"Michael", a biopic about Michael Jackson, is officially happening.

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

I hope they fit as many of the avant garde, more artistic leaning pop songs in as they can. Price of Fame, Who Is It, Morphine, gimme all that good stuff.

I think Scream would fit in very well also.

 

[robotchicken14]

I hope they fit as many of the avant garde, more artistic leaning pop songs in as they can. Price of Fame, Who Is It, Morphine, gimme all that good stuff.

Avant-garde? That’s personally the last word I’d use to describe Michael Jackson.

Maybe Morphine is a bit out there, just for the sake of subject matter, but he never went full-on experimental did he

 

[zinniabooklover]

I hope they fit as many of the avant garde, more artistic leaning pop songs in as they can. Price of Fame, Who Is It, Morphine, gimme all that good stuff.

I think Scream would fit in very well also.

I am so up for all of this. Why not throw in Little Susie as well? Just to send the audience home in a really upbeat mood? I think it would work.

I want Is It Scary in there!

Mostly, I want the Groove of Midnight snippet. Go wild and edit out his beautiful singing and just have the bit where he's talking to Rod about hair products.

OK, being serious for one second, I agree with the other person that none of this is avant garde but I get where you're coming from, Mr JT. Everyone is allowed to go mad, lol. Yesterday online people had posted the JW door-to-door photos again even though they've been seen a million times already. Bc there's nothing happening and so long to wait for the film.

Who's playing LMP? I ask again! LOL.

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

Avant-garde? That’s personally the last word I’d use to describe Michael Jackson.

Maybe Morphine is a bit out there, just for the sake of subject matter, but he never went full-on experimental did he

In comparison to the people who only rank Off The Wall I mean...

 

[DuranDuran]

In comparison to the people who only rank Off The Wall I mean...

People who are into Off The Wall or Mike's music in general probably don't care much about avant-garde music. Those types of artists are generally uncommercial & non-mainstream by nature. Mike worked with Paul McCartney, not Sun Ra or Diamanda Galás.

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

My point is just that it's not gonna be just disco and dance music the whole time. They can expect multiple textures in the discography of Michael, the artist and also the film if it chooses to portray that. Because I think people tend to forget that.

A song like Human Nature though, as popular as it is, can't be forgotten for just how, ethereal it is. Add stuff like Stranger in Moscow, For All Time, Dream Away, you got a good little playlist of really potent, emotive pop music with a lot of depth. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

Very nice, no movie news. And no discussion

 

[DuranDuran]

Very nice, no movie news.

It's a biopic, not a Marvel/DC superhero movie where people constantly make videos about it on Youtube or write about it on blogs. There's little if any news about those 4 individual Beatles movies.

 

[zinniabooklover]

It's a biopic, not a Marvel/DC superhero movie where people constantly make videos about it on Youtube or write about it on blogs.

Sure, but people online do continue to post stuff even if it's been posted a million times before. Photos from the JW door-to-door scenes, for example.

There's little if any news about those 4 individual Beatles movies.

Just the other day I was reading an article about who the writer thinks should be cast in the film. Even though the casting has already been done - albeit not 100% confirmed.

 

[SmoothCriminal1995]

I'm really intrigued how the biopic will end. Will it end with Michael's passing and then a live performance of Man In The Mirror?
Similar to what they did on This Is It and Bad 25

 

[wendijane]

It will end how it began no doubt

 

[Billie Jean 78]

I'm really intrigued how the biopic will end. Will it end with Michael's passing and then a live performance of Man In The Mirror?
Similar to what they did on This Is It and Bad 25

So am I... His passing would add to the drama. I thought the ending on "Elvis" where they mixed real Elvis and his actor while singing Unchained melody worked really well.

If they go all the way to TII... is Jafaar supposed to portray him all the way then? Won't that require a little to much make-up?

 

[etoile 37]

I'm really intrigued how the biopic will end. Will it end with Michael's passing and then a live performance of Man In The Mirror?
Similar to what they did on This Is It and Bad 25

As a story, it wouldn't make sense to just end it with a random performance he did 20 years ago. It would be like, "Okay, the movie is over, now we show you a live performance, just because that's what other biopics did."

And unlike other performers, Michael's life just can't be summarized with just one great performance that embodies all others. I feel in his case a montage showcasing his whole life, both as an artist and as a person, is the only way to go, because there is so much to show. When that movie ends, I want to see some of this:

And I also want to see some this:

And some of this:

Some of this:

And some of this:

Some of this:

And some of this:

 

[Billie Jean 78]

Yessss!!! If the DWT catapult scene is not included... there goes one goosebumbs scene waisted.

Seriously though... would that not be the pivotal performance scene... with him just standing there for... what was it... 2 minutes? I would give that scene alone 2 real time minutes on the movie too!! What the heck, I would make it three minutes!!

 

[Moonie]

Yessss!!! If the DWT catapult scene is not included... there goes one goosebumbs scene waisted.

Seriously though... would that not be the pivotal performance scene... with him just standing there for... what was it... 2 minutes? I would give that scene alone 2 real time minutes on the movie too!! What the heck, I would make it three minutes!!

It's crazy to think about it! He just stood like that doing nothing and people were screaming and fainting LOL No one will ever achieve that. This is a great idea! It would be great for younger people to see what kind of impact he had!

 

[wonderouzmj]

It's crazy to think about it! He just stood like that doing nothing and people were screaming and fainting LOL No one will ever achieve that. This is a great idea! It would be great for younger people to see what kind of impact he had!

Honestly....I feel like this will be the opening of the movie

 

[8701girl]

As a story, it wouldn't make sense to just end it with a random performance he did 20 years ago. It would be like, "Okay, the movie is over, now we show you a live performance, just because that's what other biopics did."

And unlike other performers, Michael's life just can't be summarized with just one great performance that embodies all others. I feel in his case a montage showcasing his whole life, both as an artist and as a person, is the only way to go, because there is so much to show. When that movie ends, I want to see some of this:

And I also want to see some this:

And some of this:

Some of this:

And some of this:

Some of this:

And some of this:

Wishful thinking

 

[8701girl]

So am I... His passing would add to the drama. I thought the ending on "Elvis" where they mixed real Elvis and his actor while singing Unchained melody worked really well.

If they go all the way to TII... is Jafaar supposed to portray him all the way then? Won't that require a little to much make-up?

Somehow I don't think they will end it with TII

 

[wonderouzmj]

Somehow I don't think they will end it with TII

Neither do I

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

If they go all the way to TII... is Jafaar supposed to portray him all the way then? Won't that require a little to much make-up?

Just do no close ups and maintain the sunglasses indoors MJ already did. And show the behind the scenes tensions. TII already exists, we don't need it recreated, just show from a different angle.

 

[MJ5]

Yessss!!! If the DWT catapult scene is not included... there goes one goosebumbs scene waisted.

Seriously though... would that not be the pivotal performance scene... with him just standing there for... what was it... 2 minutes? I would give that scene alone 2 real time minutes on the movie too!! What the heck, I would make it three minutes!!

I am sure they will not include 2mins of a scene that can be seen (in real) on an official release like Live in Bucharest.

 

[bluemoon7]

Yessss!!! If the DWT catapult scene is not included... there goes one goosebumbs scene waisted.

Seriously though... would that not be the pivotal performance scene... with him just standing there for... what was it... 2 minutes? I would give that scene alone 2 real time minutes on the movie too!! What the heck, I would make it three minutes!!

This is an interesting idea! I could imagine them using this scene from the Super Bowl and then narrating what was going on while Michael stood there for minutes:

- The broadcasting executives getting nervous "TF is he doing?? We paid this man to perform!"

- Big companies who had ads during the Bowl calling the broadcasters and cussing them out because MJ was getting paid to do nothing (while
their own ad time costs a gazillion money) lol

- MJ Fans freaking out at home in front of the tv

- MJ haters freaking out at home in front of the tv

- The athletes leaving their locker rooms to watch MJ perform (I heard that happened)

etc. etc.

 

[zinniabooklover]

I am sure they will not include 2mins of a scene that can be seen (in real) on an official release like Live in Bucharest.

But the film is most likely aimed primarily at the general audience. And many of them won't know about this moment not to mention people who were not born yet or were too young to pay attention. That said, I can imagine people thinking that they just made that bit up just for the film and then going online and discovering that it really did happen. That's kinda cool, imo!

The way @bluemoon7 laid out the scene makes a lot of sense, imo. That's a really good dramatic scene right there.


There's a more detailed version of this somewhere but this'll do ...

“Michael said to me, ‘Don’t cue my musicians until my hands go up and remove my glasses,’” Don Mischer — who produced and directed the halftime show — told The Post. “So he pops up, the crowd’s going crazy, about 30 seconds goes by, and he doesn’t move. Now I’m in the [production] truck screaming, ‘Come on, Michael! Let us go, man, and give us the cue!’ Finally, his hands came up, he touched his glasses, and we were off and running.”

How Michael Jackson changed the Super Bowl halftime game in 1993: ‘The whole world cared’

In one season, the show went from must-miss to global event.

nypost.com

"... but at that point, when we finished the half-time show, that was the highest rated moment in the history of television, that one little stretch ..."
Don Mischer

 

[Victorious]

The toaster is a great, iconic way to start the movie, and I am expecting it to be in the movie.

To me however, the 'Bad Tour' opening felt more exciting: would also be cool to follow Michael backstage, from the corridors of the stadium up until under stage, opening the hatch, the fainting fans, the LED moonwalk animation, bright lights, smoke... silence...and then is cue for 'WBSS'

 

[Billie Jean 78]

I am sure they will not include 2mins of a scene that can be seen (in real) on an official release like Live in Bucharest.

That is a bad argument... Should they then not include any of the Thriller recreation either as that can be seen on an official release as well? Which clearly won´t be the case as they have been seen filming in a Thriller scene.

 

[Billie Jean 78]

This is an interesting idea! I could imagine them using this scene from the Super Bowl and then narrating what was going on while Michael stood there for minutes:

- The broadcasting executives getting nervous "TF is he doing?? We paid this man to perform!"

I prefer the Bucharest DWT kick-in-the-air scene though... it is by far superiour to the Superbowl scene.

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

I think every scene should have Branca in it, and when Branca isn't on screen, one of the characters should say, Where's Branca?

The film should open with Joe Jackson meeting Branca as a child. Extend to Michael being born, taking Michael out of the hospital and introducing him to Branca and establishing that as the beginning of their immaculate partnership.

Avoid all mentions of albums after Thriller also.

 

[zinniabooklover]

I think every scene should have Branca in it, and when Branca isn't on screen, one of the characters should say, Where's Branca?

The film should open with Joe Jackson meeting Branca as a child. Extend to Michael being born, taking Michael out of the hospital and introducing him to Branca and establishing that as the beginning of their immaculate partnership.

Avoid all mentions of albums after Thriller also.

Every time you do one of these crazy posts I am SO up for it.

I love this!

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

Every time you do one of these crazy posts I am SO up for it.

I love this!

Fans reading my post gonna react like this

 

[8701girl]

I think every scene should have Branca in it, and when Branca isn't on screen, one of the characters should say, Where's Branca?

The film should open with Joe Jackson meeting Branca as a child. Extend to Michael being born, taking Michael out of the hospital and introducing him to Branca and establishing that as the beginning of their immaculate partnership.

Avoid all mentions of albums after Thriller also.

Please don't fill up branca ego