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Title: Rock of Ages
Post by: Saddam Hussein on June 13, 2012, 11:30:57 AM
No.

None of this.

None.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Sean on June 13, 2012, 11:32:37 AM
What is Rock of Ages?
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Nomad on June 13, 2012, 11:56:26 AM
Dadrock: The movie
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Space Cowgirl on June 13, 2012, 12:45:54 PM
(http://wpc.4d27.edgecastcdn.net/004D27/Editorial/TomCruiseWMagazine/Tom+Cruise+W+Magazine+1.jpg)
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Saddam Hussein on June 13, 2012, 01:00:02 PM
Dadrock: The movie

All right, I think we all need to stop using the term "dadrock" now.  Apparently, everyone here defines it completely differently.

It's actually the latest installment in the long line of lazy hack productions that are usually referred to as "jukebox musicals."  Basically, they're hoping that the audience will be so wowed by the shitty Autotuned covers of popular songs that they won't object to the most generic and basic plot of all time with every dumb cliché thrown in, as well as the retarded, campy atmosphere.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: rooster on June 13, 2012, 02:23:31 PM
I wanna see it.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Chris Spaghetti on June 13, 2012, 02:24:34 PM
Dadrock: The movie

All right, I think we all need to stop using the term "dadrock" now.  Apparently, everyone here defines it completely differently.

It's actually the latest installment in the long line of lazy hack productions that are usually referred to as "jukebox musicals."  Basically, they're hoping that the audience will be so wowed by the shitty Autotuned covers of popular songs that they won't object to the most generic and basic plot of all time with every dumb cliché thrown in, as well as the retarded, campy atmosphere.

This. Plus Russell Brand.

Just no.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: rooster on June 13, 2012, 02:31:49 PM
I don't get it- aren't musicals always campy?
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: theonlydann on June 13, 2012, 04:20:45 PM
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Roundy the Truthinessist on June 13, 2012, 07:45:46 PM
I think it looks like it could be fun.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Saddam Hussein on June 13, 2012, 08:20:01 PM
I think it looks like it could be fun.

Did Glee look like it could be fun?! >o<
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Roundy the Truthinessist on June 13, 2012, 08:27:24 PM
I think it looks like it could be fun.

Did Glee look like it could be fun?! >o<

No, but Glee's music isn't specifically targeted at my generation, and based on what I've seen, it's just a shitty show anyway.  Also musicals can be fun.  Wasn't Grease fun?  Little Shop of Horrors?
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Tausami on June 13, 2012, 08:28:58 PM
The Blues Brothers
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Roundy the Truthinessist on June 13, 2012, 08:31:15 PM
The Blues Brothers

YES!
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Roundy the Truthinessist on June 13, 2012, 08:33:04 PM
Also, I love how Saddam is such a good critic he can immediately pass judgment on things he's never seen.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Blanko on June 13, 2012, 08:37:21 PM
Also, I love how Saddam is such a good critic he can immediately pass judgment on things he's never seen.

I've observed that before.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Ichimaru Gin :] on June 13, 2012, 08:39:22 PM
Did Tom Cruise build his body for the role naturally?
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Saddam Hussein on June 13, 2012, 08:44:11 PM
I have a rebuttal to your haughty and dismissive claims, but I will require access to my laptop first.  Please be patient.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Vindictus on June 13, 2012, 08:44:45 PM
Steroids.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Roundy the Truthinessist on June 13, 2012, 08:52:13 PM
This. Plus Russell Brand.

Just no.

lol, I'm surprised you're not a Russell Brand fan.  He's pure camp; isn't that your thing?
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: EnigmaZV on June 13, 2012, 09:19:16 PM
Rock of Ages was a musical before it was a movie, so the writing could be decent.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: rooster on June 13, 2012, 09:22:54 PM
Steroids.
A scientologist using steroids? Don't be so glib.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Roundy the Truthinessist on June 13, 2012, 09:34:51 PM
Steroids.
A scientologist using steroids? Don't be so glib.

Oh, Rooster...
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Vindictus on June 13, 2012, 09:58:16 PM
Steroids.
A scientologist using steroids? Don't be so glib.

I'd agree, if this weren't the case.. (http://)
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Nomad on June 14, 2012, 01:14:46 PM
If Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, and Whitesnake are not dadrock, I don't know what are.  The reason I think this is probably because my dad listens to all of these.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Space Cowgirl on June 14, 2012, 01:29:05 PM
I remember liking Twisted Sister back in the 80's, but I can't help think they were making fun of the direction dadrock was going in at the time.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Saddam Hussein on June 14, 2012, 02:01:56 PM
If Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, and Whitesnake are not dadrock, I don't know what are.  The reason I think this is probably because my dad listens to all of these.

Then "dadrock" is a pretty useless term for describing music.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Space Cowgirl on June 14, 2012, 03:27:14 PM
Yeah, my dad listens to elevator music.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Saddam Hussein on June 14, 2012, 03:52:46 PM
Oh yeah, and I was going to write this big long thing about hair metal and why it's silly to use it in the context of a musical, but I don't really need to.  It's just that, personally, I can't stand jukebox musicals.  It's a lazy way to cash in on the popularity of other people's songs, and the music never properly ties in with the story.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Marcus Aurelius on June 14, 2012, 06:45:54 PM
Wasn't there a terrible movie just like this about 10 years ago?

Here it is:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202470/
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Benjamin Franklin on June 14, 2012, 06:47:03 PM
I wanna see it.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Nomad on June 14, 2012, 08:45:52 PM
Rockstar was pretty good though
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: rooster on June 14, 2012, 10:49:30 PM
Jukebox musicals are awesome. Their covers are usually better.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Vindictus on June 14, 2012, 11:51:59 PM
Dun dun DUN! (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rock_of_ages_2012/)
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Ocius on June 15, 2012, 12:04:38 AM
Those bands are really classified as studio rock.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Roundy the Truthinessist on June 15, 2012, 03:11:55 AM
Blessed with unstoppable energy, an undeniably bawdy sense of fun and Tom Cruise in backless leather pants, it takes songs you may never have loved and turns them into a musical that's easy to enjoy. - Kenneth Turan

Like I said, could be fun.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Ocius on June 15, 2012, 02:24:00 PM
Blessed with unstoppable energy, an undeniably bawdy sense of fun and Tom Cruise in backless leather pants, it takes songs you may never have loved and turns them into a musical that's easy to enjoy. - Kenneth Turan

Like I said, could be fun.

>Journey, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon
>songs you have never loved

That guy shouldn't be a critic.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: Saddam Hussein on June 15, 2012, 02:39:52 PM
To be fair, some of the songs are pretty shitty.  But I don't know how adding Tom Cruise and excessive Autotuning could make them any better.
Title: Re: Rock of Ages
Post by: rooster on June 15, 2012, 02:54:52 PM
To be fair, some of the songs are pretty shitty.  But I don't know how adding Tom Cruise and excessive Autotuning could make them any better.
How not? It's not like T-Pain autotuning. And Tom Cruise is crazy, but he's a good actor and pretty hawt. It can do nothing BUT make them better.

Example: Moulin Rouge is campy and with pretty lights and has Ewan McGregor- the songs are superior to the originals.