. I also can't find a single sales number for the Off the Wall reissue or documentary, which says a great deal.)
No more Spike Lee docs. I want to see actual interesting documentaries about MJ and his albums. Detailing the making of them and all the details fans want to hear. His documentaries just boil down to celebrities saying how great he is. There's some cool stuff sure, but in general they are not very good. The OTW one is particularly insulting.
Yes an I wish such a documentary would be broadcast on a mainstream channel at prime time. Too many times pro MJ shows are rejected by the main networks and shown off peak with only a small audience.
Whitney Houston had a big documentary that exhibited in UK cinemas last year. There's another one coming this year too.
Since Michael passed, nothing.
Yes. The MJ Projects seem to miss the target most of the time.
There was obviously lots of interest in TII and the cinemas showed that, but no wide distribution for the Spike Lee docs. to be honest I don't think they'd attract an audience to the cinema anyway as they seemed too narrow in focus for the general public, but it would be nice to see something with wider appeal like with "Whitney: Can I be Me". Trouble with MJ's story is it is too long - childhood to 51 years old and there were too many twists and turns to even attempt a single standard length documentary. The Whitney doc I mentioned is only 105mins and tells her life story (apparently)!
I guess the only thing that would get the general public's attention is the allegations and the MJ Estate would always avoid publicising them, trouble is, they could never do a credible life story documentary without addressing them! Plus any estate sanctioned documentary will always be criticised for being too lenient on MJ and dismissed by media and general public alike. Media's criticism of Spike's docs often included that. Best we can hope for is a 3rd party documentary, but of course the MJ Estate would almost certainly refuse them the license to use MJ's music. It's a difficult situation.
No more Spike Lee docs. I want to see actual interesting documentaries about MJ and his albums. Detailing the making of them and all the details fans want to hear. His documentaries just boil down to celebrities saying how great he is. There's some cool stuff sure, but in general they are not very good. The OTW one is particularly insulting.
Everybody is trying to take credit for their part on the album. Too much praising Quincy but failed to mention the huge amount of work Michael put in those songs (like writing and composing them in the first place - especially true for the Bad album). Also what annoys me is not mentioning anything after Bad.
They need to show the making process for a song. The process for making a dance routine (like the clip of MJ rehearsing the Thriller moves from the making of Thriller video). And loads of full clips of performances, recording studio, demos and rehearsals. Only Another Part Of Me was shown in full.
Also Spike wants to do a Thriller doc but not anything after Bad. If you don't want to recognise Michael's success without Quincy, then you can go away.
Hope 2020 will be A LOT better and give us something new.