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Permalink Reply by Contradiction on April 18, 2010 at 2:41pm

Good night, then. :\

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Permalink Reply by EndOfTheEarth on April 18, 2010 at 2:46pm

Watching Repo! the Genetic Opera for the first time.
Plot is mediocre, science is all backwards, lyrics and vocalists are making my ears bleed.
Music type isn't my taste, but works in some small fragments.

This at 25 minutes in. Am praying for an improvement.

EDIT: One or two vocalists are OK.

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Permalink Reply by nathan_p on April 18, 2010 at 2:57pm

I was tempted to actually watch it after hearing that Poe had a part in it.

Is it... semi-entertaining?

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Permalink Reply by EndOfTheEarth on April 18, 2010 at 3:10pm

Plot's improving as it goes along...I'll present a full review when I'm done.

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Permalink Reply by EndOfTheEarth on April 18, 2010 at 4:06pm

Okay...
Music-wise there were two good vocalists, the characters "Blind Meg" and Rotti. All the rest had proper pitch, but no refinement and instead barfed out strings of slurrs. There was one good three-way split that lasted maybe ten seconds and maybe four 15 second harmonies. There was two distinct themes that showed up on a rare occasion. And it was in...I don't know, punk rock? This would have been better in almost anything else.
Which leads me to the plot. That was very interesting, though the science behind it was awful (like, really bad, as in H.G.Wells-I'm-making-this-up-as-I-go-along bad). No, it has little if anything to do with genetics, and nothing at all to do with genetic engineering. If anything, it was more surgery-based. Lots of unneeded blood and organs. I reiterate, the plot was good, the devices were good, aspects of the vehicle needed repairing.
I just wish it could have been presented in any other medium than this particular music choice--yes I must come back to it--as Sweeny Todd covered many similar themes and feelings, but did it in proper-thematic-musical fashion.

If you're talking about Edgar A, I didn't catch the reference.

In summary, if you're able to see past the music and painfully backwards science, it's an interesting and worthwhile story. If you don't have that kind of patience, then it probably isn't worth your time.

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Permalink Reply by nathan_p on April 19, 2010 at 4:00am

Not Edgar A -- I think her name is Anna Danielewski. She, uh, she sings. I'm not sure which part she was supposed to have, but I do remember hearing she was in the movie.