I thought they did a fine job; you know despite it being aired on Fox programming. With all the censorship and what not it entails. The singing was real good, but it wasn't sexy. I'm 23, and Rocky Horror is meant to be sexy. the only song I didn't like was sweet transvestite, but i still said she was sexy. meat and barrys part was also very enjoyable. short but it worked. i was hoping for a chance to squeeze them in one last time before the show was over.

So was Meat on at the end of the show or part way through?

I dont really like Glee but its on in 30 mins, might watch it if i know when meats on ;)

I was thinking that would happen, perhaps the station managers returning to give Sue a verbal slap around for screwing up. It would have wrapped it up into a nice, neat package, plus... lol ... I'd see Meat again, however, as I said, I did enjoy the finale of Time Warp. It had my toe a'tappin' ... lol ...

He's in the first 10 to 15 minutes. Hang in for 15 and you'll see him. Come back at the end and tap your toe to Time Warp ... ;) ... lol ...

cool, thanks Tink! :)

Okay, 17 minutes. You must have seen him by now. Whatcha think ? ... I'M KIDDING ! ... lol ... NiteNite, meatie peeps !

I loved it! He was funny and he looked hot man. Turned it off after I heard Hot Patootie.

The next half hour of my life is going to be spent reminding myself what the song sounds like when Meat sings it, because nobody sounds right signing it but him.

does anyone know how many viewings the show got?

The response to the show was so overwhelming, there were three Rocky Horror/GLEE related trending topics on Twitter at the same time and the server that houses rockyhorror.com totally crashed.

WOOT!

Brittany didn't get that much attention...

that's awesome

The show, was ok. Meat and Barry rocked. Nuff said.

it was amazing how the band in the show knew how to play hot patootie if it was originally cut from the show by Mrs. Silvester.....

They were probably getting together and rehearsing when other stuff was going on with other characters on the show ... :twisted: ... lol ...

Rolling Stone review of Glee's Rocky Horror ...
 

Excellent :))

Meat loaf on Tv3
 

On Glee

seems to be a take off the rocky horror show

I'm watching it. :cool:

u got a meet n greet for meat concert in o2

I'll discuss that with you on a different thread. ;)

What did you think of tonights Glee on TV3? :-P I thought your man that sang "Hot Patootie", was good; but not as good as Meats version though.

It's good for what it was trying to portray.

Gonna have little kids coming out tomorrow saying how much they love RH despite having never seen it...

Thanks for all the reviews everyone, glad you all enjoyed it. For all those Aussies out there, it's on here next wednesday at 7.30pm. Really looking forward to seeing Meat on TV again, even ever so briefly. :-)

Carole

Just don't blink or you'll miss him :-)
Enjoy it !
Vicki

Thanks Vicki, I'll hold my eyes open so I don't miss him. :shock:

Carole

YouTube Video

oh boy, judging from that hot patootie video it looks like they made a poppy High School Musical type of thing out of Rocky Horror.

not sure whether I like that but probably interesting to watch

I thought exactly the same. :shock: I've never watched Glee and after seeing this I'm not interested in watching further clips or whole episodes.

When will this be on in the uk? American hallowe'en specials tend to air here at christmas, and the christmas ones in summer

January.

watched it last night here in ireland? why so late in the uk?

I've just been away from Thursday for cricket and all the girls are Glee-aholics and are talking about the Rocky Horror ep this week and are suprised when I say Meat & Barry will be in it

I think the only reason a lot of people watched this episode of Glee was because Mr Loaf was on it. I'm not a fan to be honest, and Bubbles is 100% right, they did make a High School Musical thing out of Rocky Horror.

Not sure, but it is usually the way. Presumably the rights get cheaper after a while.

The only reason on HERE why people watched Glee is because of Meat, the show is well watched regardless. I watch Glee and I enjoy it, it's a bit of harmless nonsense on TV. I'm not a Rocky Horror fan at all, but Glee made it more bearable.

Of course bubbles is 100% right, that's hardly a revelation, it's obvious. The show is based in an High School and they did Rocky Horror, what the f*ck did you expect?

Glee, in a year and a half, has amassed more no. 1's than the Beatles. They are doing something right!

are you sure?:lol:
Glee being compared to the Beatles.

I saw the Rocky Horror Glee CD at Target today. 7 songs from the show just last week. Mass produced, on the shelf and $6.99 US.

Glee helped win over many new fans to Rocky Horror. We had a lot of "Gleeks" come to our show this weekend that would not have come prior, and talking with some of them after the show...they really enjoyed the movie!

Excellent :))

Glee hasn't been compared to The Beatles, just a factual record of them having more No.1's has. Drumbum could've used any number of artists and still be factually correct.

I'm not a Gleek, but after watching the show I'd probably give a live performance of Rocky Horror a shot.

Not as a fan, but as a director of a live shadowcast version of the movie, I would say to people who are not very interested in the movie to give going to see it in a live interactive setting a shot. I hate the movie alone, but love the live experience.

Just a reminder to all the Aussies, it's on tonight at 7.30 on channel 10!!!!!!!!! :-)

Carole

Wow - pretty impressive achievement for Glee there then! However, although I haven't seen the Glee version yet, I would caution that the Rocky Horror Show theatre audience is probably somewhat more... adult... than the general Glee audience. I think you have to also be quite open minded to eg stand at a urinal where other guys are wearing fish nets and panties :lol:

Well not long now, counting down the minutes, 10 minutes to go!!!!!!!! :-)

Carole

We actually had some patrons say "you should have done it like GLEE, they did it better" - to which I wanted to say "you should have stayed at home, Rocky Horror is an R-rated movie, and I know you are not 17."

I wonder how many agree HP was the only song glee got (sorta :roll:) right?

I think Glee got all the songs right that they performed for the audience that they were performing to. As Dave pointed out, it's an R rated movie and Glee's main target audience is teenagers.

It is what it is. It was a successful marketing tool for Fox to get the word out about Rocky. It helped put over 600 people in the seats over Halloween weekend in my theater alone - most shows across the US were completely sold out as well. However, it was not such a good thing for the Rocky Horror fan.

Glee isn't about the existing fan base though is it? It's about generating new fans through the medium of a popular TV show, hence the more amd more frequent cameo appearances by the original stars. I read recently that Springsteen has been approached about having a show dedicated to his music, along with the cameo, pretty sure it's been ruled out though (which as a long time fan is good news having heard what they did to Fire on the show aired over here at the weekend).

Don't see why not, it brought Rocky Horror to a wider audience generating new Rocky Horror fans, surely that's a good thing?

Not when a show is billed as an "interactive" and "audience participation" experience and you have high schoolers (who are under the age of 17 and should not have been sold tickets anyway) complaining that people are "talking during the movie" and "don't want to get messy" from things thrown at them. That is part of the experience. The movie is intolerable without the audience fun.

I've never been to a Rocky Horror show but I assume you're right as I think the film is dreadful. :shock:

I like some of the songs from the film and could appreciate those cut from the film and shown as videos, but as a whole, the film lives me with a queasy feel to my stomach. I've only watched it start to finish once and that was enough for me.

It is definitely a film you should see with a good, live shadow cast performing along with the film and a rowdy audience armed with rice, toast, and squirt guns shouting clever quips as the film progresses. You cannot judge this film if you have simply sat at home and watched it.

Of course you can, it's a shit film, the live show on the other hand is a different experience. Watching Phantom Of The Opera live is a different experience to watching that piece of shit crap film with Gerard 'I can't f*cking sing' Butler in it.

I thought the glee thing was pretty good. I liked it that they did their own thing and not just copy the show/lyrics/arrangemens 1:1

With apologies to Dave if I have completely misunderstood, but I think the point is that watching the film at home is not the definitive or complete rocky horror experience. I actually really like the film, but it is made into a completely different experience if you go and see it in a cinema or theatre.

Forgive me if I am wrong Pud but you mention the film version You watch at home and the live theatre version. There is a 3rd way you might not be aware of from the sound Of it... they play the fiLm in a cinema or theatre and the audience plays along by dressing up, singing along, making witty remarks, and apparently hurling toast although this is not something I have experienced in my limited number of viewings!

I think Dave is saying that it is this level of interactivity that really transforms the film, and while you certainly can judge it on its own merits without all that, its not really the whole picture.

Cant say that they didnt copy the basic arrangement but i agree with everything else

Yes, but how many are willing to openly dress like a transvestite or wear rubber gloves etc out in public prior to seeing the film? The film will be for many the first port of call and probably wouldn't persue an interactive experience. Maybe a modern day remake is needed?

Lol - there's a question I never thought I'd be answering on the public internet at 7 in the morning!

Anyway, I presume the answer is "quite a lot" either before or after seeing the film, as it is still a cult phenomenon.

As for a remake... no. No, no, no, no, no, no, NO!

Enough with making crappy, uninspired, focus grouped, bland, pointless modern remakes of classic films. Make something new FFS and leave films that millions of people love alone. Or else I shall belt you about the mouth, and... *stops just in time*... :kickass:

From what I have read on many Cinema and Movie forums recently, I believe a deal for a remake may have been done already, with FOX doing it, instead of MTV, who were planning one a couple of years ago. Watch this space I say, as I think the ball may have started rolling on this one. ;)

I second that :up:

I know we had 650 people we could actually sell tickets to and very few of them were in "normal" attire. We also turned away about 150+ - so quite a few.

As for a remake, I put as much faith in appreciating that as I do in appreciating someone trying to re-create a Bat Out Of Hell. If it ain't got the original pieces to play with, the puzzle just don't work.

Would I be correct in assuming your reacting is because there wouldn't be Meat Loaf in it?

To quote you Dave - I hate the movie alone, but love the live experience. So I'm not sure how you can compare Bat Out Of Hell to the Rocky Horror film when you've admitted you hate the film :wtf:

The live interactive experience would never change, a new movie would bring in a new following, just like what Glee did. Unless of course, you're a Rocky Horror snob :shrug:

Lol - no, not even close!

Although the addition of Meat Loaf would certainly improve some of the recent batch of remakes, I'm just against the idea of remaking something that is already brilliant and or much loved by a huge army of fans.

Of course, I'm always happy to be proven wrong if the remake turns out to be awesome and even better than the original, but I can't think of too many that turn out that way.

No problem with remaking something that is generally regarded as rubbish or unpopular as long as the remake is better.

2007 Release of Hairspray was better than the 1988 original, so it can be done, but I don't think any director who possibly goes on to remake RHPS, will try to out-do the original, but try do bring it in a different direction. Remember, the original was not a success, it has a cult following for sure, but it still was not a success. But to be honest, I can't think of anyone who could surpass Tim Curry's performance as Frank N Furter, all the rest of the characters are easily replaceable by todays actors. Would be interesting to see how a RHPS of today will pan out. :-)

Last I heard MTV crumbled to fan pressure and cancelled it

Agreed, although that wasn't really a remake. It was a film-of-the-musical-of-the-film. Must make a new word for that.

That statement is quite a good summary of why I think remakes nearly always end up :shit:


It's true that it wasn't a massive immediate box office hit. But it is now the 5th biggest grossing musical ever according to Box Office Mojo. The other top 4 being Chicago, Grease, Hairspray, and Mamma Mia. That's a pretty awesome top 5 imho!


Tim Curry was awesome. Don't envy anyone trying to take on that role.

Mtv never did have the full rights to go ahead with the project. The current remake is being done by Fox.

That's probably because are brains are made in a way that only allows certain first impressions to stick, and any other possibilities don't get a chance.
The role of Frank n Furter would have to be someone famous who you couldn't possibly imagine in fishnets. I reckon Jonny Depp could pull it off.

He would'nt be a Transvestite if he pulled it off.:shock::D

FOX has given the green light for a script to be done and given to them to consider. No saying they will definitely go ahead, all depends how good the script will be.

Jonny Depp, did not think of him, and I agree, he may well could pull it off.