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Reply #60 posted 09/03/16 12:55pm

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Who is gonna put money into a Prince biopic?

First of all, Prince is a rare case of being a rockstar due to his hardcore fans only.
Only by their harsh proselytism was Prince able to perform at the Superbowl.
I'm exaggerating, but not so much.

So who's going to care for Prince's life, outside of Purple Rain,
which is already a biopic?
They did not care for the Lovesexy era, why the audience would
when the biopic is going to be about five minutes long about it?

We know nothing about the man' private life, and good luck for making
his true friends talk, they will keep their mouth shut.

And just when you think you have some drama with Boy Gregory's death,
how are you going to depict Mayte and Prince apparent denial
and not make the main character a total sociopath?

And, given he spent most of his life either in the studio or on stage,
how are you going to make the former interesting (yawn),
and the latter as good as, say, 1986 Prince?
Even if you have an excellent dancer, he won't have the looks,
the grin, and exsude the sense of an impeding danger (when you experienced a Prince concert for the 1st time,

you never knew what to expect) .


So you're left with making up shit.
With a guy that has to try to much. With no tangible matter to build his character upon.

Good luck with that razzie.

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #61 posted 09/04/16 2:44am

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bonatoc said:

Who is gonna put money into a Prince biopic?

First of all, Prince is a rare case of being a rockstar due to his hardcore fans only.
Only by their harsh proselytism was Prince able to perform at the Superbowl.
I'm exaggerating, but not so much.

So who's going to care for Prince's life, outside of Purple Rain,
which is already a biopic?
They did not care for the Lovesexy era, why the audience would
when the biopic is going to be about five minutes long about it?

We know nothing about the man' private life, and good luck for making
his true friends talk, they will keep their mouth shut.

And just when you think you have some drama with Boy Gregory's death,
how are you going to depict Mayte and Prince apparent denial
and not make the main character a total sociopath?

And, given he spent most of his life either in the studio or on stage,
how are you going to make the former interesting (yawn),
and the latter as good as, say, 1986 Prince?
Even if you have an excellent dancer, he won't have the looks,
the grin, and exsude the sense of an impeding danger (when you experienced a Prince concert for the 1st time,

you never knew what to expect) .


So you're left with making up shit.
With a guy that has to try to much. With no tangible matter to build his character upon.

Good luck with that razzie.

I think you're under-estimating the dramatic potential of P's life, and the level of interest that there is both in him and in biopics in general (all sorts of lesser eelebs than P have had films made of their lives).

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Reply #62 posted 09/04/16 3:20pm

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"Ray" is difficult to watch one you've seen "Walk Hard".

But "Great Balls Of Fire" and "The Doors" are good examples.
Yes, it's doable, but pretty dangerous.

You REALLY need one heck of a talent, plus the eyes.
The real issue are the eyes.

I mean, as an actor, I would freak out: if I were
to really jump in Prince's skin,
so deep so my eyes got like his, wide open from within,
to get this otherwordly eyes,
a shaman having visions,
I would fear going nuts.

So, either an Oscar, or a Razzie.

Yes, a man touched by God devoured by his own work ethics,
that's quite an honorable pitch.
But there is also the relationship parts... Good luck for coming up with something honest.






The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #63 posted 09/04/16 8:16pm

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Me. They'll have to CGI the splits though.

Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain.
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Reply #64 posted 09/04/16 8:36pm

LBrent

Because nobody cares about P enough for his true story to be interesting. I'd love to either make it myself or executive produce it right into an Oscar for the sole purpose of trotting over to Cerbere (I simply cannot abide getting any closer to France than that. I break out into...beret wearing chain smoking pretention. Ugh) and wedge a copy directly into your...hand.
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Reply #65 posted 09/05/16 7:06am

FUNKNROLL

Seems like they could move forward with a true sequel to Purple Rain, a semiautobigraphical story about "The Kid" after his rise to fame... his latter day career and eventual death. Include unreleased material in the soundtrack. Would be hard to watch but I would want to see it... depending on the treatment and casting.
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Reply #66 posted 09/05/16 9:18am

herb4

Chris Kattan?

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Reply #67 posted 09/05/16 9:49am

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While he doesn't look a lot like him, he's younger, and .....well, Bryshere Gray might be an option. Or maybe Andre.

There's Jussie Smollett, too.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #68 posted 09/05/16 4:03pm

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Michael Fassbender - before you say no... he's an actor whose time has come.
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Reply #69 posted 09/05/16 4:05pm

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FUNKNROLL said:

Michael Fassbender - before you say no... he's an actor whose time has come.


Cast Daniel Day-Lewis as Morris Day, Christian Bale as Andre Cymone, and Helen Mirren as Owen Husney, and we got ourselves a hit.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #70 posted 09/05/16 5:34pm

LBrent

TrivialPursuit said:



FUNKNROLL said:


Michael Fassbender - before you say no... he's an actor whose time has come.


Cast Daniel Day-Lewis as Morris Day, Christian Bale as Andre Cymone, and Helen Mirren as Owen Husney, and we got ourselves a hit.



Omg, don't forgot Samuel L. Jackson as Vanity. Wait. Before you say no...he's sure to make it a hit.

Let Tarantino direct.

And in her first big screen turn...Celine Dion as Prince.

We'd be handed the Canadian audience on a plate!
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Reply #71 posted 09/05/16 5:43pm

nursev

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How about - dare I say it - Estabon..??? eek

Slap Yo Self lol and take this too fishslap lol

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Reply #72 posted 09/05/16 5:49pm

EddieC

They missed the chance to do this right back in '84, but they could try again: John Travolta. [Before you start attacking--Magnoli has said that when they were prepping for Purple Rain, it was suggested that they should have Travolta "play Prince"].

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Reply #73 posted 09/05/16 5:58pm

nursev

Told y'all before that Rick Gonzalez could play Prince wink eek

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slap some heels on him and some chest hair and U got our Prince lol

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Reply #74 posted 09/05/16 6:14pm

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nursev said:



Dibblekins said:


How about - dare I say it - Estabon..??? eek



Slap Yo Self lol and take this too fishslap lol


evillol
"We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15
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Reply #75 posted 09/05/16 6:17pm

MrSquiggle

I knew this would come up eventually. I actually had the thought that you could make a really interesting movie out of the Australian Piano & a Microphone Tour, which I was privileged to see some of and attend one of the afterparties for... I have been turning over these events in my mind obsessively ever since. I had a key moment during his Sydney afterparty when the door to the club's exclusive back room swung open and I saw him through a small crack in the door frame, in a second of vision that I committed to my memory forever--- Prince sitting in a purple room full of candles, wearing flares, his high heels up on a glass table, working on something on his Macbook, looking lost in his work or something he was reading. This is the essence of the drama. Just focus on those few weeks. Prince playing these last shows to acclaim, keeping his illness to himself, making peace with his old friends-- calling Morris Day, Jill Jones, Apollonia on the sly. Reflecting on his life. Dancing with everyone at the Melbourne afterparty, his minder turning to the DJ and saying "He never does this. Ever" which is a real quote... People wondering what's up. I can just imagine the scenes, how you'd film it. I remember they made a film called 'The Night They Called It a Day' about Frank Sinatra's notorious visit to Australia in the 1970s, you could do it somewhat like that. Of course it's way too early to think about anything like this and we don't even know the whole story yet. Just fan musings.

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Reply #76 posted 09/05/16 6:17pm

nursev

NinaB said:

nursev said:

Slap Yo Self lol and take this too fishslap lol

evillol

evillol falloff

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Reply #77 posted 09/05/16 6:25pm

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nursev said:





slap some heels on him and some chest hair and U got our Prince lol




:falloff: look like him tho
Cant believe my purple psychedelic pimp slap pimp2

And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
I will take my place, In the great below
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Reply #78 posted 09/05/16 6:27pm

nursev

FragileUndertow said:

nursev said:

[img:$uid]http://i497.pho.../img:$uid]

slap some heels on him and some chest hair and U got our Prince lol

falloff look like him tho

evillol put some wedge shoes on him and BAM!!! Prince lol

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Reply #79 posted 09/05/16 6:29pm

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Imagine all the bad wigs the actor would have to wear lol
Cant believe my purple psychedelic pimp slap pimp2

And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
I will take my place, In the great below
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Reply #80 posted 09/05/16 6:30pm

nursev

FragileUndertow said:

Imagine all the bad wigs the actor would have to wear lol

hrmph O.M.G. falloff C'mon now lol

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Reply #81 posted 09/05/16 6:35pm

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nursev said:



FragileUndertow said:


Imagine all the bad wigs the actor would have to wear lol

hrmph O.M.G. falloff C'mon now lol


Well they never get it right in most movies. And we all know P had so many styles
Cant believe my purple psychedelic pimp slap pimp2

And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
I will take my place, In the great below
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Reply #82 posted 09/05/16 6:49pm

nursev

FragileUndertow said:

nursev said:

hrmph O.M.G. falloff C'mon now lol

Well they never get it right in most movies. And we all know P had so many styles

Long as they dont hire his old hairstylist Im cool...heffa messed up P's hair lol

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Reply #83 posted 09/09/16 1:51pm

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TrivialPursuit said:

FUNKNROLL said:

Michael Fassbender - before you say no... he's an actor whose time has come.


Cast Daniel Day-Lewis as Morris Day, Christian Bale as Andre Cymone, and Helen Mirren as Owen Husney, and we got ourselves a hit.



This made me laugh at my desk at work lol

If you will, so will I
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Reply #84 posted 09/09/16 2:22pm

BillieBalloon

How about..her! Some facial hair, she could carry him through all his different eras. She would need to practice the voice though. Maybe Lenny can be the voice.


I kid..I really don't think anyone can do it.


Baby, you're a star.

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Reply #85 posted 09/11/16 9:52am

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There really isnt anyone that closely resembles him... except maybe lisa bonet/jasmine guy when they were younger. eek

But... there is this male model who kind of reminds me of 70s Prince.. Luka Sabbat.




This was actually his prince inspired outfit for halloween. He dressed up as him.
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Reply #86 posted 09/18/16 9:33pm

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Reply #87 posted 09/18/16 9:40pm

FUNKNROLL

TrivialPursuit said:



FUNKNROLL said:


Michael Fassbender - before you say no... he's an actor whose time has come.


Cast Daniel Day-Lewis as Morris Day, Christian Bale as Andre Cymone, and Helen Mirren as Owen Husney, and we got ourselves a hit.



Brilliant!

But You forgot Christopher Walken as Jerome Benton

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Reply #88 posted 09/18/16 9:42pm

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FUNKNROLL said:

TrivialPursuit said:


Cast Daniel Day-Lewis as Morris Day, Christian Bale as Andre Cymone, and Helen Mirren as Owen Husney, and we got ourselves a hit.

Brilliant! But You forgot Christopher Walken as Jerome Benton . [Edited 9/18/16 21:41pm]

falloff

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Reply #89 posted 09/18/16 10:14pm

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FUNKNROLL said:

TrivialPursuit said:



FUNKNROLL said:


Michael Fassbender - before you say no... he's an actor whose time has come.


Cast Daniel Day-Lewis as Morris Day, Christian Bale as Andre Cymone, and Helen Mirren as Owen Husney, and we got ourselves a hit.



Brilliant!

But You forgot Christopher Walken as Jerome Benton

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