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Thriller 40th Anniversary

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Now that I’m thinking more, another thing to REMOVE is this wildly egotistical and totally unnecessary montage of self-glorification in the end credits where the estate bangs on about how good their posthumous products are. Hopefully that’s placeholder, because it’s grotesque.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1598098979027185664
 
MJbr2 said:
They had the chance to embrace Sonic Fantasy, which is literally about Thriller and had Bruce himself.
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If I’m not mistaken, isn’t that just about the actual recording process of the album? Not necessarily the album itself? Obviously it’s still worth embracing, but that doesn’t really seem like something the general public would care to see.
Licinus said:
What’s wrong with Spike?
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I think his documentaries both dropped the ball to varying degrees. Bad 25 was good, but put too much emphasis on the contemporary artist commentary over the behind the scenes footage. The OTW documentary was garbage. He’s more concerned with shoving MJ’s influence down our throats than actually paying tribute to the album it’s centered on.
 
ChanceToDance said:
Seems like this documentary will only be worth the watch for the unseen/remastered footage.
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Lounis’s review is the first that said anything excessively negative about it. Even the estate’s harshest critics (Damien, PezJax) have called it outstanding, if imperfect. I just can’t fathom the pessimism still lol. Let’s give it a chance first.
 
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Hulkamaniac said:
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I really hope they AT LEAST show one complete song. It'd be torture if all they show is 10 seconds snippets.
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It is like those snippets of the DSTYGE Triumph tour performance on the doc from Motown to Off The Wall.
Very tasty but mostly frustrating… especially so for DSTYGE as we have not seen him perform that song yet in full( and in good quality)
 
Is there any more issue with TII footage being shown apart from what was actually going on behind the scenes? I can't see the correlation between TII and "Branca's ego". I wouldn't feel that bothered if it was just a couple of seconds of footage.
 
ChanceToDance said:
Is there any more issue with TII footage being shown apart from what was actually going on behind the scenes? I can't see the correlation between TII and "Branca's ego". I wouldn't feel that bothered if it was just a couple of seconds of footage.
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Is there an issue beyond lying & carefully editing clips to make MJ look much healthier than he was so they could all cash in on how they literally worked him to death??

It’s so distasteful & honestly WTF are they thinking including a montage of the BS they’ve put out since he passed? It’s a doc about MJs shining moment, achieving his lifetime goal, the biggest album ever, in the whole of music.

We DONT need compilations of crap they’ve put out since he died, Usher telling us he likes Lady in my Life etc, it’s all about MJs art and his hard work and tireless dedication

No doubt lost in the shuffle of BTS etc & MJ estate propaganda.. new footage sounds very cool but I’m so tired of them stomping all over the man himself and his efforts
 
dam2040 said:
Is there an issue beyond lying & carefully editing clips to make MJ look much healthier than he was so they could all cash in on how they literally worked him to death??
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That's what I meant by "what was actually going on behind the scenes". Any TII footage we see of MJ during the rehearsals was him high on ephedrine.
dam2040 said:
It’s so distasteful & honestly WTF are they thinking including a montage of the BS they’ve put out since he passed? It’s a doc about MJs shining moment, achieving his lifetime goal, the biggest album ever, in the whole of music.

We DONT need compilations of crap they’ve put out since he died, Usher telling us he likes Lady in my Life etc, it’s all about MJs art and his hard work and tireless dedication

No doubt lost in the shuffle of BTS etc & MJ estate propaganda.. new footage sounds very cool but I’m so tired of them stomping all over the man himself and his efforts
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Ah, ok. that makes more sense. I assumed that it was a recap montage of everything that went on in Michael's career and they happened to show a couple of seconds of TII footage, in that case I wouldn't have minded it but in the way that you're describing that's pure ego massaging lmao.
 
ChanceToDance said:
That's what I meant by "what was actually going on behind the scenes". Any TII footage we see of MJ during the rehearsals was him high on ephedrine.

Ah, ok. that makes more sense. I assumed that it was a recap montage of everything that went on in Michael's career and they happened to show a couple of seconds of TII footage, in that case I wouldn't have minded it but in the way that you're describing that's pure ego massaging lmao.
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Yup. The ECA stack it’s called. Common symptom is that it can worsen insomnia. Definitely suitable to give MJ
 
Also, everyone has a different opinion about Quincy Jones, but when you talk about Thriller you have to talk about Quincy Jones.
He was barely mentioned in that documentary.
Quincy jones is very respected and is an amazing musician and producer whether you like it or not.
It’s very disrespectful to not recognise his print on the album.
But then it’s not too much of a surprise as we saw more interviews of usher and Mary j blige than Greg Philigane
This documentary was more about the impact that thriller had rather than the actual making of the album.
People are hyped because of the unseen footage. But this documentary was simply not well made.
 






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Great night at London screening of the forthcoming MJ #Thriller40 documentary film, directed by Nelson George. Admittedly, not the final edit; it features amazing archive & previously unseen footage that captures a genius at work in studio & on stage. And much more.. Coming soon.
 
The choice of director does make me uneasy about the whole project admittedly. I've not really been excited for this one, espicially after @lounisp kindly sharing his review with us. It confirmed what I feared, not much unreleased material and it being little snippets.

I just wish they would take time to research and interview who was in the room, working with Mike on the project. We know about Thriller's influence we don't need it shoved down our throats with every documentary. Fans like Damien Shields and TheMJcast do a better job of interviewing these great people, who worked with Mike

My question is why is it December and they've only done a rough cut of the documentary? Thriller came out 40 years ago yesterday, Thriller 40 came out 2 weeks ago. Surely they haven't been working on this since May?
 
Wait.

MJ Vibe said the docis due to be available on a streaming platform (unknown yet) in January 2024.

But Branca said it will be in 2023 !
 
SmoothCriminal1995 said:
I've just read on twitter that the documentary doesn't mention Lady In My Life? Surely that's not true
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Wouldn’t be surprised. That is one of the most criminally underrated songs of all time. A top 10 best MJ track. Rod was a god damn genius and THE BEST songwriter of all time in my opinion.
 
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