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Post by danb on Jun 30, 2020 11:33:35 GMT
Mine would tell me that she has gone seventy years without eating a (over pronounced ) ‘nacho’ and she isn’t about to start now, before wolfing down a hotdog and fries & complaining that the chips weren’t hot enough.
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Post by distantcousin on Jul 8, 2020 12:26:11 GMT
Watching MM2 on Netflix (thanks for the heads up above). Wow. Absolutely dire. No more, please. I did the same last night. Absolutely dire. It actually offends me that it was so big at the box office, because it is such an amateur piece of cinema.
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Post by distantcousin on Jul 8, 2020 12:28:49 GMT
Watching MM2 on Netflix (thanks for the heads up above). Wow. Absolutely dire. No more, please. I'd say that about the first one, the second is so much better!
At least the first one was coherent and made sense!
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 8, 2020 13:41:21 GMT
I'd say that about the first one, the second is so much better!
At least the first one was coherent and made sense!
I had no problems following both the story and time line of the second film.
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Post by poster J on Jul 8, 2020 14:23:18 GMT
I'd say that about the first one, the second is so much better!
At least the first one was coherent and made sense!
If you made sense of the first one then the second isn't at all difficult to follow (and to spot the odd continuity error).
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 13, 2020 16:18:02 GMT
You know I’ve been thinking about this and how the second film pulled threads from the first and from that we saw the following;
• How and why Donna got to Greece. • Touched upon her relationship with her mother. • We got to see Donna performing with The Dynamos. • How she met all three potential fathers of Sophie. • We got to see Bill’s Aunt Sophia.
If there were to be a third film -assuming Meryl was in it (no matter how much or little screen time it just wouldn’t work without her) I reckon similarly this would also pull at threads from the second film.
Of course I don’t know and this is just speculation but I think it too could travel back and forth in time but the following could work in answering some questions and tie the who thing together;
• Firstly Donna’s death- how any why did she die? Show us the funeral and her loved ones grieving. • We know Donna met the Dynamos at school, but lets actually see them meeting each other and forming the band. • Show us Donna relationship with her mother and her telling Ruby that she’s pregnant and being told to never come back • Show us Sky and Sophie having some marital problems and the job opportunity that lured him away to New York • We could see Harry’s first homosexual experience • Also show how Bill started to become a womaniser and travelling, with him and Rosie splitting up. • Lets get a bit of a back story to Senor Fernando Cienfuegos. We know he was Ruby’s ex-boyfriend but how did he get to Greece and be working for Sophie?
I can already see some songs that as yet have not been used fitting into the above scenarios.
I feel at this point I should clarify, that I do think about other things and reassure you that whilst I freely admit to being an ABBA fan, I’m not obsessed! Lol!
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Post by Jon on Jul 13, 2020 16:41:11 GMT
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again works better as a film than Mamma Mia! did IMO.
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Post by distantcousin on Jul 14, 2020 15:43:51 GMT
Isn't the big issue here, that has buggered up the timelines, is that Meryl was really too old to play the role in the first place?!?
Isn't Donna in the show, at least, conceived as a woman around 40 (as played by many actors around that age) who had Sophie young - around the age of 20?
This would have sorted out a lot of the date retconning
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Post by deej4life on Jul 19, 2020 23:53:03 GMT
I am a much bigger fan of the original Mamma Mia movie than the sequel. However, I am very excited to see another entry into the franchise. I will never say no to more ABBA!
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 1, 2021 9:16:14 GMT
Are there any other sources to back that up?
Are there enough songs left? I'd love them to use Intermezzo No 1 and I'll applaud in the cinema if they manage to write a scene around Dum Dum Diddle. Will Skye take up playing the fiddle as a major plot point?
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Post by danb on Mar 1, 2021 10:21:57 GMT
Whereas I’m desperate to see their takes on ‘King Kong Song’ and ‘Eagle’.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 1, 2021 11:00:09 GMT
I just hope they go back to filming in Greece, but they probably won't. I saw somewhere it would follow Colin Firth's marriage. If that's true, I don't know if I care enough about him as a character to be the central story. That's the problem when you split the screentime between three of the same character! Perhaps if all the dad's had a major storyline it would work? I'd like young Bill to appear again for... reasons that are mainly unrelated to the plot, I'll admit.
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Post by distantcousin on Mar 1, 2021 15:38:04 GMT
Desperate!
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 1, 2021 19:57:31 GMT
Just picking up on some of the points raise in some of the above posts. There are LOADS more songs.
Personally I've love to see Under Attack being performed or even Happy New Year. Or even The Day Before You Came.
The King Kong song? I think you're referring to I'm A Marionette.
Given that the last film time travelled, I think the third will do the same. This will enable the whole cast to return.
I think part of the storyline will be Donna's death. Why did and how did she die? At the wake they can play Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
We can also see go back in time and see Ruby breaking up with Fernando- Put On Your White Sombrero
Just do what they did with the last film, time travel and ad a new character or two. Throw in one or two lesser know songs, like they did with Andante Andante in the last film.
Sing a song about Sophie and Sky's baby.
Maybe explore where Tanya'a relationship with Fernando's brother is at?
The possibilities are endless!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2021 22:49:10 GMT
I just hope they go back to filming in Greece, but they probably won't. It will all depend on what little sunny island is offering the best tax breaks at the time. That's why they filmed in Croatia for MM2. I’d happily write it for them myself, move it off an island and hit the city. That's a very big move just to shoehorn 'Summer Night City' in. I love that song and hope they can include it somewhere. That and Head Over Heels, which is very under rated imo. If MM3 really is happening, i'll find out and let you all know.
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Post by danb on Mar 2, 2021 6:21:51 GMT
I just hope they go back to filming in Greece, but they probably won't. It will all depend on what little sunny island is offering the best tax breaks at the time. That's why they filmed in Croatia for MM2. I’d happily write it for them myself, move it off an island and hit the city. That's a very big move just to shoehorn 'Summer Night City' in. I love that song and hope they can include it somewhere. That and Head Over Heels, which is very under rated imo. If MM3 really is happening, i'll find out and let you all know. Sophie only has to go and meet Sky in an exciting metropolis for the night to shoe horn it in to be fair. They could underscore a boring talky bit with ‘I Am The City’ or their little known cover of The Pogues ‘Dirty Old Town’ (may have made this last bit up...it’s early). 😬
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Post by danb on Mar 2, 2021 6:31:35 GMT
The King Kong song? I think you're referring to I'm A Marionette.
ANTHONY!!!! And you a so called superfan. 😳 I am shocked, nay, appalled by your lack of ‘King Kong Song’ knowledge. It is track 3 of the ‘Waterloo’ album and it’s bloody awful; one of those ‘hey this is our second language, just go with it’ songs they had several of in the early 70’s, referencing US cultural icons etc.
(I only know it cos it comes up on the Abba round on my ‘Songpop 2’ app quite a lot. 😀)
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 2, 2021 12:56:34 GMT
Just out of curiosity, as both Benny and Bjorn made cameos in both of the previous films, does anyone know know why neither Agnetha or Anna Frid chose not to?
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Post by poster J on Mar 2, 2021 13:16:46 GMT
Just out of curiosity, as both Benny and Bjorn made cameos in both of the previous films, does anyone know know why neither Agnetha or Anna Frid chose not to? Agnetha presumably because she doesn't have much to do with being in the spotlight at all any more.
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 2, 2021 13:35:25 GMT
Just out of curiosity, as both Benny and Bjorn made cameos in both of the previous films, does anyone know know why neither Agnetha or Anna Frid chose not to? Agnetha presumably because she doesn't have much to do with being in the spotlight at all any more. I wonder if they would given the release of Mamma Mia 3 could tie into this mythical new album they've been teasing for years, although I had hoped some new music might see the light of day this year.
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 2, 2021 15:49:47 GMT
Just out of curiosity, as both Benny and Bjorn made cameos in both of the previous films, does anyone know know why neither Agnetha or Anna Frid chose not to? Agnetha presumably because she doesn't have much to do with being in the spotlight at all any more. I don't this she's quite a reclusive as she used to be.
She's recording again, having released at least two solo CDs.
She also recorded a duet with Gary Barlow a couple of years ago.
I remember reading that she was a G.A.Y. a couple of years ago. Don't know what for. I know she didn't sing- I member commenting of this very board about that.
She's also al lot more public and doing a lot more interviews. I recently saw one for Australian television.
Apparently the last time all four members if ABBA were seen publicly was at the launch of Mamma Mia! The Party in Stockholm
With regards to the new music, they had recorded two singles- can't remember the times- with Agnetha taking the lead on one and Anna Frid on the other. But apparently there is enough new music for another album, so who knows.
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Post by richey on Mar 3, 2021 15:32:03 GMT
[quote authorThat's a very big move just to shoehorn 'Summer Night City' in. I love that song and hope they can include it somewhere. That and Head Over Heels, which is very under rated imo.
If MM3 really is happening, i'll find out and let you all know. [/quote]
Don't forget Summer Night City is actually in the original stage show as part of the Entr'acte leading into Under Attack and the dream sequence so there's always scope to use it in that way
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Post by danb on Mar 3, 2021 16:52:01 GMT
I think that’s my favourite bit of the show onstage!
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Post by Seriously on Mar 3, 2021 18:38:12 GMT
Summer Night's City is the scene change music after "The Winner Takes It All".
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 4, 2021 20:46:50 GMT
Looks like this is happening with a lot more well know faces jumping of board.
This just appeared on my Facebook timeline
Mamma Mia! 3 is a go!
All of the case from Mamma Mia! 2: Her We Go Again are set to return in a plot which features the wedding of Colin Firths character Harry Bright.
Joining the likes of Amamda Seyfried and Cher are Patrick Dempsey, Olivia Coleman and Jodie Comer.
Filming is expected to begin this summer with a summer 2023 release.
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 4, 2021 21:43:14 GMT
Looks like this is happening with a lot more well know faces jumping of board. This just appeared on my Facebook timeline Mamma Mia! 3 is a go! All of the case from Mamma Mia! 2: Her We Go Again are set to return in a plot which features the wedding of Colin Firths character Harry Bright. Joining the likes of Amamda Seyfried and Cher are Patrick Dempsey, Olivia Coleman and Jodie Comer. Filming is expected to begin this summer with a summer 2023 release. Are there any sources? Nothing comes up in the news or Google come to that.
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 4, 2021 22:22:05 GMT
If I knew how to transfer the post from my Facebook to here, I would
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 4, 2021 23:05:00 GMT
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 5, 2021 7:02:25 GMT
Yep, that's it
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Post by poster J on Mar 5, 2021 8:47:09 GMT
The fact that it says filming this summer for a summer 2023 release alone makes me suspicious it is a load of made up rubbish.
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