# "Across the Universe" looks gayer than eight dudes blowing nine dudes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673 "2007-09-18T23:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673/21 "2007-09-19T14:35:16Z")
Yes your opening was funny. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673/22 "2007-09-19T14:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] No, not really. I saw the film on Sunday and I thought it was great! I loved how they incorporated the music into the film. I was a big fan of “Moulin Rouge” but this film is not like that one. Just because they are both movie musicals doesn’t mean they are identical. [/QUOTE] Well, considering the fact that all I’ve seen is the previews, this is what I think of the film, _having not seen it_. I never claimed that they were identical, but the way they are being marketed isn’t vastly different. I never said anything about movie musicals being all the same; if that were true, I wouldn’t be looking forward to the release of Tim Burton’s rendition of _Sweeney Todd_. I’m just saying that the similarities that I have seen in the advertising combined with the “OMG, it’s got songs by the Beatles!” aspect of it is not likely to draw me into viewing it. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673/23 "2007-09-19T15:28:45Z")
What I heard most recently is that the studio and Taymor compromised on a “middle-ground” cut that they all liked. As long as she is content, I’m sure I will be too. There was a lot of talk and gossip before about her being difficult to work with, and turning in an extra-long cut that studio heads and critics hated, so I wonder if we’ll ever see her original version on DVD. Hopefully the movie will do well and Taymor can move on to her next rumored project: a Spider-Man musical on Broadway, with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, two avowed comic book fanboys themselves. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673/24 "2007-09-20T00:25:18Z")
I already have the soundtrack on me iPod. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673/25 "2007-09-20T00:32:00Z")
Me, I’m gonna refrain from judging the whole movie based on the trailer, a tool designed to market the film to–probably–boomers. Julie Taymor is not without her weaknesses, but she’s always interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673/26 "2007-09-20T00:40:01Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] I saw the trailer, and I thought, “Oh, great. More masturbatory Boomer crap.” [/QUOTE] I’m a huge Beatles fan, but this was my first reaction, as well. Won’t go out of my way to see it. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673/27 "2007-09-20T01:57:46Z")
Do you all think this film will be just as good as “Sargeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”? After all, they’re both films that use Beatle’s songs to advance the plot. ::d&r’s:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-universe-looks-gayer-than-eight-dudes-blowing-nine-dudes/419673.md?page=1)