Re: The Spike Lee BAD 25 Documentary /DVD/ TV / Theater Release [Discussion]
Slightly off topic, but I imagine the Michael Jackson archives looking just like the Star Trek/Paramount archives in this video.
Shelves lined with film reels, tapes, CDs, photos, papers, negatives, etc. etc.
(they recently went back to the film reels to remaster the first season for Blu-Ray, which is a long proces because each episode was shot on film, transfered to tape, and edited from there).
Just watch the first 50 seconds.
I think that's what many of us thought too, but it's very clear from what the Estate have said in the past that MJ did not organise his footage very well and didn't take care of it - that is part of the reason why the Wembley concert has been released from a VHS. A lot of MJ's footage is either mis-labelled or not labelled at all and much of it is not stored in a logical order, or in logical places. It seems to be in random boxes scattered across multiple sites. It certainly wasn't being stored in proper conditions, which given how careful MJ was to document his life, seems unusual to me. What's the point in recording so much of your life and employing videographers etc to follow you round and then not keep your footage organised and in good condition?
I've read that it'll be airing on BBC sometime soon..
Anyone know if it'll be in English? Full length?
It's being shown in the UK on BBC2 (British Broadcasting Corporation) so of course it will be in English, what other language would it be?
Back to the US version. It's a pity the show was hacked down to 60 something minutes, but it's great that it was shown in the USA at all.
I bet Bieber felt a little let down when he realised he had been cut from the show (seems strange as he's so popular), but it's good that he encouraged his fans to watch the show, hopefully their inner MJ fan has been encouraged by what they saw. He has been given props to MJ since he made it big (the same as his mentor Usher).
On Amazon.com, BAD25 Deluxe edition is currently #44 in music and the 2CD version is #276 in Music.
The Wembley concert is #4 in concert DVDs.
Also, for those who are interested, the viewing figures for the Rolling Stones documentary "Crossfire Hurricane" should be available on the BARB website next week but as an early indication, for the week ending 11th November the most watched show on BBC2 had 3.08 million viewers. The 10th most watched had 2.35million, the 20th had 1.94 million, the 30th had 1.63million. Assuming BAD25 is well advertised I would guess it would hit the Top10, but if it goes Top5 I would expect somewhere between 2.5 and 3million viewers.
Occasionally a show breaks the mould, for example the recent Top Gear James Bond special had just over 4million.
This was very postive for Michael and all of Twitter and other social networks were raving about it and praising it. If anyone wants to see the whole thing buy the DVD .. We were told in advance it was going to be edited to fit a 90 min timeslot so I see no reason to complain that it was edited. It served its purpose peaked more interest and will be great for sales of both the album the Wembley DVD and the Documentery. This is something we should be celebrating tonight .. everyone else is .. That what I came back to this thread to do.
