The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2016)

[CyberpunkCentral]

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW | Let’s Do The Time Warp Again | FOX BROADCASTING - YouTube

[callahan09]

This strikes me as the most unnecessary remake of all time. The original is timeless and perfect as is, there is no point to this remake.

[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

Okay, that looks cringey...

[Foggy]

This should be in the TV section.

[demonknight]

I want to hate it, but this looks fine. Nothing special.

[CyberpunkCentral]

I hope this version includes the "Once In a While" and "Superheroes" songs.

Once In A While 1973 - YouTube

Superheros 1973 - YouTube

[demonknight]

I love the whole soundtrack of the original film with the sole exception of Once in a While, which I'm glad was deleted initially. It stops the movie dead in its tracks.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Originally Posted by demonknight

I love the whole soundtrack of the original film with the sole exception of Once in a While, which I'm glad was deleted initially. It stops the movie dead in its tracks.

I actually like Once In a While, but I see what you mean. I just don't think the actor that played Brad in the film did a very good job singing it that's all. The original London play version sounded better, which I already posted above.

[Member-275053]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again premieres at MIPCOM today! And, premieres this Thursday, October 20, 2016 on Fox.

Reviews have been mostly positive.

[SethRex]

I'm willing to give it a chance. I saw the movie for the first time a few weeks ago. It was odd, but I liked it. It'll probably grow on me after repeat viewings. I don't regret purchasing it.

[Starpower67]

The movie has looked pretty terrible to me from the trailers, and I hate the idea of this being peoples first introduction to Rocky Horror. I must admit I am digging their version of Science Fiction Double Feature though. Love that they used the Usherette like they do in the stage show.

Ivy Levan - Science Fiction Double Feature (From «The Rocky Horror Picture Show») - YouTube

[Starpower67]

Well it was bad.. It was pretty much everything I feared it would be. A shot for shot remake of the 1975 movie just neutered, with a few nods to the audience participation thrown in. They missed a real opportunity to make it more faithful to the stage show. Giving Rocky a speaking role or putting in the song Once in A While, or some of the lyrics that was omitted from other songs in the 1975 movie. They played it way to safe. The only character that felt any different from the original was Columbia. I hope to god they don't play this at movie theaters in place of the original.

[y2jman]

i'm like watching it and i believe its going to be crap, just like the grease live special
now i did perpare myself dvr last sat night orignal version and i enjoy it meh

[Groot]

I watched the Time Warp/Sweet Transvestite part...terrible.

[Movieman66]

Now that I have taken it all in, here's my impression.

When a movie's been a part of your life for over 30 years and it holds a certain place in your heart, like Rocky Horror has, you tend to be defensive of it. When I first heard of the remake, I was wary. So is it a equal to the original or was my fear confirmed.

First off, the concept is this version of Rocky Horror is that we are part of the audience at The Castle theater. We are guided into the theater by The Usherette as she sings "Science Fiction Double Feature". The performance of the song by Ivy Levan was fantastic. The theater setting allows for the occasional cuts to the audience doing participation things so that those cuts don't appear out of the ordinary.

But the theater setting leads to something that comes across as less than being meta. After Brad and Janet get their flat tire, they go to "The castle they passed back down the road a few miles". Well, the castle they go to is The Castle theater, which is run down. So basicly, we are in the theater watching the film which takes place in the theater. Ehhhh???

And the dialogue most of the time is said at a rapid pace with no pause between sentences, which makes it feel unnatural. The cuts during the scenes also made the action seem unnatural also. I don't know if this was done to fit the entire show in the 85 or so minutes to fit a two hour timeslot that also has commercials, but it feels that the whole thing is on speed, but they did fit all the dialogue from the original (except for a couple of things, see below), along with all the songs (including "Planet, Schmanet, Janet" with the phrase "A mental mind f***" changed to "A mental mind game"), which makes the whole thing disorientating if you are accustomed to the pace of the original.

The performances were, for the most part, o.k. The only ones that I liked were Annaleigh Ashford, who played Columbia, and Adam Lambert who played Eddie. Laverne Cox, who played Frank-N-Furter, was very lackluster. Props to FOX for casting a transgender actress to play Frank, but her performance wasn't dynamic enough, which is a bad thing when it comes to Frank-N-Furter, who is supposed to stand out, but Laverne Cox wasn't able to do this, I'm sorry to say.

But the big news for fans of the original film was the appearance of Tim Curry, in his first on camera role in four years (he is basicly semi-retired due to a stroke he suffered in 2012, he is mostly doing voice roles these days) as the Criminologist. His performance gave me mixed feelings as the criminologist had an assistant who did what he couldn't do, like turn the pages of The Denton Affair casebook and dance on the desk during the Time Warp. But they also cut about half of his scenes in the film, which I felt they shouldn't have done, because it's Freaking Tim Curry we're dealing with here. It was great to see Tim Curry, but sad to see him basicly restricted to a chair and talking and not being able to do anything else.

The standout performances of songs were, in my opinion, Science Fiction Double Feature, Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul, Time Warp (Song was great, sounded like the version from the Roxy Cast album, but the choreography for the number was terrible), and I'm Going Home (The best number Laverne Cox did in the film).

So was the remake equal to the original? No, it wasn't. It pales in comparison to the original.

If you've never seen Rocky Horror and are wanting the remake to be your first time, skip the remake and go see the original Rocky Horror with an audience. It is the proper way to see Rocky Horror for the first time and is an experience that you'll remember for quite a while, and who knows, maybe it'll become an annual event you'll look forward to attending every year at Halloween time.

[dissention]

Well, it was terrible, but I dug Laverne Cox.

[reaperx187]

I actually forgot that it was on a few night's ago so by the time i had remembered i kinda forgotten then.

[Impossible]

That was even worse than I could've ever imagined.

No one involved should ever work again...

The whole cast was horrendous. The direction, camera work and editing was some of the worst I have ever seen.

But surely the biggest crime was trying to convince anyone that Dr Frankfurter would've created a man with a micro-penis who clearly had never heard of leg day.

[Starpower67]

Originally Posted by Impossible

That was even worse than I could've ever imagined.

No one involved should ever work again...

The whole cast was horrendous. The direction, camera work and editing was some of the worst I have ever seen.

But surely the biggest crime was trying to convince anyone that Dr Frankfurter would've created a man with a micro-penis who clearly had never heard of leg day.

I knew it would be neutered, but I couldn't believe they put him in those boxer shorts. I've seen high school productions online with more raunch..

[Impossible]

Originally Posted by Starpower67

I knew it would be neutered, but I couldn't believe they put him in those boxer shorts. I've seen high school productions online with more raunch..

I take it his micropenis looked even more non existent in tight jocks

It was SOOOOO bad!