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Post by cirque on Sept 12, 2018 8:06:01 GMT
take a look at RSC trailer for Troilus
Its the return of the ninja turtles........
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 12, 2018 9:33:34 GMT
It truly is a dreadful trailer.
What is going on up there in Stratford?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 10:01:48 GMT
It's a bit sub-Mad Max. The animation quality is... not great.
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2018 10:27:23 GMT
Because setting Shakespeare in a post-apocalyptic world worked so well for the NT with Macbeth.
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Post by David J on Sept 12, 2018 11:12:03 GMT
Wow! What graphics are they using in that trailer? Playstation 2?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 11:14:25 GMT
"Hector in a Half Shell"?
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2018 12:22:05 GMT
I have a theory that when some elderly directors attempt to produce something to appeal to a young audience they often end up with something that looks like it was produced at the time they themselves were young. Greg Doran is 59.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 13:00:08 GMT
Apparently it is meant to be video game inspired, so I'm a little less horrified at the graphics (even though I've seen modern video game graphics and some of them are brilliant), but it does beg the question *why* they feel the need for a video game inspired trailer.....
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2018 13:53:45 GMT
Apparently it is meant to be video game inspired, so I'm a little less horrified at the graphics (even though I've seen modern video game graphics and some of them are brilliant), but it does beg the question *why* they feel the need for a video game inspired trailer..... It's like an old video game though which sort of defeats whatever objective they had in mind. Interesting that Robert Icke draws some of his inspiration from video games, but current narrative-based ones. |
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Post by learfan on Sept 12, 2018 16:25:22 GMT
I have a theory that when some elderly directors attempt to produce something to appeal to a young audience they often end up with something that looks like it was produced at the time they themselves were young. Greg Doran is 59. if 59 is elderly what must that make your good self? |
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Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 12, 2018 16:48:16 GMT
Had to laugh. This looks absolutely horrible. You can listen to focus groups TOO much, RSC...
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 12, 2018 17:05:18 GMT
If they spent money on focus groups as well as this dreadful trailer, I suggest ACE makes a suitable deduction from the next settlement for having wasted public money!
This is not the way to attract people to see one of Shakespeare's more challenging and dense plays.
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2018 18:02:49 GMT
I have a theory that when some elderly directors attempt to produce something to appeal to a young audience they often end up with something that looks like it was produced at the time they themselves were young. Greg Doran is 59. if 59 is elderly what must that make your good self? Younger than him for a start. I’m in the full flower of my southern Metropolitan Xtian manhood (know the quote ? One of the great comic novels). |
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Post by learfan on Sept 12, 2018 18:21:52 GMT
if 59 is elderly what must that make your good self? Younger than him for a start. I’m in the full flower of my southern Metropolitan Xtian manhood (know the quote ? One of the great comic novels). Fair enough but why have you been talking about seeing productions in the 1960s? No idea about the quote, i don't read comic novels. |
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Post by learfan on Sept 12, 2018 18:23:09 GMT
If they spent money on focus groups as well as this dreadful trailer, I suggest ACE makes a suitable deduction from the next settlement for having wasted public money! This is not the way to attract people to see one of Shakespeare's more challenging and dense plays. I pay no attention to these trailers as they tend to bear no relation to the actual production. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 12, 2018 18:29:40 GMT
If they spent money on focus groups as well as this dreadful trailer, I suggest ACE makes a suitable deduction from the next settlement for having wasted public money! This is not the way to attract people to see one of Shakespeare's more challenging and dense plays. I pay no attention to these trailers as they tend to bear no relation to the actual production. I am much the same - but they must exist for a purpose. But that one just looks like a massive fail from start to finish. |
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Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 12, 2018 22:32:31 GMT
If they spent money on focus groups as well as this dreadful trailer, I suggest ACE makes a suitable deduction from the next settlement for having wasted public money! This is not the way to attract people to see one of Shakespeare's more challenging and dense plays. I pay no attention to these trailers as they tend to bear no relation to the actual production. Is that not like just accepting you will get red wine when you order white? Yeah, both are palatable when done acceptably, but if you thought you were buying one thing and got served another, you might get fed up after a while. RSC has a huge marketing and accessibility problem; they have had for decades. They pitched the Anthony Sher King Lear tour as being, basically, The Lion King, then wondered why children couldn’t warm to it. Shakespeare isn’t an easy connect with younger viewers; RSC fail consistently. |
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Post by learfan on Sept 13, 2018 5:58:33 GMT
I pay no attention to these trailers as they tend to bear no relation to the actual production. Is that not like just accepting you will get red wine when you order white? Yeah, both are palatable when done acceptably, but if you thought you were buying one thing and got served another, you might get fed up after a while. RSC has a huge marketing and accessibility problem; they have had for decades. They pitched the Anthony Sher King Lear tour as being, basically, The Lion King, then wondered why children couldn’t warm to it. Shakespeare isn’t an easy connect with younger viewers; RSC fail consistently. Agree to disagree then. |
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Post by Jan on Sept 13, 2018 6:05:03 GMT
Younger than him for a start. I’m in the full flower of my southern Metropolitan Xtian manhood (know the quote ? One of the great comic novels). Fair enough but why have you been talking about seeing productions in the 1960s? No idea about the quote, i don't read comic novels. Fake news. I've never written here about seeing any production in the 60s. Although I did see the great Alastair Sim in a play in the 1960s (I may have mentioned that one), and several of the works of J.B.Priestly and others actually. |
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Post by learfan on Sept 13, 2018 12:28:16 GMT
Fair enough but why have you been talking about seeing productions in the 1960s? No idea about the quote, i don't read comic novels. Fake news. I've never written here about seeing any production in the 60s. Although I did see the great Alastair Sim in a play in the 1960s (I may have mentioned that one), and several of the works of J.B.Priestly and others actually. Hmmmmmmmm |
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