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Evan 07:29 am UTC 04/29/21 |
| In reply to: | re: The Batman Musical - rockfenris2005 06:24 pm UTC 04/26/21 |
| That was extremely entertaining! Thank you so much for posting it. I always thought a Batman musical if done properly, would’ve been huge on Broadway. It would’ve been wild and exciting. Especially with Jim’s involvement. I wish it had happened. Didn’t Tim Burton’ make some kind of statement regarding it years ago? I can’t remember what he said or if he was enthusiastic about it or not? > > Thank you! > > I did a fan fic script as well, using all of the songs > from the demos and some other songs Jim wrote (oh you know > them, they're all like from Dead Ringer and stuff), based > on the ideas Jim talked about on his blog and a mixture > between the two Tim Burton movies. > > Act 1 begins with a prologue of Bruce Wayne having a > nightmare about watching his parents being shot in Crime > Alley by a young man who later becomes the Joker, and as > the young man approaches Martha and steals her precious > necklace he sings "A good nightmare comes so rarely/While > ordinary dreams are so easy to find" as the musical's > version of "Have you ever danced with the devil by the > pale moonlight?" from the films. > > It's now thirty years later, and the Gothamites are > singing "Angels Arise" outside the ancient Cathedral, > before we rise up and see Batman standing among the > gargoyles, watching out over the city, just the way Jim > described on his blog, where he sings "Graveyard Shift". > We hear the Joker laughing in the distance but we don't > see him yet. He's hinted at a few times before then. > > Next we go to Gotham Town Hall where the politicians are > singing "In the Land of the Pig". They're trying to > organize the 200 years of Gotham celebrations, which is > why Bruce comes to the town hall where he stumbles into > one of the secretaries who works there, Selina Kyle, and > boldly ends up asking her out on a date. > > That's how we wind up at Wayne Manor, where Bruce and > Selina suddenly have flashbacks about the night of the > Wayne's murder. They have this sassy relationship between > them, and when Bruce starts reading her one of his love > poems they start singing "Not Allowed to Love", and behind > them on the wall as they sing we can see Batman and > Catwoman's shadows/silhouettes dancing with one another. > Only Bruce gets called away on urgent business, once > Alfred interrupts the proceedings, and he has to go down > into the bat cave. > > Bruce and Selina are falling madly in love, singing "It > just won't quit", as we finally see Joker in his lair who > sings "Everything is Permitted". I imagine him being > played by Michael Crawford. Joker's really jealous of > Batman, just like the movies, and he desperately wants top > billing in Gotham out of all of the characters! 200 years > of Gotham is coming up and he doesn't want Batman spoiling > his plans. At this point, nobody is really sure what to > make of any of these characters, Batman is this mysterious > vigilante who could be dangerous, Catwoman's a jewel > thief, and Joker is just all over the shop. > > Joker makes his announcement with Gotham, meanwhile Batman > comes to the rescue at Flugelheim Museum where Catwoman's > meeting with the Joker, where he sings "If it ain't broke > (Break it)" as he trashes the museum with his goons. > That's where Catwoman finds out that he's the same crim > who killed the Waynes, because he sings that song "A good > nightmare comes so rarely", as he threatens to kill her > for mocking him. > > Batman rescues Catwoman, Joker goes ballistic screaming > and yelling and laughing like crazy, as the goons chase > after them and battle them on the Gotham rooftops, where > Batman and Catwoman wind up in a charged embrace. "Are we > going to stay like this forever?" Batman asks. "Forever is > such a long, long time," Catwoman responds, "and most of > it hasn't even happened yet." > > Joker is FURIOUS that he didn't get enough attention over > the damage at Flugelheim, and when the goons start talking > about the Batmobile, he launches into his big comic song > "Wonderful Toys", the scene plummeting into darkness at > the very end when he says, "The Joker has left the > building!!!!!" > > Act 2 begins with Catwoman singing "And I need all the > Love I can get". Selina's in love with Bruce, but she's > just so screwed up in the head, as we can see when she not > only robs the jewelry store but blows it up as well. > > Selina's wandering around Gotham square, as a choir sings > "Angels arise" ("There are things that must be > magic/There's no explaining why or how...") and Bruce goes > to Selina's apartment to tell her that he's Batman, having > no idea she's Catwoman. Selina tells him about being an > orphan who saw the Wayne's being murdered in Crime Alley, > and that she knows the Joker did it, after he started > singing that frightening song... The truth has come out, > and as they sing "Not allowed to love" together, Bruce > leaves, both of them left wondering what on earth will > happen next. > > In Gotham square, they both sing "Making love out of > nothing at all", based on Karine's demo version, where the > shadows of Batman and Catwoman sing "It's nothing till I > give it to you", "I'M nothing till I give it to you" > behind them as they both sing. This leads into "Good girls > go to Heaven (Bad girls go everywhere)" as Batman makes > his way to Gotham cathedral, where he breaks down on the > altar singing "The future ain't what it used to be". The A > Cappella reprise at the end, from Pandora's Box, are all > the Gotham citizens who have died over the years. > > Batman and Catwoman get ready for the festival, where > Joker is singing "Wasted Youth", and unleashes his deadly > poisonous balloons, before Batman comes along and saves > the day. Joker is murderously furious, signals his second > in command Bob for his gun, says "Turn around, bright > eyes" and shoots him in cold blood. > > Joker meets Catwoman at the Gotham belfry, doing murderous > renditions of "Nocturnal Pleasure" and "Love and Death and > an American Guitar", ("I raised the guitar high above my > head and just as I was about to bring the guitar crashing > down upon the bed, my father woke up screaming > STOP....!"). Batman turns up, and does battle with all the > goons, as a big orchestral version of "Making Love" plays > behind them, while Joker and Catwoman dance in the > moonlight, like "Phantom" meets "Cats". > > Catwoman wants to kill Joker, but winds up being shot over > and over and over again, the Joker has a secret gun, and > after Batman knocks him out, the dying Catwoman sings > "We're Still the Children" in Batman's arms. > > Joker wakes up, rambling sinisterly, "The curse of the > dark... The devil's revenge.... Read my apocalypse!" and > Batman forces him out onto the balcony, where Joker grabs > hold of a gargoyle, the wing snaps off and he goes > plummeting to his death on the steps below. > > As Gotham gathers behind Batman, realizing that he is now > their hero, the shadow of Catwoman appears looking out > over all Gotham. She still has one life left! > > I hope you enjoy that as much as I did typing it. > > > I use to love your site. You should bring it back if you > > ever get the chance. | |
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