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Thread started 09/11/24 1:49am

nirforward

So, how about a spike lee documentary?

I mean,really, from the get go he was the obvious man to take the job.
Now that the whole thing backfired, do you think he can be recruited to do a proper documentary project, one that focuses on the music and not the girlfriends?
Is / was there any discussion about this?
I would trust him much more than i trust the people involved with the current doc.
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Reply #1 posted 09/11/24 2:13am

bluegangsta

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Even his documentaries for MJ didn't focus on the music.

Bad 25 should have mostly been about MJ's work with John Barnes, Matt Forger and Bill Bottrell. Instead, the talking heads kept banging of about Quincy's brilliance and has banal comments on music videos.

Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain.
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Reply #2 posted 09/11/24 2:24am

nirforward

I agree it may not be perfect but i cant see him producinng a shit show focusing on disgruntled girlfriends and the basic narrative about wendy and lisa being his saviors

bluegangsta said:

Even his documentaries for MJ didn't focus on the
music.

Bad 25 should have mostly been about MJ's work with John Barnes, Matt Forger and Bill Bottrell. Instead, the talking heads kept banging of about Quincy's brilliance and has banal comments on music videos.

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Reply #3 posted 09/11/24 2:43am

Trufunksoulja

Nah, McMillions will deny access to the Vault and will have final approval.

So no respected filmmaker will touch this.

McMillions should film his own doc and shop it around to all the Networks.

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Reply #4 posted 09/11/24 5:16am

Vannormal

nirforward said:

I agree it may not be perfect but i cant see him producinng a shit show focusing on disgruntled girlfriends and the basic narrative about wendy and lisa being his saviors bluegangsta said:

Even his documentaries for MJ didn't focus on the music.

Bad 25 should have mostly been about MJ's work with John Barnes, Matt Forger and Bill Bottrell. Instead, the talking heads kept banging of about Quincy's brilliance and has banal comments on music videos.

shit show

disgrunted girlfriends

wendy & lisa being his saviors

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why do I even bother replying.

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And by the way, the documentary isn't backfired, it's in negotiation as we speak.

Possibly this doc will be 'a proper documentary project', so we don't need another.

We all just have to wait.

And documentaries will always be about some talking heads, if not, it will never be one.

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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #5 posted 09/11/24 5:20am

nxx

Imho after the Netflix debacle, no serious documentarian would go near Prince as a topic.

The estate wants a puff piece, not a documentary.

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Reply #6 posted 09/11/24 5:32am

master

bluegangsta said:

Even his documentaries for MJ didn't focus on the music.

Bad 25 should have mostly been about MJ's work with John Barnes, Matt Forger and Bill Bottrell. Instead, the talking heads kept banging of about Quincy's brilliance and has banal comments on music videos.


I never new MJ worked with John Barnes.I loved JB'S rap in 'word in motion'.John Barnes was proper gangsta rapper & had magic foorball skill.I want a John Barnes to do a doc on Prince
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Reply #7 posted 09/11/24 3:39pm

SoulAlive

nxx said:

Imho after the Netflix debacle, no serious documentarian would go near Prince as a topic.


The estate wants a puff piece, not a documentary.



Exactly.
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Reply #8 posted 09/11/24 7:43pm

JoeyStarr69

FFS- Why not release some music that has nothing to do with whatever the contractual obligations the Netflix contract may or may not have - just a thought
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Reply #9 posted 09/12/24 12:28am

RODSERLING

JoeyStarr69 said:

FFS- Why not release some music that has nothing to do with whatever the contractual obligations the Netflix contract may or may not have - just a thought


Because that don't sell enough.
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Reply #10 posted 09/12/24 3:00am

bizzie

nirforward said:

I agree it may not be perfect but i cant see him producinng a shit show focusing on disgruntled girlfriends and the basic narrative about wendy and lisa being his saviors

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If anyone needs proof that Prince fans cannot read, there it is. Complete and utter nonsense, generated by people having inane prejudices and then applying it to things they haven't seen, based on an article they clearly didn't comprehend. All te defend their saint and here Prince, a man WHO SUED HIS OWN FANS.

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Reply #11 posted 09/12/24 3:02am

bizzie

Spike Lee's documentaries on MJ's albums are fawning and superficial and boring. It is the opposite of what anyone should want in a documentary.

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Reply #12 posted 09/13/24 2:08pm

Vannormal

100% agree.

Boring MJ doc as fuck.

Didn't even watched it till the end.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #13 posted 09/14/24 3:14am

Trufunksoulja

Well if Spike Lee's MJ doc. was superficial & boring then this fits the Estates vision perfectly, isnt't it?

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Reply #14 posted 09/14/24 3:37am

ShellyMcG

Spike Lee and Prince were friends right? It's probably not a good idea for a documentary to be produced by his friend because you know you're not going to get the full story. Surely the best thing to do would be to find someone who has very little knowledge of Prince so that they can tell the story with no preconceived notions and just be completely and utterly unbiased.


Having said that, I have no interest in this documentary or any other documentary about Prince. Just wanted to throw my two cents in there for what it's worth lol
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Reply #15 posted 09/22/24 11:47am

rockford

Gross

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Reply #16 posted 09/22/24 11:50am

andrewcherry

bizzie said:

nirforward said:

I agree it may not be perfect but i cant see him producinng a shit show focusing on disgruntled girlfriends and the basic narrative about wendy and lisa being his saviors

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If anyone needs proof that Prince fans cannot read, there it is. Complete and utter nonsense, generated by people having inane prejudices and then applying it to things they haven't seen, based on an article they clearly didn't comprehend. All te defend their saint and here Prince, a man WHO SUED HIS OWN FANS.

yes yes yes yes

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Reply #17 posted 09/23/24 9:25am

NoSwan

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RODSERLING said:

JoeyStarr69 said:
FFS- Why not release some music that has nothing to do with whatever the contractual obligations the Netflix contract may or may not have - just a thought
Because that don't sell enough.

Please, stop this BS! biggrin

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Everyday minor acts receive DE or even SDE of albums that are long forgotten and/or never moved big selling numbers.

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For exemple, the first four Soul Asylum album have been re-released with a lot of bonus tracks and they have never ever been blockbusters.

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The physical market could be a niche of what used to be 25 years ago but is far from being dead.

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