Re: USCHO Music Thread: We All Have A Crush On Shirley Manson
I'm here to report that Parsifal is as close to unwatchable as anything when one is literally stuck inside fearing death.
I love slow. Holy f-ck Parsifal is SLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
No wonder Mark Twain summed it up as "a singer (who isn't even Parsifal -- ed.) spends 4 hours on the point of death while everyone he talks to expires from boredom." This is a both factually and spiritually perfect summary. There's a moment near the end when he sings, "Madmen, would you have me continue to live?!" He speaks for the audience.
I'm not saying it's bad. It's not good or bad, it just is, like a brick. I'm saying the only reason paint drying doesn't have more action than Parsifal is the paint probably isn't anti-Semitic.
Also: the MacGuffin is the Spear of Destiny,
and Constantine did that way better.
Note: the Grail Knights in that picture are not dead. That would have been exciting. They're just lethargic. I am not kidding, they aren't even asleep. They're just logey.
Here's a modern review. Note: it has spoilers. Parsifal premiered 150 years ago, so you've had enough time to see it.
Tomorrow it's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and it better have full frontal nudity.
I'm here to report that Parsifal is as close to unwatchable as anything when one is literally stuck inside fearing death.
I love slow. Holy f-ck Parsifal is SLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
No wonder Mark Twain summed it up as "a singer (who isn't even Parsifal -- ed.) spends 4 hours on the point of death while everyone he talks to expires from boredom." This is a both factually and spiritually perfect summary. There's a moment near the end when he sings, "Madmen, would you have me continue to live?!" He speaks for the audience.
I'm not saying it's bad. It's not good or bad, it just is, like a brick. I'm saying the only reason paint drying doesn't have more action than Parsifal is the paint probably isn't anti-Semitic.
Also: the MacGuffin is the Spear of Destiny,
and Constantine did that way better.
Note: the Grail Knights in that picture are not dead. That would have been exciting. They're just lethargic. I am not kidding, they aren't even asleep. They're just logey.
Here's a modern review. Note: it has spoilers. Parsifal premiered 150 years ago, so you've had enough time to see it.
Tomorrow it's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and it better have full frontal nudity.
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