Michael Jackson's Ghosts

So i'm making this thread so we can all have a discussion of this brilliant and (atleast in the mainstream) undiscussed masterpiece. i was watching clips of it online and just thinking back to my childhood like WOW! i havent seen it since around when it first came out when vh1 and even mtv used to play it ALOT, especially arond halloween. one thing i def thought of was that its definately an allegory for wat he went thru with the first allegations and i never noticed the similarities back then because i was so young. but viewing and thinking of it now its just like WOW. its so creative and amazing. its even forshadowing a bit because wen the maestro "dies" the towns people are so sad and realize what they had. and then he comes back and they treat him better

thats kind of how it is now, he's died but in a way (thru this is it) he's been resurrected and he is getting so much more respect.
he knew it then, he saw it all before it happened and he put it out there for us to see.

[Edited 11/7/09 16:21pm]

'Ghosts' is incredible! I seriously need to find a DVD of this film.

Lock this, its Michael Jackson related

Huggiebear said:

Lock this, its Michael Jackson related

Moonwalkbjrain said:

angel345 said:

Ghosts used to be my fav Michael video but I cant watch it now knowing that the skeleton is Michael's actual skeleton is just horrible now and then my brain ends up thinking about him now

Also the bit where he smashes himself on the floor and kills himself

but it is amazing the special effects, the dancing and the fact that he plays the mayor is awesome.

He always knew how to make amazing videos, it surprises me so few people know about this video

P.S this is so gonna get locked
[Edited 11/7/09 16:52pm]

i love ghosts, it's amazing! this needs be be released on dvd, DON'T KNOW WHY THE HELL they haven't put this, captain eo, or moonwalker on dvd yet.
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mimi07 said:

How can I buy this film? Has it ever been released on DVD? In many ways,I enjoy it more than the "Thriller" video.

mimi07 said:

SoulAlive said:

Michael Jackson was a pioneer of innovative music videos, I bet anything this'll be available within the next year or so.

I really don't think he faked his death. But if anyone was ever gonna actually try to pull something like that off, it would be him. And I would not blame him at all if he did.

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Nikademus said:

never really cared for this. way too bloated and self-indulgent, but then you can say that about a lot of his work for the last 20 years

errant said:

Thriller part 2 just like "Threatened" and "Is it Scary?"

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

errant said:

never really cared for this. way too bloated and self-indulgent, but then you can say that about a lot of his work for the last 20 years

He sure did love his scary movies.

I have this on VCD (import from Hong Kong) - not as good as DVD, but better than VHS

errant said:

Moonwalkbjrain said:

The org's resident no-so-fancy lesbian

Proud Wendy & Lisa Asskisser

Politicians should dress like race car drivers, then we'd know who their corporate sponsors are.

Nikademus said:

Saw it after so long on Halloween, the effects are brilliant and that is probably his best acting

alphastreet said:

midiscover said:

Thriller part 2 just like "Threatened" and "Is it Scary?"

"Ghosts" is "Thriller" for the 90's. They go hand in hand. I LOVE it. I love that he had more technology at hand to create an even better scary movie/video. I love that he played all 5 parts in the film. (Also note that Mos Def is in the video, as the dorky guy in the towns people crowd.)

I thought it was very well done, and the special effects in the film are just awesome, the dancing is the best thing he'd done in years, and the story was a good story line, for a video.

I have the PAL VHS box set, that comes with the A5 color, glossy programme, a CD with "On the Line" (written by Babyface, from Spike Lee's movie Get on the Bus), "Ghosts (Mousse T's Radio Rock Singalong Version)", "Is It Scary (DJ Greek's Scary Mix)". I've never watched the VHS because it's PAL, and I don't have a Region 2 VHS player. There are decent copies of it out there on the usual places. You can also watch it in 3 or 4 parts on YouTube. Find the version w/ the credits. It shows Michael going through make up for all the parts. Pretty fascinating stuff to see him walking around as a pudgy white dude (although you can still see his tattoo eye liner through the latex).

I think with MJ's death, this is bound to be released at some point in the US on Region 1 DVDs. To my knowledge, it's never been released on NTCS (Region 1); just PAL (region 2).

As "The Mayor"

ernestsewell said: