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Return to the Forbidden Planet smaug Send a noteboard - 06/02/2010 10:45:49 AM
It's a jukebox musical, based on the 50s movie Forbidden Planet, which was itself based on The Tempest. And it therefore mixes sci-fi warp drive jokes with Shakespearean quotations out of context with Freudian psychology with Jerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire" (sung as the ship flies through a meteor shower).

Also, doesn't Wicked exactly fit the fantasy musical genre?
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Obviously I have musicals on the brain. Ghavrel - 31/01/2010 06:36:33 AM 812 Views
Musicals are tricky things to do LadyLorraine - 31/01/2010 07:57:44 AM 548 Views
If sf/f relies on effects, then it doesn't deserve respect. Ghavrel - 31/01/2010 08:04:10 AM 662 Views
I'm not saying it can be done or relies on effects. I'm just saying it might be tricky LadyLorraine - 31/01/2010 06:40:44 PM 528 Views
Dr. Horribles' Sing A Long Blog MightyYT - 31/01/2010 08:37:37 AM 557 Views
I think so. Darth_Katie - 31/01/2010 04:25:27 PM 508 Views
There is a musical episode of buffy.... jh - 31/01/2010 09:50:22 AM 649 Views
The board ends up being about books, but it's actually titled "Sci-Fi & Fantasy." Ghavrel - 31/01/2010 07:23:45 PM 549 Views
Yes, but the site is read and find out. Maybe you should go to listen and find out? *NM* jh - 31/01/2010 07:28:19 PM 234 Views
Tell that to the games board. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/01/2010 07:50:53 PM 224 Views
Which is an interesting example. jh - 02/02/2010 06:41:08 AM 580 Views
Very silly. Less silly, though, when you consider the lack of a Theater/Musicals board. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 07:00:00 AM 256 Views
Very interesting question. lord-of-shadow - 31/01/2010 12:19:51 PM 762 Views
Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide stories were originally radio plays Larry - 31/01/2010 06:16:42 PM 659 Views
Which in turn reminds me of the infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast with Orson Welles... *NM* Legolas - 31/01/2010 06:36:32 PM 221 Views
Nonsense. Ghavrel - 31/01/2010 07:22:25 PM 540 Views
I feel like I'm a broken record, telling you to re-read what I actually said Larry - 31/01/2010 08:40:17 PM 544 Views
Yes, well, it was a fairly weak defense when you started using it. Ghavrel - 31/01/2010 09:23:49 PM 647 Views
I think you're underestimating the number of theater fans LadyLorraine - 31/01/2010 10:00:52 PM 564 Views
I'd have to agree with you - it has become more of a niche. Legolas - 31/01/2010 10:16:02 PM 557 Views
I think cinema has outstripped theater more than theater has declined. Ghavrel - 31/01/2010 10:28:06 PM 463 Views
I don't know, I've seen a theater adaptation of The Hobbit, for instance... Legolas - 31/01/2010 10:11:47 PM 591 Views
Not quite sure what I was thinking about cinema either. My defense was that it was 3 in the morning. Ghavrel - 31/01/2010 10:26:03 PM 497 Views
Good excuse. Legolas - 31/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 691 Views
Yes it is. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 02:25:44 AM 738 Views
I would definitely count Little Shop of Horrors among some sort of sf/f mold. Cockatiel of Doom - 01/02/2010 12:56:40 AM 705 Views
Definitely. But again, it's campy and ludicrous. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 02:25:00 AM 601 Views
Well, of course. That's what makes it awesome. Cockatiel of Doom - 01/02/2010 04:57:07 AM 598 Views
Re: Well, of course. That's what makes it awesome. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 07:58:32 AM 584 Views
There are tons of them ranagrande - 01/02/2010 08:37:35 AM 731 Views
Good point. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 10:28:07 PM 660 Views
Repo! The Genetic Opera, both the play and the film were great. = Rocky-Horror + Bladerunner *NM* Bookwyrm - 02/02/2010 12:41:31 AM 280 Views
It is 19th century and it is opera . . . .. dadof5 - 02/02/2010 06:55:28 PM 654 Views
Return to the Forbidden Planet smaug - 06/02/2010 10:45:49 AM 735 Views
Yes, Wicked does. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/02/2010 04:19:56 AM 223 Views
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