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bryan_davey Sub-Deity
Joined: 11 Jan 2003 Posts: 1428 Location: west wales, miles from real life!!
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:57 am Post subject: dont go away....spaceman |
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dont go away is on amazon mp3 download |
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bryan_davey Sub-Deity
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:47 am Post subject: |
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well im not sure thats them x |
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waterloosunset Sparks Guru
Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Posts: 1784 Location: amongst the New England trees
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:01 am Post subject: |
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What I get on American Amazon Prime is some autotuned thing that sounds about as far away from Sparks as My Heart Will Go On. _________________ better drop the requirement that everything be great |
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Kermit! Sub-Deity
Joined: 08 Aug 2017 Posts: 1077 Location: Islington N1
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Netflix will be showing the film from March 1st. _________________ The fan formally known as kermit
The Future! The Future! |
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Oscar Power Groupie
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Toughest Girl In Town Sparks Guru
Joined: 15 Feb 2022 Posts: 4052
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Nice song. A bit repetitive, or just a bit too long maybe, I don't know.
Makes me want to watch the movie nevertheless. |
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waterloosunset Sparks Guru
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:28 am Post subject: |
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The very first notes made me think of Computer Girl. _________________ better drop the requirement that everything be great |
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Spyke Sparks Guru
Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 2358 Location: Brum, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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I liked the sections of the song with vocals, which were very dreamy and relaxing to listen to. The bits of the song without vocals didn't float my boat. Interesting, stuff, though. And the film sounds worth a watch. _________________ "but we can hear what others can't hear..." |
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waterloosunset Sparks Guru
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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from @sparksofficial on Twitter this morning:
The new collaborative end credit song “Don’t Go Away” by @maxrichtermusic
& Sparks from the film ‘Spaceman’ is out now on all streaming platforms!
Directed by @johanrenck
and starring Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan & Paul Dano, ‘Spaceman’ is released March 1st on Netflix.
I bought it from Amazon music. I think I'll go to see the movie before it goes to Netflix next week. _________________ better drop the requirement that everything be great |
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Eric Murray Sparks Guru
Joined: 12 Jan 2002 Posts: 9320 Location: Kirkcaldy,Scotland
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Sitting on my balcony - last night in Tenerife - it’s a lovely chill out song |
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Crabby Groupie
Joined: 26 Feb 2024 Posts: 106 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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I think the film is out on Netflix today..... I don't have anything up to date like that (!)..... Maybe if anyone has seen it they could give a quick review? |
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Alex Robertson Sparks Guru
Joined: 11 Jan 2002 Posts: 39562 Location: Crawley,West Sussex
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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Crabby wrote: | I think the film is out on Netflix today..... I don't have anything up to date like that (!)..... Maybe if anyone has seen it they could give a quick review? |
It's an odd little film, possibly a bit slow given today's tastes for flash bang action movies.
I haven't read the book so I'm only going on my personal take after watching the film.
It is, to me, a kind of introspective allegory about loneliness brought on by selfishness and how this can only be resolved by self-realisation. Whether the "alien" ( almost a Jiminy Cricket type character) is real or a figment of the imagination is never clear and voiced very much like Hal from 2001 A Space Odyssey.
I watched from the view that it was real. It's a clever film and Adam Sandler is on top form. I enjoyed it.
The trouble with Netflix is the full end credits don't play as
the next recommended viewing delight is advertised. So you get 20 seconds of the song. Anyone watching to hear it might be disappointed, so stream it elsewhere or buy a dvd. I think Alan Partridge Alpha Papa had the best Sparks end credit music, even if it was interspersed with a rap song.😜
Also in Spaceman there is a (very) tenuous link to Annette and I mean tenuous. |
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Crabby Groupie
Joined: 26 Feb 2024 Posts: 106 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you so much Alex for that, it's really appreciated! I love the Alpha Papa reference, l cound not agree with you more about the use of Sparks at the end
As for Spaceman, l will definitely get the DVD.... one memorable review compared it to Solaris but much slower.... 😂
I bought the book last week but haven't started it yet!
All that aside, Max Richters people contacting Sparks.... I'm glowing with pride, this recognition should have happened years ago, but then we all know that!
P S. It's lovely to be on this Forum, l'm not a "joiner" usually but sometimes being a Sparks fan is lonely and this is lovely!!! |
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Alex Robertson Sparks Guru
Joined: 11 Jan 2002 Posts: 39562 Location: Crawley,West Sussex
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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When you've read the book you should review it....there is a book review topic in the Stuff and Nonsense column. I'd be interested in the book version |
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Crabby Groupie
Joined: 26 Feb 2024 Posts: 106 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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I will....... Should be starting it on Monday just finishing a stupidly long book on film noir....😂 |
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waterloosunset Sparks Guru
Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Posts: 1784 Location: amongst the New England trees
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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I went to see Spaceman in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Wednesday afternoon. There was only one other person in the theater.
Alex wrote,"Whether the 'alien' ( almost a Jiminy Cricket type character) is real or a figment of the imagination is never clear and voiced very much like Hal from 2001 A Space Odyssey." I experienced the same thing, and decided that it didn't matter whether the tarantula-like being was real. The film, to me, is about facing your naked self after about 6 months of being utterly alone. Hanuš (alien) lends pathos and the very few moments of levity in the movie. It was wonderful, as the credits started to roll, to hear Don't Go Away with fabulous, dreamy sound, knowing that Netflix was not there to cut it off.
I'm not a sci-fi fan, but I liked the movie (didn't love it). It was really an exploration of the inner Jakub (astronaut). There were no space battles, lasers, crashing asteroids, etc. Yes, Adam Sandler was very good - he doesn't get enough credit for his serious roles. _________________ better drop the requirement that everything be great |
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Toughest Girl In Town Sparks Guru
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:34 am Post subject: |
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I saw it yesterday. That was not a masterpiece, but certainly a very beautiful movie. It is slow and poetic, full of different emotions... just like the song. |
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Kermit! Sub-Deity
Joined: 08 Aug 2017 Posts: 1077 Location: Islington N1
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:46 am Post subject: |
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I watched the film on Netflix a couple of nights ago. You can hear the whole Sparks track if you click on the watch credits at the end of the movie. It's about 7 minutes long, fairly repetitive with appropriate lyrics concerning the film. There are two instrumental parts that sound like the spaceship has been unplugged & is just space noise before going back to the ballad & verses. It's always great to have a new track but I'm gonna need a few more listenings to get into it.
The film itself has been absolutely slated but I really did enjoy it. It's not your typical science fiction space movie. It's off the wall & quite slow with a furry alien gigantic spider who hitchhikes itself into the ship. Kinda unbelievable at first but you warm to the spider like we did to ET years ago.
I'm surprised the guys agreed to do it anyway considering they think 'There's no such things as aliens'.......I think there are though, somewhere out there. _________________ The fan formally known as kermit
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Crabby Groupie
Joined: 26 Feb 2024 Posts: 106 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Yes, the reviews of the film are almost unanimously bad but l think we have to just decide whether or not we like a film regardless of the critics...... If we were guided by critics opinions over the years, none of us would be on this Forum and still eagerly buying Sparks music...(but then we know better.. 😂)
I'm about half way through the book, which so far is wonderful but l probably will watch the film if it comes out on DVD.......though l really don't like spiders........ |
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Brightonian Sub-Deity
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 847 Location: Brighton, UK
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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I really, really enjoyed the movie ... proper, uncompromising art-house stuff! The film has had some positive critic reviews too, but I think it will seriously piss off any of the 'general public' that stumble on it by accident. |
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