Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:26:29 GMT

Ew. I think I'm pretty progressive when it comes to theatre, but I can't imagine that Shrek is something that I'd ever want to see on stage.

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:37:54 GMT

Animated features turned into musicals = CG Movies with talking animals

Too many and the goodwill of the first few outings has evaporated... expect a quick bow

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:22:56 GMT

This should go over like a NASCAR wine and cheese reception - most theatregoers will share Smilee306's opinion.

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:20:54 GMT

Did you guys know that Katzenberg offered this Shrek show to the creators of South Park and they turned him down?

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:30:49 GMT

A wise choice!

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:27:31 GMT

I'm a big Broadway fan, and see shows often, but this is moronic.

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:44:44 GMT

Quote: I'm a big Broadway fan, and see shows often, but this is moronic. :End Quote

Quoted for Truth.

Thanks for writing this article, Jim. Now my family gets to spen another night making fun of Jeff Katzenburger around the dinner table.

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:36:36 GMT

more shrek, they should had stopped with the sequal and even that was the same tired crap as the first

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:55:41 GMT

I think part of the problem is that there's been far too many Shrek-styled CGI "revamped" fary tales. It's no longer a "fresh take" when it's been done again and again. They've even made a couple in Europe based on things like Roman du Renard (complete with Nintendo 64 graphics) and there's something just released about historical royalty- all with that overdone snarkiness and American pop songs.

re: Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

Jim Hill — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:12:11 GMT

"Did you guys know that Katzenberg offered this Shrek show to the creators of South Park and they turned him down?"

I'm not surprised - given how independent they are, I can't see them working with other people's characters and having to deal with restrictions on what kind of plot and jokes they could have.

That said, I would've loved to see what Trey Parker and Matt Stone came up with if they'd decided to do it. The South Park movie is one of my favorites, in large part because of the brilliant songs, and they probably could have made a Shrek musical into something genuinely good.