The Beatles - Love

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, btw, that was a test to see if I could post in this thread at all.

Apparently, there's some LoT gremlin that won't let me post about, well, I can't say it, in any thread.

Perhaps if I don't mention ... what I can't mention ... this post will go through.

Let's see, shall we?


(Pardon my experimentation)

[innerSpaceman]

Now what happens if I type "Beatles"?

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, that's not it. How about - Cirque du Soleil?

[Not Afraid]

that's just bizzah!

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, I can't figure out what about my post concering the Beatles and Cirque du Soleil the LoT gremlins don't like.

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, it's beyond weird. I just retyped my post from scratch, leaving out all formatting codes and the embedded quote, and I get a "Forbidden" message.

Weirder still, when I tried to enter the same post in the other Beatles thread, I get the same "Forbidden" message.


Yet I can post in other threads, and I can post other posts in this thread.



This is the weirdest LoT thing to happen to me since two April Fool's ago!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, it's beyond weird. I just retyped my post from scratch, leaving out all formatting codes and the embedded quote, and I get a "Forbidden" message.

Weirder still, when I tried to enter the same post in the other Beatles thread, I get the same "Forbidden" message.


Yet I can post in other threads, and I can post other posts in this thread.



This is the weirdest LoT thing to happen to me since two April Fool's ago!

Obviously VBulletin disagrees with your opinions.

[innerSpaceman]

Um, don't think I still don't think immediately of you, dear Kevy, when LoT gremlins have their fun fu<king with me.

[€uroMeinke]

I suspect somewhere in that post of yours you've discovered the magic keystrokes that block posting - perhaps you can pass your post along in an email and see if someone else can post it?

[Isaac]

From the mind of innerSpaceman:
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Originally Posted by zapppop

The storyline lacked direction,the visuals should have been much grander, and there should have been more variety in the acrobatics.

I'd have to agree with most of these critcisms. I despise the trend in Cirque du Soleil for theater in the round. It severely limits the level of grandeur that can be presented. This is the third such show of theirs I've seen in short order, after Delerium and Corteo, and I'm sick of this limitation. Love did fantastic things with lighting and nifty effects, but I was aware of the limits of basically looking at the audience on the other side as the main backdrop of the show.

And yeah, the acrobatics were less varied and the circus elements were generally weaker than usual. I knew this going in. Franklyl, it's been true of every Las Vegas show after Mystere. The impressive acrobatic and circus acts are found in the traveling shows (Corteo, for instance, was full of 'em), but the Vegas shows are far more concentrated on choreography, style and gimmick. Compared to the traveling shows, I find "O", Ka and even Zumanity lacking in the death defying, thrilling acrobatics that Cirque became famous for. That Love followed this trend to a weaker acrobatic level was no surprise to me.

It was pretty and entertaining and interesting to experience. But after the opening number, I don't think I was particularly impressed with any "circus" act performed.

Eh, I still liked it. It didn't have an original score either, which is a big draw to me of the Cirque shows, too. I liked it for what it was ... which was admittedly a lesser animal than many of its fellow Cirque productions.


That's not to say it was bad. Less than the best of Cirque du Soleil is hardly "bad."

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