Glee [** US Pace, SPOILERS **]

Basq

Elmo wrote: »

I thought the first episode was better then the second but your review is spot on.

My review of the second episode

It took me a good 5 - 6 episodes to warm to it... and don't get me wrong, I have a large amount of problems with it. But in saying that, it's immensely more watchable than the other teen drama's on the telly (One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, 90210 etc).

Elmo

basquille wrote: »

It took me a good 5 - 6 episodes to warm to it... and don't get me wrong, I have a large amount of problems with it. But in saying that, it's immensely more watchable than the other teen drama's on the telly (One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, 90210 etc).

Your insulting it even mention High School Musical even I amn't thinking that, nor would I. HSM is dire. If Glee gets proper songs out their to the teeny boppers and has some idea of realism of life, Go Glee.

HSM :mad:

Richard Dower

basquille wrote: »

My review of the second episode

It took me a good 5 - 6 episodes to warm to it... and don't get me wrong, I have a large amount of problems with it. But in saying that, it's immensely more watchable than the other teen drama's on the telly (One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, 90210 etc).

I would 100% agree with that

Richard Dower

Elmo wrote: »

Your insulting it even mention High School Musical even I amn't thinking that, nor would I. HSM is dire. If Glee gets proper songs out their to the teeny boppers and has some idea of realism of life, Go Glee.

HSM :mad:

Comparing Glee to HSM is what lazy journalists do....

Basq

Richard Dower wrote: »

Comparing Glee to HSM is what lazy journalists do....

I certainly don't think so..

.. 'Glee' was very reminiscent of a more adult HSM. That was before it founds it feet!

JP Liz

Golden Globe winner best musical or comedy tv series

Tina Fey must be happy :rolleyes:

Our man in Havana

Tina Fey must be happy :rolleyes:

At least her stranglehold on that award is over.

JP Liz

Neil Patrick Harris and Jennifer Lopez are rumoured to be lined up for guest roles

BTW Glee's version of Journey's song straight into the UK charts at no. 5

Chinafoot

One of the producers is keen to get Bruce Springsteen to cameo. Would love to see it but am fairly doubtful.

I've also proposed a Glee forum for boards. Worth a shot

Richard Dower

Chinafoot wrote: »

One of the producers is keen to get Bruce Springsteen to cameo. Would love to see it but am fairly doubtful.

I've also proposed a Glee forum for boards. Worth a shot

I'd support a Glee forum ...it's got massive popularity, and consider mods, it'll be a central hub for Gleeks, not many forums will have the large number of posters already in place

Handsome Bob

I was watching a Simpsons special the other day and one of the producers said that they repeatedly tried to get Springsteen, but his agent just kept saying that Bruce just wants to concentrate on his music and his family.

Richard Dower

But Glee is not stupid Simpsons.....hardly comparable shows.

Elmo

Richard Dower wrote: »

But Glee is not stupid Simpsons.....hardly comparable shows.

Lets wait for the 20 year celebrations of Glee and than we can compare

I'd support a Glee forum ...it's got massive popularity, and consider mods, it'll be a central hub for Gleeks, not many forums will have the large number of posters already in place

I think some shows could be removed from the list of TV forums e.g. Chuck Norris and David Hasslehoff. No real reason for Glee not to be added.

Handsome Bob

Your right, ones a show that has just started, while the other is celebrating it's 20th anniversary as well as having a very long list of a-list celebrity contributions. Not having a go or anything, but if the Simpsons can't get him then I doubt a show very much still in its early stages can.

Richard Dower

I don't rate Simpsons, it's a cartoon.

Elmo

Richard Dower wrote: »

I don't rate Simpsons, it's a cartoon.

Seriously! The Simpsons is one of the longest running comedies in American TV history. Just because it is an animation doesn't mean it is just for children. We are getting OTT.

But then I still enjoy Animanicas and Tazmania.

Our man in Havana

Lads, back on topic please.

Richard Dower

Back on topic...if anyone wants to hear all the Glee songs you can find them on:

www.grooveshark.com - search "Glee".

Elmo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8469886.stm

smoggy11

Okay, virgin Glee poster here!

I watched the series over the last few days, I have to admit I loved it! I was kind of expecting HSM, but was thrilled when it wasn't.

Anyway! Does anyone else feel really sad for Kurt? In that episode where he made Rachel into a tramp to attract Finn because he was secretly in love with him I was in tears at that shot at the end, when he looked round at Rachel in the hall. I just felt really sorry for him...

Anyone else?

Richard Dower

Well Kurt said some home truths to Rachel and vice versa....they are both in love with a guy they can't have, i felt sorry for both of them.

Land Of Idiots

Another noob here!

Just watched all the episodes over the last week and I'm addicted. Great show! Roll on April!

Richard Dower

I love all the newbies coming into the fold!....more welcome!

rebel girl 15

I'm addicted, ended up downloading all the episodes, plus the music!

Loved in the final episode where Will and Finn are in the lockerroom, and Will puts the keys down, Finn goes "Hey Mr Schuester, you left your keys" "No I didn't!"

That mattress ad looked like savage fun to do, jumping all around!!

Happy cos I just read that

Idina Menzel has started filming her role as the coach of Vocal Adrenaline!!:D

I may be a bit behind on that news, I only had heard about talks ongoing!

Can't wait to see whats next in episode 14!!! Whats Sue gonna do to Will next??? Jane Lynch is excellent, great dialogue for her as well, and this "disagreement" between them is great to watch. Plus throw Emma into the mix....whats gonna happen there for Terri???

JP Liz V1

SAG winner for best comedy tv show also

Richard Dower

Woot!....more awards, how many is that now?

Richard Dower

Glee = cash cow! http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/02/01/for-foxs-glee-tv-music/40663

Elmo

Since it has been mention in another thread I just wanted to mention Finbar's Class!

I haven't got back to Glee, don't worry I haven't forgotten just haven't got around to watching it.

rebel girl 15

HOW COOL is Glee ? It’s funny ****. Reminds me of school. Wicked that they did Rehab. Sounds the nuts. Thanks Glee.” Even Amy Winehouse has been moved to tweet about the hit US TV series Glee . The programme – which is set in a high-school and includes musical performances of contemporary hits – has been the best thing to happen to the beleaguered music industry since the arrival of iTunes, writes BRIAN BOYD Winehouse’s Rehab – her own version and the Glee cover of the song – shot back into the charts after it was featured on the show. Sales are still growing.

With the programme now showing on a number of channels this side of the Atlantic, including TV3, the Irish charts are duly reflecting the much-talked-about “ Glee Effect”. Last week’s singles charts saw five Glee cast songs in the top 50, while the first album release from the show, Glee The Music: Volume 1 , has just entered the top 30 and is expected to rise to the number-one slot the next few weeks.

The people behind the show report that they now spend most of their day fielding calls from famous musicians desperate for the Glee cast to cover one of their songs in a forthcoming episode. Rhianna offered her Take A Bow single to the producers at a reduced licensing rate; Billy Joel has been offering opinions on which songs of his could be used, while Madonna granted the show the rights to her entire back catalogue. As a result, an upcoming episode will feature just Madonna songs.

The show has been running for a few months longer in the US than it has been here, and the Billboard charts are now dominated by Glee cast recordings. There were 25 Glee entries on the Billboard singles chart in 2009, with the programme’s biggest hit coming with their cover of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ .

Both the Glee version of the song and the Journey original can currently be found in the top-10 singles charts around the world. And Rihanna was rewarded handsomely for offering Take A Bow at a bargain price – her version of the song had a 189 per cent sales increase after it was used in the show.

The idea behind the show was to connect up the old-fashioned Glee Club (after-school a capella singing groups which are still a prominent feature of US schools) and the contemporary appetite for song and performance as evidenced by the cultural dominance of such TV shows as The X Factor and American Idol.

Set in an Ohio high school, Glee draws directly on the personal experiences of the show’s creator, Ryan Murphy, who was a prominent member of his own school’s Glee Club. He wanted the show to reflect how he found a sense a place and purpose in his school’s singing group.
“There’s so much on the air right now about people with guns or sci-fi or lawyers running around,” Murphy said. “This is a different genre; there’s nothing like it on the air at the networks or on cable. Everything’s so dark in the world right now – that’s why American Idol works; it’s pure escapism.”

To avoid any unhelpful comparisons with High School Musical phenomenon, Murphy structured the show so that it would appeal as much to adults as to children. The premise is boilerplate simple: a teacher at the school is determined is to restore the Glee Club to its former glory, but finds himself in conflict with the school’s football team. The drama plays off the stereotypes of sports players being cool and athletic and cheerleaders being top of the female high school tree, while Glee singers are geeky and unappealing.

The singing group on the show is a rainbow coalition of misfits who are frequently scorned and bullied by the school’s jocks and cheerleaders. Combining the very worst type of clichéd personality traits with dark humour and camp touches, the show is a frothy romp with a social “message”. And whenever the going gets a bit rough, all the cast have to do is to burst into song.

By successfully playing with the evergreen teen notions of alienation, identity and escape through music, the show manipulates emotion at every turn and an underdog narrative provides dramatic movement.
What’s revolutionary about Glee , though, is its use of media integration. The songs featured in any given episode of the programme become available later that same night on iTunes – it’s like buying the artist’s CD in the lobby on the way out of the gig. This form of synchronisation means you’ll be seeing a Glee stranglehold on the Irish charts in the coming weeks. Already, radio stations are adding the new Glee cast song to their schedules – without knowing in advance what that song is.
This sales masterplan was set up by the Fox Network (which broadcasts the show). Once it had the pilot ready last year, Fox shipped it around record companies looking for a label which could release and promote the songs featured in each episode on a quick turnaround basis. Sony Music put in the best bid, and it’s no coincidence that the majority of the songs used so far are by Sony artists.

For Ryan Murphy, the song selection is all important. “Each episode has a theme at its core,” he says. “After the script is written, I will choose the songs that help to move the story along. There has to be a balance between show tunes and chart hits – something for everybody in each episode.”

Murphy says that it would normally cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay the licensing rights to use a big hit in a prime time show, but musicians (or rather their publishing companies) are now offering the songs for free – knowing that the sales bounce will more than compensate them.

The Glee Effect doesn’t end with the music charts. When Sony came on board, it signed the Glee cast (all previously unknown actors) to “360-degree” deals. This means that Sony will co-ordinate and share in the profits from Glee tours, merchandising sales, endorsements, mobile ringtones and possible solo albums from cast members.

The first Glee live tour will hit US venues this summer, and you really can’t rule out the cast rolling up at Dublin’s 02 for a series of shows before the end of the year.

It’s perhaps no coincidence that when news of the live tour leaked out, there was also an announcement by the Fox Network that Glee would be holding auditions for three new roles to be introduced into the second season of the show. Such is the interest in these auditions that a multi-part television show about the process will be screened before the second series begins.

This spin-off programme will only add to the value of the Glee brand. It is still not clear if the audition TV shows will be opened up to a public vote (à la X-Factor ), but Murphy has said “anybody and everybody now has a chance to be on a show about talented underdogs. We want to be the first interactive comedy on TV.”

It is not inconceivable that, if the live shows do as well as expected, then the current cast will stay on the road and be gradually replaced by a new bunch of actors in the TV programme.

With a presence not just on the singles and albums charts but soon also on the lucrative live touring circuit – as well as huge television viewing figures – Glee has the potential to “multi-platform” its way across the entire entertainment sector. As Amy says, it sounds “the nuts”.


Glee: the anti-Christian argument


Not just one of the most watched programmes on TV but also one of the most talked about, Glee is now facing its first blast of negative publicity.
US media watchdog group the Parents Television Council has taken issue with the show, claiming that it is “sexually charged” and is unsafe for teenage viewing. The council found that one particular episode (Showmance) featured “a veiled reference to fellatio, a speech denouncing abstinence, simulated sex during a musical dance number, and premature ejaculation”.

Over at Time Magazine in an article headlined “The Gospel Of Glee – Is It Anti-Christian?”, journalist Nancy Gibbs reported how she had heard a church minister describe the show as “anti-Christian”. “It is easy to see his point if you look at the specifics,” wrote Gibbs. “In his view, Glee portrays Christians as phonies and hypocrites. He observed that the only self-identified Christian is the shiny blond Quinn, cheerleading president of the celibacy club, who is pregnant by one classmate but pretending the father is another.

“Meanwhile, the Glee Club director, Mr Schuester, is unhappily married to a perky little spider, which makes the adultery subplot involving him look positively charitable.

“The students lie, they cheat, they steal, they lust, they lace the bake-sale cupcakes with pot in order to give the student body a severe case of the munchies.

“Nearly all the Ten Commandments get violated at one point or another, while the audience is invited to laugh at people’s pain and folly and humiliation.”

Gibbs goes on to give the opposing point of view of the show, but it is perhaps the show’s collision of contemporary “edginess” with wholesome American values which gives it such a wide-ranging appeal.

It’s High School Musical with sex, drugs and (a capella) rock’n’roll.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2010/0212/1224264234674.html

Richard Dower

Christ!...don't let the Christians f*ck up Glee and make the show go all PC!!!

Richard Dower

I just LOVE Molly Shannon!!...she's fantastic....can't wait to see her on Glee!!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s57/glee/news/a202547/molly-shannon-scores-glee-role.html#article_continue

Basq

The Glee Forum is now open!

Richard Dower

I'm banned!!!!!!!

Richard Dower

Mods - can we please move this thread + IRL one into the dedicated Glee forum?
We'll also get more posters in the Glee forum that way.

Our man in Havana

Richard Dower wrote: »

Mods - can we please move this thread + IRL one into the dedicated Glee forum?
We'll also get more posters in the Glee forum that way.

OK

Buford T Justice

Richard Dower wrote: »

I just LOVE Molly Shannon!!...she's fantastic....can't wait to see her on Glee!!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s57/glee/news/a202547/molly-shannon-scores-glee-role.html#article_continue

Just checked that out. She's a funny Gal. I can only imagine what the writers will do for her in terms of a character and script for her. Should be some funny battles with her and Sue..... Looking forward to that.

Buford T Justice

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

I'm addicted, ended up downloading all the episodes, plus the music!

Loved in the final episode where Will and Finn are in the lockerroom, and Will puts the keys down, Finn goes "Hey Mr Schuester, you left your keys" "No I didn't!"

That mattress ad looked like savage fun to do, jumping all around!!

Happy cos I just read that

Idina Menzel has started filming her role as the coach of Vocal Adrenaline!!:D

I may be a bit behind on that news, I only had heard about talks ongoing!

Can't wait to see whats next in episode 14!!! Whats Sue gonna do to Will next??? Jane Lynch is excellent, great dialogue for her as well, and this "disagreement" between them is great to watch. Plus throw Emma into the mix....whats gonna happen there for Terri???

Umm, so if we have a new coach for Vocal Adrenaline, whats the story with Will. Where does he go? Does he do a bunk after the whole wifey thing I wonder??

Elmo

Richard Dower wrote: »

Christ!...don't let the Christians f*ck up Glee and make the show go all PC!!!

And you think I am too serious about TBBT

Down with this kind of thing!

rebel girl 15

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Umm, so if we have a new coach for Vocal Adrenaline, whats the story with Will. Where does he go? Does he do a bunk after the whole wifey thing I wonder??

Will is director of New Directions, not Vocal Adrenaline. Vocal Adrenaline are the opposition

JP Liz V1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlDv56N6F9A

TrixIrl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK3CgkgM0Ag

"No Will I will not be burying any hatchet.... unless a get a clear shot at your groin... "

Richard Dower

Thats AWESOME!!!!!!!!....Sue is just fantastic!.....it looks to be really good!!

Richard Dower

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlDv56N6F9A

Those sweaters make her look home schooled!

I love Brittany!

MonicaBing

Guys can anyone tell me where i can see Glee online please? Apart from Utube?

rebel girl 15

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MonicaBing wrote: »

Guys can anyone tell me where i can see Glee online please? Apart from Utube?

PM sent!

MonicaBing

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

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PM sent!

Your awesome!! Thanks!!

rebel girl 15

Found the titles for the next four episodes, 13 of April is when it is back. I've spoilered the titles as one gives away quite a lot!

Episode 14:

Hello

Episode 15:

The Power of Madonna

Epsiode 16:

Home

Episode 17:

Bad Reputation

pretty-in-pink

I couldn't d/l or watch the next 3 eps of glee, can anyone help me? I don't wanna wait 3 weeks to see them! thanks

Basq

Asking for links to such content is against the charter.

pretty-in-pink

awwwwwwwwwwwww. ok, I'll just have to bide my time, cool my heels,wait patiently for the time to go by
hopefully we won't take a big long break and can seague straight from ep 13 to ep 14 (unlikely as its not aired yet, but i can hope)