NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!"

tinselwolverine · Dec 6, 2013

Did anybody else see this?

My opinion is pretty much the same as the status quo of the reviews - Carrie Underwood's rendition of the songs was awesome, and she's pretty as a pea, but her acting sucked. Also, because she was performing live on stage, she really didn't have the choice to address the music as lyrically as Julie Andrews was able too - but that's okay; that's the nature of live theater.

I don't listen to her music, and I only found out yesterday that she once won American Idol.

I don't know how "live" it was; I would have seen the taped West Coast feed.

I had never a stage version of The Sound of Music before - there were significant differences in the chronology of the songs, and a fairly significant plot detail or two from the iconic movie; that said, that's not unusual; when a stage musical is made into a film often a number of things are different; when I performed in West Side Story at Michigan in 1983, there were a lot of things that were different from the movie.

There were also a few addtional numbers that weren't included in the movie; I would imagine they are from the original Rogers and Hammerstein score.

They were trying to sell the DVD like it was nobody's business during the commercials; if anyone is curious I wouldn't buy it; I'd wait until somebody I knew had it, and borrow it.

Anyhoo, it was interesting to see it for the novelty, and that's about it.

For me, from now on, I'll stick with the classic film version from the 60s.

tinselwolverine · Dec 6, 2013

Ha, ha...I just listened to some Carrie Underwood songs; and I didn't recognize any of them.

But this is a little funny - I just saw an episode of How I Met Your Mother the other day that she's on.

Now, before last night, all I knew about Carrie Underwood that she's some country singer chick - I wouldn't even have known what she looked like.

I was looking over her filmography on line, and I noticed she had done an episode of How I Met Your Mother, so I looked the episode up on line, and realized it was the episode I had just seen - and I remembered that when I had seen her, I wondered "wow - who is that? She's pretty hot!!!"

KAWDUP · Dec 11, 2013

I actually kind of like her music. She did a cross-over song called "Before He Cheats" that charted pretty high.

. . . and yeah she is hot.

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Michchamp · Dec 11, 2013

I wouldn't recognize her among the sea of pretty faces that came up through the "talent" shows on the networks, and are distinguished mainly by their willingness to sign whatever contract the network puts in front of them.

I'm sure you can find 1,000 starlets just like her in any given large American city (and a lot more in LA) but it's not like most americans know any better.

she's no Julie Andrews, Olivia Newton-John, or the hundreds of other more talented singer/actesses we've known over the years that I'm too lazy to type.

KAWDUP · Dec 11, 2013

michchamp said:
I wouldn't recognize her among the sea of pretty faces that came up through the "talent" shows on the networks, and are distinguished mainly by their willingness to sign whatever contract the network puts in front of them.

I'm sure you can find 1,000 starlets just like her in any given large American city (and a lot more in LA) but it's not like most americans know any better.

she's no Julie Andrews, Olivia Newton-John, or the hundreds of other more talented singer/actesses we've known over the years that I'm too lazy to type.

She is no Barbara Streisand either . . . and as stated - acting isn't really her gig. So what is your point?

She is wealthier, and has more charted singles than most of the other 1000 starlets "just like her" that you are too lazy to name.

Are you being contrary just to be contrary??

Michchamp · Dec 11, 2013

KAWDUP said:
She is no Barbara Streisand either . . . and as stated - acting isn't really her gig. So what is your point?

She is wealthier, and has more charted singles than most of the other 1000 starlets "just like her" that you are too lazy to name.

Are you being contrary just to be contrary??

no. I really believe the things that I am saying, and I am stating my opinions here.

KAWDUP · Dec 11, 2013

Sorry, didn't mean to get snotty. You started a sentence "I am sure you could . . . " - which seemed to go beyond just your opinion. My mistake.

Also, you mean you don't think she is hot? I rather you just say thank you for the pictures. :*)

Michchamp · Dec 11, 2013

KAWDUP said:
Sorry, didn't mean to get snotty. You started a sentence "I am sure you could . . . " - which seemed to go beyond just your opinion. My mistake.

Also, you mean you don't think she is hot? I rather you just say thank you for the pictures. :*)

I see comparable women every day on my commute... so seeing pictures of her is just another pretty face to me.

Mitchrapp · Dec 11, 2013

I have to agree with 'champ here. What's so great about her?

Michchamp · Dec 11, 2013

Mitchrapp said:
I have to agree with 'champ here. What's so great about her?

I dunno. maybe she's anti-abortion, or a Tea Partier or something, and that's why KAWDUP is interested in her. it's not often you find a looker among that bunch...

tinselwolverine · Dec 11, 2013

A heard a report - I think it was from CNN's entertainment correspondent - that members of the Von Trapp family wanted Anne Hathaway.

She would have been good all around.

KAWDUP · Dec 11, 2013

Mitchrapp said:
I have to agree with 'champ here. What's so great about her?

I guess to each his own.

You probably go for the Aunt Bee types anyway. :*)

KAWDUP · Dec 11, 2013

michchamp said:
I dunno. maybe she's anti-abortion, or a Tea Partier or something, and that's why KAWDUP is interested in her. it's not often you find a looker among that bunch...

That may be how you decide what is hot, but that isn't what I was thinkin' of.

SO . . . if I found you a flaming liberal progressive elitist atheist, that looked like your posted pic, you would go after her? More power to ya champ.

Mitchrapp · Dec 11, 2013

KAWDUP said:
I guess to each his own.

You probably go for the Aunt Bee types anyway. :*)

We probably have a different meaning of "hot". She's pretty but certainly not oh damn moment.

tinselwolverine · Dec 11, 2013

Mitchrapp said:
We probably have a different meaning of "hot". She's pretty but certainly not oh damn moment.

Like I posted in a post above, when I saw her on a re-run of How I Met Your Mother and didn't know who she was, she caught my eye.

On the other hand, the hot chick I'm lookin' at at any given time is probably gonna be hotter to me than the hot chick I looked at yesterday, who, conversely, was hotter than the hot chick I looked at the day before.

Mitchrapp · Dec 11, 2013

tinselwolverine said:
Like I posted in a post above, when I saw her on a re-run of How I Met Your Mother and didn't know who she was, she caught my eye.

On the other hand, the hot chick I'm lookin' at at any given time is probably gonna be hotter to me than the hot chick I looked at yesterday, who, conversely, was hotter than the hot chick I looked at the day before.

So basically you look at hot chicks all day. The life of tinsel :nod:

KAWDUP · Dec 11, 2013

Mitchrapp said:
We probably have a different meaning of "hot". She's pretty but certainly not oh damn moment.

"certainly not oh damn moment" ??

Agreed, if I get your drift. I certainly know women that I rate as a 8-9 are 3-4's to certain others. To me she is an 8+.

I think I need to spend a day following champ around. I might not come back.

:*)

tinselwolverine · Dec 11, 2013

Mitchrapp said:
So basically you look at hot chicks all day. The life of tinsel :nod:

Ha!

It's like the principal of "out of sight, out of mind," or the following famous quote:

"Eye candy what ain't currently visible don't do me no freakin' good." - Abraham Lincoln

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